El Jerico Bartie Found to be Habitual Offender, Sentenced to 50 Years
Published June 25, 2021
On June 21, 2021, Judge Kendrick Guidry found El Jerico Bartie, of Lake Charles, Louisiana, to be a fourth or subsequent habitual offender and sentenced him to 50 years in prison, without the benefit of probation, parole, or suspension of sentence on each of the 8 counts of attempted first-degree murder of a police officer. Bartie’s sentences will run concurrently.
On April 30th a Calcasieu Parish jury found Bartie guilty as charged on 8 counts of attempted first-degree murder of a police officer for a 2014 incident involving a standoff at a Sulphur, Louisiana hotel.
First Assistant District Attorney Jacob Johnson and Assistant District Attorney Charles Robinson prosecuted the case for the Calcasieu Parish District Attorney’s Office.
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