Norris Greenhouse Jr. And Derrick Stafford are the two Marksville deputy marshals who opened fire on Chris Few, wounding the 26-year-old man and killing his six-year-old son in November 2015.
As an update on that story, Stafford was sentenced to 40 years in prison last March. HERE is the Acadiana Advocate’s story about his sentencing.
Greenhouse is on a Caribbean vacation to the U.S. Virgin Islands. Read the story HERE.
The presiding judge, upon learning of Greenhouse’s Caribbean trip, has ordered a contempt and bail revocation hearing for him on Sept. 8.
The two officers opened fire on Few after a two-mile chase last Nov. 3.
Stafford was tried and convicted of manslaughter after a jury rejected his claim that he felt threatened by Few and acted out of self-defense. A video of the shooting, captured on a third officer’s body cam, showed Few raising his hands out the window of his compact vehicle during the shooting. First-grader Jeremy Mardis, Few’s six-year-old son, was struck and killed in the hail of gunfire.
On Wednesday (Aug. 30), Avoyelles Today said in its online edition that Ruth Wisher, press secretary for the Louisiana Attorney General’s Office, confirmed that Greenhouse is on a vacation cruise. She said Attorney General Jeff Landry’s office had no prior knowledge of his trip out of the country.
Greenhouse is currently out of jail on $1 million bond while awaiting his scheduled Oct. 2 trial on charges of second degree murder.
One condition of Greenhouse’s bond is that he must wear an ankle bracelet so that his movements may be monitored. Defendants on bail are allowed to travel and their whereabout are supposed to be monitored but prosecutors were apparently unaware of Greenhouse’s trip to the Caribbean. Ruth Wisher, press secretary for the Louisiana Attorney General’s Office, confirmed that Greenhouse is on a vacation cruise but said Attorney General Jeff Landry’s office had no prior knowledge of his trip out of the country.
This is the same attorney general’s office that, after 16 months still has not concluded its investigation of a rape of a 17-year-old female meth user in a Union Parish jail cell even though the identities of the victim and the rapist are known to investigators.
If AG investigators cannot nail down the details of a rape that occurred in the limited confines of a parish jail cell, it’s little wonder they were unable to keep up with the whereabouts of a murder suspect—even one wearing an ankle bracelet. https://louisianavoice.com/2017/08/30/16-months-after-teenage-girl-raped-in-union-parish-detention-center-ags-office-says-the-matter-still-under-investigation/
The story of Greenhouse’s trip and the attorney general’s confirmation was posted on Avoyelles Today’s online news service after the story was first posted on the Avoyelles Watchdogs for Justice internet blog site.
12th Judicial District Court Judge William Bennett, apparently more concerned about the unannounced cruise than AG Landry, on Thursday (Aug. 31) issued an order for Greenhouse to appear at a bail hearing on constructive contempt of court for his violation of home monitoring provisions. The hearing is set for Sept. 8 at 11 a.m. at which time Bennett will issue a ruling on whether Greenhouse’s bail should be revoked.
Well let’s just hope that Greenhouse is one of the passengers who disembark at the dock when the ship returns. He saw his buddy’s sentence and may acquire a sudden taste for the island life where one can disappear pretty easily.
As far as Jeff Landry goes, he’s too busy running for governor to worry about a bond breaking child murderer. There’s no positive pr to be gained for him.
…or in solving the jailhouse rape of a meth addict.
How true. I hope the populace remembers Landry’s irresponsible handling of the AG’s office on Election Day.
It’s not what you know in Avoyelles Parish, it’s WHO you know.
It’s not only in Avoyelles Parish, it seems to be in every parish.
Sadly that’s correct.
Avoyelles Parish…aka The Free State of Avoyelles
Which agency is responsible for monitoring his ankle bracelet? I would hope a complete and thorough investigation is made into that agency regarding the monitoring of other individuals who are ordered ankle bracelets.