LA - Dep. Brandon Nielsen, 34, & Dep. Jeremy Triche, 27, slain, LaPlace, 16 Aug 2012

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http://www.wafb.com/Global/story.asp?S=19325811

New information coming out about suspects in LaPlace shootings

Terry Smith, who was among the seven arrested, has ties to an anti-government group, Sovereign Citizens, an organization described by the FBI as a domestic terror group.

Kyle Joeckel is a fugitive from Nebraska. Former FBI agent in charge Jim Bernazzani says information normally comes out when Homeland Security does its threat assessment on energy worker's applications.

 

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Investigators say more charges against the seven are forthcoming as the investigation continues.

http://www.wafb.com/Global/story.asp?S=19325501

 

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http://www.wafb.com/story/19331881/road-to-recovery-continues-for-two-wounded-deputies

Road to recovery continues for two wounded deputies

According to officials, the two deputies who survived the tragic shooting in LaPlace continue to improve.

 

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PHOTOS: Funeral procession for fallen LaPlace deputies

 

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Charges upgraded against suspects in deputies shooting

State Police say Brian Lyn Smith and Kyle David Joekel are now charged with two counts of first degree murder of a police officer and three counts of attempted first degree murder of a police officer.

Brittney Keith is now facing two counts of principal to first degree murder of a police officer and three counts of principal to attempted first degree murder of a police officer.

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http://blog.nola.com/river/2012/09/community_rallies_after_shooti.html

Community rallies after shootings of St. John deputies in LaPlace

In this article... There are many ways to help these families listed.

 

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Deputy injured in August ambush out of hospital

A St. John the Baptist Parish sheriff's deputy hospitalized since an August shoot-out that killed two other deputies is back home in Montz.

Chief Deputy Harold Klibert says Jason Triche returned home on Monday from a Baton Rouge hospital. Klibert says people lined streets to welcome him.

Seven people were arrested. One is out on bond. Six remain in jail.

http://www.wafb.com/Global/story.asp?S=20188991

 

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2 slain deputies remembered one year after ambush

A remembrance ceremony for two sheriff's deputies killed in the line of duty last year is scheduled for Friday.

http://www.wafb.com/Global/story.asp?S=23154037

 

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April 2017:

http://www.theadvocate.com/new_orleans/news/courts/article_31196f14-1a43-11e7-b463-57cd2d0f0fc8.html

A man linked to the 2012 slayings of two St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff's Office deputies was recently released from prison on "good time parole" after serving less than half of his original sentence, according to an official with the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections.

Derrick Smith's release came even though corrections officials acknowledged that early in his detention he made threats to law enforcement officials. He was aligned with a loose anti-government group known as "sovereign citizens"...

Smith, who was convicted of being an accessory to murder, was released from the Tensas Parish Detention Facility and placed on supervised probation April 1 after spending nearly five years behind bars.

November 2017:

http://www.theadvocate.com/new_orleans/news/courts/article_4f111fe4-ced4-11e7-96de-2f5ba09df097.html

A judge has decided to move the most high-profile murder trial in recent St. John the Baptist Parish history to St. Martin Parish.

Judge J. Sterling Snowdy, of 40th Judicial District Court, announced the move last month for the scheduled Feb. 15 trial of Brian Smith, who faces the death penalty if convicted. He is accused of having a role in a 2012 shootout that killed two Sheriff's Office deputies...

Three other suspects — Derrick Smith; Terry Smith’s wife, Chanel Skains; and Brian Smith’s girlfriend, Britney Keith — pleaded guilty as accessories years ago.

 

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St. John deputies murder defendant to stand trial in October

Six years after the shooting deaths of two St. John the Baptist Parishsheriff's deputies, the trial of murder defendant Brian Smith has been rescheduled again, this time to Oct. 22. Smith, one of two remaining defendants in the case, was set to stand trial in February, but Judge Sterling Snowdy of the 40th Judicial District said Friday (March 23) that prosecutors and defense attorneys agreed to the new date because several pretrial matters remain unresolved.

Smith and Kyle Joekel are to be tried separately on first-degree murder charges in the August 2012 shootout that killed deputies Jeremy Triche and Brandon Nielsenand severely wounded two other deputies.