A former Louisiana State Police trooper with a history of domestic violence convictions was sentenced Wednesday to 10 years at hard labor after being found guilty on four felony charges by the 9th Judicial District Court in Alexandria.

Michael L. Satcher II, 40, of Alexandria, was convicted of second-degree kidnapping, home invasion, domestic abuse by strangulation, and possession of a firearm by a felon. The sentence, handed down March 18 by District Judge Greg Beard, was prosecuted by the Louisiana Attorney General’s Office after the Rapides Parish District Attorney recused himself due to a personal friendship with Satcher.

Satcher’s 10-year sentence will run concurrently with a separate three-year sentence at hard labor on a felony charge of domestic abuse with child endangerment. Prosecutors elected not to file a Habitual Offender Bill on the child endangerment charge.

The case stems from Satcher’s December 2023 arrest — just 89 days into probation received following a prior 2019 domestic violence offense — when Rapides Parish Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a domestic disturbance on Amanda Lane in Alexandria. Investigators determined Satcher had forcibly removed a victim from the residence and transported her to a home on Robinson Road, where both were located by deputies.

Satcher, first commissioned as a state trooper in 2009, resigned from the Louisiana State Police in December 2020 following his initial 2019 arrest on domestic abuse-related charges. That case was resolved in September 2023 with a no-contest plea and a probationary sentence.

The Rapides Parish Sheriff’s Office Special Victims Unit conducted the underlying investigation.

Source: Louisiana Attorney General’s Office statement, March 19, 2026; Rapides Parish Sheriff’s Office arrest report, December 2023; 9th Judicial District Court, Alexandria.

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