By JIM BUTLER
Delton Chapman lost automatic juvenile status when he allegedly attempted murder — six times.
Chapman, 16, of Pineville was booked October 30 on six counts of attempted murder. No bail information had been posted Monday night.
Under Louisiana law the charge is one of nine that 16-year-olds can face adult penalty for if found guilty.
Authorities have released no information regarding Chapman’s alleged crimes, and aren’t likely to.
Filling in the blanks is not difficult.
The case also includes charges of assault by driveby shooting, armed robbery, possession of handgun by a juvenile and criminal damage.
Several other high-bail bookings occurred during the goblin season. As is usual in most cases details are like the season’s ghosts.
Christopher M. Brown Jr., perhaps best known by the general public for a 2018 case, was jailed October 30 on 16 counts involving nine charges. Bail is $193,700.
Back in 2018 he allegedly tossed litter from his vehicle and was spotted by police.
When pulled over he was found in possession of a stolen firearm, police said then.
The current case includes a window tint violation. Whether that led to a stop isn’t specified Brown, 30, is also charged with aggravated resisting with force or violence, two counts of firearm possession by a felon, having a firearm in presence of drugs, four counts of drug possession, resisting, three counts of contempt and one of non-support.
In the time between the 2018 case and the current one, records show, Brown has been arrested three times, the last in 2023 on traffic and contempt charges.
Kenneth Ebey, 39, of Alexandria was booked October 30 with bail set at $450,000.
Arrested four times previous on relatively minor charges, he now faces allegations of carnal knowledge, indecent behavior and child sex abuse materials.
Jarred Rachal, 47, of Pineville was booked the same day on second-degree rape, second-degree battery, possession of firearm by felon, two distribution counts, possessing paraphernalia and three contempt counts. Bail was set at $406,500.
The rape charge carries a mandatory life sentence, no out, if convicted.
Rachal’s parish arrest record dates to at least 2022 when he was charged with aggravated second-degree battery.
In August last year he was charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm.
Another high-bail arrest last week was that of Andrew Woodham, 39, of Alexandria.
Bail was set at $300,500 on charges of domestic abuse battery strangulation, second-degree cruelty to juvenile, indecent behavior and false imprisonment.