A 35-year-old Berwick woman entered a plea deal last week in connection with a December 2016 incident during which she allegedly stabbed another woman in the stomach, St. Mary Parish Clerk of Court records stated.
Latasha T. Jones pleaded guilty Friday to a charge of simple battery in 16th Judicial District Court.
The district attorney had initially charged Jones with aggravated battery, but she pleaded to the lesser charge as part of a plea deal, court records said.
Judge Curtis Sigur sentenced Jones to serve six months in prison at the St. Mary Parish jail, but suspended the prison time ...
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