A 49-year-old Morgan City man was sentenced to 53 years in prison for breaking into his ex-girlfriend’s apartment and shooting at her and another man and then fleeing in the male victim’s vehicle.
District Judge Keith Comeaux sentenced Carlos Cespedes, 49, of Morgan City, on March 13 to 30 years in prison at hard labor without parole for attempted second-degree murder, 10 years at hard labor for attempted manslaughter, eight years at hard labor for theft of a motor vehicle valued at $1,500 or more, and five years at hard labor for unauthorized entry of an inhabited dwelling, according to St.