Judge SHUTS DOWN Mom’s Plea After Hearing Secret Jail Call — 9 Arrests EXPOSED!!

Added: 2026-05-24

[00:00:00]Miss Broussard, are you aware that your son last 5 years has been arrested for nine different offenses?

[00:00:06]Yes, ma'am. Are you aware that in the last 5 years your son has been arrested for nine separate offenses?

[00:00:12]>> Nine? Yes, ma'am. All right. Jonah Johnson, 25 DCCR1775.

[00:00:36]It's not going to take much for me today to lose my I'm right on the verge.

[00:00:41]I'm at a word limit.

[00:00:45]Good morning.

[00:00:47]Good morning.

[00:00:49]I have one witness in this case, your honor.

[00:00:53]Good morning. Are you Jonah Ray Johnson?

[00:00:55]>> Yes, ma'am. And this is 25 DCCR1775.

[00:01:00]Mr. Johnson is charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

[00:01:04]And Mr. Vasquez has filed a motion asking that I reduce Mr. Johnson's bond which is currently set at $300,000 in that case.

[00:01:19]Um Are you calling your client?

[00:01:22]Yes, your honor. Mr. Johnson, best you can, raise your right hand.

[00:01:25]>> I'm sorry, your honor. I'm not I'm calling my client's mom, Jacqueline um Broussard. Miss Broussard.

[00:01:33]Mr. Johnson, if you'll just come around just to the side right there on the corner.

[00:01:39]Ma'am, if you'll come right over here, please.

[00:01:45]Good morning. And would you please raise your right hand? Do you swear or affirm the testimony you're going to give in this hearing will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?

[00:01:52]>> Yes, ma'am. Thank you. You may proceed.

[00:01:55]Thank you, your honor. Miss Broussard, state your for the record, please.

[00:01:58]>> Jack Glenn Brooks, sorry. And you've done this before, haven't you? Yes, ma'am.

[00:02:03]On sale, sorry.

[00:02:05]And you are Jonah's mom, correct?

[00:02:09]>> Yes.

[00:02:10]And the original bond back in September was $150,000.

[00:02:15]Was that correct? Yes, sir. And what was what went wrong? What was the problem there?

[00:02:20]Uh the ankle monitor. We thought it was broken and we stuck with we was late. That was you know, we called uh Johnny and Johnny told us to come in. Which we had been talking with Johnny for 2 weeks. But like I said, Johnny said come in. There's something's going on with the monitor. And we also was a payment behind.

[00:02:42]Okay.

[00:02:42]>> And but we I mean I I'm sorry. No, that's that's all right.

[00:02:47]The uh the bondsman said the defendant has failed to pay for the GPS device.

[00:02:55]He wasn't charged.

[00:02:57]He would not respond to surety surety's attempt to reach him. He cannot be located.

[00:03:03]Surety feels like his bond is at risk.

[00:03:07]Now, you disagree with that, right?

[00:03:09]>> Yes, sir.

[00:03:09]>> The bond was never at risk. No, sir.

[00:03:12]Jonah lives with you? Yes, sir. You live in Beaumont?

[00:03:14]>> Yes, sir. With your husband?

[00:03:16]>> Yes, sir. And how many people live in that house? Uh me, my husband, my older son, and Johnny. And how long have you been in that home? Over 5 years. And the four of you live there? Yes, sir. Was Jonah working when all this happened?

[00:03:28]Yes, sir. Where was he working? He was working for Jefferson.

[00:03:33]National.

[00:03:34]Say again? Jefferson. Jefferson. What was he doing? He was working in the kitchen.

[00:03:40]And how long did he have that job? Do you recall? Uh I think he had just received that when I was there. About maybe 6 months. I don't know. Yeah.

[00:03:50]He just got hired over there.

[00:03:52]And he's 18? Yes.

[00:03:56]He lives with you he's not is he a flight risk? No sir he's not. Are you worried about him taking off or running off? No sir I'm not.

[00:04:02]And you wouldn't waste your money if you No sir.

[00:04:06]What bondsman have you talked to? I had talked to a professional in Kenya and I had also already with Lisa.

[00:04:13]Which bondsman was this back in September? I think that was Al Al Al Al.

[00:04:20]That was Al. Is that who you're talking to now? Um yes ma'am on this. And what have your conversations been like with them? Um they're just ready for me to get in touch with them and see if they're going to be able to be in reduced I have to say one text me this morning.

[00:04:35]Have you talked to him about what amount you would want that you're trying to get it reduced to? Um What have you raised them? Um Lisa 100,000 we had talked on that.

[00:04:44]Oh so 150,000 back then.

[00:04:46]>> Yes sir. So it's not really realistic that they're going to which if the court would drop to 100,000 now. Mhm.

[00:04:53]Um are you asking the court to to reinstate the I don't know if reinstate is the correct word but to go back to the 150,000 dollars? Yes sir.

[00:05:02]Yes sir.

[00:05:03]Is that something you think you could work with?

[00:05:05]>> Yes sir. They want they probably want you to sign a contract for 15,000 dollars.

[00:05:10]>> Yes sir.

[00:05:10]>> I think 10% of the total.

[00:05:11]>> that's right yes sir.

[00:05:15]Would you make sure there was no discrepancies or mistakes or misunderstandings about the GPS monitor was done? Yes sir.

[00:05:26]And what else would you like to tell the judge?

[00:05:32]About the bond.

[00:05:34]I had to laugh. We we are ready prepared to make bond and tell him.

[00:05:40]Have you seen the video in this case?

[00:05:43]Yes ma'am. I have talked to my son yes yes ma'am.

[00:05:46]>> You've actually seen it? Yes, ma'am.

[00:05:49]Okay.

[00:05:50]The whole video. Okay. Anything else?

[00:05:54]Nothing else, your honor. That was actually That was actually one of my questions I was going to ask this witness as well and ask if she'd seen the video, Judge.

[00:06:00]And in addition to that, Ms. Broussard, are you aware that your son in the last 5 years has been arrested for nine different offenses?

[00:06:09]Yes, sir. Are you aware that in the last 5 years your son has been arrested for nine separate offenses? Nine? Yes, ma'am.

[00:06:17]Evading arrest as a juvenile, UUMV as an adult, possession of a controlled substance, unlawful carrying of a firearm, failed to ID, possession of a controlled substance, possession of marijuana, and two additional unauthorized carrying of a weapon. Were you aware of those arrests?

[00:06:36]Yes. Okay. Now, the gun that your son allegedly carried back on August the 31st of 2025 during that shootout at the Pine Creek Apartments, do you have any idea where he got that gun from?

[00:06:48]I don't know, sir. Are you aware that a bystander was shot during that melee?

[00:06:54]Um Yes, sir. All right. That's all I have, Judge. Okay. Any other questions of this witness?

[00:07:02]No, your honor. Thank you, ma'am. You can have a seat now. Thank you, ma'am.

[00:07:05]Yes, ma'am.

[00:07:07]Any other witnesses, Mr. Vasquez?

[00:07:09]>> No, your honor. Mr. Holman.

[00:07:11]>> Judge, one of the the items of evidence that I plan on introducing was the video from the shootout. It sounds like the court vividly remembers that. So, if the court doesn't want wish to see that again, I won't do that. Um I mean, I Let's just quickly play it. I want to I'm I'm refreshing my memory about taking Well, first of all, I'm going to take judicial notice of the court's file. I have reviewed the probable cause affidavit, which is what reminded me of the facts of the case, and I guess it was the other was the that we had a bond hearing on. Is that correct? Well, no. I take it back. It was just defended when he was represented by Britney Holmes, if I'm not mistaken. So, I've So, So, I've had a bond hearing, watched the video on this case. Yes, Judge, if I'm not mistaken. In fact, let me look at my notes.

[00:08:03]Um Yeah, that would have been January 13th of 2026. My notes include uh the There was a defense motion to reduce the bond. Uh we argued You You You heard evidence and testimony and that you did did not have the motion back in January of this year.

[00:08:21]No.

[00:08:26]So, this was after the AFRS and the bond was at 300,000 on that date for the same bond hearing. Yes, Judge.

[00:08:37]Yes.

[00:08:39]I've already I don't Yeah.

[00:08:41]Your motion's denied. I've already heard all the evidence. Well, there is something, Judge. I think that it's at least if you're going to deny, I think you may want to consider it as far as whether or not the bond is sufficient, as it states. It's just a 5-minute clip of a of a jail phone call that I've added subtitles to. If If I If I could do that, I'm happy to bring my sponsoring witness, but if you will stipulate to it. No, I'm going to object to it for to relevance here.

[00:09:06]>> Bring your witness, please.

[00:09:07]>> Yeah.

[00:09:08]Uh State calls Captain Michael Ponder.

[00:09:17]Good morning, sir. Morning, Ms. Thank you for your patience uh this morning.

[00:09:21]If you'll please raise your right hand, do you swear or affirm the testimony you're going to give in this hearing will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? Yes. Thank you, sir. Go ahead. Captain Ponder, would you state your full name for the record, please? I'm Captain Michael Ponder. And uh Captain Ponder, very briefly, what do you do? What are your duties at the jail over at the jail? Let's start with that information. I'm the custodian of records for the Jefferson County Correctional Facility. And uh and you're familiar as the custodian of record with the recording equipment there at the jail, correct? Yes, sir. And it's capable of making an accurate recording?

[00:09:48]Yes, sir. Uh and uh each inmate each inmate is issued a unique identifying number, correct?

[00:09:53]>> Yes, sir. And that's one of the ways to identify who makes uh certain calls from the jail, correct? Yes, sir. Have you had an opportunity to review what I am marking Do you want me to mark this as State's two or three? We entered entered one in the first hearing back in January, didn't we?

[00:10:09]I can do it as one. How do you want to do it? Uh um I think I mean, it's technically a new hearing.

[00:10:16]Okay, I'll do one. One's fine. Okay.

[00:10:18]One's fine. All right. Uh you recognize this USB drive? Yes, sir. How do you recognize it? Uh because I listened to it this morning. And are these your initials uh and today's date that's on this USB drive? Yes, sir. Uh I'm marking it as State's Exhibit number one. You've listened to it. Do you have any doubt that it is a fair and accurate copy uh uh of a jail phone call or recording of a telephone call made by an inmate this inmate uh from the Jefferson County jail? No, sir. No doubt. All right.

[00:10:44]Judge, State of State stands up.

[00:10:46]Mr. Vasquez? Um How you Good morning. Good morning. How long is this video?

[00:10:55]This is an audio. It's not a video, it's audio. It's about a 5-minute excerpt from a 14-minute and 20-some-odd second phone call.

[00:11:03]Well, so it's been altered.

[00:11:06]It's been altered, yes.

[00:11:08]Object to the alteration, Judge. Judge, what's on here is the original 14-minute long video as well as the uh shortened 5-minute video with the subtitles added.

[00:11:19]So, the original's on here. Okay. And by the way, I gave it to Mr. Vasquez yesterday and he's had a chance to preview it. State's one uh with all of the with both uh will be admitted.

[00:11:30]Permission to approach, Judge?

[00:11:31]>> Yes. Judge, may I finish my objection?

[00:11:33]>> Go ahead.

[00:11:34]I object to the alteration and then there's a transcription. I object to that as hearsay.

[00:11:41]Where you're give a the sub the subtitles of what you think they're saying.

[00:11:47]Do you disagree that the subtitles are correct with what you hear? I don't know, Your Honor. I just object to it being hearsay.

[00:11:56]How?

[00:11:57]How is it hearsay?

[00:11:59]The subtitles are on it to to what they're It's someone has written in what he what they've transcribed the conversation to to be.

[00:12:08]I object to that as hearsay.

[00:12:13]Mr. Coleman? Judge, if if if the audio is not hearsay, which is a statement made by a party opponent, then the subtitles are therefore not hearsay.

[00:12:22]Judge, this is >> I obviously will be able to listen myself and um I your objection's overruled. It's admitted. Permission of both sides?

[00:12:30]>> Yes, and that's both the uh excerpt as well as the entire uh And thank you, Captain Ponder. Yes, ma'am.

[00:13:32]>> I need to report a door alarm here.

[00:14:16]>> [clears throat] [clears throat] >> If you go down and check you know how she don't put it on the floor. out of the car.

[00:15:26]Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[00:15:27]>> [clears throat] >> Yeah, they don't even have a house point. Mhm.

[00:15:31]This though.

[00:15:32]That's what If I leave it for a little ass first about it.

[00:15:37]Uh you want to leave your your sentence to the judge and I said yeah, I'm fine man.

[00:15:41]Take my to trial.

[00:15:43]I take that They going to have my bus to go by I think all my elders and Uh this bro. Yeah, >> [snorts] >> I'm fine.

[00:15:51]Let me take this to trial bro. They going to talk to us.

[00:15:54]Oh, shut the up child. My lawyer told me I can't even look at the paperwork and like Oh, you good you good. You get a time. My always going to take time man.

[00:16:05]Still putting everything that's going on right now. They ain't making no no bread.

[00:16:09]My broke.

[00:16:11]I got to say They come they come even if they come like this five year count. They going to send me off probation with a five year count.

[00:16:18]I take that.

[00:16:22]I want to be chill.

[00:16:24]If they five Somebody five years.

[00:16:28]But you know that dude got four like two and a half on that Oh, come on that four and a half you know what I'm saying that dude got his straight.

[00:16:36]I'm a half a bank. I'm sorry I got five months bank. I got a half you give me that five months five months bank.

[00:16:42]But it was like five months.

[00:16:47]Too much I did bro. That smell like it. No no.

[00:16:51]First two months was wild cuz I think my lady I've been flying up. And then it was once you get out of there this one just flying up.

[00:17:00]That That Every time this this on my ass.

[00:17:06]Oh, wow this is something. I ain't even a month with that All right Shut the They could they could be around y'all This is how I do it. I stop the way we spoke.

[00:17:19]Who's going to come and show some going to happen?

[00:17:23]Boom.

[00:17:24]Yeah, cuz I held my first rifle.

[00:17:27]Like I was I ain't got to be chilling and quiet doing that stuff about it.

[00:17:32]That is fighting another rifle fighting rifle or something.

[00:17:37]I think I loaded they loaded this on.

[00:17:41]Uh it was straight out of the town.

[00:17:43]I ain't do it took me out of town. They said it was going down on my First I guess that it was my first camera in the town.

[00:17:51]I was in jail booms. I think they come to have a baby and go back. You know what I mean? You can be like this like this and I'm done. I think man they got to change they do what they tell me what I like really like.

[00:18:04]Oh.

[00:18:04]Hey.

[00:18:06]Okay. I don't even know what They get you out of this for me.

[00:18:10]I did it. See that Oh. Hey I ain't going to take it to the they got to do this.

[00:18:16]Good Hey B.

[00:18:18]I have some real play with the probation for Worst that I got. I'm doing this this is how I move.

[00:18:25]You can just [clears throat] come out of pocket. Hey cuz these people when they give it to me They ain't even tell me my other part of my three year probation they got to have three years probation and Hey I yourself for three points and 10 years probation. That's what the really got but that's what I'm talking about you know what They gave my yourself three points and I yourself three points and I yourself He got 10 years probation.

[00:18:48]I feel sorry I'm probation 10 years.

[00:18:52]What?

[00:18:53]What? Hey he he been doing that got us in a fight with the court the same thing. Yeah.

[00:18:59]It's all they want to do is just Um state has no further witnesses.

[00:19:06]All right anything else?

[00:19:08]No you don't.

[00:19:10]Okay.

[00:19:11]So at this time I am going to deny the motion for a bond reduction.

[00:19:23]And I guess Mr. Coleman, depending on any future incidents, if the state wishes to follow motion to increase, I would look at that in the appropriate time.

[00:19:34]>> contemplated that, Judge. But um Mr. Johnson, a condition still if you make that $300,000 bond is that you would be on house arrest. You would be required to wear GPS monitoring device at all times. Part of the reason um that I'm doing this is because it sounds like you were working, your parents have the issues. I've looked at the bond, the affidavits for them to release surety.

[00:20:00]It's not just the um GPS monitoring device. They obviously were having a hard time getting in touch with you for whatever reason. So, I think that makes obviously uh one of the criteria under 17.15 for bail is that obviously you have to follow all of the rules and conditions of bond, which is with your bondsman as well. And so, um we will reset your case for an announcement, and Mr. Vasquez will visit with Mr. Coleman, get any offers in your case, and will either take a plea if you wish to take a plea at the next court date, or if you don't, we'll do a rejection and get your case set for trial. All right, you can go back with the bailiff. And there you have it. Bond denied. Jonah stays at 300,000, house arrest for Max at Bullet's burial.

[00:20:48]Mom Cole and Tafford 300, 000.

[00:20:52]House arrest for Max at Bullet's burial.

[00:20:54]Mom Cole and Tafford 15, 000 for bondsman, let alone the full amount.

[00:20:59]Nine arrests, a shootout, an injured bystander, and a jail call where he sounds more frustrated than remorseful.

[00:21:07]That's not a bond reduction case. That's a trial waiting to happen. So, here's my question to you.

[00:21:13]Do you think Jonah should have gotten a second chance? Or did the judge get this one right? Drop your take in the comments. And as always, stay sharp, stay curious, and I'll see you in the next hearing.