“It Was a Case of Mistaken Identity” The Most Improbable Excuse EVER

Added: 2026-05-27

[00:00:00]Were you even at the bar? No, sir.

[00:00:03]You weren't there, but you pled guilty.

[00:00:07]I plead guilty to Disturbing the peace. Disturbing the peace. And the incident occurred at the bar, right?

[00:00:16]Sir?

[00:00:18]Didn't the shots in the air occur at the bar?

[00:00:21]That was the person who said that. That was she said, but I ain't do it, sir.

[00:00:27]Well, why'd you plead guilty?

[00:00:30]I plead guilty cuz it was a misdemeanor, sir.

[00:00:33]Okay.

[00:00:35]Mr. Poindexter, you're as I said, you're a sixth felony offender.

[00:00:41]Yes, sir. And you're pleading for mercy before the board here. How much more mercy can you have than us to have allowed you on parole for for six different times for six different crimes? And and and you still continue to violate the law and plead guilty to violating the law.

[00:01:02]The funniest thing about this case is that he's telling the parole revocation board, "It wasn't me. The woman misidentified me." She was saying she the bar owner said, "I know who it is. I know who fired the shots." And he's like, "No, no, no. No, it's it's a misidentification."

[00:01:18]Let's be real. I don't think that's possible. And look, he was busted firing 12 shots into the air outside this bar.

[00:01:27]And he doesn't have a good track record with being outside of bars. As a matter of fact, he stole a car back in 2012 outside of a bar, then ended up in a police pursuit, crashed the car, and killed a 70-year-old woman. So, yes, he's he's killed someone already in his criminal jacket. And yet, he seems to be getting out on parole over and over and over again. And anyways, all I'm back with more details at the end. So, at this time, sir, I'm going to read your violations.

[00:02:03]Reasons that you were revoked, okay?

[00:02:06]Number four.

[00:02:07]I will not engage in any criminal activity, nor will I associate with people who are known to be involved in criminal activity. I will avoid bars and casinos. I will refrain from the illegal use of drugs or alcohol.

[00:02:22]You engaged in criminal conduct on or about 1 8 2024 when you were arrested by the Houma Police Department for coming for committing the offense of illegal discharge of a firearm or felony.

[00:02:36]Additionally, you are being charged with an additional felony of possession of a firearm by convicted felon as for bill information filed on 7 18 2024 by the 32nd Judicial Court of Terrebonne Parish. You further engaged in criminal activity uh criminal conduct on or about 5 25 2022 when you committed the offense of telephone harassment, which was a misdemeanor, and were arrested by the Terrebonne Terrebonne Parish Sheriff's Office.

[00:03:11]Okay, at this time, sir, how do you plead? Guilty, not guilty, or guilty with a statement?

[00:03:19]I'm not guilty.

[00:03:21]Okay, did you want to make a statement about it, sir, as to why you say you're not guilty?

[00:03:27]Yes, ma'am.

[00:03:28]Okay, what is your statement?

[00:03:31]Ma'am, I'm going to be honest with you.

[00:03:34]I don't know how I didn't I didn't guess this came came in my But I just want to say to the Department of Corrections Center Parole Board to find it in your heart and in your power to reinstate my parole. Cuz I do not do nothing about the allegations that came before me.

[00:03:58]Okay.

[00:04:00]Well, I've got you as point on the uh and so it says that they were uh 10 to 12 gunshots in the direction of the 30 30 sports bar.

[00:04:12]And that the owner uh she identified you and she knew you as Bloodline Poindexter.

[00:04:21]And then uh before her numerous shots from a pistol in front of her establishment um um and shortly after firing the shots in the air, Bloodline departed in the area in an unknown vehicle.

[00:04:36]All right. So, she called your Facebook and you answered when she called you.

[00:04:45]She asked and they had their body camera on, okay?

[00:04:49]And so she asked um you shot the gun [snorts] outside her bar. The entire conversation was captured by the department and issued with the body cam.

[00:05:01]Um after receiving the information um I returned to speak to the female. This is the officer talking.

[00:05:11]And so later they found 12 shell casings which are photographed and then correct and then um they were collected.

[00:05:22]And then goes on to say, I feel confident Bloodline Poindexter is Gregory Poindexter.

[00:05:30]I That was the evidence. Some of paraphrasing what the arrest warrant for the gun.

[00:05:40]Any thoughts?

[00:05:42]Like I said, I don't know.

[00:05:45]I don't know who came up with the reason zone.

[00:05:49]Cuz I've been here 2 years.

[00:05:53]When I went to court, it it dropped it all the way down.

[00:05:57]What did they drop it down to?

[00:05:59]Disturbing the peace.

[00:06:01]Disturbing the peace? Yes, ma'am.

[00:06:05]All right, so they found you guilty, but they gave you a plea bargain then. Is that correct?

[00:06:11]Yes, ma'am. 30 days.

[00:06:13]Huh?

[00:06:14]30 days.

[00:06:15]Okay.

[00:06:17]All right. Okay, what about the other one which was um the phone harassing phone calls.

[00:06:24]Um uh May 17th, 2022 uh the deputy was dispatched to a certain address in reference to harassing phone calls.

[00:06:39]And the lady said that um that you guys you're going to jail and it'd be because you killed her and her daughter. You got any thoughts about that one?

[00:06:54]He he he he killed he killed her. Yeah, but [clears throat] that that was if she if she reported it and did anything about it that you would kill her and her daughter. Anything >> No, ma'am. No, ma'am. No, no, no, no.

[00:07:07]Well, the person that that did the the claim for harassing phone calls.

[00:07:13]Uh is this the person that you have a relationship with still?

[00:07:20]That's baby's mother.

[00:07:23]Your baby's mother? Yes, ma'am.

[00:07:27]Yeah, and so um did she tell you to leave her alone?

[00:07:35]During that time. During that time.

[00:07:38]So, maybe you did call her during that time?

[00:07:43]Might That's my My colleague.

[00:07:46]>> didn't But, they didn't see nothing like that, though.

[00:07:49]Okay.

[00:07:50]All right. Um Mhm.

[00:07:56]And she was advised by the police to change her phone number. Have you been in contact with her since then?

[00:08:02]No, ma'am.

[00:08:03]Before I came to jail, we was in contact.

[00:08:06]Before you were in jail, you were in contact. Yes, ma'am. That's where I was with the day I got arrested.

[00:08:13]That's who you Yes, ma'am.

[00:08:20]>> [clears throat] >> Okay. Since you denied the severity of the phone calls and this lady's testimony, uh they were unable to make contact with uh you that day. I will be issuing a warrant for your arrest for telephone harassing her.

[00:08:39]So, that's what was on on the warrant.

[00:08:42]Do my colleagues have any questions of of on the panel?

[00:08:46]I do.

[00:08:47]Okay.

[00:08:48]Uh at this point, uh if you uh let me ask this.

[00:08:53]So, why would they say you had a gun outside that bar? Were you at the bar?

[00:08:58]No, sir. No, sir.

[00:09:00]So, why why do you think she would say that?

[00:09:03]I don't know, sir.

[00:09:05]Did you have a guy go by the name of Bloodline?

[00:09:09]No, that was my Facebook name.

[00:09:11]Yeah, that's what I thought. Okay.

[00:09:13]But, I didn't I didn't I didn't have no gun.

[00:09:17]And I know I was on how much parole I'm on. And no way I was being out there like that.

[00:09:22]Since I've been in, I lost my job. My daddy had five five or six heart attacks and open heart surgery.

[00:09:29]And I missed two of my baby birthdays.

[00:09:32]And while I got this totaled up, see, Department of Correction Parole Board can't find any harder than their and reinstate my parole I would love it. But for the person who put these false accusations on me, I forgive them.

[00:09:49]Okay, you you uh you was in jail. You've been in jail almost 2 years. I've been in jail 2 years.

[00:09:54]>> And all the charges all the charges are gone except the telephone harassment, right? You hadn't been in the court on it. No, all of them gone.

[00:10:02]>> in 2022, by the way.

[00:10:05]Yeah, all of them gone.

[00:10:07]Okay. They gave me 30 days on all three all both of them.

[00:10:11]Right. Yeah, even yeah, the victim even said it was a long long time ago. Two Okay.

[00:10:17]All right. Okay, I have no further questions.

[00:10:21]Uh Mr. Prater Yes, so you're a sixth felony offender, correct?

[00:10:28]Yes, sir.

[00:10:30]Okay. How many times you've been on parole?

[00:10:36]Four.

[00:10:37]I I I do.

[00:10:40]Right.

[00:10:41]Quite a few times.

[00:10:43]Yes, yes, sir.

[00:10:44]You ever been revoked before?

[00:10:48]I don't think so.

[00:10:49]I've always been done my time.

[00:10:53]Go go to DOC and do my time.

[00:10:56]Are you saying you Were you even at the bar?

[00:11:00]No, sir.

[00:11:02]You weren't there, but you pled guilty.

[00:11:05]I pled guilty to all Disturbing the peace.

[00:11:09]Disturbing the peace. And the incident occurred at the bar, right?

[00:11:15]Sir.

[00:11:16]Didn't the shots in the air occur at the bar?

[00:11:19]That was the person who said that. That was she said, but I ain't do it, sir.

[00:11:25]Well, why'd you plead guilty?

[00:11:29]I pled guilty cuz it was a misdemeanor, sir.

[00:11:32]Okay.

[00:11:34]Mr. Poindexter, you are a You are as I said you are a sixth felony offender.

[00:11:40]Yes, sir. And you are pleading for mercy before the board here. How much more mercy can you have than us to have allowed you on parole for for six different paths for six different crimes?

[00:11:52]And and and you still continue to violate the law and plead guilty to violating the law.

[00:12:00]I mean, you just It's all the questions I got.

[00:12:05]Madam Chair.

[00:12:07]Yes, sir.

[00:12:08]And and uh Mr. Poindexter, the fact that he plead down to disturbing the peace, you would have had to been present at the bar to disturb the peace there.

[00:12:20]So, you So, that would that placed you at the bar that No, it didn't. No, to to disturbing the peace there. Do you understand?

[00:12:29]No, cuz I thought like disturbing the peace could be like any on on any street.

[00:12:36]Not just at a bar.

[00:12:38]But you But the issue was the shots in the air with the with the bar, the gun being shot.

[00:12:46]Well, when when the judge told me I'm a minute charge to disturbing the peace.

[00:12:51]Okay.

[00:12:54]That's why Okay.

[00:12:57]All right. Is the um Is the board ready to vote?

[00:13:04]I don't know.

[00:13:06]Yes, yes, ma'am.

[00:13:08]Okay. You will be all right.

[00:13:10]Please.

[00:13:13]Okay. What would you like to say, sir?

[00:13:16]See, I feel like if y'all about to um maybe revoke me in any kind of way that I could get out of street credits.

[00:13:27]Y'all to revoke him, I'm sure. That's handled by someone else. Mr. Breland, can you can you lead off with the vote, please? Do you mind?

[00:13:37]Uh no, ma'am.

[00:13:39]Uh my vote today is going to be Your sixth felony failure. You played guilty to disturbing the peace.

[00:13:51]Lady said you had a gun outside the bar.

[00:13:54]I'm going to find him guilty of condition number four, and my vote today is going to be to revoke.

[00:14:01]All right, Mr. Breiter.

[00:14:03]Her He In my estimation, he had a gun out there, but he played guilty to a lesser crime. And he's been on parole or he's had six felonies. And so, my vote is violation of condition number four revoke.

[00:14:19]And sir, I agree with my colleagues. Um violation of condition number four to revoke.

[00:14:25]And so, today, sir, your parole has been revoked, and the time is 10:37.

[00:14:32]Man, that was an easy revoke, guys. I mean, what's crazy to me is that it's like Louisiana, it's such a mixture.

[00:14:38]They're like tough on crime, and then they're not tough on crime. How is it possible that he keeps getting out? And this is the crazy thing. I know he's been in jail for 2 years awaiting this revocation hearing, and I guess he's only had it because the DA decided to drop the charges, but they have witnesses that say he fired the shot.

[00:14:53]Like, that's not enough you know? Is it really not enough to win a trial? They dropped all his charges. 12 shell casings. And like, just think about this.

[00:15:05]The If they decide to take it to trial, and he's sitting there in front of a jury, and the and the bar owner is going to say, "It's him that shot it." And he's going to say, "Nope.

[00:15:15]>> [laughter] >> I'm being misidentified."

[00:15:18]What jury is going to I don't I don't know what the situation is. I don't know what like what the medical condition is. I have no idea, guys. If If you think that I'm being um insensitive, I don't know. I I don't know what to tell you. I'm just saying that it seems pretty It seems like the the DA has no backbone. Like these are This is the one case where you can very clearly with a straight face say, "There is no way that you are going to misidentify this man as being the suspect." That, you know, you subpoena the bar owner, and the bar owner says, "Yes, this man fired total shots at my bar." And the detectives on the case and everyone comes together, "Yes, it's him." And we're like, "How did How did they ever pick him out of a lineup?"

[00:16:05]So, let me go over, and we're going to go And by the way, this is just the beginning. We We got some more crazy hearings for you, ladies and gentlemen. So, um a 70-year-old woman was killed Tuesday.

[00:16:17]And this again is is is one of his just one of his crimes.

[00:16:21]When a stolen vehicle attempted to pass a restricted zone and hit her vehicle head-on. State police said that the crash happened shortly after 11:30 p.m.

[00:16:29]Um Troop C spokesman Trooper Earl Gregory Poindexter, 32 of blah blah blah, attempted to pass a Camry in a no-passing zone when he collided head-on with an oncoming 2004 Ford Focus with Lindy Basco was driving. The impact sent Poindexter's Maxima rotating counterclockwise back into the Camry he initially tried to pass. Poindexter, also known as what was it, Blood Something, was not wearing a seatbelt, Harold said. He received only minor injuries. They always only receive minor injuries. It's absolutely insane that that's just the way it happens. And was treated at the medical center. The driver of the Camry, Tierra McEver, 18 of Houma, also suffered minor injuries and was treated. Harold said Basco was not wearing a seatbelt. Terrebonne Parish Sheriff's Corner pronounced her dead at the scene. A 70-year-old woman not wearing a seatbelt.

[00:17:17]Um it's just such a horrible way to go out, you know?

[00:17:23]Around the time of the crash, the police were investigating the theft of a 2000 Nissan Maxima at the Blue Diamond Lounge on Main Street. The owner of the Nissan told police that the car had been involved in the crash. Troopers said, "Blood results from the Louisiana State Police crime lab are pending, so we don't really know, right?" Um he was under State Police suspect he was under the influence of alcohol. Tests are also pending. And State Police did not suspect he had either consumed alcohol.

[00:17:49]Poindexter is facing vehicular homicide, vehicular negligence, injury in two counts, passing in a no passing zone, no seatbelt, blah blah blah blah blah, no driver's license, of course, right?

[00:17:58]That means no insurance, and etc. So, um yeah, you know, it's he needs to be locked up. He clearly is very dangerous. I don't know how much time he's back in and we will see him again, but I'm sure that we won't have a problem recognizing him.

[00:18:12]Now, we're going to jump into another hearing, and this is a classic, but it has a twist, so stick around. You committed the offenses of possession of a Schedule II controlled dangerous substance, flight from a police officer, distribution of a legend drug, and unauthorized use of a motor vehicle on June 21st of 2023.

[00:18:36]You were billed with flight from an officer while the other charges were dropped. And on October the 18th of 2023, you pled guilty to criminal mischief.

[00:18:47]How do you plead to those allegations?

[00:18:50]Uh first the the distribution of illegal drugs and CDS, that's is wrong, sir. Sir, that's wrong. That part right there. You pled not guilty to that part. You did You did plead guilty to criminal mischief. Yes, sir. I have the paperwork I have paperwork right here stating what what my arrest report when I came to jail, I had signed out a letter explaining All right, you'll get to have an opportunity to talk right now. All I'm asking you right now is to tell me how do you plead to those charges? So, you're saying you're pleading not guilty to the drug charges and the flight from an officer, but you're pleading guilty, but you did plead guilty to criminal mischief.

[00:19:33]Yes, sir.

[00:19:34]Yes, sir.

[00:19:39]We'll give and then we'll have an opportunity for your aunt to speak this Lashonda Powell will have an opportunity to speak. We're going to conduct an interview with you, talk to you about these allegations, then you'll have an opportunity to say whatever you want to say, and then we'll vote, okay? Yes, sir.

[00:20:00]Your case has been assigned to me, so I'll start our interview process, okay?

[00:20:06]Yes, sir.

[00:20:07]How long have you been with you were paroled, Mr. Carter, on March the 28th of 2023?

[00:20:15]Yes, sir.

[00:20:17]What have you been doing since then up until the time you were arrested? Well, just 3 months, I guess. But, what were you doing between March and your arrest?

[00:20:25]Were you working?

[00:20:27]Yes, sir. I was working two jobs. What kind of jobs were you working? I worked at Shanburger Lawn Service and I had worked at Olive Garden.

[00:20:36]Okay. And were Did you have those jobs at the time of your arrest? Yes, sir.

[00:20:41]Both of those jobs? Yes, sir.

[00:20:44]And they were both >> Were you reporting regularly to your parole officer? Yes, sir.

[00:20:50]So, tell me what happened on June the 21st of 2023. How did you find yourself behind the wheel of that U-Haul truck?

[00:20:59]Okay, I had met a friend, a girl like a girlfriend of mine, and she was moving.

[00:21:05]She asked could I help her move?"

[00:21:08]Um I had uh failed at the job, so uh they had let Well, let me out for a day to go to the hospital. And as I was going to the hospital, I ended up having a >> to the hospital for?

[00:21:21]Cuz I had failed at the job, you know, they try to do the drug test and all that.

[00:21:25]And what did you What was your injury?

[00:21:28]Uh I had hurt my leg. All right.

[00:21:31]able to work I was still able to work.

[00:21:32]They just said took me off for one day to go to to uh do a evaluate and um you do drug test screening or whatever. So, that's what I did. And I ended up helping the female move, you know what I'm saying?

[00:21:45]>> How did you get How did you decide to help her that day when you off work?

[00:21:50]Uh she had called my phone and she was like, "If If you Do you have any Can you help me move uh a couple belongings?"

[00:21:58]And I was like, "Yes." So, I had called my brother cuz I really couldn't do too much on my own. That's why I had called my brother for help. And um me and my brother went to help her move her belongings. And on the way >> truck with you? Just you and your brother? Yes, sir. All right. Go ahead.

[00:22:13]And um she had a boxes.

[00:22:16]Certain boxes. It was a box in the back seat of the vehicle.

[00:22:20]Um we had moved most of the the uh belongings out. My The box that I couldn't move I was like, "Well, I can move this box, but I'm going to go and drop you off at work. We don't want you to be late for your job, you know, cuz we we we just come home from jail, so we trying to make ends meet with our children, you know?" So, what I did was uh on my way dropping him off, um the police got behind me. I'm not knowing that the U-Haul truck was stolen or anything like this here. She pulled me over stated that the U-Haul truck was stolen.

[00:22:49]So, when I got out the car, >> Whoa, let me slow you down.

[00:22:53]I have all of the police reports.

[00:22:56]I I have seen the testimony. I've read the testimony of the police officer.

[00:23:01]Yes, sir.

[00:23:01]>> So, let's talk about her trying to stop you and you're speeding on the interstate trying to get away from her.

[00:23:08]So, you tell me about that.

[00:23:10]Oh, so I uh sir, a couple days >> And let me slow it down. You know and I know there's video of the whole thing.

[00:23:19]Yes, sir. Yes, sir.

[00:23:21]A couple days ago, my cousin was killed, Joseph Taylor, by the police officers.

[00:23:26]So, I was trying to get to my family members, somewhere someone to see me, and they didn't stop and get out.

[00:23:32]And that's what I did.

[00:23:34]So, you were running away from the police because one of your family members had been killed.

[00:23:41]By the cops. I don't know why.

[00:23:43]I don't know why they was trying to pull you over. Yes, sir. The police officer was trying to pull you over. You knew the police officer was trying to pull you over. At first, I didn't And you went 85, 90, 100 miles an hour on the interstate trying to get away from the police officer.

[00:24:05]Am I right? Yes, sir. You happened to have drugs and all sorts of things in the car that you say you don't know anything about.

[00:24:15]But, you were running at a high rate of speed to evade the police because you were afraid you were going to get killed by the police. Is that what you tell me?

[00:24:26]I was scared. I wasn't about to get I was going to get killed by the cops. I was scared. I'm thinking they was targeting my family members, period.

[00:24:33][clears throat] Cuz my mom had just got beat by the police when she got pulled over. I was I was in Bossier trying to make it to Shreveport. My mom had got beat by the police. My cousin got killed before. So, I was scared. I just come home. I don't even know why you behind me. You see what I'm saying? Once I realized Once I realized the situation, I got out with my hands up, threw my hands up when someone was there, my member was out there on the scene. But, you were in a high-speed chase. They had to chase you down. You didn't just slow down and stop. They had to pull you A car had to stop you from continuing to go far.

[00:25:10]Yes, sir. I want to Once I got to to See, I was in Bolivar City trying to make it to Shreveport, cuz that's where I was staying in Shreveport.

[00:25:19]So, that's where >> how dangerous that is? Yes, sir. I apologize. How reckless that is? Yes, sir. I apologize. And I have learned from that. I have apologized. I apologize. You know, sometimes an apology isn't enough. Yes, sir.

[00:25:32]Yes, sir.

[00:25:34]And um what happened was uh like I say uh I didn't stop. I'm wrong for not stopping. But, since I have been in jail, I have rehabilitated myself.

[00:25:45]Tell me how you rehabilitated yourself.

[00:25:47]What did you need rehabilitation for?

[00:25:50]Anger, self-control, and patience. I have mastered those things. You've mastered them. How have you mastered them since then? Because I have learned to think before I react and take positive decisions and walk by faith and not >> How long were you in prison before you got out in March? Uh 30 months on a disturbing the peace charge. 30 months.

[00:26:13]They gave me 30 months on a disturbing the peace charge where I was coerced into signing a paperwork. And I almost lost my life behind a misdemeanor charge. Yes, sir.

[00:26:22]>> Did you take any programs or classes while you were in there? What did you take?

[00:26:26]>> Yes, sir. I had What programs did you take? I had took AA, uh I had took anger management, and I I I graduated to Steve Harvey program.

[00:26:35]Well, how come none of that helped you?

[00:26:37]You said now that you've been in jail this time, you've learned a few things.

[00:26:42]How come you didn't learn from all of those programs you took? See, then I had a childish mind.

[00:26:49]So, sir, I had a childish mind. And you know, I was still easily influenced. But when I came home and I started doing things for my kids, being able to being able to go to parent meetings, and stepping up and doing the things that I'm supposed to do as a man, Well, I I hear you. I did it. But you're telling me that since you've been in jail this time, when you were arrested in June, you've had this revelation. Yes, sir.

[00:27:15]You had programs before that. When you got into this trouble after you did this E board, after you did anger management.

[00:27:23]You still did all those things. You know, the reason, like I said, I was in the wrong place at the wrong time.

[00:27:29]And I and I committed being hanging with negative people and doing negative things. But since then, again, I have rehabilitated myself. I just need another shot at home, and I promise you with the 90 days, we can have a a review or anything.

[00:27:45]I never failed a drug test. I don't use drugs.

[00:27:49]I never missed a payment. I don't make and I >> Why why did you go through Steve E board if you didn't do drugs?

[00:27:56]Uh because that was a part of a like to get home faster.

[00:28:00]To get home faster because, like I said, I was in jail on a misdemeanor charge.

[00:28:04]While I was coerced into signing the paperwork.

[00:28:07]When I was the one that got >> told me the corrections on a misdemeanor charge. So, you were in jail on something more serious than a misdemeanor charge. That's it.

[00:28:16]The Department of Corrections don't take you on a misdemeanor charge. Well, they they they because I had violated my system. After I beat the charge, You were on parole, all right. Yes, sir. You committed a crime while you were on parole. So, a misdemeanor disturbing the peace charge. When they stated that misdemeanor charges don't violate federal parole, and I end up doing 30 months, really 42 months because I got a year of good time. Well, why did you plead to a criminal mischief this time when you knew plead to a misdemeanor could revoke it.

[00:28:48]Well, I was told by the judge that Mr. Meena charge is non-violent crime doesn't violate parole.

[00:28:55]That's what I told by the judge and I have that in court minutes.

[00:28:59]That's the only reason why I plead guilty to the Mr. Meena charge. That's why the other felony charges that I was accused of was dismissed cuz I I fought it all the way.

[00:29:08]Cuz I know I have no knowledge. I have an affidavit statement. These things I have an affidavit signed right now by the victim. I don't do drugs. I don't you know, I'm not I was just at the wrong place at the wrong time and I just need another opportunity at life.

[00:29:22]And I promise to do the right thing.

[00:29:25]Any questions?

[00:29:27]I got questions.

[00:29:28]>> Okay. In in the in the letter that you wrote us, you you made a statement that when you get out of jail, your parole officer need need to help you and that you didn't What help did you need? Well, you know, like you know, you know, being that I was I'm a registered sex offender.

[00:29:44]Yes.

[00:29:45]>> go to the certain certain certain jobs, they won't allow you to work. And I I asked my parole officer, "Excuse me, sir, can you you know, can you help me do the things that I need to get a job to get back into society?" He refused to help me with anything. I went to a supervisor. She didn't help me a nothing. So, I prayed to God and went out on faith and I got a job myself.

[00:30:10]Two of them at there.

[00:30:12]And they still available right now. They waiting on me right now to get out. They going to give me that job. I I do see I do see case narrative of May 2nd of '23 where y'all talked about jobs. You trying to get on at Bossier.

[00:30:26]They she referred you to uh That was a supervisor. That was his supervisor.

[00:30:32]>> that. Oh, okay. His name is Alan DuPree, the one that the guy my parole officer.

[00:30:37]He didn't do nothing.

[00:30:38]>> Okay. Okay. Oh, okay. Okay. But I do but I do want to you know, or noted that you did get services. You got referrals for employment. Yes, ma'am, from a supervisor. Got it. Not my parole officer. Yes, ma'am.

[00:30:50]>> Okay. You made that clear. I hear you loud and clear.

[00:30:53]Yes, ma'am. But but I'm still confused.

[00:30:56]So so tell me as as plain as you can tell me, why you are why are you in jail?

[00:31:03]Because I committed offense of criminal mischief.

[00:31:06]What did you do?

[00:31:07]What did you do?

[00:31:09]I didn't stop.

[00:31:10]I didn't stop. Now and I think about that every day.

[00:31:14]I promise I think about that every day.

[00:31:16]I wish I would have stopped.

[00:31:18]So So now do you understand the necessity to obey law enforcement? Yes, ma'am.

[00:31:24]Yes, ma'am. And that includes your officer, your parole officer?

[00:31:28]Yes, ma'am. We don't have problems. Me and my parole officer don't have problems. Okay.

[00:31:32]None.

[00:31:34]It's just he wasn't lacking for helping me get in a job. That's the only problem that I had with him. Okay. Okay. Cuz I It looked like you were you were you were sentenced in 2016. You got revoked in 2020. You say because of a misdemeanor situation like this. Yes, ma'am.

[00:31:48]Are you seeing a pattern here? Yes, ma'am. Yes, ma'am. I need to choose my my I need to choose my people who I'm dealing with wisely. And I need to make better decisions. Yes, ma'am. And stay out of jail.

[00:31:59]>> father of eight children. The record show you're the father of eight children. Yes, ma'am.

[00:32:04]Yes, ma'am. And then you go and sit your butt back in jail. Go into jail.

[00:32:08]Yes, ma'am. That's That's That's all me.

[00:32:11]That's it. This is the last. But you do understand uh me reading your file, you get out in March and you get arrested in in June. That tells me you want to go back to jail. No. It was just I did wrong like I said, an innocent person helping a person that needed help. And end up going to jail not knowing things. You just told me why you in jail. You just told me, because you didn't stop for the police. Yes, ma'am.

[00:32:34]Ain't that it?

[00:32:36]Yes, ma'am, cuz I didn't stop.

[00:32:37]>> didn't That didn't got nothing to do with who you hang with. Why?

[00:32:40]You were I will stop. Yes, ma'am.

[00:32:45]I Yes, ma'am.

[00:32:47]Yes, ma'am.

[00:32:49]Yes, ma'am.

[00:32:50]Yes, ma'am.

[00:32:52]No, ma'am.

[00:32:54]Yes, ma'am.

[00:32:58]Let's hear from you ma'am, Ms. Lashonda Powell. Powell?

[00:33:03]Yes, sir.

[00:33:08]Yes, ma'am. What would you like to tell us about your nephew?

[00:33:12]What I would like to add is for Tyrone prior to today, when I noticed when he came home this time, he stopped hanging out in the community around the same uh situations for as in the drug community the he grew up with that was just [music] doing the same old thing that he'd been around all his life. He immediately manned up and got a job.

[00:33:36]He was going to church.

[00:33:37]He was helping [music] out my mom, uh older people in the community, whatever he can do, he was there, but most definitely he was [music] away from the normal life what we used to every day [music] seeing gun violence and people dying. He removed himself from that.

[00:33:54]And I admire that this time.

[00:33:57]He He basically [music] isolated himself from our day-to-day life.

[00:34:01]And he is missed out here. We lose the family members every day.

[00:34:07]Um I would love to see him back at home with his family, [music] with his kids, cuz they are the ones that's that's lacking in this whole mishap with with Tyrone. His kids need him. His momma have cancer. He just lost a brother like last week.

[00:34:23]He couldn't even attend the the funeral.

[00:34:24]This is his second sibling that has passed since he's been incarcerated. And again, I have mo- noticed the change working food dog. Tyrone never did work. He came home and got a job immediately. He isolated himself from his friends as well as his associates.

[00:34:39]I seen a change and I would love to see him back home with his family.

[00:34:47]Thank you, ma'am. We appreciate your comments.

[00:34:50]Mr. Carter, is there anything you'd like to say before the panel votes?

[00:34:54]Uh yes, sir. Um I just ask that y'all have mercy on me today.

[00:34:59]And um I just ask for another chance. And if within 90 days if you don't see a a difference, um you can bring me back in front of the board within 90 days of me being home.

[00:35:13]And um if you don't we can meet the if I don't meet the criteria, then you can take me back to jail. But I just need another chance at life. Uh like I said, I I mastered self-control and patience.

[00:35:27]Um I hate that I was in this situation and then I didn't stop.

[00:35:31]But uh if I could take that back, I would have stopped.

[00:35:36]Okay.

[00:35:38]Mr. Carter, you you keep saying I just didn't stop. But you know, what you did was a very very dangerous thing. Uh I was a judge for a long time. And I put people in jail very often when they were on high-speed chases.

[00:35:56]You know, you look around, you read the paper, you watch the news, people are killed every day because police officers have to chase people down.

[00:36:06]Yes, sir.

[00:36:07]You were going anywhere from 85 mph to 100 mph on the interstate. And you say, "Oh, I didn't do anything.

[00:36:16]Um um I was afraid they were going to kill me."

[00:36:19]Well, I say that's BS.

[00:36:22]I'm not so sure that I believe that affidavit that you didn't know anything about those drugs.

[00:36:28]But, you know, I'll accept the fact that you weren't charged with that.

[00:36:33]But, you have admitted that you were on a high-speed running away from the police officers. They had to stop you. I don't know how many other cars were in danger as a result of your maneuvers.

[00:36:46]You had been out of jail for 3 months when you got arrested for this.

[00:36:51]So, my vote today is to revoke. I'm only one of three, but that's my vote.

[00:36:56]It's uh Vice All right.

[00:36:59]Uh Mr. [clears throat] uh Mr. Carter, when I was reading your file last night, I didn't think I would do this.

[00:37:06]But, because of your aunt and the things that she said today, not because of you.

[00:37:11]You need help. You You need to You need to You need to come You need to see yourself. Is my You come back and see yourself. You have eight children. Eight.

[00:37:21]Yes, ma'am.

[00:37:22]And you need to be a good example for.

[00:37:24]And and you have a baby. But, I'm this one vote is where my vote is in lieu of revocation, send you to work release, and then continue you on supervision.

[00:37:32]But, I do find you guilty of the allegations that's been alleged against you.

[00:37:36]That's what you think, sir. Thank you, Ms. Vice. Mr. Freeman.

[00:37:40]Uh due to your criminal activity, I vote to revoke.

[00:37:45]You have two votes to revoke, Mr. Carter. Your parole has been revoked today. Good luck to you, sir.

[00:37:55]Man, I really miss the old parole board.

[00:37:57]There's just something something about them. The classic classic Mr. Mirabella lecture. I've been on the parole board, you know, as the judge for 8,000 years.

[00:38:06]And you know, he really rails it in.

[00:38:08]They don't do that so much in the new board. And look, you know, it's interesting. We actually do know that he got out on parole like 6 months ago.

[00:38:17]And I think he's learned his lesson. I think actually I'm actually so sure of this. I'm willing to say that if there's one thing for certain is that we will never see Mr. Carter again. Uh, good morning Mr. Carter. Good morning, ma'am.

[00:38:31]How are you doing?

[00:38:32]Feeling fine.

[00:38:34]>> [laughter] >> Okay guys, I Sorry I couldn't help myself on this one. Thank you Sir Richard for connecting the dots. Yeah, it was 2023 for the last offense. He gets out, he gets he gets revoked in like 2020, he gets back in, he gets revoked again, he gets out and it was he's been sitting in jail for like 6 months. He he got revoked for for not registering, you know, not registering, right? What's the big deal?

[00:38:59]By the way, if you're curious what his initial crime was, I do have here in Sir Richard's notes that he was 24 years old when he was charged with aggravated SA which I believe can be a life sentence if you're convicted of that. He was accused of SAing a 20-year-old woman who he knew from a previous relationship.

[00:39:20]He was indicted January 2015. We know that he was locked up in 2016. We know he got out on parole in 2020. I'm sure he took a plea deal of a much lesser charge and then he got revoked in 2023.

[00:39:31]Now here we are May 20th, 2026, 6 months after his last arrest going through another revocation hearing. So let's see what happens.

[00:39:39]>> Okay, um, Mr. Carter, let's see if I can summarize this real quick. Uh, first off, you're charged with violation number four, I will not engage in any criminal activity and nor will I associate with persons who are gang or known to be involved in criminal activity. I will avoid bars and casinos.

[00:39:58]I will refrain from illegal use of drugs or alcohol. You violated that you committed the new offense of failed arrest as a sex offender and um, going beyond the 21 days and you also uh, I a simple battery How do you plead?

[00:40:19]I'm guilty.

[00:40:21]Right. Okay, so let me let me see if I got this straight. So, you got out of prison.

[00:40:26]You didn't get to register, but when they arrested you at you had went on that day and paid for your registration.

[00:40:34]Yes, sir. I was under pressure. I talked to Mr. Alford on the daily. See, back then I've been registered in 2019.

[00:40:42]You were able to come up with a payment plan. See, back then now it's different.

[00:40:47]You have 21 days. I did I was unaware of that, but I stayed in contact with my registration officer and I explained to him, "Well, look, I got portion of the money now."

[00:40:58]He said he couldn't take portion of it.

[00:41:00]He had to take it all at one time. So, that that is all paid now, right? Yes, sir. I'm registered right now. I'm I'm out there right now as a registered right now, but I'm in constant >> Okay, let me ask you this. You still got your same residence? Yes, sir. Yes, sir.

[00:41:15]Okay, where you working? Yes, sir. I had just had got a job like 5 days before I had to turn myself in. Our sister, uh, she loaned me the money. Once I got the job, I Mr. Alford what was going on.

[00:41:31]I want to go back to jail.

[00:41:32]>> Okay, tell me about the the fight in jail. What happened? Okay, well, my son, he's on the front of the Sports Illustrated.

[00:41:40]He's an athlete. He's 12 years old.

[00:41:44]He got caught with a weed at school in his pocket. So, I'm arguing on the phone with him telling him, "Hey, bro, you you tripping. You got too much to lose. You don't want to be like me. Like, hey, listen, there's better things to do.

[00:41:56]Like, you know, make better decisions.

[00:41:58]If we have to get you from those guys that you're around, don't do that. We're not going to do that." And the guy turned around, I'm telling this to my son on the phone. The guy turned around and told me to shut the [ __ ] up. Excuse my language, but that's what he said.

[00:42:12]So, I told him, "Hey, man, you don't tell grown men to shut up cuz I ain't going to tell you that."

[00:42:16]And before you know it, he was like, "What's up? What you want to do?" I'm like, "Man, go on, man." He was like, "What you want to do?" I'm like, "Man, whatever you want to do." And he walked in my cell.

[00:42:26]And we had a fight. Mhm. [clears throat] And they only charged me for the incident.

[00:42:32]Right.

[00:42:33]They gave us both 10 days in the hole, but they only charged me for the incident. Right. Right. They They said you were the aggressor, but we we're not worried about all that. Okay.

[00:42:42]Yes, sir. All right. So, that's that's your two charges, correct? And that's that's what happened. Yes, sir. And um can I say anything else? Uh since I've been here, they haven't gave me a true bill of indictment on those charges. Right. I'm being told today that they're going to dismiss the charge. Right. Right. Well, well, I don't know what's going to happen, but okay. Um I have no further questions for you. Uh I'm going to turn it over and see if uh Mr. Prater or Mr. Uh Staple can have any questions. I'd like to hear what I'd like to hear what the parole officer wants to say. I notice he's on there, which we don't usually get them to testify, but if the agent would would testify I'm seeing I I apologize to the parole officer.

[00:43:26]Mr. Gatter?

[00:43:30]Yes.

[00:43:31]Okay. Would you tell us what you have to say today?

[00:43:35]Mis- Mr. Carter just wanted me to be here because he was afraid that uh uh even though I only I put the only violations he had, which was being arrested for going beyond the uh the time and having the fight in jail, he was afraid that if I didn't show up and say that that was the only violations I had, that it would be uh somewhat overlooked.

[00:44:00]Okay.

[00:44:01]So, you have nothing I mean, he he had just gotten out if I if I take it, right?

[00:44:08]Yeah, he hadn't been out very long. He hadn't been out very long and I I hadn't had any issues with him. He just went too long. Part of that issue was because the the sheriff's office was switching who was the sex offender coordinator and there was just a a miscommunication in the handoff.

[00:44:26]Got you. Got you.

[00:44:28]Okay, so So, did you look at the video?

[00:44:33]I did and I submitted it. I don't know if you guys got it. We don't have it. I looked for it.

[00:44:38]>> Okay.

[00:44:40]It Yeah, the the incident started at the phone bank and then they both walked over to a cell and then that It was a It was a mutual combat.

[00:44:50]That's what I That's what I figured.

[00:44:52]Okay.

[00:44:54]They They had to have They had to have They had to have walked 50 ft talking to each other the entire way.

[00:45:01]So.

[00:45:04]All right.

[00:45:06]Okay, thank you, sir.

[00:45:08]>> him into his cell is is what you saw.

[00:45:11]Right. Yeah.

[00:45:12]Yeah. Okay. Thank you so much for for coming today. We appreciate it, Mr. Gadders.

[00:45:18]Thank you, ma'am.

[00:45:21]Okay.

[00:45:21]>> Okay.

[00:45:22]I'm ready to vote if y'all are. Ready.

[00:45:26]Ready.

[00:45:27]Okay, Mr. Carter, uh it looks like you spent almost 6 months in jail. You paid your money for your registration.

[00:45:34]Uh I'm going to find you in a violation of condition number four for the fight, but I am not going to revoke and I am going to return you to supervision.

[00:45:46]Sir. Uh so, uh that's my vote today.

[00:45:51]Yes, sir.

[00:45:53]All right, Mr. Prater. I concur with that. He is in violation of fighting and he's not supposed to, but I I think he ought to be revoked at this point. He's trying to do right.

[00:46:03]Okay.

[00:46:04]And I concur with my colleagues, Mr. Freeman and Mr. Crater. So, at this point, sir, today you have not been revoked. You've been returned to supervision.

[00:46:13]And the time is 9:50 and we're signing off.

[00:46:17]Thank you.

[00:46:23]>> [clears throat] >> Wow, he is lucky that his PO officer showed up for him. That PO officer saved the day. Had he not been there, there is no doubt. And you got to give the PO officer credit. I guess you got to give him the salute. Now, look, frankly, I have no idea how you get out of prison and the first thing you do is not like register. It's see I don't know. I I missed something Was he registering when he got arrested? I don't really know, but okay. Like, the fight clearly wasn't his fault. Um, you know, he he he got in I mean, he look, he should have he he he obviously got in a fight with He should be able to control himself. He's not at a um, you know, at the phone bank, but you know, someone was picking on him maybe because of what's in his jacket, went to cell. It was mutual combat. He defended himself.

[00:47:09]But, uh, the idea that What does he have? Eight kids? Oh my gosh. And one of them apparently is I tried to see if he if I could find a Sports Illustrated article. I couldn't find anything. Um, it be impossible really even if But, he Ooh, he's lucky. Now, frankly, I I'm not convinced that we won't see him again.

[00:47:28]He has shown nothing in his history that he does not know how to stay out of trouble. So, it wouldn't surprise me if we see him again in 6 months or something. So, let me know in the comments section, y'all.