Caddo Parish District Attorney James E. Stewart Sr. has transferred the prosecution of J’Marion Salsberry, 16, from juvenile court to adult court to face a charge of armed robbery.
Salsberry is alleged on December 27, 2024 to have pulled a gun on a customer at a Jewella Avenue convenience store and robbed him of $60. The robbery was captured on store surveillance video, and Salsberry was identified by both the victim and the store clerk. Salsberry was wearing an ankle monitor from a December 18, 2024 juvenile court sentence case at the time of the robbery.
The Louisiana Childrens Code, Article 305, provides for the divestiture of juvenile court jurisdiction upon review by the District Attorney for offenders aged 15 years or older for a number of criminal acts. A provision of the same code’s Article 879 further provides that all proceedings in a juvenile delinquency case involving a crime of violence as defined by the code must be open to the public.
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