Alexandria man, Pineville teen sentenced to prison for separate shootings
An Alexandria man was sentenced to 50 years in prison for the slaying of an elderly man in an Alexandria movie theater parking lot.
Antonio Bennett Brooks, 21, had been indicted on a second-degree murder charge in the July 19, 2021, death of 74-year-old Larry Baxley. The charge was reduced to manslaughter last month, and Brooks changed his plea to guilty to that charge and two counts of attempted second-degree murder.
Ninth Judicial District Court Judge Mary Lauve Doggett sentenced Brooks to 40 years on the manslaughter charge and 10 years each on the attempted murder charges. The sentences are to be served concurrently and without the benefit of probation, parole or suspension of sentence.
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Also on Monday, a 17-year-old Pineville boy was sentenced to more than 12 years in prison for a March 2022 shooting that wounded another teen.
He was one of two teens indicted on charges of attempted second-degree murder in the March 11, 2022, shooting in Wardville. He was 15 at the time of the shooting. Both were charged as adults in the shooting.
Two other juveniles were given citations, the Rapides Parish Sheriff's Office stated at the time of the shooting.
Doggett sentenced the teen to 12 years and six months after he changed his plea to guilty Monday morning. His trial was to have been held this week.
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The other teen, also 15 at the time of the shooting, received the same sentence last month.
Both sentences are to be served without benefit of probation, parole or suspension of sentence, according to online Rapides Parish Clerk of Court records.
And, lastly, the trial of 60-year-old Justin Grant Walters was moved to Sept. 18. A plea date was set for Aug. 9.
Walters faces charges of aggravated rape, second-degree kidnapping, unauthorized use of a motor vehicle and other felony charge.
He currently is serving a 20-year sentence on rape and kidnapping convictions out of Grant Parish. Law enforcement agencies in Grant and Rapides parishes had worked together in 2019, asking potential victims of Walters to step forward.
He was accused of holding women captive and beating or raping some of them, according to officials at the time.
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