Sheriff: Texts show suspect in deputy death plotting crimes

Published June 25, 2016

A Louisiana sheriff says cellphone text message evidence shows the suspect in a deputy's shooting death had been plotting other crimes.

Jefferson Parish Sheriff Newell Normand read texts laced with street slang and profanity from the phone of suspect Jerman (jur-MANE) Neveaux (NEE'-voh) during a Friday news conference. Neveaux faces a first-degree murder charge in the Wednesday death of David Michel (mee-SHELL).

Normand also said he has turned over to the FBI video that appears to show officers hitting Neveaux after capturing him. A new booking photo of a swollen-faced Neveaux shows evidence of injuries that Normand said included facial lacerations and an "orbital fracture" — an injury to the bone around the eye socket.

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