On September 12, 2016, Lakeisha Marshall of 1305 McKinley St. Donaldsonville, LA., age 36, pled guilty in the 23rd Judicial District Court, parish of Ascension, to the charge of Failure to Register as a Sex Offender or Child Predator. Marshall was prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Shawn Bush, and presiding over this matter was the Honorable Judge Thomas Kliebert.
On March 20, 2016, Ascension Parish Sheriff’s Deputies arrested Lakeisha Marshall, a Tier II Sex Offender, for failing to update her semi-annual sex offender registration. Deputies attempted to make contact with Marshall regarding her registration, but were unsuccessful.
Marshall was ordered to register as a sex offender after she pled guilty on December 8, 2014 to the charge of Enticing Minors into Prostitution. This plea was a result of a plea deal with prosecutors following an Ascension Parish Sheriff’s Office Prostitution Investigation in December 2013. Assistant District Attorney Amy Colby was the lead prosecutor on this case. Marshall was sentenced by the Honorable Judge Jason Verdigets. Marshall was sentenced to 10 years with the Louisiana Department of Corrections with credit for time served. It was ordered that 8 years of the imposed sentence were to be suspended, and the defendant was to serve the remaining 2 years. Upon release, it was ordered that Marshall was to be placed on 5 years supervised probation. Marshall was also to abide by several conditions including Registering as a Sex Offender or Child Predator.
Following Marshalls guilty plea as it relates to Failing to Register as a Sex Offender or Child Predator, Judge Kliebert ordered that Marshall be sentenced to 8 years at hard labor with the Louisiana Department of Corrections with credit for time served. In addition, Marshall’s probation was revoked and she has to serve the remaining 8 years of the imposed sentenced for the charge of Enticing Minors into Prostitution. The imposed sentences are to run consecutive to one another for a total of 16 years.