Man faces 5 years in jail after biting sheriff’s deputy throughout custody battle | Messages
A St. James parish man who bit a sheriff’s deputy during a fight in 2020 faces up to five years in prison, prosecutors said Monday.
Sheriff’s deputies were called to a home on May 18 for a disturbance during a custody swap and attempted to arrest Justin Stout, 40. But he defied them and bit one of the deputies; They eventually used a taser to subdue him, prosecutors said.
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The bitten deputy had to see a doctor, prosecutors said.
On Wednesday, a jury at St James Parish found Stout of 3395 Tupelo Lane in Paulina guilty of assaulting a police officer, prosecutors said.
Judge Tess Stromberg of the 23rd Judicial District Court has scheduled Stout’s sentencing for February 24.
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