Crump and the family will hold a Monday news conference
AVOYELLES PARISH, La. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump has been retained by the family of Jerome Stevenson, an inmate at Avoyelles Parish DC-1 facility who lost his life after an altercation with two corrections deputies and an incarcerated offender that occurred on Nov. 4.
Arrest warrants have been issued for two corrections deputies and one incarcerated offender following an investigation into Stevenson’s death. John Contrell Williams was arrested for second-degree murder. Byron Oneal White was arrested for malfeasance in office. Frank Overbey III was arrested for principal to second-degree murder.
WHO:
Family of Jerome Stevenson
Attorney Ben Crump
Michael McClanahan, NAACP Baton Rouge Chapter President
WHEN:
Monday, February 26, 2023, at 9 am CT
WHERE:
St. Mary Missionary Baptist Church
9067 LA Highway 1
Lettsworth, LA
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