Richland Parish jury convicts ‘Chipmunk Bandit’

A Richland Parish jury on Sept. 26 unanimously convicted Hermandus Semien of the first-degree murder of Officer Marshall Waters of the Mangham Police Department. Semien was also convicted of the armed robbery of Langston Yancey, theft of a motor vehicle and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Assistant District Attorney Doug Wheeler prosecuted the case for the Fifth District Attorney?...

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