BATON ROUGE — Three former East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s deputies have pleaded guilty in crimes related to inmate beatings.
None of them will spend time in jail after pleading guilty to malfeasance in office, which covers official misconduct by people who work for the government.
Elijah Christopher, 26; Julius Conner, 27, and Noah Jenkins, 25, were all placed on probation for three years and their other charges were dismissed, court records show. Christopher had been charged with three counts of simple battery and one count of marijuana possession. Conner and Jenkins were each charged with one count of simple battery.
Their certification by Police Officer Standards and Training, which is required for most law enforcement jobs, was revoked.
Christopher got a five-year suspended sentence. If he violates the terms of his probation, he can be jailed.
Jenkins and Conner both were sentenced using a provision that allows the court to essentially erase their convictions after they complete their probation.
The trio was arrested in late 2024, accused of beating and pepper-spraying handcuffed inmates on at least three occasions, and not reporting the abuse. The sheriff’s office fired them before their arrests.
In one of those beatings, Christopher choked a handcuffed inmate before hitting him in the “facial area, head, stomach, shoulder, and back with his fist multiple times. Christopher kicked the inmate and dragged him across the floor by the hair all while calling him racial slurs. The inmate was heard grunting in pain after each incident as he laid in a fetal position. On one occasion, the inmate was heard saying, “Please Sarge.” The inmate remained in a fetal position as Christopher continued striking him, causing pain,” arrest documents said.
In another crime, Conner and Christopher laughed at a handcuffed inmate after they sprayed him with pepper spray, arrest records said.
Christopher had been with the sheriff’s office for about five years. Conner had been on with the EBRSO for roughly nine months. Jenkins had worked there for approximately three and a half years.
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