
DISTRICT ATTORNEY ANNOUNCES SENTENCING IN RECENT CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS
Natchitoches Parish District Attorney Billy Joe Harrington announced the sentencing in a recent criminal case in the 10th Judicial District Court.
Kendrick J. Balthazar, 39, of Natchitoches, was sentenced to the maximum of five years of incarceration after pleading guilty to possession of Schedule II narcotics. Balthazar has four previous felony criminal convictions. The conviction is related to an April 2021 traffic stop by the Natchitoches Police Department. Desiree D. Dyess was the presiding judge in this case.