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    Mother And Son Indicted For Jury Tampering

    A Shreveport man, already condemned to die for killing his pregnant ex-girlfriend in a grisly homicide, was indicted along with his mother Wednesday for interfering with the jury-selection process in an effort to get a sympathetic juror to sit in judgment of him.

    LaMondre Tucker, 20, and his mother, Alicia, 42, were charged by the Caddo Parish grand jury with conspiracy to commit jury tampering.

    Tampering with a death-penalty jury can result in a sentence of more than 30 years.

    Tucker last month was sentenced to die for the slaying of his former girlfriend, Tavia Sills, who was killed after Tucker found out she was pregnant.

    The district attorney's office said Ms. Tucker tried to get a prospective juror she and her son knew to change her testimony about her feelings on the death penalty. It was an effort to get a sympathetic person on the jury, prosecutors said.

    Prosecutors said the prospective juror was called in a three-way phone conversation with Tucker and her son, who was held at Caddo Correctional Center. The conversation was recorded by the jail, which routinely records calls to and from inmates.

    The prospective juror originally said during questioning that she was opposed to the death penalty. She later changed her testimony to say she could consider both the death penalty and a lesser sentence, which made her eligible to hear a death-penalty case.

    That juror felt threatened, District Attorney Charles Scott said.

    Tavia Sills, 18, was shot twice and had flammable liquid poured on her before she jumped into a pond to wash it off, prosecutors said. She was then shot again.

    Prosecutors said Sills told Tucker he was the father, although DNA testing later determined he was not.

    http://www.ktbs.com/news/27617234/detail.html

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    Sentencing postponed for convicted killer

    A Caddo district judge Thurday postponed sentencing for the man convicted of killing a pregnant teen until after rulings are made on multiple motions filed by the defense team.

    LaMondre Tucker will return to court June 29 for further proceedings, at which time Judge Ramona Emanuel could set a new date to sentence him for capital murder in the death of Tavia Sills. Emanuel decided to postpone Thursday's scheduled proceeding after hearing nearly 20 motions.

    One particular motion requested the Confederate flag that flies in front of the Caddo Parish Courthouse to be removed for Tucker's sentencing. The judge denied that motion, saying it was not supported by the law, but is taking the remaining into consideration.

    A Caddo jury, in March and after a three-day trial, deliberated less than 25 minutes before recommending that Tucker get the death penalty. Sills' body was found floating in a pond in 2008, three days after Tucker picked her up to meet his family. Prosecutors said he killed Sills because she told him she was pregnant with his child. DNA testing later determined Tucker wasn't the father of the victim's unborn baby.

    Emanuel could take the jury's recommendation or sentence Tucker to life in prison.

    In an unrelated case, trial dates were set for two of four contractors charged in connection with an investigation into illegal activities at the Shreveport Office of Community Development.

    Jury trials for Santana Brown and James Hayward Lester are set for June 20 before Caddo District Judge Mike Pitman.

    Brown faces one count of home improvement fraud and three counts of engaging in the business of contracting without authority. And Lester will be tried for one count of home improvement fraud and one count of filing false public records.

    http://www.shreveporttimes.com/artic...nvicted-killer

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    Before Judge Ramona Emanuel at 2 p.m., Lamondre Markes Tucker, 21, may be sentenced after Emanuel rules on several defense motions. Tucker was found guilty in March by a Caddo Parish jury of first-degree murder for the September 2008 shooting death of his estranged girlfriend Tavia Sills. The jury recommended the death penalty.

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    Death penalty ordered for teen's killer

    SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — A judge in Shreveport has ordered the death penalty for a man convicted of killing a pregnant teenager.

    Twenty-year-old LaMondre Tucker was convicted in March of killing his 18-year-old ex-girlfriend, Tavia Sills. The jury voted for the death sentence that was imposed Wednesday by State District Judge Ramona Emanuel.

    Prosecutors said Tucker killed Sills because she told him she was pregnant with his child. DNA testing later determined Tucker wasn't the father of the victim's unborn baby.

    Sills' body was found floating in a pond in 2008, three days after she was last seen with Tucker.

    http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/art...#ixzz1Qi0tXK4I

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    Tucker, Mom To Go On Trial For Jury Tampering

    A man sentenced to death for killing his pregnant girlfriend now faces another trial.

    Lamondre Tucker and his mother, Alicia Ann Tucker, are set for trial May 7, on a charge of conspiracy to commit jury tampering.

    Caddo District Judge Scott Crichton set the trial date after a three hour hearing this morning.

    The charge against the pair stems from actions during jury selection of Lamondre Tucker’s first degree murder trial in March of last year.

    Prosecutors say Alicia Tucker attempted to get a potential juror that she and her son knew to change her testimony on how she felt about the death penalty.

    The conversation amongst the three was recorded by the Caddo Correctional Center.

    Tucker was sentenced to die by lethal injection for killing Tavia Sills.

    Her body was found floating in a pond in 2008, three days after she was last seen with Tucker.

    Prosecutors say Tucker killed Sills because she told him she was pregnant with his child.

    http://www.ktbs.com/news/30191107/detail.html

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    A jury tampering trial involving a mom and son postponed Monday

    Shreveport, Louisiana - A mother and son who are on trial accused of jury tampering had their day in court on Monday has been postponed until September 24, 2012 in a Caddo Parish Court House.

    Lamondre Tucker was found guilty by a jury of murdering his girlfriend Tavia Sills, 18, who was excepting Lamondre's child. When Tucker found out the news he shot Sills and killed her and her unborn baby in March 2008. Tucker was sentenced to death.

    During his trial Lamondre and his mother Alicia Tucker allegedly made phone calls from his prison to prospective jurors.

    http://www.allvoices.com/contributed...stponed-monday

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    Second man on trial from killing pregnant teen and unborn child

    Testimony resumes Thursday for one of two men charged with killing a pregnant woman and dumping her body in a north Shreveport pond.

    Marcus Taylor faces a charge of second-degree murder in connection with the deaths of Tavia Sills and her unborn child. Sills was four months pregnant.

    LaMondre Tucker, her ex-boyfriend, is on death row after a Caddo Parish jury convicted him of capital murder in 2011 for her death.

    Sills, 17, was found three days after she disappeared from her residence. The mother-to-be left home with Tucker to visit his family, but never returned. Prosecutors say Tucker plotted to kill the teen and burn her body after she named him as the father of her baby. But he allegedly shot Sills and instead left her in the secluded pond.

    A couple fishing found the body, and Shreveport firefighters later recovered the weapon from the pond.

    Prosecutors say Taylor, 27, did not fire the shots that killed Sills, but helped Tucker carry out that plan. Taylor has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.

    Taylor’s trial is underway before Caddo District Judge Ramona Emanuel, and. Dale Cox is prosecuting. Defense attorney is Ian Taylor.

    http://www.shreveporttimes.com/artic...S03/131016014/
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    State rests case in trial of accused murder accomplice Marcus Taylor

    A Shreveport man dodged a life sentence Thursday when a jury convicted him of manslaughter for his role in the death of a teen and her unborn child in 2008.

    Marcus Taylor, 27, initially was charged with second-degree murder in connection with the 2008 death of Tavia Sills. But a Caddo jury deliberated less than three hours before finding him guilty of the lesser charge of manslaughter. Taylor faces up to 40 years when sentenced Oct. 30.

    Prosecutors said Taylor helped LaMondre Tucker kill his estranged girlfriend. Sills’ body was found floating in a north Shreveport pond. She was four months pregnant at the time. Tucker remains on death row after a Caddo jury convicted him in March 2011 for the murder.

    During the trial, jurors heard audio of a conversation between Taylor and Shreveport police Detective Rod Demery. In the recording, Taylor, 27, detailed events leading up to Sills’ shooting. He described how Tucker handled the weapon that killed Sills. Taylor claims he didn’t witness the shooting but heard several shots fired. Taylor also admits to handling a lighter fluid container, which prosecutors said was used to douse Sills.

    The prosecution team, headed by Assistant District Attorney Dale Cox, said Taylor provided Tucker, now 23, with the gun, and conspired to lure Sills to the pond. Prosecutors said Tucker plotted to kill Sills and burn her body after she named him as the father of her baby. It was later determined through DNA testing that Tucker was not the father of Sills’ unborn son.

    Taylor’s attorney, Ian Taylor (no relation), claims his client is mentally handicapped and not responsible for what happened.

    In rebuttal, the prosecution called a court-appointed forensic psychiatrist who described Taylor’s mental state, saying he was in control of his faculties at the time of the shooting and understood right from wrong.

    http://www.shreveporttimes.com/artic...-Marcus-Taylor
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    Shreveport man sentenced to 30 years for role in pregnant teen's death

    A Shreveport man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for his role in the murder of a pregnant teenager.

    Marcus Taylor, 26, was convicted in October of manslaughter in the shooting death of 18-year-old Tavia Sills.

    Sills was 4 months pregnant at the time. She was shot 3 times and pushed into a pond in a remote area in Shreveport's Martin Luther King Jr. neighborhood in November 2008.

    Her ex-boyfriend, Lemondre Tucker, was convicted in August 2011 of first degree murder in Sills' death. He is currently on death row, sentenced to death by lethal injection.

    At trial, prosecutors told the jury that Taylor provided the gun used to shoot Sills, and was there when Tucker pulled the trigger.

    Taylor's defense attorney called his client "mentally retarded" and told the jury that Tucker was the monster, and that he manipulated Taylor. Taylor pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.

    Taylor was tried for second degree murder, but a jury convicted him on the lesser charge.

    http://www.ksla.com/story/23983110/s...nt-teens-death
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    Convicted killer back on trial in Caddo for jury tampering

    A Shreveport man already convicted of killing his pregnant ex-girlfriend is back on trial. This time, Lamondre Tucker is accused of threatening a juror in his murder trial.

    A jury found Tucker, 23, guilty in March 2011 of first degree murder in the 2008 shooting death of Tavia Sills. He's been on death row at Angola ever since.

    Now, he's back in Caddo Parish, standing trial on conspiracy to commit jury tampering. His mother, Alicia is also facing trial on that charge.

    According to prosecutors, the Tuckers tried to coerce a potential juror into changing their testimony in an attempt to get on the jury for Lamondre's trial.

    Among the evidence presented to the jury Tuesday was an alleged phone call to a friend of a juror from Lamondre and his mother attempting to get the juror's friend to "find out what her angle is."

    That juror also took the stand before the state rested its case. Closing arguments are expected were expected to get under way late Tuesday afternoon.

    Tune in at 5 for the very latest on details in a live report from the Caddo Parish Courthouse.

    http://www.ksla.com/story/24634075/c...jury-tampering
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