Jury selection will resume this morning in the case against Jack Strain, the man who spent two decades as the top law enforcement officer in St. Tammany Parish.
The 58 YO Strain is accused of abusing multiple juveniles before and during his time as sheriff.
DA Warren Montgomery will seek to paint Strain as a lifelong predator and potential jurors are being asked questions about whether they can objectively view evidence about these alleged incidents involving juveniles. They are also being asked about their views on law enforcement.
St. Tammany Parish judges recused themselves from the case, leaving former Lafourche Parish Judge A. Bruce Simpson to come out of retirement to preside.
Strain’s time in court will not end with this trial. In December he will go to a federal court on 16 corruption charges, each tied to an alleged kickback scheme at the work-release program he privatized as sheriff.
