District Attorney Collin Sims reports that last week a St. Tammany Parish 12-person jury found 56 YO Tommy Adolph Culotta of Slidell guilty of the second degree rape of a young girl.
Assistant District Attorneys Iain Dover and Tiffany Dover teamed up to present evidence to the jury during the 4-day trial with Judge Tara Zeller presiding.
The jury deliberated for approximately 7 hours, spread over two days, before returning its unanimous guilty verdict.
The defendant is scheduled to be sentenced on June 11, 2024. A conviction for second degree rape carries a sentence of up to forty years in prison without benefit of parole.
