Jack Strain spent two decades as the top law enforcement officer in St. Tammany Parish.
This week the 58 YO Strain is scheduled to go on trial, accused of abusing multiple juveniles before and during his time as sheriff.
The trial could decide whether the former sheriff spends the rest of his life in prison.
DA Warren Montgomery will seek to paint Strain as a lifelong predator. The list of potential witnesses includes 52 YO Mark Finn, a former Strain family friend who claims Strain began sexually abusing him when he was six.
St. Tammany Parish judges recused themselves from the case, leaving former Lafourche Parish Judge A. Bruce Simpson come out of retirement to preside.
Strain’s time in court will not end after the sex crimes trial. On Dec. 6, 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.
