Zachary A. Keller

David Courvelle, 56, a former contract detention officer at the South Louisiana ICE Processing Center, was sentenced to three years in federal prison for sexual abuse of a ward. He engaged in prohibited sexual contact with a female detainee, provided her gifts, and arranged for other detainees to act as lookouts during encounters. The victim stated she felt pressured to perform sexual acts.

The Department of Justice arrested Charles Ford, a convicted felon, for allegedly providing the rifle used by Shamar Elkins, who killed eight children in a domestic violence attack in Shreveport, Louisiana. Ford faces charges for illegal firearm possession and lying to authorities about the weapon's ownership.