St. Charles Parish President Larry Cochran pleaded guilty to first-offense DWI in a Jefferson Parish court Monday morning (May 6) in connection with a 2017 arrest for impaired driving, according to court records.
Cochran, 57, of St. Rose, appeared in Metairie’s First Parish Court where he pleaded under Article 894, which allows defendants to set aside their convictions once certain conditions are met.
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Judge Johnny Lee suspended a 120-day sentence, according to Fox 8. The judge also ordered Cochran to serve one year of probation, four days of community service and pay a total of $803 in fees and fines, court records said.
Cochran, a former parish councilman who was elected president of St. Charles Parish in 2015.
Kenner police arrested him during the early morning hours of Sept. 2, 2017, after a motorist spotted a St. Charles Parish-owned sport utility vehicle swerving and weaving all over the road and called 911, authorities said.
An officer spotted Cochran’s SUV about 12:38 a.m. near Cabaret Drive. The officer noted Cochran’s eyes were red and glassy, and he had slurred speech, a Kenner police report said.
Cochran had no detectable alcohol in his system when he took a Breathalyzer test. But police said he performed poorly on a field sobriety test, something Cochran attributed to bad knees following a 2015 surgery, according to the report.
Toxicology tests revealed that Cochran had the painkillers hydrocodone, Oxycodone and Oxymorphone in his system at the time of the traffic stop, authorities said.
He was arrested and booked with DWI first-offense and reckless operation of a vehicle. Cochran enrolled in the Jefferson Parish Pre-trial Adult Diversion Program in January 2018. He could have had the arrest expunged from his criminal record.
But the district attorney’s office filed a bill of information formally charging Cochran in the case on March 15 after he withdrew from the program. Cochran has said he pulled out of diversion continue his recovery from from injuries suffered in a 2018 motorcycle crash.
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