Gretna NewsLocal news for Gretna, LA continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Man held in stabbing death of girlfriend- July 4, 2008 There seemed to be nothing amiss early Thursday morning as Santiago Cantillano-Cruz spent more than two hours at Lucky John's Sports Bar in Metairie, playing pool, laughing and singing with his girlfriend, ...http://www.topix.net/city/gretna-la/2008/07/man-held-in-stabbing-death-of-girlfriend?fromr... Inmates claim courts ignoring their appeals- July 4, 2008 Attorneys for two inmates have asked the state Supreme Court to investigate their claims that for 13 years the 5th Circuit Court of Appeal in Gretna systematically -- and illegally -- ignored appeals filed by ...http://www.topix.net/city/gretna-la/2008/07/inmates-claim-courts-ignoring-their-appeals?fr... Gretna man guilty of killing his father- July 2, 2008 A Gretna man whose mental illness has caused two mistrials in the eight years since he was arrested in his father's homicide was convicted Tuesday night of second-degree murder for killing the elderly man and ...http://www.topix.net/city/gretna-la/2008/07/gretna-man-guilty-of-killing-his-father?fromrs... Fugitive gets 2 life sentences- July 1, 2008 Two years after a Jefferson Parish jury found him guilty of aggravated kidnapping and armed robbery in his absence, a 27-year-old Kenner man returned to a Gretna courtroom and was sentenced to life sentence in ...http://www.topix.net/city/gretna-la/2008/07/fugitive-gets-2-life-sentences?fromrss=1 Gretna murder defendant takes plea deal- July 1, 2008 Having weakened his self-defense claim by own his testimony, a Gretna man decided not to gamble on a jury verdict that could have put him away for life and asked for an 11th-hour plea deal Thursday night ...http://www.topix.net/city/gretna-la/2008/06/gretna-murder-defendant-takes-plea-deal?fromrs... |