New felony domestic abuse charge filed against former Louisiana State Police trooper

A former Louisiana State Police trooper left an Alexandria courtroom upset Wednesday after another felony domestic abuse charge was filed against him.

Michael Lynn Satcher II, 38, remains in the Rapides Parish Detention Center #1 on a probation violation hold. He faces revocation of his probation in an October 2019 incident after his arrest in December on more domestic abuse-related charges.

Louisiana Assistant Attorney General John W. Russell IV told 9th Judicial District Court Judge Greg Beard on Wednesday that he earlier that morning had filed another felony charge, domestic abuse with child endangerment, against Satcher.

The Rapides Parish District Attorney's Office recused itself from cases involving Satcher because of a personal relationship between him and DA Phillip Terrell and his son.

Russell told Beard the charge stemmed from an incident in October that previously had not been reported to law enforcement.

According to the bill of information, Satcher on Oct. 14 "intentionally used force or violence" on the victim while a child age 13 or younger was present.

He pleaded not guilty.

A pretrial conference on the new charge and others was set for July 11. Satcher's probation revocation hearing is set for the same day.

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He was a trooper in October 2019 when he was arrested by the Rapides Parish Sheriff's Office on felony charges of first-offense battery of a dating partner, unauthorized entry of an inhabited dwelling, as well as misdemeanor charges of simple battery and criminal damage to property less than $1,000.

He was formally charged with felony charges of entry of an inhabited dwelling, sexual battery and domestic abuse strangulation, along with the misdemeanor charges.

He pleaded no contest in September to the felony entry of an inhabited dwelling and misdemeanor simple battery counts. The strangulation charge was reduced to misdemeanor domestic abuse of a dating partner, and he pleaded no contest to that, too.

The remaining charges were dropped.

A defendant pleading no contest, or nolo contendere, accepts the conviction, but does not admit guilt in a case.

He was sentenced under Article 893, which defers the imposition of a sentence for first-time offenders. Instead of prison, he was sentenced to two years of supervised probation on the felony charges and six months of unsupervised probation on the misdemeanor charges.

As a condition of his probation, he was ordered to complete anger management classes and to keep away from the victim.

But he was arrested by the sheriff's office again, less than three months later, when he allegedly kidnapped a different woman and took her to his home on Robinson Road, which is between Bayou Rapides Road and La. Highway 28 West.

He pleaded not guilty April 25 to felony charges of home invasion, domestic abuse strangulation, second-degree kidnapping and firearm possession by a felon.

His attorney, S. Christie Smith IV, withdrew motions to reduce bond and for a preliminary examination, but reserved the right to refile those motions later.

Any defense pretrial motions are to be filed so that they can be handled during the July 11 hearing, Beard told the attorneys.

This article originally appeared on Alexandria Town Talk: New domestic abuse charge filed against former trooper Michael Satcher II