Isaac Jones faced 3 life sentences for the crimes, but reached plea agreements with the state on some charges, lessening his sentence.
A New Orleans man accused of killing three people, shooting an 8-year-old boy and threatening his uncle with a gun was sentenced to 30 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to seven criminal charges Monday (March 5).
Isaac « Ike » Jones, 28, faced three life sentences for the crimes, but reached plea agreements with the state on some charges.
Court records show Criminal District Court Judge Laurie A. White ordered the sentences to be served concurrently.
Jones received the 30-year sentence for conspiracy to commit first-degree murder, admitting he fatally shot Orlando « Lanny » Rickmon in Mid-City in April 2013, according to District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro’s office.
Desmond Bell also was killed in that 2013 shooting. Jones pleaded guilty to manslaughter in his death and received a 20-year sentence.
Rickmon and Bell were slain on the front porch of a home in the 4000 block of Baudin Street in Mid-City on April 23,2013. The shooting badly injured 8-year-old Daymond Harris, who was playing outside at the time with a group of children a few houses away.
Jones pleaded guilty to attempted first-degree murder for shooting Harris, and was sentenced to 20 years in prison, according to Cannizzaro’s office.
Jones pleaded guilty to a second manslaughter charge in connection with the fatal August 2012 shooting of Jeremy « MCK Jay » Curry.
Curry was a member of the Mid-City Killers street gang, according to Cannizzaro’s office. New Orleans police previously said Jones held that gang responsible for his 47-year-old father’s death two months earlier.
Jones received a 20 year sentence for that slaying.
Jones also pleaded guilty to attempted second-degree murder for an earlier of Rickmon in February 2013. Rickmon, who was shot several times, survived that shooting, which occurred days after Jones’ father was killed.
White sentenced Jones to 20 years on that charge.
Jones’ other guilty pleas Monday were connected to a May 2012 incident in which he pointed a gun, fired into the air and threatened to kill his uncle in a dispute over control of his late grandmother’s house.
He pleaded guilty as charged to aggravated assault with a firearm and illegal discharge of a weapon to intimidate a person during a crime of violence and received five and 20 year sentences, respectively.
Marcus DeLarge and Kevin Boshea represented Jones. Assistant District Attorneys Jason Napoli and Alex Calenda prosecuted the case.
