Brian Pope Sentenced

Suspended Lafayette City Marshall, Brian Pope, was sentenced to three years in the Lafayette Parish Jail with all but one year suspended.

Pope was sentenced on three counts of malfeasance and acquitted on one count of perjury.  Pope has been fined $1,500, court costs, and restitution up to $11,700.  He has also been sentenced to 240 hours of community service.

Pope will have 3-years of probation after serving his one year jail sentence, which begins at the end of the month.