La. inmate sentenced to life for throwing feces at correctional officers

The New Orleans man was convicted as a habitual offender after a jury found him guilty of battery on a correctional officer

September 21, 2025 06:00 AM

By Bob Warren
The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate

NEW ORLEANS — An inmate who threw feces at two guards at a Washington Parish correctional facility has been sentenced to life in prison, authorities said.

The northshore District Attorney’s Office said in a news release Wednesday that Judge William H. Burris of the 22nd Judicial District handed down the sentence Sept. 12 . A Washington Parish jury had convicted Tomarcus Porter of battery of a correctional officer following a two-day trial in June.

Porter, who has a long criminal history, was prosecuted as a habitual offender, which led to the life sentence.

Porter, of New Orleans, was in the Rayburn Correctional Center in Angie serving 20 years on convictions for crimes including manslaughter and aggravated second-degree battery out of Orleans Parish, the DA’s office said.

The DA’s office news release said Porter reached into the toilet in his cell and threw feces at a guard making security rounds. The guard was hit in the face, as well as other parts of his body. A second guard was also hit with the feces on his head and shoulder, the news release said.

In addition to the convictions for which Porter was already serving time, he has also had convictions on numerous other crimes, including aggravated sexual battery, theft, illegal weapons, and introducing contraband into a penal institution, the DA’s office said.

Assistant District Attorneys Le’Anne Malnar and Amanda Gritten prosecuted the case. Maj. Tylan Self with the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections handled the investigation, the DA’s office said.

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