NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Following a two-week trial, three men have been found guilty of the 2022 attempted murder and assault of two St. Tammany Parish teenagers in Orleans Parish.
According to the Orleans Parish District Attorney’s Office, in June of 2022, Jordan Mitchell, Dylan Johnson and Zakyis Bolden traveled with two teen girls to Orleans Parish.
Documents state that one of the girls was sexually assaulted but both were shot and “left for dead.” While both victims survived, they did sustain permanent injuries, according to the district attorney’s office.
Court documents revealed that on May 16, during sentencing, the victims made statements describing the physical and emotional toll the crime has taken on them and shared that they will have to live with the defendant’s actions for life.
Mitchell was found guilty of:
- Two counts of attempted first-degree murder,
- One count each of first-degree rape,
- First-degree kidnapping,
- Armed robbery
Bolden and Johnson each were found guilty of two counts of attempted manslaughter.
As a result of the verdict, Mitchell was sentenced to life in prison while Bolden and Johnson received 15 years each.
The district attorney’s office reports the outcome of the case was made possible with experts in the Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI).
“The SAKI team and I are grateful that we were able to get these verdicts for the survivors,” said First Chair Assistant District Attorney Penny Kissinger.“ What these young women endured is horrible, and it is our hope that they can go on to live full, productive, lives with this trauma behind them.”
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