Former Addis police officer turns himself in after guilty plea in deadly crash

Trinity Velazquez

May 23, 2024 at 1:42 PM·1 min read

WEST BATON ROUGE PARISH, La. (BRPROUD) – A former Addis police officer has turned himself in at the West Baton Rouge jail after pleading guilty to charges in connection to a crash that killed two teenage girls.

Sgt. Landon Groger with the West Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office confirmed that David Cauthron turned himself in around 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, May 23. Court officials said he pleaded guilty to two counts of manslaughter and one count of negligent injuring.

A deadly crash on LA-1 on Saturday, Dec. 31, 2022, during a chase involving a suspect named Tyquel Zanders took the lives of Margaret “Maggie” Dunn, 17, and Caroline Gill, 15.

During the chase, an Addis police unit T-boned a vehicle turning onto LA 1, police said. Caut hron was arrested on Sunday, Jan. 1.

Former Addis police officer pleads guilty to charges after crash kills 2 teens during chase

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