Former Louisiana State Police trooper facing probation revocation after December arrest
A former Louisiana State Police trooper is facing domestic violence charges and revocation of his probation in a previous case.
Michael Lynn Satcher II, 37, has a Monday court date on a motion to reduce the $235,000 bail set after his arrest in December. He has not been formally charged in that case yet, but the state is seeking to revoke his probation in a case from October 2019.
The Rapides Parish District Attorney's Office first was granted a recusal from cases involving Satcher in February 2020 because, according to the motion, DA Phillip Terrell and his son have "a close personal relationship" with him that includes hunting and "other recreational activities."
The Louisiana Attorney General's Office since has handled the cases against him.
Satcher was a trooper in October 2019 when he was arrested by the Rapides Parish Sheriff's Office on charges of first-offense battery of a dating partner, simple battery, unauthorized entry of an inhabited dwelling and criminal damage to property less than $1,000.
The state later added charges of sexual battery and domestic abuse strangulation.
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In September, he pleaded no contest to a felony charge of entry of an inhabited dwelling and a misdemeanor charge of domestic abuse of a dating partner, which had been reduced from the felony strangulation charge.
Sexual battery and criminal damage charges were dropped, according to online Rapides Parish Clerk of Court records.
Sentences on both charges he pleaded guilty to were deferred under Article 893, which allows a court to suspend sentences for first-time offenders. Satcher was placed on two years of supervised probation on the entry of an inhabited dwelling charge and six months of unsupervised probation on the misdemeanor charge.
He also was ordered to complete anger management classes and not to have contact with the victim.
But less than three months later, Satcher again was arrested by the sheriff's office after he allegedly kidnapped a different woman and took her to his Robinson Road home.
He was booked into the Rapides Parish Detention Center #1 on charges of home invasion (aggravated assault), domestic abuse battery-strangulation, second-degree kidnapping and a probation violation.
He has been in jail since then, but has sought a lower bail to be allowed to leave the parish for alcohol addiction treatment, according to motions.
In January, Leesville attorney S. Christie Smith IV enrolled as Satcher's attorney and filed a motion for preliminary examination, which determines whether there's enough evidence to proceed with a case.
Ninth Judicial District Court Judge Greg Beard also set that hearing for Monday, according to online records.
This article originally appeared on Alexandria Town Talk: Former trooper facing kidnapping, more charges wants bail reduced
