Former BRPD officer Donald Steele to serve six months in prison after malfeasance in office conviction

BATON ROUGE — Donald Steele, a former Baton Rouge Police officer convicted of malfeasance in office after a traffic stop in which a woman said Steele forcibly groped her, was sentenced to a year in prison on Thursday.

With credit for time served, Steele will serve about another six months.

Before getting sentenced, Judge Don Johnson offered a chance to reduce that time by apologizing…

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