BATON ROUGE — A Louisiana State Police trooper who allegedly covered up evidence and coerced a domestic violence victim to lie to law enforcement that was investigating him has been indicted on several charges, including malfeasance in office, domestic abuse battery and obstruction of justice.
On Wednesday, a grand jury indicted James Jefferson III, 41, on two counts each of obstruction of justice, domestic abuse battery with child endangerment and malfeasance in office, as well as one count each of domestic abuse battery with a dangerous weapon and domestic abuse battery by strangulation.
WBRZ’s Investigative Unit previously reported that Jefferson allegedly strangled his wife and hit her with his car before pressuring her to lie about the incidents to investigating officers. He was previously arrested on domestic violence charges in February…