By james art 
Baton Rouge – Louisiana’s Supreme Court has rejected a request from a dismissed police officer Ruzh Donald Steele to review a decision from the first appeal court. As a result, he is his guilty sentence and he cannot return to the law enforcement agencies under the Louisiana Law.
In September 2024, the first Court of Appeal reimbursed Steel’s guilty sentence. He was found guilty of abuse of office after a trial before the 19th JDC judge, Eboni Johnson, rose in March 2024. However, Judge Rose initially cleared Steele of all misconduct.
“We now conclude that the judicial court is abusing its judgment in making the decision on acquittal. The court court acknowledged that the defendant guilty of LA. Accordingly, the decision on April 18, 2024 was annulled, the sentence of Count II (abuse) is restored and this issue was left for further production. “
-Ruling from the first Court of Appeal
The Court of Appeal issued its decision on September 26, 2024, almost three months after district prosecutor Hilar Moore and Assistant Prosecutor General Dana Cummings appealed Judge Rose’s decision.
After this decision, Steel’s lawyers submitted a petition to the Louisiana Supreme Court to review the appeal decision. On February 25, 2025, the Supreme Court denied the request, which means that Steele’s sentence for abuse of position existed. Louisiana’s law requires police officers to be post-certified (standards and training of peace staff), a certificate that is canceled if an employee is convicted of abuse in office.
The overturned sentence was among the controversy over Judge Rose before its suspension in 2024. Since then, Louisiana’s Supreme Court stopped her from the bench. Despite her suspension, she remained on the newsletter for the first Court of Appeal, but lost the election. This case and related issues were discussed in an episode of Uwk’s podcast Louisiana is not unfilteredS
Details about Donald Steele’s arrest
Around 2 o’clock on the morning of June 23, 2021, a 19-year-old woman was driving Burbank Drive when Baton Ruzh’s police officer Donald Steele pulled her for a suspect DWI. During the suspension, Steel was accused of inappropriate touching the teenager and forced her to follow him in an isolated place in exchange for not issuing a ticket. He was on duty at the time, but he was outside his patrol zone.
Nearly two months later, on August 25, 2021, Steel was arrested and accused of two crimes: second-degree abduction and abuse of office. He was also charged with a sexual offense for a crime. Brpd put it on paid administrative leave where it remains for a year – until Uwk’s The investigation attracted renewed attention to the case. The case was appointed as an assistant prosecutor Dana Cummings and was later presented at a large court hearing, which charged Steele on the charges of crime. He was fired by BRPD only hours after the prosecution.
Steel went to court at the end of March 2024, before Judge Eboni Johnson Rose. Seen, a teenage victim and many witnesses testified. In the end, Judge Rose justified Steele’s accusations of abduction and sexual batteries, but found him guilty of abuse. However, under the Louisiana law, abuse is strictly classified as a crime, not a violation. Because of this legal technicality, all countries returned to court on April 18, 2024, where Judge Rose released Steele’s sentence and acquitted him on all charges. This decision cleared his record, making him apply again as a police officer.
The small position is sentenced to five years in prison and/or a fine of up to $ 5,000.
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