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| Deputies say they foiled inmate's plot |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 09/13/2004 |
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A city jail inmate was accused last Wednesday of ordering two men to kill an 11-year-old boy who had planned to testify against him in his first-degree murder trial, authorities said. Police said the boy watched on March 24, 2003, as his uncle was fatally shot by Bryan Mathieu, who is now in New Orleans' jail awaiting trial on a first-degree murder charge. From jail, Mathieu allegedly ordered his brother and another man to kill the boy to prevent him from testifying, according to a statement last Wednesday from the district attorney's office. Deputies learned of the plot and told city police, who arrested one of the men, Kenel Schneckenburg, on Aug. 31. The other, Don Mathieu, remains at large. Bryan Mathieu now also faces an additional charge of conspiracy to commit first-degree murder. The boy's uncle, James Robinson, was shot to death as he sat in a car with the boy and the boy's mother, Keisha, the statement said. Bryan Mathieu was later arrested in the fatal shooting of James Robinson. The boy's mother was also wounded, but the boy was not injured. The district attorney's office warned his mother not to return to the area of the shooting - but she and her boyfriend, Thomas "Big Poppa" Miller, were shot to death in that area on May 15, 2003. That crime remains unsolved. District Attorney Eddie Jordan and police Superintendent Eddie Compass have publicly emphasized the need to fight witness intimidation in order to cut down on New Orleans' high rate of violent crime. |
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