U.S. Attorney’s Office July 07, 2014 • Western
District of Louisiana (318) 676-3641
MONROE, LA—The former sheriff of East Carroll Parish was sentenced
to three years of probation for hunting with a convicted felon who was
sentenced prior to 2014 and barred from possessing a firearm, U.S. Attorney
Stephanie A. Finley announced today.
Former East Carroll Parish Sheriff Mark Wayne Shumate, 52, of Lake
Providence, La., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Robert G. James for one
count aiding and abetting a felon in the possession of a firearm. According to
evidence presented at the guilty plea, on April 1, 2014, Shumate and the
convicted felon went hunting on January 8, 2014. Shumate had full knowledge
that the person accompanying him was barred from possessing and firing a
firearm.
The FBI and ATF conducted the investigation. Assistant U.S.
Attorney Joseph G. Jarzabek prosecuted the case.