The New Orleans man recently acquitted on a domestic-violence charge despite videotape footage of him sucker-punching his girlfriend couldn't escape punishment for violating his parole.
On Friday, a judge ordered Deante Brumfield, 24, to spend the weekend in jail and then attend anger-management classes for failing to pay fines and fees while he is on probation for a 2009 gun violation.
Deante BrumfieldBrumfield appeared at Orleans Parish Criminal District Court on Friday for a probation hearing. Judge Lynda Van Davis sentenced him to two days in jail and then the court-sponsored anger management for violating probation.
Six months after Brumfield pleaded guilty to the gun charge in Davis' section, receiving five years in prison -- all suspended, he was arrested and accused of punching his girlfriend during a streetcar ride. Regional Transit Authority's surveillance captured the punch, but Judge Frank Marullo on April 14 acquitted Brumfield, while criticizing District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro's office for bringing him such a low-level case.
Brumfield didn't deny hitting his estranged girlfriend when their argument went public on the streetcar line.
In March 2009, Cannizzaro began prosecuting most misdemeanor domestic violence cases in Criminal District Court instead of Municipal Court in a sweeping policy change.
Brumfield, who spent six years in the U.S. Marine Corps and recently worked at a Metairie perfume company, owes $1,000 to the Judicial Expense Fund for the 2009 gun conviction.
Gwen Filosa can be reached at gfilosa@timespicayune.com or 504.826.3304.
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