By Travers Mackel
Pratt sentenced to three years,
credited for time served
NEW ORLEANS —A former New
Orleans police officer pleaded guilty on Friday to two counts of sexual battery
and one count of unlawful carnal knowledge of a juvenile.
A suspended New Orleans police
officer was indicted on Thursday by a grand jury on accusations of sexually
assaulting a girl.
A judge sentenced Desmond Pratt
to three years in prison but credited him for time served. Pratt has been in
jail for more than a year while awaiting trial.
The one-time NOPD homicide
detective worked high profile cases that included the investigation into
activities involving Telly Hankton, who has been described as one of the most
influential criminal figures in the city.
A grand jury indicted Pratt
last August. At the time, the then-42-year-old Pratt was already on suspension
from his post at the NOPD, where he had worked since 1997.
His most recent assignment was
in the Sixth District