Grand juries in Iberia and St. Martin parishes handed up multiple indictments this week, District Attorney Michael Haik reports.

In Iberia Parish Steven Vital, 29, was indicted on a charge of second-degree murder and felon in possession of a firearm in the slaying of Jermaine Riles. Riles, 49, was shot in the 100 block of Dark Alley the day after Christmas 2022. He died later at a hospital. Police called the shooting a "domestic-related homicide" but did not release details.

The grand jury also indicted a 16-year-old from New Iberia in the slaying of Rylon Daniels. Daniels was 14 years old; the shooting shut down the 2025 Spanish Festival. To read our interview with Daniels' family, click here . The 16-year-old is now formally charged with second-degree murder.

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