Man who killed Pineville man faces drug charge

Written by| Associated Press

BATON ROUGE — A 37-year-old Baton Rouge man who served prison time after pleading guilty to manslaughter in the 1992 slaying of carjacked Louisiana State freshman Kipp Earl Gullet of Pineville now is facing a felony drug charge.

Zebbie Berthelot was scheduled to be arraigned Thursday on a charge of possession of methamphetamine, but he told state District Judge Richard Anderson he needed more time to hire a lawyer. The judge reset the arraignment for May 20.

Baton Rouge police arrested Berthelot on the drug charge on Dec. 31, three months after his parole supervision in the Gullet case was terminated, East Baton Rouge Parish Assistant District Attorney John Russell said.

“Because of that, the odds of him getting jail time (if convicted) go up substantially, but it would certainly be up to the judge,” the prosecutor said, adding that a conviction for methamphetamine possession carries up to five years in prison.

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