252nd District Court: pleas accepted, competency treatment ordered and multiple cases reset or set for trial

The 252nd District Court in Jefferson County on Oct. 12, 2025 accepted several guilty pleas, ordered inpatient competency restoration in one case, reduced a bond in another and reset or set multiple cases for trial, the judge said.

The court found Victoria Bailey not competent to stand trial and ordered inpatient competency restoration at an appropriate facility "for a period of not to exceed 120 days," the judge announced. The judge directed that the court will revisit Bailey's cases after the restoration period.

The judge also accepted guilty pleas and imposed or scheduled sentences in several matters: George Celestine Jr. pleaded guilty to a state-jail felony of evading arrest and was sentenced under the parties' agreement to 60 days in the Jefferson County Jail; Lawrence Glover pleaded guilty to assault on a public servant and was sentenced under agreement to 10 years in the institutional division, to run concurrently with time he was serving on a parole revocation; and Antoine Deal, after admitting to violations and entering pleas of true on…