Oct. 16 (UPI) -- A former Louisiana sheriff's deputy was sentenced to more than three years in prison for assaulting a pretrial detainee five years ago. Former DeSoto Parish Sheriff's Deputy Javarrea Pouncy, 31, had previously entered a guilty plea to one count of using excessive force against a detainee at the DeSoto Parish Jail. He was sentenced to 37 months in prison. Advertisement Pouncy admitted that in 2019 he conducted a strip search of a detainee and repeatedly hit him in the head, face