Covington Woman Indicted On Traffic Violations In Motorcycle Death

District Attorney Warren Montgomery announces that a St. Tammany Parish grand jury decided

Wednesday (April 17, 2019) to indict Jennifer P. Robinson (53) of Covington on three traffic violations—careless operation of a vehicle, making an improper turn, and no seat-belt—in an car accident that resulted in the death of an off-duty police officer last year.

The grand jury decided the evidence did not support a negligent homicide charge.

Robinson was making a left turn into a private driveway on Louisiana Highway 1082 (Old Military Road) from the northbound lane on August 25, 2018, when she collided with a motorcycle traveling in the southbound lane. The driver of the motorcycle was Ricardo Silva, Jr. (26), a New Orleans police officer, who died from injuries he sustained in the accident.