New Orleans musician Glen David Andrews pleads guilty to resolve four open criminal cases

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Prominent New Orleans musician Glen David Andrews pleaded guilty Tuesday (Nov. 12) to resolve four open felony cases against him in Orleans Parish Criminal District Court.

The singer-trombonist, a Jazz Fest and New Orleans second line staple also known as the "Treme Prince," has had some of the cases pending since 2019. But he entered into a plea agreement Tuesday just before a domestic violence case finally was to go to trial in Judge Leon Roche's courtroom.

Andrews, 44, pleaded guilty as charged in that case to domestic abuse battery (second offense) and domestic abuse with child endangerment.

Andrews also pleaded guilty as charged to possession of fentanyl in a separate case, which stemmed from his vehicle crash in the French Quarter in December 2019.

Andrews was charged in another case with armed robbery involving a knife, but was allowed to plead guilty to a reduced charge of simple robbery to resolve that charge.

And in a fourth case in which he was charged with aggravated battery for allegedly striking a woman at a New Orleans gas station, Andrews was able to plead guilty to a lesser count of second-degree battery.

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Andrews was prosecuted by the Louisiana Attorney General's office, after Orleans Parish District Attorney Jason Williams recused himself and his office from the cases.

Williams famously booked Andrews to perform as the featured entertainer at his inauguration party in January 2021. The new DA later claimed he did not know his office had three open cases against Andrews, who was out on bond at the time.

An attorney who previously represented Andrews also was a former law partner of Williams at his firm Jason Williams and Associates.

Andrews is scheduled to be sentenced on Dec. 10.

The AG's office took no position Tuesday on sentencing. But a law enforcement source said Roche is expected to impose a six-year suspended sentence for the robbery conviction and concurrent five-year sentence on the battery case that would only become executory if Andrews fails to stay out of trouble during a three-year period of active probation.

The source said Roche instructed Andrews to prepare to be remanded into custody at the end of the Dec. 10 sentencing hearing. The second domestic abuse battery conviction requires that Andrews serve a mandatory jail sentence of at least 14 days, which would see the musician released on Christmas day.