COVINGTON, La. — A Mandeville man will spend the rest of his life in prison after fatally stabbing his estranged wife before committing a string of burglaries on the Northshore.
District Attorney Warren Montgomery announced that 40-year-old George Dargis Jr. was sentenced to mandatory life in prison without the benefit of parole for the second-degree murder of Julie Dargis on Dec. 2, 2017.
District Judge Reginald Badeaux also sentenced Dargis to 70 years in prison for other crimes, with both sentences to be served concurrently.
Authorities say Dargis showed up at his estranged wife's home shortly after bonding out of jail. The couple then got into an argument before Dargis attacked her, slashed her throat and driving away in her rental car.
While on the run, Dargis also robbed a grocery store on Highway 190 in Lacombe and burglarized other businesses by driving the car into the establishments.
Prosecutors say Dargis later showed up at his parents' Slidell home and said that he had hurt his wife. He was later arrested after crashing the rental car on the Interstate 10 twin span bridges between Slidell and New Orleans.
"You lied and said you loved Julie," the victim's mother, Cindy Marange said. "You don't murder people you love... Our lives are forever changed. Our lives will never be the same."
Montgomery's office said Dargis hung his head and said "sorry, sorry" when asked if he had anything to say.
On Tuesday, Dargis also pleaded guilty to all charges and received the following prison sentences: possession of a Schedule II drug (Codeine), two years; aggravated flight from an officer, 10 years; aggravated obstruction of a highway, 15 years; unauthorized entry of a business, six years; three counts of simple criminal damage to property over $1,000, two years on each count; two counts of simple burglary, 12 years on each count; and simple robbery, seven years.
