New Orleans man admits to role in Slidell-area murder  A
20-year-old New Orleans man today admitted to participating in
an attempted armed robbery that led to a Salvadoran man's death
in the Slidell area.  Grant Gethers took the stand in the St.
Tammany Parish courthouse and expressed his remorse, and state
Judge Richard A. "Rick" Swartz sentenced him to eight years in
prison for manslaughter.  Gethers had been charged with second-
degree murder alongside Glenn Carter, 19, of New Orleans, Edric
"E" Cooper, 21, of Slidell, and Jace "Slim" Washington, 21, of
Slidell.  The four men tried to pull off a robbery at a trailer
near Slidell where Jose Luis Martinez-Carpio was cooking on
April 29, 2007. At that time, Gethers, who was the only one
without a gun, was 18 years old.  Gethers ran out of the trailer
when Carter fired the fatal shots, according to various
testimony. Gether's private attorney, Alan Black, and Assistant
District Attorney Jack Hoffstadt asked Gethers if he felt
remorse.  grant.gethers.jpgGrant Ge