Amite woman pleads guilty in case of relative held captive

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The U.S. Attorney’s Office says an Amite woman has pleaded guilty in a case in which a woman relative was held captive — sometimes in a makeshift cage.
NOLA.com / Times-Picayune reports the attorney’s office said in a news release Friday that Bridget Lambert entered a plea on Thursday on a count of forced labor conspiracy.
She faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison when she’s sentenced on December 20.
The federal case involved horrific a