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ALEXANDRIA - A Rapides Parish Sheriff s Office officer was sued in federal court for allegedly racially profiling children.
The complaint was filed on April 16 in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana by plaintiff Wesley Pigott, his Black 18-year-old daughter Mya Pigott and his Black 16-year-old son KP.
On April 17, 2020, Wesley Pigott went to pick up KP and his Latino friends after an evening of fishing. Mya Pigott was in the passenger seat.
The plaintiff says his daughter asked if they could drive past the Rapides Parish Detention Center, as she knew that her father frequently worked there.
A Boyce man is in jail for the second time in two months after being arrested on sex-related charges by the Alexandria Police Department.
Koby Lex Saucier, 19, first was arrested on March 8 by the Rapides Parish Sheriff s Office on charges of felony carnal knowledge of a juvenile, indecent behavior with juveniles and computer-aided solicitation of a minor.
Bail was set at $450,00, and Saucier bonded out of the Rapides Parish Detention Center on March 24.
His attorney, in that case, George Higgins III, had filed a motion to reduce his bond before he was released. A hearing had been set for May 17, according to online Rapides Parish Clerk of Court records.
Texas man arrested for contractor fraud in Rapides Parish
and last updated 2021-04-23 15:51:08-04
ALEXANDRIA, La. â The Rapdies Parish Sheriff s Office have arrested a Texas man for alleged contractor fraud in the Tioga area.
RPSO says that on Nov. 9, 2020, deputies responded to take a report of residential contractor fraud and exploitation of the infirmed that occurred in the Tioga area.
According to RPSO, deputies took the initial report and detectives assigned to the Kolin Substation conducted their follow up investigation.
RPSO say that detectives identified Fredrick Lawrence Fontenot, 45 of Canton, Texas as a suspect.
According to the Residential Contractor Fraud statute, fraud occurs when the contractor âfails to perform any work during a forty-five-day period of time or longer after receiving payment, unless a longer period is specified.â
RPSO make arrest in rape case
and last updated 2021-04-23 15:18:05-04
ALEXANDRIA, La. â The Rapides Parish Sheriff s Office says that an Alexandria man has been arrested on 3rd Degree Rape in connection with a report of criminal sexual conduct that occurred in the Alexandria area.
RPSO says that deputies took the initial report and detectives responded to conduct the follow up investigation, and identified Allen Hayes, 59, of Alexandria, as the suspect.
RPSO says that detectives learned Hayes was arrested in August of 2020 for 2nd Degree Rape by the Alexandria Police Department and was currently out on bond on that charge.