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BATON ROUGE - A former narcotics officer who's been booked four times in the span of a few months will not be allowed to bond out of jail after his latest arrest.
Ex-BRPD officer Jason Acree is accused of taking drugs that were seized by the department and smashing evidence while on duty, but Acree's most recent arrest came in May after he was caught drag racing with guns and drugs in his car.
Acree has been jail for 8 weeks, and EBRDA’s office is asking to revoke his bond.
— Brandi B. Harris (@BrandiBHarrisTV) July 22, 2021
His attorney says that his behavior back in May reflected the stress he was under b/c of his arrests and says he was on his way to work when he was arrested for drag racing. @WBRZ
On Thursday, a judge ruled that Acree, who's been held in jail for eight weeks, will continue to be jailed without bond.
He was first arrested in February after he was implicated in an internal corruption investigation at BRPD. At the time, Acree was accused of taking marijuana from an evidence locker and giving it to a friend.
Between that first arrest and his most recent charges, Acree was booked twice more as investigators uncovered more of his alleged wrongdoing at BRPD.
BATON ROUGE - A woman convicted in the brutal 2014 slaying of a Louisiana couple and of trying to dodge arrest by fleeing the country now faces life in prison.
According to The Advocate, Dulce Maria Funez worked for 51-year-old Connie Hall and 53-year-old Eddie Hall as an employee of their painting business. But after Funez argued with the couple over a reduction in pay and was subsequently fired, authorities believe Funez and her boyfriend, Armando Reyes Diaz, killed the Halls on April 27, 2014.
>Click here for WBRZ's original article on the case<
Officials said Connie Hall was stabbed nearly 40 times and the body of her husband was found next to his bed with his gun still holstered.
Officials believe Funez then attempted to evade authorities by relocating to another country.
Two years after the Halls were killed, Funez was located and arrested in Germany. She was brought back to Louisiana and charged with two counts of first-degree murder.
Her boyfriend, Diaz, though never found was also charged with two counts of first-degree murder.
Funez has been convicted and now awaits sentencing.
UPDATE: The Baton Rouge Police Department revealed Thursday that former officer MacAulay was fired a month ago for violating department policy. The department would not say whether his termination was related to the domestic abuse arrest back in May.
Read the original story below.
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BATON ROUGE - A police officer is on administrative leave after being arrested for domestic abuse.
David MacAulay, 41, was booked into jail early Thursday morning on a charge of domestic abuse battery, the Baton Rouge Police Department confirmed. MacAulay has been with the department for three years.
No other details related to his arrest were immediately available.
It's the second arrest of a BRPD officer on domestic violence charges this month. You can read about that arrest here.
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