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Former sheriff's deputy arrested in alleged attack on child

3 weeks 4 days 1 hour ago Saturday, September 14 2024 Sep 14, 2024 September 14, 2024 10:19 AM September 14, 2024 in News
Source: WBRZ

ASCENSION — A former East Baton Rouge Parish sheriff's deputy was arrested Friday, accused of injuring a child.

John Dempre, 48, was booked into Ascension Parish jail on a count of cruelty to a juvenile.

Ascension Parish sheriff's spokesman Donovan Jackson said deputies were called to a Prairieville hospital after a boy with head injuries was taken to the hospital Friday.

In 2005, when Dempre worked as an East Baton Rouge sheriff's deputy, he was suspended and demoted in a sweeping investigation of mishandling of evidence.

Jail records indicate that Dempre's bond in the Ascension case has not been set.

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