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9-1-1 OPERATOR SENTENCED TO 70 MONTHS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR DRUG DISTRIBUTION
August 20, 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DEMOND BOUDOIN, age 26, a resident of Edgard, Louisiana, was sentenced by U. S. District Judge Carl Barbier to seventy (70) months in prison for distribution of cocaine base “crack” and unauthorized access to a computer to aid and abet the possession of a controlled substance with the intent to distribute, announced U. S. Attorney Jim Letten.
The case against BOUDOIN was investigated by the St. Charles Parish Sheriff’s Office in conjunction with the Drug Enforcement Administration after suspicions were raised that BOUDOIN who was working as a 9-1-1 Operator/ Dispatcher may have been distributing illegal drugs while on duty. On five separate occasions a confidential source purchased “crack” cocaine from BOUDOIN. On two of these occasions, BOUDOIN distributed the illegal drugs in front of the St. Charles Parish 9-1-1 Communications Center. BOUDOIN was also convicted of having used his position as a 9-1-1 operator to access the National Crime Information Computer to query the registration information concerning a Louisiana license plate number for an individual BOUDOIN believed was engaged in selling crack. BOUDOIN, while on duty, accessed the National Crime Information Computer for an undercover agent who he believed to be a drug dealer inquiring about an individual who wanted to sell him crack. The defendant pled guilty to a Superseding Bill of Information on November 14, 2007.
The investigation was conducted by the St. Charles Parish Sheriff’s Office and the Drug Enforcement Administration. The case was prosecuted by Assistant U. S. Attorneys Melvin K. Washington and Sivashree Sundaram.
