THE INVESTIGATORS: DA drops more drug cases tied to potential corruption within BRPD WAFB file photo of the Baton Rouge Police Department headquarters in Baton Rouge, La. (Source: WAFB) By Scottie Hunter | April 26, 2021 at 10:47 AM CDT - Updated April 26 at 10:47 AM
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - District Attorney Hillar Mooreâs office has dropped even more drug cases tied directly to potential corruption within the narcotics division with BRPD.
Last month, 640 cases were dropped by the office, ranging from possession to weapons charges dating back as far as to 2015. All of those cases that were dropped were handled by officers Jeremiah Ardoin and Jason Acree. Both men were charged after departmental investigations seemed to expose corruption within the agency. Now 72 additional cases have been dropped by the DAâs office. Those include cases that date back to as far as 2017 and involved cases as recent as January 2021. All of these dropped cases were also handled by