Grant Parish, La. — Deidre Fuqua, the 40-year-old Director of the Grant Parish Library system, has been arrested by the Grant Parish Sheriff’s Office. Fuqua is facing several charges, including computer tampering, three counts of filing or maintaining false public records, three counts of injuring public records, public payroll fraud, and two counts of malfeasance in office.
Eugene P. Cicardo, Jr., Fuqua’s attorney, issued a statement following her arrest. Further details of the investigation and the charges remain pending.