WBRZ Investigative Unit: BREC says it’s ‘supporting’ leader indicted for malfeasance, conspiracy

BATON ROUGE – Despite being indicted for malfeasance in office last month, BREC Assistant Superintendent Reed Richard was still at work until two weeks ago.

On Nov. 6, a week after his grand jury indictment, Richard attended a BREC special commission meeting in an official capacity. The minutes from that meeting list him as a present staff member.

Four days after the meeting, Richard was put on paid administrative leave. His salary is $175,000…

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