A former Lafayette Parish School System construction and maintenance director has been booked into jail and released following a grand jury indictment tied to an ongoing public corruption investigation.
Robert Gautreaux, 46, was booked into the Lafayette Parish Correctional Center on Monday (Jan. 26) and released the same day after posting a $25,000 bond, according to jail records. His booking stems from an 11-count felony indictment.
Details Of The Charges
Gautreaux is facing seven counts of filing false public records, two counts of first-degree injuring public records, and two counts of obstruction of justice related to alleged evidence tampering.
Authorities allege Gautreaux created false construction quotes for school projects and submitted them into official LPSS records to meet policy requirements. Investigators say some of the alleged documents used local company letterhead. Additional allegations claim evidence was tampered with in June 2025 in a way that could have affected a criminal investigation…