Last month, Opelousas Police Chief Graig Leblanc and his wife were wounded when an employee of his shot them both at her home.
UPDATE: Another Opelousas Police Officer also faces charges in this case. Tyrone Abrams is scheduled to be booked on Wednesday with one count malfeasance in office, and one count principal to obstruction of justice. Abrams is the OPD’s current public information officer. Deputies say he has made arrangements through his attorney to turn himself in.
Leblanc turned himself in at the St. Landry Parish jail Monday afternoon. Records at the jail show he was booked at 4:39 p.m., posted a $26,000 bond and was released within the hour.
He was booked on a warrant accusing him of obstruction of justice, malfeasance in office and failure to assist or aid another officer.
The officer who allegedly shot Leblanc and his wife, Savannah Butler, is on leave after being booked with negligent injury and weapons charges. Leblanc’s wife, St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s deputy Crystal Leblanc, also is on leave.