Dusty Guidry, a former consultant for the pretrial diversion program that serves Lafayette, testified Thursday morning that Assistant District Attorney Gary Haynes also wanted in on another bribery scheme at the Louisiana Department of Wildlife & Fisheries.
Guidry pleaded guilty to taking bribes to the tune of $800,000 and agreed to testify against Haynes, 67, who is on trial in federal court this week on charges of conspiracy, bribery, money laundering and obstruction of justice.
After working tirelessly to help Don Landry get elected district attorney in 2020, Haynes was awarded in 2021 with a job running the office’s pretrial intervention program — a decision lawyers and former prosecutors told The Current invited federal scrutiny…