NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – The man who investigators say encouraged St. Tammany Parish Sheriff Randy Smith to attack another man at a Madisonville restaurant in late May is a bail bondsman, according to state insurance licensure records.
Records show Gregory Saurage works as a bail bondsman with the Palmetto Surety Corporation in St. Tammany Parish.
A local crime watchdog group is now raising ethics concerns, wondering why the two were socially gathering in the first place. Metropolitan Crime Commission President Rafael Goyeneche said Smith socializing with Saurage presents a conflict of interest…