A former Jefferson Parish corrections officer pleaded guilty to stealing $80,000 through payroll fraud, according to Jefferson Parish court records.
Curtis Lumar, 44, of New Orleans, entered the plea Feb. 10 before Judge Donald Rowan Jr. of the 24th Judicial District Court. Rowan sentenced Lumar to 30 months in prison, court records said.
Lumar worked at the Jefferson Parish Correctional Center in Gretna. He’d been with the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office for about nine years when he was arrested in May 2024…