In a story that KPEL News has been following since it broke nearly a month ago, 59-year-old Elaine Crump of Lafayette, formerly a case manager with the Acadiana Outreach Center, has pled guilty for her role in the bribery scheme – knowingly allowing her signature to be forged on fraudulent community service certificates while employed as a case manager, and taking bribes for it.
Three other people have already pled guilty in the bribery scheme. 44-year-old Lafayette Assistant District Attorney Greg Williams of Lafayette for serving as the prosecuting attorney in the scheme, Williams’ secretary, 46-year-old Denease Curry, for helping coordinate the “immediate 894 sessions” by giving the district judge’s staff the names of the OWI defendants who were to plead guilty and 58-year-old Barna Haynes, former Office Administrator/Secretary for Lafayette District Attorney Mike Harson, for taking $55,000 in bribes in return for securing lighter sentences for some defendants who were accused of OWIs.
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