Copyright Baton Rouge Advocate
Gary Haynes, the former Lafayette assistant district attorney who was found guilty in two kickback schemes, is temporarily suspended from practicing law. The Louisiana Supreme Court granted a petition Oct. 17 by the Office of Disciplinary Counsel to temporarily suspend Haynes' law license "for threat of harm." A federal jury in Lafayette found Haynes guilty in September on two counts of use of a cell phone in interstate commerce in aid of bribery and on single counts of conspiracy to engage in bribery concerning programs receiving federal funds, bribery concerning programs receiving federal funds, conspiring to commit money laundering and obstruction of justice. Haynes, when he was in charge of the pretrial intervention program in Don Landry's 15th Judicial District Attorney's Office, allegedly conspired to allow criminal defendants into the pretrial intervention program who weren't qualified and direct them to businesses owned by Leonard Franques, who had a contract to provide online courses and rehab. Franques gave Haynes and co-conspirator Dusty Guidry some of the proceeds. Guidry also got Haynes involved in a similar kickback scheme allegedly involving Jack Montoucet, the former secretary of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and Franques. Montoucet and Guidry arranged for Franques' business to obtain a contract to provide online hunting and fishing classes for the LDWF and would share proceeds with the others.
