Louisiana police officer charged with soliciting prostitute in South Dakota
KWAT
September 23, 2022
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A Louisiana State Police lieutenant has been put on administrative leave after being arrested in South Dakota for allegedly paying a prostitute.
State police said in a news release that the 20-year department veteran was in Rapid City for a work-related conference when he was arrested about 3 a.m. Tuesday on the misdemeanor charge of “hiring for sexual activity.”
It’s standard procedure to put officers being investigated on administrative leave with pay.
The news release says the sheriff’s office in Pennington County, South Dakota, has turned the case over to the Pennington County States Attorney’s Office.
