Two Louisiana deputies have been arrested for participating in an alleged pay fraud scheme and making off with thousands of dollars.
On Monday, June 6, a spokeswoman with the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office announced the arrests and terminations of Michael Arthur, 27, and 25-year-old Andre Weber.
Michael Arthur, a two-year veteran of EBRSO’s Uniform Patrol, was caught on surveillance video clocking himself and Weber, a deputy in the Uniform Patrol for the past year and a half, for a security shift at a business in East Baton Rouge Parish.
Arthur was later caught on camera leaving the business without clocking out. Both officers were simultaneously working their shift at the sheriff’s office, documents state. Arthur later returned to the business to clock himself and Weber out, the records state.
Arthur is accused of taking more than $5,000. Weber made off with less than $1,000, according to the spokeswoman.
