IBERIA PARISH, La. (KLFY)- Former Jeanerette Mayor Aprill Foulcard was booked into the Iberia Parish Jail Wednesday on five counts of malfeasance in office.

Foulcard was arrested by State Police on a warrant signed by 15th Judicial District Judge Keith Comeaux. She posted bond and has been released.

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State Police Troop I spokesman Thomas Gossen said Foulcard’s charge is connected to an investigation into a 2018 audit of the city’s finances, which indicated possible state law violations.

(City of Jeanerette)

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