LAFAYETTE, La. (The Daily Advertiser) – Six more people have been arrested on state charges for their alleged involvement in a bribery scheme in the 15th Judicial District Attorney’s Office under the prior district attorney.

They include two defense attorneys, a probation officer, deputy clerk of court, DMV official and deputy city marshal.

Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry announced the arrests during a press conference Monday on the steps of the Lafayette Parish courthouse.

The arrests are part of a new effort by the Attorney General’s Office to address public corruption, Landry said.

Louisiana residents, he said, should know that government officials and employees will be held accountable and brought to justice if they break the law.

Those arrested included:

Kevin Ozene, a Lafayette Parish deputy clerk of court, charged with injuring public records and malfeasance;

Christopher Luke Edwards and Dan Kennison, both defense attorneys, charged with corrupt influencing, criminal conspiring and accessory after the fact;

Justina Ina, a probation officer, charged with malfeasance;

Kenneth Franques Sr., a deputy city marshal, former public information officer for the Lafayette Parish Sheriff’s Office and unsuccessful candidate for sheriff, charged with public bribery; and

Joy Trahan, manager of the Lafayette branch of the Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles, charged with malfeasance and criminal conspiracy..

Landry said an arrest warrant has been issued for Robert Williamson, the former private investigator and mastermind behind the scheme, who is serving time in federal prison after pleading guilty in the federal investigation into the conspiracy.

Williamson will be charged with public bribery, corrupt influencing, filing false public records and criminal conspiracy.

The FBI initiated the investigation in 2011. Six people, including a former assistant district attorney and Harson’s secretary, pleaded guilty to federal charges in the case.

Landry said he does not anticipate additional arrests at this time. The investigation, however, is ongoing, he said.KLFY’s Brheanna Berry is at the courthouse and will a live report at 6 p.m.