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Sheriff Craig Webre announced the arrest of a former Lockport mayor for falsifying community service reports while in office. Edward Reinhardt, 73, of Lockport, was arrested on Tuesday.
Deputies discovered Reinhardt allegedly falsified community service documents for multiple individuals beginning in 2019. Reinhardt allegedly signed paperwork stating that court-ordered community service hours had been completed for individuals who had not completed all or any of the hours. Following an investigation, deputies obtained a warrant for Reinhardt’s arrest.
Reinhardt was booked into Thibodaux’s Lafourche Parish Correctional Complex on March 21, 2023. He was charged with official malfeasance. The bail is set at $25,000.