Judge Postpones Motion To Quash Hearing In Ashley Poché Indictment Case; Rules Attorney General Should Be Involved

By David Reynaud

Ashley Poché, the Assistant St. James Parish Director of Finance who was indicted last September on two counts of Malfeasance in Office, appeared in court last Thursday in Convent to hear a Motion to Quash/dismiss the charges brought against her.

Poché is accused of: 1) Using a Parish issued cell phone for personal use and/or loaned the phone to a non-government individual for which excessive data fees incurred in excess of $700 dollars; and 2) While working for the Parish, she allegedly prepared campaign finance reports for St. James Parish Councilman Ralph Patin in exchange for $100 dollars, and that she used a parish fax machine to transmit the reports to the Louisiana Board of Ethics.

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