Via tips last weekend, KATC learned that Leon Boudreaux, the brother of Port Barre Police Chief Deon Boudreaux and a former law enforcement officer, is being held in another state on sex crimes.

We are identifying him as a sibling of the chief after Chief Deon Boudreaux issued a statement, telling KATC “Every person is innocent until proven guilty. I have to take the good with the bad. I do not hide anything from the public,” says Deon Boudreaux.

We reached out to authorities in Raton, New Mexico, who confirmed today that Leon Boudreaux is being held without bond on a felony sex charge. We then reached out to the chief.

Today, Chief Boudreaux issued the following: