Deputy arrested for smuggling drugs into jail

A deputy with the Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Office was arrested Thursday after investigators discovered he was smuggling drugs into one of the sheriff's correctional facilities.

Deputy Tyler Bonnet was arrested and charged with malfeasance in office, distribution of schedule I narcotics and taking of contraband to and from a penal institution, according to an arrest affidavit.

Bonnet has been placed on administrative leave without pay pending the completion of the investigation. He was booked into the Lafayette Parish Correctional Center on a $25,000 bond.