NEW IBERIA - Former Iberia Parish Clerk of Court Michael Thibodeaux has been sentenced to 30 months in jail on Tuesday after being convicted on 14-count felony indictment, according to the Daily Iberian.
The Daily Iberian reports that 16th Judicial District Court Judge Lewis Pitman sentenced Thibodeaux after hearing a presentation from prosecutor Allison Charrier who requested a sentence of 15 years for each of his charges, with all but seven years suspended.
Pitman also ordered that Thibodeaux pay a $5,000 fine and the cost of an accounting firm to analyze his former office's books.
In May, Thibodeaux was found guilty of 14 felony charges including one count of racketeering; two counts of theft of more than $25,000; one count of theft between $5,000 – $25,000; two counts of filing or maintaining false public records; and seven counts of malfeasance in office and one count of perjury.
