BATON ROUGE – Through good detective work, Raymond Laborde Correctional Center (RLCC) investigators secured evidence and a contraband smuggler's confession, Louisiana Department of Safety and Corrections officials said.
Bergeron
Monday night, RLCC officers questioned 38-year-old Nikki Bergeron of 1245 Highway 1 in Marksville, La. and reported Bergeron admitted to recently smuggling two contraband cellphones to inmates at the prison.
Avoyelles Parish Sheriff's Deputies booked Bergeron into the Avoyelles Parish Detention Center on the following charges: Introduction of Contraband into a Penal Institution - La. R.S. 14:402, and Malfeasance in Office - La. R.S. 14:134.
Bergeron resigned prior to her arrest. She was a corrections cadet and had worked at RLCC since August 8, of this year. As this is an ongoing investigation, no further details are available at this time, officials said in a release.
