THIBODAUX — One week after his son pleaded guilty to fleeing Lafourche Sheriff’s deputies during a February encounter in Gheens, Lafourche Parish Councilman Lindel Toups Sr. has challenged three drug task-force agents to take a lie-detector test.
Toups believes John Champagne, Trent Duplantis and Adam Dufrene should have to take a polygraph test to determine whether they were telling the truth about a Feb. 13 incident on the Gheens Road where they arrested Toups’ son, Lindel Jr.
Lafourche Sheriff Craig Webre rejected Toups’ requests, dismissing them as "silly" and "foolish."
"It’s absolutely absurd that Lindel would have his head buried in the sand that much that he would make those comments," Webre said.
Lindel Toups Jr., 38, of 130 Hyland Drive, Gheens, pleaded guilty last Monday to aggravated flight from an officer, regarding the incident, where he ran a deputy’s car off the road, after they tried to stop him for making an illegal U-turn.
Toups believes lie-detector tests would vindicate his son, Lindel Jr., who he maintains pleaded guilty out of his own best interest.
Toups added that he had four witnesses who refuted the deputies’ claims about his son’s behavior.
District Judge Bruce Simpson sentenced Lindel Jr. to 27 months in prison, a sentence that the elder Toups said could have been much harsher had his son gone to trial
neworleanianintx said on November 5, 2009 at 10:02 AM
Four defense witnesses? Why would a man plead guilty if he were innocent knowing that he would spend 2 yrs in prison? By the way, where is junior's independent polygraph results? Sounds like rotten shrimp on the bayou to me.
thefnk said on November 5, 2009 at 6:49 PM
In all likelihood the four witnesses were probably 4 idiots in the car with him. Or 4 other family members who "happened to be there". What an absolute joke.
gatorlawman said on November 6, 2009 at 10:03 AM
The councilman is the same one that wrote the Baggy Pants law and wanted school teachers to take drug test. Maybe he just wanted to know which teachers his son could sell to. The grand daughter that the councilman speaks of does not even know the sperm donor as his x calls him. He only pays 100 bucks a month child support and he is 17 months behind on a 2 year old and no help from grandpa. He is spending too much money on other grand kids motorcycle racing and lawyer bills. The reason Lindel Jr got arrested is becasue Dillon Toups his son was being arrested at his grandpa Lindel's bar for drug possession and he just had to go and see. Like father like son. Lindel Jr also beat up on his x while he was on a jail work release program when she came out of a grocery store. I guess he thought 100 bucks for child support was way too high. Mr Toups openly blast police as out to get his son and I guess he is right but they are only doing their job. Cops are out to get criminals.