Louisiana Man Arrested Over 40 Times, and Again Out on Bail

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ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST PARISH, LA-

A man arrested over 40 times in St. John the Baptist Parish, was arrested again last Monday,  September 23rd. Sheriff Mike Tregre says this arrest stemmed from a St. John Parish Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Division investigation that began in June 2024, targeting Casey Spies for suspected involvement in distributing methamphetamine in the parish.

“The hardest part of this job is cases like that.  How does this individual keep getting released? We  keep arresting him.”

 

Spies’ criminal record dates to 2008 and includes charges such as aggravated and simple burglary, possession of methamphetamine and heroin, battery of law enforcement officers, false imprisonment, obscenity, and theft. Tregre says the hardest part is keeping morale up for himself and his deputies…

“There out here risking their lives, risking their safety to get a guy that we’ve captured over and over again, and here we are, he gets out in three hours.  That’s the hard part for me today is just trying to understand why does this keep happening.”

 

Judge Vercell Fiffie set Spies’ bond at $10,500, which he posted after paying a 10-percent cash bond of $1,050, resulting in his release approximately two and a half hours later.  Tregre says this is a reoccurring issue with Fiffie…

“There’s a history with him, and I’m not going to say a whole lot because there are cases being heard by the Supreme Court and I’m going to leave it at that.”

 

Spies was booked at the Sherman Walker Correctional Center on charges of resisting an officer, possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, and possession of drug paraphernalia.