Ascension Parish Sheriff candidate C. J. Matthews openly asks, “What if this was your daughter?” entailing former Deputy Corder’s texts and whether parents would be content for it to be, “just swept under the rug.”

Ascension Parish Sheriff Candidate C. J. Matthews

First, we want to thank everyone for the tremendous interest in installment one of our series in which Ascension Parish Sheriff Candidate C. J. Matthews alleges corruption entailing sexually explicit texts (and an apparent intentionally-botched sting operation) between a 16-year-old Donaldsonville High School female and former Sheriff Deputy Fred Corder.  Mr. Matthews’ video on that feature, at 799 views as of the publication of this second installment, is one of our most-viewed videos within a week of publication!

As we indicated we would, today is installment two, and here it is:


August 1, 2023:  Ascension Parish Sheriff candidate C. J. Matthews continues his exposing of what he alleges is rank corruption within the Ascension Parish Sheriff’s Office entailing a cover-up of activities of a prior Sheriff Deputy, Fred Corder, and a then-16-year-old Donaldsonville High School female student regarding inappropriate text messaging and an allegedly-intentionally-botched “sting” operation to pursue prosecuting Corder.

As we indicated we would, we’re expanding the table presented in the first feature with four (4) more documents.  Here’s that updated table:

Date (timeframe) of DocumentNature of Document
On or about February 19, 2018 through on or about March 2, 2018.Texts between Corder and the 16-year-old female to include up to the point of the "botched" sting operation by two deputies.
On or about June 4, 2018 to October 31, 2018.Corder relieved of duties, along with limited subsequent documentation to include Louisiana Attorney General letter of October 31, 2018.
Sometime prior to June 27, 2018Ascension Parish Sheriff Lt. Kelly Brown's interview with juvenile victim.
July 6, 2018Digital phone analysis of Corder's cell phone.
May 31, 2018Ascension Parish Lt. Kelly Brown's closeout of Corder investigation.
June 14, 2018Ascension Parish Captain C. J. Matthews' complaint filed with the Louisiana Attorney General's Office
Mid-November of 2018This barrage of documents between Matthews, District Attorney Ricky Babin, and Sheriff Wiley to include a letter from attorney Jill Craft, whom Wiley retained for the Matthews matter, to Matthews.
January 15, 2019 and January 16, 2019Webre's letter (with no letterhead) to Matthews informing Matthews that he (Matthews) was resigning (1/15/19) and letter of full cooperation to AG's Office the next day (1/16/19).
February 12, 2019AG Investigative Memo
November 4, 2019AG Closeout Memo
October 12, 2022LSP Capt. Belinda Murphy's 10/12/22 letter to Matthews stating LSP will conduct no investigation on the Corder matter

As we state in the video, hang tight for episode three (3) of this fascinating series!  We know you’ll be stunned at what all is covered in that upcoming episode!

Ascension Parish Sheriff candidate C. J. Matthews attacks former boss (incumbent Sheriff Bobby Webre) in alleging Malfeasance in Office, cover-up of sexting and receiving pornographic images by former Deputy Fred Corder.

C. J. Matthews, candidate for Ascension Parish Sheriff in the election on October 14, 2023.

As evidenced by his campaign website, C. J. Matthews is a candidate for Ascension Parish Sheriff.

On January 20, 2019, Matthews alleged misconduct on the part of high-ranking Ascension Parish Sheriff officials entailing a cover-up by those officials regarding a former Sheriff’s Deputy, Fred Corder, who also served as a school resource officer at Donaldsonville High School.

Matthews was very unhappy about those officials’ handling of Corder’s alleged extensive texting, to include sexually-explicit photographs of a 16-year-old Donaldsonville High School female student, which transpired from late February of 2018 through early March of 2018.

Today’s feature is installment one of a multi-part series we’ll be publishing during which Matthews voices his concerns and provides extensive documentation to back up his concerns.  Here’s our first interview of this series:


July 26, 2023:  Ascension Parish Sheriff candidate C. J. Matthews begins to outline what all took place in 2018 entailing alleged inappropriate sexually-explicit texting (to include explicit sexual images of a 16-year-old Donaldsonville High female) and the subsequent cover-up Matthews alleges current Sheriff Bobby Webre, former Sheriff Jeff Wiley, and others engaged in to protect Corder from criminal prosecution.

As we indicate in the video, we are going to provide a table which gradually expands to include all of Matthews’ documentation (of which he supplied a plethora which we reviewed before determining to proceed with this series).  Here is that table with the first two documents referenced on the video above:

Date (timeframe) of DocumentNature of Document
On or about February 19, 2018 through on or about March 2, 2018.Texts between Corder and the 16-year-old female to include up to the point of the "botched" sting operation by two deputies.
On or about June 4, 2018 to October 31, 2018.Corder relieved of duties, along with limited subsequent documentation to include Louisiana Attorney General letter of October 31, 2018.
Sometime prior to June 27, 2018Ascension Parish Sheriff Lt. Kelly Brown's interview with juvenile victim.
July 6, 2018Digital phone analysis of Corder's cell phone.
May 31, 2018Ascension Parish Lt. Kelly Brown's closeout of Corder investigation.
June 14, 2018Ascension Parish Captain C. J. Matthews' complaint filed with the Louisiana Attorney General's Office
Mid-November of 2018This barrage of documents between Matthews, District Attorney Ricky Babin, and Sheriff Wiley to include a letter from attorney Jill Craft, whom Wiley retained for the Matthews matter, to Matthews.
January 15, 2019 and January 16, 2019Webre's letter (with no letterhead) to Matthews informing Matthews that he (Matthews) was resigning (1/15/19) and letter of full cooperation to AG's Office the next day (1/16/19).
February 12, 2019AG Investigative Memo
November 4, 2019AG Closeout Memo
October 12, 2022LSP Capt. Belinda Murphy's 10/12/22 letter to Matthews stating LSP will conduct no investigation on the Corder matter

We’ve just barely scratched the surface, and we feel strongly that nobody will want to miss installment two of this fascinating series!

 

Louisiana State Police Commission plays hardball with Cavalier in claiming he’s “engaging in an unauthorized use of a summary proceeding,” while seeking court costs, expert witness fees, and attorney fees.

Fired LSP Trooper Carl Cavalier.  Photo courtesy of WBRZ (Channel 2 in Baton Rouge).

Today’s Sound Off Louisiana feature entails founder Robert Burns providing an overview of the Louisiana State Police Commission (LSPC)’s Answer to fired LSP Trooper Carl Cavalier’s filing for a Writ of Mandamus, which was covered in our prior feature.  Here’s video for that overview:

Burns provides overview of LSPC’s Answer to Cavalier’s seeking of a Writ of Mandamus against the LSPC to force a hearing for him to present his case for being reinstated as an LSP Trooper.

Links for support documents referenced in Burns’ video above:

1.  John deGravelles’ letter written to assist convicted felon Larry S. Bankston in being readmitted as an attorney in Louisiana.

2.  Dissent letter by Richard E. Gerard, Jr.

3.  Larry S. Bankston FBI wiretap # 1.

4.  Larry S. Bankston FBI wiretap # 2.

5.  Larry S. Bankston FBI wiretap # 3.

6.  Larry S. Bankston FBI wiretap # 4.