re: This Cleco CEO story and the Sheriff taking care of him is interesting

Sheriff basically admitted he did it as a favor to save him from embarrassment and because he was important. He admitted to doing it for others too. Rapides gonna rapide.

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Hilton explained that he received a phone call from Olagues Thursday evening as he was being arrested by Alexandria Police at his home in Alexandria. Hilton said that due to the importance of Cleco’s position in the community, he acted to spare Olagues from having to go through the full booking process that would normally include being held in a jail cell.

“I told (the shift lieutenant), get him in and get him out,” Hilton said.

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Hilton stressed to KALB that he has taken similar actions in the past to help people in similar positions, regardless of their status in the community. He said that he realized his actions may subject him to public criticism, but that he had “big shoulders.”

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Big shoulders? More like he knows he is in an elected position and he is safe in Rapides