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Iberville fire chief admits to falsifying records; Residents paying the price

Posted on 9/26/17 at 10:24 am
Posted by TigerRob20
Baton Rouge
Member since Nov 2008
3732 posts
Posted on 9/26/17 at 10:24 am
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Director of Iberville Parish Fire and Emergency John Marques could not believe what the former fire chief of the Bayou Sorrel Volunteer Fire Department did.

He says Travis Dupree sent a long list of false information to an agency that grades fire departments.

"He could face insurance fraud and filing and maintaining false public records," John Marques said.

That document contained false information about the fire department's equipment, training and its ability respond to emergencies.

The false filing could mean property owners will have to pay more for insurance, even though the information has since been corrected.

Jennifer Hebert and her family received a letter saying her insurance could be affected by what the former fire chief did.

"I don't think we should have to pay higher rates for what someone else did wrong."

She's known Dupree for years.

"He's always bee a good guy and wanted to help people," Hebert said.

After a joint investigation by the Iberville Sheriff's Office and the State Fire Marshal, parish officials decide not to file charges against Dupree after he admitted what he did.

"After admitting he done wrong, he then agreed that he would sign a letter apologizing to the community and the parish council that he did wrong," Marques said.

After the incident, officials say Dupree can never again work for a fire department in the state of Louisiana.



"After admitting he done wrong, he then agreed that he would sign a letter apologizing to the community and the parish council that he did wrong,"

WTF

That parish will be sued by the homeowners if this cant be resolved, and this guy signs a letter apologizing?


Posted by member12
Bob's Country Bunker
Member since May 2008
32096 posts
Posted on 9/26/17 at 10:25 am to
quote:

"He could face insurance fraud and filing and maintaining false public records," John Marques said.





Posted by TigerRob20
Baton Rouge
Member since Nov 2008
3732 posts
Posted on 9/26/17 at 10:26 am to
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After a joint investigation by the Iberville Sheriff's Office and the State Fire Marshal, parish officials decide not to file charges against Dupree after he admitted what he did.

"After admitting he done wrong, he then agreed that he would sign a letter apologizing to the community and the parish council that he did wrong," Marques said.


Posted by upgrayedd
Lifting at Tobin's house
Member since Mar 2013
134865 posts
Posted on 9/26/17 at 10:26 am to
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Bayou Sorrel

I think I found the issue
Posted by Displaced
Member since Dec 2011
32711 posts
Posted on 9/26/17 at 10:28 am to
Why don't they just get the proper equipment and provide the proper training
Posted by X123F45
Member since Apr 2015
27409 posts
Posted on 9/26/17 at 10:34 am to
quote:

After admitting he done wrong, he then agreed that he would sign a letter apologizing to the community and the parish council that he did wrong,"

WTF


While I understand you lot will likely skewer him for this, John Marques is actually an extremely intelligent person who misspoke

quote:

Jennifer Hebert and her family received a letter saying her insurance could be affected by what the former fire chief did. 

"I don't think we should have to pay higher rates for what someone else did wrong." 


This post was edited on 9/26/17 at 10:43 am
Posted by Clyde Tipton
Planet Earth
Member since Dec 2007
38735 posts
Posted on 9/26/17 at 10:38 am to
This is kind of like the movie Troop Beverly Hills when they make their own patches.
Posted by notiger1997
Metairie
Member since May 2009
58131 posts
Posted on 9/26/17 at 10:40 am to
Have you ever been to Bayou Sorrel? I doubt they can do anything correctly
Posted by OysterPoBoy
City of St. George
Member since Jul 2013
35129 posts
Posted on 9/26/17 at 10:40 am to
quote:

"I don't think we should have to pay higher rates for what someone else did wrong."



Well you're probably gonna have to pay higher rates because your fire department sucks.
Posted by TheCaterpillar
Member since Jan 2004
76774 posts
Posted on 9/26/17 at 10:41 am to
quote:

After admitting he done wrong


Geez
Posted by X123F45
Member since Apr 2015
27409 posts
Posted on 9/26/17 at 10:42 am to
Trust me when I say she has no earthly idea how a fire rating is given.
Posted by chryso
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2008
11867 posts
Posted on 9/26/17 at 10:43 am to
It sounds like the higher rate is what they should have been paying all along.
Posted by tommy2tone1999
St. George, LA
Member since Sep 2008
6772 posts
Posted on 9/26/17 at 11:12 am to
You think Bayou Sorel is the only FD to do this? I wonder how BR has managed to keep it's top rating despite being spread so thin.
Posted by sjmabry
Texas
Member since Aug 2013
18500 posts
Posted on 9/26/17 at 11:14 am to
Louisiana gonna Louisiana...
Posted by SamuelClemens
Earth
Member since Feb 2015
11727 posts
Posted on 9/26/17 at 12:40 pm to
quote:

Bayou Sorrel


God's land
Posted by geauxkw
bayou self
Member since Aug 2008
949 posts
Posted on 9/26/17 at 12:58 pm to
all crooks that way!
Posted by ItNeverRains
37069
Member since Oct 2007
25459 posts
Posted on 9/26/17 at 1:05 pm to
Keep my Sorrell & Pigeon peeps out y’all mouths bishes
Posted by Broke
AKA Buttercup
Member since Sep 2006
65044 posts
Posted on 9/26/17 at 1:31 pm to
So he pencil whips the data for years to get a good for rating, keeping insurance down. When he gets caught she bitches. The insurance company should ask for back paid premiums. Bet she will shut her pie hole then
Posted by OweO
Plaquemine, La
Member since Sep 2009
113951 posts
Posted on 9/26/17 at 1:34 pm to
quote:

John Marques could not believe what the former fire chief of the Bayou Sorrel Volunteer Fire Department did.


I can believe anything someone from Bayou Sorrel did.

quote:

After a joint investigation by the Iberville Sheriff's Office and the State Fire Marshal, parish officials decide not to file charges against Dupree after he admitted what he did.

"After admitting he done wrong, he then agreed that he would sign a letter apologizing to the community and the parish council that he did wrong," Marques said.


frick that! Everyone is always sorry after they get caught. He didn't just make a mistake..
Posted by Mulat
Avalon Bch, FL
Member since Sep 2010
17517 posts
Posted on 9/26/17 at 1:38 pm to
quote:

parish officials decide not to file charges against Dupree after he admitted what he did.

"After admitting he done wrong, he then agreed that he would sign a letter apologizing to the community and the parish council that he did wrong," Marques said.


He must know where a lot of bodies are buried or at least where one very high official buried one
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