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Ponchatoula woman arrested returning home from honeymoon... by mistake

Posted on 2/14/20 at 8:26 am
Posted by DuckManiak
Member since Nov 2011
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Posted on 2/14/20 at 8:26 am
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A Ponchatoula woman is enjoying her freedom, after a case of mistaken identity led her to leave her honeymoon in handcuffs.

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Sara Saucier was on a Carnival cruise ship returning to New Orleans from Cozumel when U.S. customs agents pounded on her door at 6:40 a.m. Monday. The East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office filed an arrest warrant in November 2017, claiming Saucier did not return a leased vehicle.

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The mistake went unnoticed for 36 hours, as Saucier sat in the Orleans Parish Jail. “I thought they would realize the mistake, and they would let me go,” Saucier said in an interview Thursday. “At one point when no one was listening to what I was saying, about me being innocent, I was like, oh my gosh, I’m really going to be in here for a while.”

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Deputies realized the confusion Tuesday, as they relocated Saucier into their jail. They released her that afternoon.

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I am thankful that they have apologized,” Saucier said. “Unfortunately that doesn’t take care of everything that happened while I was there. I’m not saying it’s their fault at all, but somebody made a big mistake.” Saucier added that she has hired an attorney to consider further action.


The detective who filed the warrant retired in 2019. Seems funny to me that the warrant was filed in 2017 and waited until 2020 to storm a cruise ship and make an arrest.
Posted by 777Tiger
Member since Mar 2011
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Posted on 2/14/20 at 8:27 am to
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Seems funny to me that the warrant was filed in 2017 and waited until 2020 to storm a cruise ship and make an arrest.


was watching too much pornhub
Posted by teke184
Zachary, LA
Member since Jan 2007
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Posted on 2/14/20 at 8:28 am to
My guess is that standard protocol for screening ships returning from a cruise is a warrant sweep. Because it isn’t like they can go anywhere until they clear customs.
Posted by VolsOut4Harambe
Atlanta, GA
Member since Sep 2017
12856 posts
Posted on 2/14/20 at 8:28 am to
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honeymoon


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Carnival cruise ship


Trashy.
Posted by Eli Goldfinger
Member since Sep 2016
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Posted on 2/14/20 at 8:29 am to
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Carnival cruise


Honest mistake
Posted by Kcrad
Diamondhead
Member since Nov 2010
54745 posts
Posted on 2/14/20 at 8:31 am to
Ach lieber. OweO covered this for us 2 days ago.
Posted by The Torch
DFW The Dub
Member since Aug 2014
19236 posts
Posted on 2/14/20 at 8:31 am to
But did she get to have the sexy time before the arrest ?
Posted by lowhound
Effie
Member since Aug 2014
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Posted on 2/14/20 at 8:33 am to
I got detained for a little while coming back from my honeymoon. My new wife at the time had been mugged in the French Quarter a few years prior, and her family filed a missing person report with the police when they couldn't get in touch with her for a couple of days until she got a new cell phone. Supposedly the missing person report was canceled with the police, but it showed back up through Interpol when we were coming through customs and the agents thought I was a human trafficker. I want to know how the hell she got a passport a few months prior, but then they hassle me when we're coming back into the states.
This post was edited on 2/14/20 at 8:34 am
Posted by xiv
Parody. #AdminsRule
Member since Feb 2004
39508 posts
Posted on 2/14/20 at 8:35 am to
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honeymoon


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Carnival cruise ship


Trashy.
And kinda smart.
Posted by OysterPoBoy
City of St. George
Member since Jul 2013
34914 posts
Posted on 2/14/20 at 8:36 am to
Did they post a mugshot?
Posted by Sasquatch Smash
Member since Nov 2007
23978 posts
Posted on 2/14/20 at 8:36 am to
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But did she get to have the sexy time before the arrest ?


Sounds like she had it after the arrest...

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I am thankful that they have apologized,” Saucier said. “Unfortunately that doesn’t take care of everything that happened while I was there.
This post was edited on 2/14/20 at 8:37 am
Posted by Macfly
BR & DS
Member since Jan 2016
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Posted on 2/14/20 at 8:39 am to
Her phone will probably melt from lawyers calling.
Posted by OweO
Plaquemine, La
Member since Sep 2009
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Posted on 2/14/20 at 8:39 am to
German
Posted by MorbidTheClown
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2015
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Posted on 2/14/20 at 8:47 am to
one call that's all
Posted by NorthshoreTiger76
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Member since May 2009
80155 posts
Posted on 2/14/20 at 8:47 am to
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Saucier said she passed time singing worship music and speaking with others detained.

“I prayed and said, if they do have to take me to prison, that I would be able to be used through His glory for being there,” she said.



This woman is crazy
Posted by QJenk
Atl, Ga
Member since Jan 2013
15204 posts
Posted on 2/14/20 at 8:47 am to
Well that's gotta be one of the worst ways you can end a honeymoon.
Posted by yankeeundercover
Buffalo, NY
Member since Jan 2010
36368 posts
Posted on 2/14/20 at 8:49 am to
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Seems funny to me that the warrant was filed in 2017 and waited until 2020 to storm a cruise ship and make an arrest.
The way cruise ships work is that each passenger’s name/passport is cross-referenced with outstanding warrants and when the ship returns, it is boarded by CBP to enforce... basically, cruises act as traps for criminals because they can’t disembark before they’re captured. I mean, it’s not like the movies/TV where they track cell phones/credit cards of criminals... they know where they are and they’re trapped there until they are captured.

It’s all very easy from the LEO’s perspective and a standard practice for cruises.

Moral of the story? If you’ve got warrants, don’t go on vacation.

eta: This woman got screwed by lack of professionalism and I hope she gets paiddddd
This post was edited on 2/14/20 at 8:50 am
Posted by DuckManiak
Member since Nov 2011
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Posted on 2/14/20 at 8:49 am to
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Well that's gotta be one of the worst ways you can end a honeymoon.

Top 3 for sure.
Posted by Havoc
Member since Nov 2015
28120 posts
Posted on 2/14/20 at 8:53 am to
Wait, what?? Wtf?
Posted by Havoc
Member since Nov 2015
28120 posts
Posted on 2/14/20 at 8:54 am to
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The way cruise ships work is that each passenger’s name/passport is cross-referenced with outstanding warrants and when the ship returns, it is boarded by CBP to enforce... basically, cruises act as traps for criminals because they can’t disembark before they’re captured. I mean, it’s not like the movies/TV where they track cell phones/credit cards of criminals... they know where they are and they’re trapped there until they are captured.


Oh okay what makes sense at least as far as the seemingly random location.

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eta: This woman got screwed by lack of professionalism and I hope she gets paiddddd

You damn right.

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