You may have noticed that the Sheriff’s Arrest Report for this week (published in Wednesday, May 13th Journal) included an additional charge placed against Steve Weir. He was charged with violation of a protective order and bond was set at $5,000.
Weir is a former local high school coach who was arrested last July. Here are the charges against Weir at that time: Steven Pierce Weir…was booked into the Red River Parish Jail on the following charges: Molestation of a Juvenile (25 counts), Prohibited Sexual Contact between an Educator and a Student (60 counts) and one count each of Extortion, Computer Aided Solicitation of Minor and Cyberstalking. (The Journal July 30, 2019)
The Journal asked Sheriff Glen Edwards to clarify the latest arrest. Sheriff Edwards response to the question follows: While incarcerated Weir made prohibited contact with an individual directly related to the pending case.
