AMITE (LA)
Times-Picayune
7/14/2005, 8:03 a.m. CT
The Associated Press
AMITE, La. (AP) — A $350,000 bond has been set for a former law officer accused of participating in the sexual abuse of children centered around a Ponchatoula church.
An attorney for Christopher Labat, an ex-Tangipahoa Parish sheriff's deputy charged with aggravated rape, said he will ask later for a lower bond. Lawyer Gary Jordan said Wednesday that if Labat can post bond, he will be placed under house arrest and banned from contacting alleged victims.