Staci Scioneaux Arrested for Crimes Against the Elderly
A Reserve woman was booked and has a bond of nearly $97 million for more than 3,800 counts of financial crimes against the elderly.
Staci Scioneaux, 40, of Reserve was arrested May 14, 2024 after the SJSO Financial Crimes Unit discovered that she was working as a care provider for an elderly couple when she allegedly gained access to their bank account and made purchases of more than $60,000. Scioneaux allegedly used the victims’ debit card to purchase vapes, food, and groceries between December 2022 through December 2023.
Based on investigation, detectives obtained a warrant for Scioneaux’s arrest. She was charged with 553 counts of exploitation of the infirmed (felony), 553 counts of computer fraud (felony), 553 counts of bank fraud (felony), 553 counts of illegal transmission of monetary funds, 553 counts of access device fraud $5K-$25K (felony), 553 counts of identity theft (felony); and 553 counts of theft less than $1000 (misd).
Scioneaux is being held in custody in lieu of a $96,775,000 bond.
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Effective June 16, 2022, House Bill 729 became law . House Bill 729, now Act. No. 494 provides that booking photographs are exempt from public access. Law enforcement officers and agencies are now prohibited from publishing, releasing or disseminating booking photographs in any format, subject to some of the following exceptions:
• 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘧𝘶𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘭𝘢𝘸 𝘦𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘩𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘭.
• 𝘈 𝘭𝘢𝘸 𝘦𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵.
• 𝘈 𝘫𝘶𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩.
• 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘴 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘳 𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘈𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘭𝘦 558, 𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥.
Additionally, a booking photograph may be released if the suspect is charged with a 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘃𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 as defined in La. R.S. 14:2(B) 𝗢𝗥 charged with the following offenses:
• 𝘚𝘦𝘹 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘴
• 𝘏𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘴
• 𝘖𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘴
• 𝘖𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴
• 𝘝𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘰 𝘷𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘮
• 𝘊𝘳𝘶𝘦𝘭𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘴
• 𝘋𝘰𝘨𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨