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Former sheriff's deputy arrested in alleged attack on child
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ASCENSION — A former East Baton Rouge Parish sheriff's deputy was arrested Friday, accused of injuring a child.
John Dempre, 48, was booked into Ascension Parish jail on a count of cruelty to a juvenile.
Ascension Parish sheriff's spokesman Donovan Jackson said deputies were called to a Prairieville hospital after a boy with head injuries was taken to the hospital Friday.
In 2005, when Dempre worked as an East Baton Rouge sheriff's deputy, he was suspended and demoted in a sweeping investigation of mishandling of evidence.
Jail records indicate that Dempre's bond in the Ascension case has not been set.
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