NEW ROADS, La. (AP) - A suspended Pointe Coupee Parish justice of the peace has been removed from office by the Louisiana Supreme Court.
The high court says Stacie Pourciau Myers failed to pay a $1,500 civil penalty that the Supreme Court imposed on her in 2012 for violating financial reporting requirements. In its ruling, the court said Myers also totally disregarded the legal proceedings that followed.
The Advocate reports (https://bit.ly/1SNqpdm) Myers, whose current term was set to expire at the end of 2020, cannot qualify as a candidate for judicial office for five years and until certified by the Supreme Court as eligible to do so.
She also was ordered by the high court to pay $288 to the Judiciary Commission for its investigation and prosecution costs.
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Information from: The Advocate, https://theadvocate.com
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