Associated Press - November 13, 2009 7:14 AM ET
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - A then-Baton Rouge police corporal who asked East Baton Rouge Parish District Attorney Hillar Moore III for help in getting a Parish Prison inmate released has been indicted on bribery and other charges for allegedly soliciting and accepting cash from the inmate.
On Thursday, an East Baton Rouge Parish grand jury charged 49-year-old Donald Bailey with one count each of bribery, corrupt influencing and malfeasance.
The state Attorney General's Office not the District Attorney's Office is prosecuting Bailey's case because Moore is a key witness in the case.
Assistant Attorney General David Caldwell told The Advocate that Bailey approached Moore directly about the inmate, and Moore immediately contacted the appropriate authorities.
Information from: The Advocate, http://www.2theadvocate.com
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