The Evangeline Parish Courthouse was very busy today as Judge Chuck West presided over a courtroom full of Assistant District Attorneys, Defense Council, and charged Defendants.  Several Defendants chose not to enter into pleas with the State and will now continue to trial on October 3^rd, 2016 at 9:00 a.m.  In the case of The State of Louisiana vs. Rebecca Devillier, Docket No. 101922, it was ordered by Judge West that Devillier will stand trial on October 3^rd as well.  Devillier, a former employee of the Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office, is charged with Count 1: IN THE PARISH OF EVANGELINE, the Defendant, Rebecca Lynn Devillier, on or between August 1, 2011 and September 30, 2014, committed the offense of Theft by misappropriation or taking, or by means of fraudulent conduct, practice or representations of U.S. Currency, having a value of $1,500.00 or more; and Count 2: : IN THE PARISH OF EVANGELINE, the Defendant, Rebecca Lynn Devillier, on or between August 1, 2011 and September 30, 2014, committed the offense of Malfeasance in Office by intentionally refusing or failing to perform any duty lawfully required of her, as such officer or employee. 

Devillier’s attorney, Remy Jardell, out of Lafayette, was not present in court today and through  stand-in defense council, Jacob Fusilier, she requested a continuance of the trial due to an illness in Jardell’s family.  Judge Chuck West denied the Motion and set the case for trial stating “This has gone on long enough.  This started in 2013 and we are going to get done with it.”