Eno Lirette
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February 14, 2007
Three arrests were made involving people previously connected to a Terrebonne Parish Criminal Justice Complex inmate that died on Saturday. Jeremy Walker was found dead in his bed at the facility, according to a news release from Terrebonne Parish Sheriff’s Office.
On Monday, Walker’s mother and two others were arrested for smuggling narcotics to Walker.
Detectives and narcotics agents received information that Walker was part of a group responsible for getting contraband into the jail. The three arrested are Walker’s mother, Roxanne Lirette, 44, of 129 St. Louis St.; Stephen Lirette, 20, of 205 Glynn Ave. in Houma; and Dusty Canter, 19, of 412 Engeron St. in Houma.
The bond for all three suspects was set at $250,000.
Upon being questioned in regards to the investigation, the three confessed their involvement in smuggling tobacco products and illegal narcotics into the jail.
Roxanne Lirette, who was not incarcerated at the time, gathered the illegal products and passed them to Stephen Lirette, who was employed at the jail from March 24, 2006 to Jan. 31, when he was fired for an unrelated matter. Stephen Lirette would then pass the items to Walker.
After Lirette’s termination, reports say that Walker solicited another correctional officer, Dusty Canter, to obtain drugs from Roxanne Lirette. Canter was employed from June 19, 2006, until Monday, when he was fired and arrested.
It is unknown at this time if the narcotics played a role in Walker’s death. Further investigation will be conducted upon learning the results of the toxicology tests.
Preliminary autopsy results show Walker’s death as unclassified.
