CPSO DEPUTY TERMINATED AFTER REFUSING TO COOPERATE WITH IA INVESTIGATION

Lake Charles –

 

Last night at approximately 9:30 p.m. Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested CPSO Deputy Melissa Romero for DWI 1st refusal after an investigation into a single vehicle crash involving a marked CPSO unit, near the intersection of E. Burton Street and Goodley Road in Sulphur.

 

Melissa worked as a Corporal on Patrol and had been with the department for approximately 14 years before being terminated by Sheriff Tony Mancuso today after refusing to cooperate in the Internal Affairs investigation.