Former parish public works director faces a maximum 5 year sentence
Destrehan engineer Ray Davezac pled guilty to conspiracy to commit bribery after paying $5,000 to a car dealership to benefit former St. John Parish President Bill Hubbard.
Davezac’s company then received a contract from St. John Parish, according to U.S. Attorney Jim Letten.
The money was reportedly used by Hubbard to purchase a vehicle for his girlfriend.
Davezac served two stints as St. Charles Parish’s public works director under the administrations of parish presidents Kevin Friloux and Albert Laque.
In 2002, Davezac ran for the St. Charles Parish School Board, but lost.
Davezac was most recently hired by St. Charles in 2007 to perform engineering on the Cousins Pump station bar screen cleaners at a cost of $360,000.
That job has just been completed.
Another Davezac company, Plan Review and Inspection LLC, reviewed plans and performed inspections for the parish to ensure compliance with the Louisiana State Uniform Construction Code.
Plan Review and Inspection’s contract was extended by the Parish Council in 2007 until July 2010, but Davezac sold the company after he was charged with bribing Hubbard.
Davezac now faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison, a fine of $250,000 and up to three years of supervised release following any term of imprisonment.
Sentencing is set for July 15.
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