Convicted Felon Alcoholics Anonymous Member Arrested After Call to LSU University With Bomb Threat

William Bouvay Jr. mug

Felon AA Member and Baton Rouge resident William Bouvay Jr. was arrested for calling in a bomb threat bomb threat to LSU University. He has a long rap sheet of run-ins  including multiple accounts of domestic abuse, theft, improper telephone communication, violation of a protective order and attempted second-degree murder!

Last year in 2011 he was court mandated to attend AA meetings after pleading guilty to felony domestic assault and battery after being charged with second degree murder!

Before 42-year-old Baton Rouge resident William Bouvay Jr. registered on local law enforcement’s radar for calling in Monday’s bomb threat, he had a long rap sheet of run-ins with the law including multiple accounts of domestic abuse, theft, improper telephone communication, violation of a protective order and attempted second-degree murder.

Bouvay has faced nine serious criminal charges since 2001 and has seen even more cases against him dismissed since. His arrest records reveal that history repeats itself, at least in terms of Bouvay’s criminal activity. Bouvay’s bomb threat wasn’t the first time he made threats involving the University.

In 2004, an arrest warrant for charges of improper telephone communication was filed against Bouvay on June 8 of that year and he was arrested on July 21. Bouvay was sentenced to 60 days in East Baton Rouge Parish Prison, but his jail time was suspended. Instead, he was sentenced to a six-month probation and had to enroll in anger management classes.

LSU Police Department spokesman Capt. Cory Lalonde said Bouvay was arrested by LSUPD after he harassed an ex-girlfriend who worked at the University at the time. Lalonde said one witness claimed Bouvay threatened to come to campus and shoot at the time, but LSUPD was able to obtain warrants for his arrest before any action was taken.

In 2003, Bouvay was issued a temporary restraining order.

On March 27, 2008, a domestic violence case brought to the court was dismissed after the petitioner, then-wife Dayatra Laphand, failed to show up to court. On April 16 of that year, Laphand, who divorced Bouvay on Oct. 6, 2009, filed similar charges with the court, but she again failed to appear before the judge, and the case was dismissed.

On Sept. 16, 2008, an affidavit of probable cause was filed, charging Bouvay with simple criminal damage to property, simple battery and simple robbery, among other charges.

On Nov. 26, 2008, a domestic case against Bouvay was again dismissed because Laphand failed to appear.

An arrest warrant for attempted second degree murder was filed on Dec. 17, 2008 and an appearance bond was filed on April 20, 2009. The warrant states that on Nov. 26, 2008, Bouvay visited his wife at her home and pinned her to a bed, using his knees to keep her down. The warrant states Bouvay wrapped his hands around Laphand’s neck and began strangling her, and Laphand told Bouvay she couldn’t breathe. The strangling continued for several minutes, according to the warrant.

On Dec. 17, 2008, the court granted Laphand an 18-month protective order.

On Feb. 20, 2009, felony charges of domestic abuse and battery were filed against Bouvay, and he pleaded guilty to the charges on May 16, 2011. He was sentenced to an 18-month supervised probation.

Among the conditions for the probation, Bouvay was required to attend two Alcoholics Anonymous meetings per month and remain drug and alcohol free.

Yet another charge was brought against Bouvay on Oct. 6, 2009, when an arrest warrant was filed for violation of the protective order previously issued for Laphand. An appearance bond was filed on Nov. 16 of that year. Misdemeanor charges were filed against Bouvay on Jan. 25, 2010, but the case was dismissed on May 16, 2011.

2 thoughts on “Convicted Felon Alcoholics Anonymous Member Arrested After Call to LSU University With Bomb Threat

  1. We are not living in the dark ages. So many advances have been made in the mental health field since the 1930s when Alcoholics Anonymous was the only option.

    We now have a much clearer understanding of how to properly address the real underlying, unresolved issues that people suffer from. It’s clear that we need to give people SAFE, QUALIFIED OPTIONS that will effectively treat the root cause of their problems!

    So many people who are mandated to unqualified, unsupervised AA/NA meetings( which have no safety procedures whatsoever,) are severely mentally and emotionally disturbed, violent individuals.The system is failing them and putting the public at large risk by turning a blind eye to the reality of the situation!

    Let’s start getting these people that help they need to turn turn their lives around for real!

    Here are two very good websites. One is about how to implement SAFETY STANDARDS AND PROCEDURES to protect the vulnerable people that attend treatment centers and recovery groups etc.

    http://www.ncsisafe.com/

    The other website is a link to SMART RECOVERY, a DRUG COURT QUALIFIED support group for addiction recovery that is based on today’s modern medical standards. It is FREE and meetings can be attended and certified online!

    http://smartrecovery.org/

  2. Looks like more of the same. Dumping violent criminals into AA meetings. Hey it saves the courts lots of money. Too bad it costs AA members their lives.

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