By ROBIN SHANNON

L’Observateur

LAPLACE – A St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff’s deputy assigned as a resource officer in the school system has been suspended without pay after officials received a complaint about the deputy from a student.

Capt. Dane Clement, spokesman for the Sheriff’s Office, said the complaint came from an 18-year-old female student, who alleged the resource officer touched her in an inappropriate manner. Clement said the deputy, who has not been identified, was suspended Tuesday and will remain so until the conclusion of an investigation by the Sheriff’s Office.

Authorities did not say when the complaint was filed and no further information has been released.