Dr. Hargrave Arraigned for Attempting to Entice a Minor to Engage in Criminal Sexual Activity
Defendant is a Former Counselor at a Private School
| U.S. Attorney’s Office June 11, 2010 |
LAFAYETTE, LA—Dr. Allison Hargrave, 39, of Lafayette, Louisiana, a former counselor at Ascension Episcopal School in Lafayette, was arraigned today in federal court on a charge of attempting to entice a minor to engage in criminal sexual activity, United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced. Hargrave was indicted last month by a federal grand jury and was arrested in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, on June 2, 2010. She appeared today before United States Magistrate Judge Patrick J. Hanna.
At today’s proceeding, Magistrate Judge ordered that Hargrave be detained pending a detention hearing to be held on Thursday, June 17, at 1:30 p.m. Trial is scheduled for August 9, 2010, before United States District Judge Richard T. Haik.
If convicted, Hargrave faces a maximum statutory penalty of life in prison and a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years, a $250,000 fine, or both.
An indictment is merely an accusation and a defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Lafayette Resident Agency, and is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney J. Luke Walker.