The former Louisiana House speaker is indicted in connection with the disappearance of a rare state artifact. A Baton Rouge grand jury indicted Clay Schexnayder on a charge of felony theft greater than $25,000 in the disappearance of an ancient cypress board. Tyler Bridges has been covering the story for The Advocate.
“It’s a giant board that’s over a thousand years old that was on display at the state capitol,” Bridges said.
Bridges says where the board is today is anyone’s guess.
“The last we know of it, it was on the wall of Clay Schexnayder’s legislative office in Gonzales,” Bridges said.
Bridges says Schexnayder was indicted because he was the last person to know of the whereabouts of the ancient artifact.
“The last person who saw it was Clay Schexnayder, about 18 months ago, when he left his legislative office in Gonzales,” Bridges noted.
Schexnayder is also charged with malfeasance in office. In a brief statement as she announced the indictment, Attorney General Liz Murrill said, “You don’t get to keep state property. It doesn’t belong to you.”
