🚨 Youngsville Targets Another Police Officer

The pattern of retaliation inside the Youngsville Police Department has taken an even darker turn. On the morning of September 10, 2025, Officer Hannah Gentry resigned from the department. Within mere hours, YPD officers were dispatched to her new workplace — not to serve the public, but to re-arrest their former colleague on charges she had already faced, bonded out on, and seen dropped by the District Attorney.

What is really going on within the Youngsville Police Department? Are there rogue elements acting from within? Or is this part of a coordinated top-down effort at punishment?

A Warrant That Wouldn’t Die

According to multiple sources, on the morning of September 10, 2025, Youngsville Police officers arrived to execute an arrest warrant for Hannah Gentry stemming from a June 2024 burglary charge. But this was no new case. That warrant had already been executed more than a year ago. Gentry was booked, posted bond, and was arraigned. The District Attorney’s office subsequently declined prosecution, bringing the matter to a close.

Somehow, however, the warrant was mysteriously “re-activated” around July of 2025. It remains unclear how or why a warrant already satisfied and disposed of was revived in the first place. What is clear, though, is that on the very day Gentry separated from YPD, her own department dispatched officers to try and drag her back into custody — not at her home, but in front of her current employer.

Retaliation by Any Other Name

The timing is impossible to ignore — even a masked vigilante would raise an eyebrow.

. Gentry’s resignation came after a long and public fight with the department.

• She was terminated in August 2024 following an investigation widely criticized as politically motivated.
• She fought her firing through the Youngsville Civil Service Board, which reinstated her in April 2025.
• Chief Broussard immediately appealed that reinstatement, but on September 2, 2025, a court rejected his arguments and upheld the Board’s ruling in Gentry’s favor.

Barely a week later, Gentry quit the department. Hours afterward, YPD attempted to re-arrest her on charges that had already been executed and abandoned by the DA. This re-arrest attempt didn’t arise by chance. It was clearly part of a coordinated plan by someone. But who?

A Department Obsessed with Punishment

Gentry’s ordeal now joins the long list of retaliation cases in Youngsville:

• Officer Timothy Mikhael received threatening texts directly from Chief Rickey Boudreaux in July 2023. The Chief accused him of disloyalty and warned, “Watch what is coming… you just might be number 1 on the list… I don’t get even I always get ahead.” Mikhael’s attorney characterized the messages as harassment and threats of retaliation, promising swift legal recourse if they continued. The incident highlights the department’s leadership using intimidation as a weapon against its own officers.
• Officer Justin Ortiz was fired under charge of “insubordination,” record violations, and ties to the Kayla Reaux wreck case—retaliation for doing his job or crossing powerful people.
• Sergeant Brian Baumgardner resigned from the Civil Service Board in May 2023, citing fear of retaliation — after having voted in oversight actions and allegedly pushed for investigations into alleged ticket-fixing and misconduct. Baumgardner was one of two officers later targeted by the Civil Service Board for attending an event related to the race for Youngsville Police Chief. The complaint allegedly came from an anonymous source, something the Civil Service Board legally can’t even accept, but they did.
• Lieutenant Lloyd Henry was terminated after being denied light-duty accommodations that were routinely granted to at least half a dozen officers. When pressed on why he may have been terminated, Henry could only hypothesize that it may have been related to a ticket he wrote to the mayor’s boyfriend. Rickey Boudreaux would testify that his decision not to allow Henry to return to work was primarily a result of pressure from City Attorney Wade Trahan.
• Captain John Davison was disciplined after exposing Chief Broussard’s attempted obstruction of the execution of a lawfully issued arrest warrant for Eric Segura. Segura, a former Youngsville Police Department officer, was terminated by the Youngsville Police Department for excessive use of force. That termination didn’t occur for over a year after the incident due to the initial incident being covered up. Segura was never charged or prosecuted criminally in the case despite an investigation by the FBI. The City quickly settled a civil suit over the incident.
• Officer Hannah Gentry, after being vindicated by both the Civil Service Board and a court, is hounded with a phantom warrant the very day she resigns. She was also targeted by the Civil Service Board, like Baumgardner, for attending an event related to the race for Youngsville Police Chief.

The message is unmistakable: in Youngsville, those who resist or embarrass leadership aren’t just punished — they’re pursued.

Is the Civil Service Board Complicit in Cover-Ups?

Although the names have changed, the Youngsville Police Civil Service Board appears to be an integral part of allowing these shanegangins to continue, while ignoring other complaints that have been filed. In July of 2023, when the Board received its first-ever civilian complaint for an investigation, it consisted of Dawn Fournier, Ben Langlinais, and Police Department Representative Tracy Girard, with Laurie Segura serving as Board Secretary.

Girard served with the Lafayette Parish Sheriff’s Office until allegations of sexual harassment/battery surfaced. Girard was critical of the fact that Tim Cutone was appointed to the Board despite the election results not supporting a majority victory to fill the vacancy. The Board voted to take up that complaint, which alleged widespread corruption and violations of law, but to this day, it has failed to conduct any investigation.

The same Board likewise failed to take up a complaint and investigation into allegations surrounding Eric Segura in December of 2023. The complaint not only referenced the use of force incident involving Segura, which had been covered up and recently settled by the City, but also the fact that Segura had clearly lied to criminal investigators. Of course, Segura would rear his ugly little head again.

By June of 2024, Fournier had resigned from the Board and was replaced by Jacob Held. It was at this time that Board Secretary Laurie Segura brought forth alleged “anonymous complaints” targeting both Gentry and Baumgardner. The Board chose to investigate and then violated open meetings laws by discussing how those investigations would be handled outside of the public meetings. At the same time, the Board turned a blind eye to yet another civilian complaint concerning an officer who had violated sexual harassment and professional misconduct standards. The officer was found guilty, but was only subjected to a written reprimand and was required to undergo remedial training discipline outside the established matrix of the department for such violations.

The following month, in July 2024, two more civilian complaints were filed, alleging that Board Member Tracy Girard and Board Secretary Laurie Segura had both violated the law and Department policy by participating in prohibited political activities. Girard allegedly was openly campaigning for a candidate for Chief of Police. At the same time, Segura had received and disbursed monies as part of her involvement in handling the campaign affairs of the Chief of Police. Segura’s actions, carried out during office hours, also constituted public payroll fraud under Louisiana law. The Board again turned a blind eye, choosing to protect its own while meting out discipline against other officers.

Questions That Demand Answers

Back to Gentry. Some interesting questions remain unanswered.

• Who reactivated the warrant, and under what authority?
• Why did YPD attempt to re-arrest someone already booked, bonded, and arraigned on charges the DA declined to prosecute?
• Was the timing coordinated to coincide with Gentry’s resignation?

Until those questions are answered, the perception is unavoidable: Youngsville Police are doubling down on retaliation rather than accountability.

A City’s Reputation in Free Fall

From the Kayla Reaux incident to the Segura scandals, from Davison’s demotion to Henry’s contested termination, Youngsville’s police department has been in the headlines for all the wrong reasons. The attempted re-arrest of Gentry hours after her resignation is not just another personnel dispute — it’s a public warning about how far the city’s leadership will go to silence dissent and intimidate former employees.

As Youngsville’s leaders continue to tout their city as one of Louisiana’s “safest,” its own police Chief is making it look more like one of the most vindictive.

To quote a line from the 2008 Batman movie “The Dark Knight”:

“You either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain.”

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