Parole panel reprimands Ashley Posey over unreported residence, returns her to supervision

The Committee on Parole in Baton Rouge on May 5, 2025, voted to reprimand Ashley Posey and return her to supervision after a preliminary revocation hearing on allegations she failed to report changes in residence and came into proximity with a person identified in her registry paperwork.

The action matters because Posey signed a sex-offender contract and is subject to registration and proximity restrictions under the state registration requirements referenced in the hearing. The board weighed documentary notes, a refused criminal prosecution, and testimony from the person identified in the registry before deciding not to revoke parole.

At the hearing, board member Cheryl Renacci conducted the interview while Chair Steve Prater and member Pete Freeman participated in the decision. The board read four alleged violations into the record, including: failing to obtain permission to reside away from her approved address (condition 3); an arrest on March 27, 2025, for a registration-related charge that the district attorney refused on April 29, 2025 (condition 4); overdue supervision fees (condition 10); and a special condition that the registrant not knowingly be physically present within 300 feet of the victim pursuant to a statute identified in the record as 14:91.9 (condition 13). Posey pleaded not guilty to each allegation.

Posey told the panel she had stayed overnight in Lake Charles while working in Cameron Parish but that she did not consider those stays to establish a new residence and said she had informed some parole staff of a changed phone number. "I immediately reached out to my parole officer and gave him that number," Posey said during questioning (first reference: transcript introduction and early questioning). The parole compliance officer who interviewed her in March asked for her phone and vehicle information, and Posey was arrested on the resulting allegations; she also said the temporary tag on a vehicle was at issue.

Jane Hogan, Posey’s attorney, described Posey’s complex case history and noted that Posey had been granted clemency and parole with support from the district attorney and the victim’s family in an earlier proceeding. Hogan asked the board to reinstate parole and to allow Posey to communicate with the woman who had since married Posey. "Whenever Ashley came home in June, Miranda reached out to me to say that she wanted Ashley’s phone number. I didn’t know that that was going to cause such an issue," Hogan said, adding that the criminal charge was refused by the DA and that Posey had completed a supporting sentence in May.

The woman identified in the registry, who introduced herself as Miranda, addressed the board and said she did not consider herself a victim of the prior offense and asked the board not to revoke Posey’s parole. "I do not feel like victim at all. I do feel like that I actually should've never been charged," she told the board. Miranda said the contact was consensual and that she and Posey had married the prior year.

Board discussion acknowledged that Posey had signed the offender contract on June 19, 2023, and that the contract contained restrictions tied to the registrant’s obligations. Chair Steve Prater said that in most other respects Posey had been compliant, but he and other board members expressed concern that Posey had not proactively informed parole staff about her change in marital status and periodic stays in Lake Charles. Prater said the denial of the criminal charge by the district attorney and the victim’s statement were material to his determination. "Based on the testimony we got this morning by Miranda, my vote today is gonna be do not revoke. Reprimand you and return you back to supervision," Prater said.

Member Pete Freeman said he believed Posey had violated her registration contract and recommended revocation. The majority decision, however, was a reprimand and a return to supervision with a clear instruction that Posey must be forthcoming with parole officers and comply with registration and residency reporting requirements.

The board also recorded the administrative detail that Posey owed $375 in past supervision fees, and staff noted that the refused criminal charge meant there was no pending prosecution from the district attorney. Parole staff named in the record included Normandie Hood and a newly assigned compliance officer, identified during testimony as Mr. Hotard; Livingston Parish Detention Center personnel introduced themselves for the record at the start of the hearing.

The panel’s reprimand preserves Posey’s parole status but places emphasis on strict reporting and cooperation with parole supervision going forward.