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Parole panel spares Orleans man revocation, orders 9‑month work‑release and substance evaluation
Summary
The Committee on Parole voted Feb. 4 to send Aaron Serenais (DOC 627602) to a nine‑month transitional work‑release program and require a substance‑abuse evaluation instead of revoking parole after he admitted absconding and failing to pay supervision fees.
The Committee on Parole on Feb. 4 recommended sending Aaron Serenais, DOC 627602, to a transitional work‑release program for nine months in lieu of revoking his parole after he admitted absconding from supervision and failing to pay supervision fees.
The panel, chaired by Cheryl Renata, read three alleged violations tied to Serenais’s supervision: failing to remain at the registered address and to obtain permission before moving (condition 3); being unavailable for visits and subjecting himself to reasonable‑suspicion searches (condition 9); and failure to make supervision fee payments (condition 10). The committee record states Serenais’s whereabouts were unknown beginning in April 2024 until his arrest on Nov. 29, 2024, and that his supervision arrearage was $1,073 as of Dec. 9, 2024. Serenais pleaded guilty to the violations.
Serenais told the panel he relocated to rural south Louisiana after losing housing, that his family relied on a generator for power while awaiting an elevation permit to obtain electricity for a camper, and that transportation and financial problems limited his ability to comply with reporting requirements. "I don't have anyone to blame before you guys. I don't have any excuse," Serenais said, adding he should have used reentry resources and notified his parole officer.
Cheryl Renata, chairman of the Committee on Parole, said she would vote "in lieu of revocation" to send Serenais to a transitional work program and work release for nine months following his release and to require a substance‑abuse evaluation with compliance with any recommended treatment. "My vote today is in lieu of revocation that we send you to participate in a transitional work program work release for 9 months after you're released... You're to have a substance abuse evaluation and comply with any treatment plan that is recommended for you," Renata said. Panel members Chuck Tillis and Jerry Ladoux concurred.
The committee recorded the action as an alternative to revocation and closed the proceeding for Serenais.
Serenais’s case record notes a guilty plea at the preliminary hearing to all three violations and the committee directed placement in the transitional program rather than revocation.
