RI Jailer Who Posed As Boss On Facebook Goes Free

Mattew LaCroix was arrested last December after it was discovered he set up a fake Facebook page for his boss, A.T. Wall.

The Rhode Island corrections officer who pled guilty to “use of fraudulent information” after posing as his boss on Facebook won’t get additional jail time.

Mattew LaCroix was arrested last December after it was discovered he set up a fake Facebook page for his boss, A.T. Wall.

According to reports, Facebook took down LaCroix’s page soon after the Department of Corrections notified the social network. Officials discovered the page in August.

LaCroix was fired in March, according to The Providence Journal, for “serious violations of the department’s code of ethics.”

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