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A joint legislative committee looked into the matter, and, in the summer of 1973, an East Baton Rouge Parish grand jury indicted Pearce on thirty-one charges, twenty-five for public payroll extortion, three for public bribery, one for felony theft, one for governmental ethics violation, and one for perjury. Later, he was accused with three more perjury offenses as well.

A joint legislative committee looked into the matter, and, in the summer of 1973, an East Baton Rouge Parish grand jury indicted Pearce on thirty-one charges, twenty-five for public payroll extortion, three for public bribery, one for felony theft, one for governmental ethics violation, and one for perjury. Later, he was accused with three more perjury offenses as well.

Pearce was convicted of two [[misdemeanors]] and was fined $300 for contempt of a legislative committee and $750 for violation of the Louisiana Code of Ethics.

Pearce was convicted of two [[misdemeanor]]s and was fined $300 for contempt of a legislative committee and $750 for violation of the Louisiana Code of Ethics.

Eighty-two convictions were eventually returned from indictments of former Agriculture Department employees.

Eighty-two convictions were eventually returned from indictments of former Agriculture Department employees.