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|name=Larry Callaway Deen

|name=Larry Callaway Deen

|office=[[Sheriff]] of [[Bossier City|Bossier Parish]], [[Louisiana]]

|office=[[Sheriff]] of [[Bossier City|Bossier Parish]], [[Louisiana]]

|term_start=July 1,1988

|term_start=July 1, 1988

|term_end=June 30, 2012

|term_end=June 30, 2012

|preceded=[[Vol Dooley]]

|preceded=[[Vol Dooley]]

|succeeded=[[Julian Whittington]]

|succeeded=[[Julian Whittington]]

|birth_date=September 8, 1948

|birth_date=September 8, 1948

|birth_place=Reared in Bossier Parish

|birth_place=Reared in Bossier Parish

==Background==

==Background==

His father, [[Jesse C. Deen]], was a state representative from 1972 to 1988.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2016 (Bossier and Webster parishes)|publisher=house.louisiana.gov|accessdate=February 2, 2013}}</ref>Deen was born shortly after his parents moved to Bossier Parish. His mother, the former Evelyn Young (born 1930), is a daughter of the late Casper Callaway Young, a Bossier Parish native, and the former Cardille Jones, originally from Simsboro in Lincoln Parish.

His father, [[Jesse C. Deen]], was a state representative from 1972 to 1988.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2016 (Bossier and Webster parishes)|publisher=house.louisiana.gov|accessdate=February 2, 2013}}</ref> Deen was born shortly after his parents moved to Bossier Parish. His mother, the former Evelyn Young (born 1930), is a daughter of the late Casper Callaway Young, a Bossier Parish native, and the former Cardille Jones, originally from Simsboro in Lincoln Parish.

His father is a native of Grant Parish, a retired educator at the Rocky Mount School in Bossier Parish, a former member of the Bossier Parish Police Jury, and a four-term state legislator.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/LABOSSIE/2003-07/1057207152|title=Jesse Claude Deen|date=July 2, 2003|publisher=archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com|accessdate=February 2, 2014}}</ref>

His father is a native of Grant Parish, a retired educator at the Rocky Mount School in Bossier Parish, a former member of the Bossier Parish Police Jury, and a four-term state legislator.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/LABOSSIE/2003-07/1057207152|title=Jesse Claude Deen|date=July 2, 2003|publisher=archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com|accessdate=February 2, 2014}}</ref>

==Service as sheriff==

==Service as sheriff==

In 1987, Deen resigned as a deputy sheriff to run against his former boss<ref name=mybossier>{{cite web|url=http://mybossier.blogspot.com/2011/03/whittington-is-wild-card-in-bossier.html|title=My Bossier, March 1, 2011|publisher=mybossier.blogspot.com|accessdate=February 4, 2014}}</ref> and fellow [[Democratic Party |Democrat]], Sheriff [[Vol Dooley]] of [[Bossier City]]. Deen unseated Dooley, who was seeking a third full term in the office, 17,113 (62 percent) to 7,973 (28.9 percent). Bill Gray, a third Democratic candidate, held the remaining 2,518 votes (9.1 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Results, October 24, 1987.</ref> In 1991, Deen secured his second term with 89 percent of the vote over another Democrat, Lillian L. Lewter of Bossier City.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 19, 1991.</ref> Deen was thereafter unopposed in the elections of 1995, 1999, 2003, and 2007.

In 1987, Deen resigned as a deputy sheriff to run against his former boss<ref name=mybossier>{{cite web|url=http://mybossier.blogspot.com/2011/03/whittington-is-wild-card-in-bossier.html|title=My Bossier, March 1, 2011|publisher=mybossier.blogspot.com|accessdate=February 4, 2014}}</ref> and fellow [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], Sheriff [[Vol Dooley]] of [[Bossier City]]. Deen unseated Dooley, who was seeking a third full term in the office, 17,113 (62 percent) to 7,973 (28.9 percent). Bill Gray, a third Democratic candidate, held the remaining 2,518 votes (9.1 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Results, October 24, 1987.</ref> In 1991, Deen secured his second term with 89 percent of the vote over another Democrat, Lillian L. Lewter of Bossier City.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 19, 1991.</ref> Deen was thereafter unopposed in the elections of 1995, 1999, 2003, and 2007.

From 1996 to 2001, Deen was the president of the Northwest Division of the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement, an agency created under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to direct federal funds to local and state law enforcement entities with the goal of making them more effective in protecting the public.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rrdnw.com/History1.htm|title=History of Northwest Law Enforcement Agency|publisher=rrdnw.com|accessdate=February 17, 2014}}</ref>

From 1996 to 2001, Deen was the president of the Northwest Division of the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement, an agency created under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to direct federal funds to local and state law enforcement entities with the goal of making them more effective in protecting the public.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rrdnw.com/History1.htm|title=History of Northwest Law Enforcement Agency|publisher=rrdnw.com|accessdate=February 17, 2014}}</ref>

In the aftermath of [[September 11, 2001]], Sheriff Deen provided security for a visit by [[U.S. President]] [[George W. Bush]] to Barksdale Air Force Base, from which Bush addressed the nation on the terrorist threat. Deen's department, along with some one hundred other patrol cars,  barricaded entry to Barksdale to protect Bush from threat that did not materialize. The Bush visit and the terrorist threat subsequently propelled Deen to launch the program "Operation Exodus," which was designed to preserve vital resources in event of a catastrophe. The program depends heavily on services from retired law-enforcement personnel.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.survivalistboards.com/showthread.php?p=1359340#Ziw0FGAqfF4wRSi2.99|author=Drew Pierson|title="Bossier sheriff launches 'Operation Exodus'"|date=February 27, 2010|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=February 4, 2014}}</ref>

In the aftermath of [[September 11, 2001]], Sheriff Deen provided security for a visit by [[U.S. President]] [[George W. Bush]] to Barksdale Air Force Base, from which Bush addressed the nation on the terrorist threat. Deen's department, along with some one hundred other patrol cars,  barricaded entry to Barksdale to protect Bush from threat that did not materialize. The Bush visit and the terrorist threat subsequently propelled Deen to launch the program "Operation Exodus," which was designed to preserve vital resources in event of a catastrophe. The program depends heavily on services from retired law-enforcement personnel.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.survivalistboards.com/showthread.php?p=1359340#Ziw0FGAqfF4wRSi2.99|author=Drew Pierson|title="Bossier sheriff launches 'Operation Exodus'"|date=February 27, 2010|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=February 4, 2014}}</ref>

In December 2003, Deen was stopped for speeding in East Texas while returning to Bossier Parish from a personal trip to [[Longview, Texas|Longview]]. An altercation with the trooper who stopped him was aired some eight months later on KTBS-TV, the [[ABC]] affiliate in [[Shreveport]], adjacent to Bossier Parish. Deen paid an $86 ticket for driving 84 m.p.h., fourteen miles above the limit. He also issued a public apology in which he expressed "embarrassment that anything I have done caused any negative shadow to be cast on the parish."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.realpolice.net/forums/archive/t-16249.html|author=Francis McCabe|title="Bossier Sheriff caught speeding, admits its not the first time: Sheriff apologizes for how he behaved when stopped in east Texas in December|date=August 6, 2004|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=February 4, 2014}}</ref>

In December 2003, Deen was stopped for speeding in East Texas while returning to Bossier Parish from a personal trip to [[Longview, Texas|Longview]]. An altercation with the trooper who stopped him was aired some eight months later on KTBS-TV, the [[ABC]] affiliate in [[Shreveport]], adjacent to Bossier Parish. Deen paid an $86 ticket for driving 84 m.p.h., fourteen miles above the limit. He also issued a public apology in which he expressed "embarrassment that anything I have done caused any negative shadow to be cast on the parish."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.realpolice.net/forums/archive/t-16249.html|author=Francis McCabe|title=Bossier Sheriff caught speeding, admits its not the first time: Sheriff apologizes for how he behaved when stopped in east Texas in December|date=August 6, 2004|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=February 4, 2014}}</ref>

In 2008, [[Governor]] [[Bobby Jindal]] appointed Deen and his Caddo Parish counterpart, Sheriff [[Steve Prator]], to the 27-member Commission on Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice, a multi-agency program.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gov.louisiana.gov/index.cfm?md=newsroom&tmp=detail&articleID=98&printer=1|title=Governor Bobby Jindal Announces Appointments to the Commission on Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice|date=March 4, 2008|publisher=gov.louisiana.gov|accessdate=February 4, 2014}}</ref>

In 2008, [[Governor]] [[Bobby Jindal]] appointed Deen and his Caddo Parish counterpart, Sheriff [[Steve Prator]], to the 27-member Commission on Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice, a multi-agency program.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gov.louisiana.gov/index.cfm?md=newsroom&tmp=detail&articleID=98&printer=1|title=Governor Bobby Jindal Announces Appointments to the Commission on Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice|date=March 4, 2008|publisher=gov.louisiana.gov|accessdate=February 4, 2014}}</ref>

In the 2011 nonpartisan blanket [[primary]], [[Republican Party |Republican]] [[Julian Whittington]], a former chief criminal deputy under Deen, won the right to succeed Deen, who decided to retire. Whittington polled more than 68 percent of the vote.<ref name=electionreturns/> Whittingon's closest rival, Mike McConnell, a former deputy sheriff under Deen<ref name=mybossier/> and also a Republican, received 20 percent of the ballots cast.<ref name=electionreturns>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns for Bossier Parish, October 22, 2011.}}</ref>Prior to the 2011 primary, Deen had endorsed Whittington over McConnell.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ksla.com/story/15786823/whittington-leads-bossier-parish-sheriffs-race|author=Carolyn Roy|title="Whittington easily wins Bossier Sheriff's race"|date=October 22, 2011|publisher=KSLA-TV|accessdate=February 4, 2014}}</ref>Deen later changed his voter registration to Republican; so did Vol Dooley.

In the 2011 nonpartisan blanket [[primary]], [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[Julian Whittington]], a former chief criminal deputy under Deen, won the right to succeed Deen, who decided to retire. Whittington polled more than 68 percent of the vote.<ref name=electionreturns/> Whittingon's closest rival, Mike McConnell, a former deputy sheriff under Deen<ref name=mybossier/> and also a Republican, received 20 percent of the ballots cast.<ref name=electionreturns>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns for Bossier Parish, October 22, 2011.}}</ref> Prior to the 2011 primary, Deen had endorsed Whittington over McConnell.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ksla.com/story/15786823/whittington-leads-bossier-parish-sheriffs-race|author=Carolyn Roy|title="Whittington easily wins Bossier Sheriff's race"|date=October 22, 2011|publisher=KSLA-TV|accessdate=February 4, 2014}}</ref> Deen later changed his voter registration to Republican; so did Vol Dooley.

==Deen today==

==Deen today==

Deen resides in the parish seat of Benton. His wife was the former Bobbie Joe Pacholik Williamson (1948-2016). Their son, Heath C. Deen, resides in [[Austin]], Texas; Mrs. Deen, who was reared in [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], had two children from a previous marriage. She was the founding pastor of Spirit Wind Ministries, which focuses on the healing of broken people in the community.<ref>Bobbie Joe Pacholik Deen (1949-2016) - Find a Grave Memorial.</ref>  

Deen resides in the parish seat of Benton. His wife was the former Bobbie Joe Pacholik Williamson (1948–2016). Their son, Heath C. Deen, resides in [[Austin]], Texas; Mrs. Deen, who was reared in [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], had two children from a previous marriage. She was the founding pastor of Spirit Wind Ministries, which focuses on the healing of broken people in the community.<ref>Bobbie Joe Pacholik Deen (1949-2016) - Find a Grave Memorial.</ref>  

In 2014, Deen and Clinton E. Blakey and Clifton D. Blakey, the owners of Blakey Auto Plex, were [[Indictment|indicted]] in the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana on one count of federal program theft, conspiracy to commit federal program theft, and failure to file [[Internal Revenue Service]] Tax Form 8300. The three are accused of having undervalued a vehicle at $21,375 when it was traded in to Blakey Auto Plex by the Bossier Parish Sheriff's Office in May 2012, a few weeks before Deen's retirement from the position.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/crime/2014/09/24/former-sheriff-larry-dean-others-indicted/16168281/|title=Former Sheriff Larry Deen, 2 others indicted|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=September 24, 2014}}</ref>On October 16, 2014, Deen through his attorney entered a not guilty plea to the charges of federal program theft and conspiracy to commit such theft. He is allowed to remain free while he awaits trial but had to surrender his passport. The Blakeys also pleaded not guilty to the same charges along with the failure to file IRS Tax Form 8300; they two must surrender their passports as they await trial.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://press-herald.com/ex-sheriff-pleads-guilty-federal-charges/|title=Ex-sheriff pleads not guilty to federal charges|publisher=''[[Minden Press-Herald]]''|accessdate=October 17, 2014}}</ref> His trial was scheduled in 2016. The federal Bureau of Prisons does not indicate if Deen served time.

In 2014, Deen and Clinton E. Blakey and Clifton D. Blakey, the owners of Blakey Auto Plex, were [[Indictment|indicted]] in the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana on one count of federal program theft, conspiracy to commit federal program theft, and failure to file [[Internal Revenue Service]] Tax Form 8300. The three are accused of having undervalued a vehicle at $21,375 when it was traded in to Blakey Auto Plex by the Bossier Parish Sheriff's Office in May 2012, a few weeks before Deen's retirement from the position.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/crime/2014/09/24/former-sheriff-larry-dean-others-indicted/16168281/|title=Former Sheriff Larry Deen, 2 others indicted|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=September 24, 2014}}</ref> On October 16, 2014, Deen through his attorney entered a not guilty plea to the charges of federal program theft and conspiracy to commit such theft. He is allowed to remain free while he awaits trial but had to surrender his passport. The Blakeys also pleaded not guilty to the same charges along with the failure to file IRS Tax Form 8300; they two must surrender their passports as they await trial.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://press-herald.com/ex-sheriff-pleads-guilty-federal-charges/|title=Ex-sheriff pleads not guilty to federal charges|publisher=''[[Minden Press-Herald]]''|accessdate=October 17, 2014}}</ref> His trial was scheduled in 2016. The federal Bureau of Prisons does not indicate if Deen served time.

==See also==

==See also==