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==Later years==

==Later years==

After his resignation, Leche was convicted in 1940 of using the mails to defraud through a scheme to sell trucks to the Louisiana Highway Department.  Other charges included the use of stolen [[Works Progress Administration]] resources to build expensive houses for Leche and his cronies.

After his resignation, Leche was convicted in 1940 of using the mails to defraud through a scheme to sell trucks to the Louisiana Highway Department.  Other charges included the use of stolen [[Works Progress Administration]] resources to build expensive houses for Leche and his cronies.

Leche and his wife, the former Elton Reynolds, had two sons, Richard, Jr. (1929-2020) and Charles Eustace Leche, who survives his parents and brother. Richard, Jr., graduated in 1946 from the first ever class at Covington High School in [[suburb]]an St. Tammany Parish. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://obits.theadvocate.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?n=richard-webster-leche-jr&pid=197212363|title=Obituary of Richard Leche, Jr.|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=December 3, 2020|accessdate=December 11, 2020}}</ref>

Leche and his wife, the former Elton Reynolds, had two sons, Richard, Jr. (1929-2020) and Charles Eustace Leche, who survives his parents and brother. Richard, Jr., graduated in 1946 from the first ever class at Covington High School in [[suburb]]an St. Tammany Parish. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://obits.theadvocate.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?n=richard-webster-leche-jr&pid=197212363|title=Obituary of Richard Leche, Jr.|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=December 3, 2020|accessdate=December 11, 2020}}</ref>