Attorney General Liz Murrill's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit arrested a Rapides Parish man for violently slamming a disabled resident, causing three fractured ribs.

On April 21, 2026, 33-year-old Darrius Lamar Payne was arrested without incident in Rapides Parish for:

• Cruelty to Persons with Infirmities, a violation of La. R.S. 14:93.3 - 1 count

Payne, a former employee at Westside Habilitation Center, a residential facility for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities located at 3071 N Bolton Avenue in Alexandria, forcefully slammed a disabled resident to the ground on his left side, resulting in three fractured ribs.

This occurred on or about October 16, 2025, and was captured on the exterior video surveillance cameras of the facility and witnessed by other employees of the facility.

Payne was booked into the Rapides Parish Detention Center.

His bond information is unknown at this time.

The investigation is ongoing.

*All persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty.

The Louisiana MFCU receives 75 percent of its funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under a grant award totaling $10,000,340 for Federal fiscal year (FY) 25/26. The remaining 25 percent, totaling $3,333,443 for FY 25/26, is funded by Louisiana.