Former New Orleans detective and convicted child abuser denied bond reduction: ‘worst kind of offender’

Lower amount would have allowed Stanley Burkhardt, an ex-child abuse detective, to secure release pending case outcome

Former New Orleans police child abuse detective and convicted child molester Stanley Burkhardt is the “worst kind of offender” who always tries to find ways around the terms of his conditional releases from custody, a Louisiana state prosecutor said in court on Wednesday.

The comment from William Dieters, the assistant New Orleans district attorney, came as the prosecutor successfully argued against the 74-year-old Burkhardt’s request for a bond reduction in a parole violation case that would have allowed him to secure his release from custody pending the case’s outcome.