BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Officials confirmed former Louisiana House Speaker Clay Schexnayder turned himself in days after being indicted by a Baton Rouge grand jury on charges of felony theft of a “rare state artifact” and malfeasance in office.

According to the Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill’s Office, Schexnayder, 56, of Gonzales, surrendered on Monday, Nov. 17, to special agents in the parking lot of the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison.

He’s facing charges of felony theft greater than $25,000 and malfeasance in office.

INDICTMENT

Felony theft greater than $25,000

Malfeasance in office

According to the indictment paperwork filed in the 19th JDC,

Count 1: Between 2012 and 2025, the defendant, Clay John Schexnayder, knowingly and intentionally committed theft of a rare Louisi

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