Rider is arrested for 372 counts of CDS possession

Ville Platte native, Billi Matte Rider, faces 372 counts of possession of CDS schedule II less than two grams in Rapides Parish. She was arrested on May 1. Initially, her bond was set at $558 thousand, but it was reduced to $93 thousand. Rider then bonded out of jail on May 2. Rider is a registered nurse and, according to reports, has worked as an emergency room nurse at several local hospital c...

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