Acadia Parish inmate confesses to 2013 underage sex charge

CROWLEY, La. (KLFY) -- An inmate at the Acadia Parish Jail has confessed to a crime committed in 2013, and attempted to harm himself in the facility, authorities said.

Dirk Daigle, 36, of Church Point, is charged with felony carnal knowldge of a juvenile and self-mutilation.

Detectives questioned him about a 2013 case for which a warrant had been issued for his arrest, to which he confessed, authorities said.

The self mutilation charge stems from Daigle trying to injure himself in the jail...