Photo by Sophia Germer By Missy Wilkinson, Nola.com  A New Orleans contractor accused of faking inspection documents across multiple parishes was rebooked on a slew of charges about a week after New Orleans police issued a “be on the lookout” alert. Jon Andersen, 38, surrendered to authorities and was booked into Orleans Justice Center late Wednesday, jail records...

Image by WWL Louisiana By David Hammer, WWL Louisiana NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans police have issued an arrest warrant for a house builder first exposed in our WWL Louisiana Investigation for allegedly falsifying inspection records, accusing him of 14 criminal counts tied to that case. Jon Andersen, whose state contractor’s license was revoked last summer, is now...

By Madhri Yehiya, Verite News The New Orleans Department of Safety and Permits continues to lack internal organization and accountability, according to a report released Tuesday (Oct. 7) by the New Orleans Office of the Inspector General. Continue reading

By David Hammer, WWL-TV NEW ORLEANS (WWL) — A new report by the New Orleans Inspector General blasts the city’s Department of Safety and Permits, saying it hasn’t done enough to fix problems the IG has repeatedly highlighted, which have made the key safety agency a hotbed of corruption. Continue reading

By David Hammer, WWL Louisiana Investigator NEW ORLEANS — A new report by the New Orleans inspector general finds City Hall has handed over too much control to private, third-party building safety inspectors, whose work was often shoddy or failed to follow protocols and yet, until very recently, it was generally rubber-stamped by the city’s...