A series of FOX 8 investigations found Mayor Cantrell spending hundreds of hours in the apartment, often for hours at a time during the workday. Continue Reading
The OIG accused Webster in its recent report published Tuesday morning of neglecting his duty at the Juvenile Justice Center by being absent from work and neglecting his responsibilities. They also accuse Webster of abusing his office by transporting his dog in city-owned vehicles and housing his pet at the JJIC facility. “Dr. Kyshun Webster...
The three-and-a-half year tenure of Kyshun Webster as director of New Orleans juvenile lockup was plagued by spotty attendance, questionable spending and an attempt to get the facility to take his ailing pet dog and pay hefty veterinary expenses, according to an investigative report released Tuesday by the city’s Office of Inspector General. Continue Reading
BY BEN MYERS | STAFF WRITER APR 27, 2022 – 6:46 PM The New Orleans City Council on Wednesday called on the city’s Office of Inspector General to investigate several initiatives advanced by Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s administration, while also ordering an immediate halt to distributions from a controversial land trust. Continue Reading
NOLA.COM Ten former employees of the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans are being arrested on theft charges after the Office of Inspector General said they stole more than $500,000 in brass fittings from the utility system and sold them at local scrap yards. Continue Reading
THEADVOCATE.COM Ten former employees of the New Orleans Sewerage & Water Board are suspected of stealing tens of thousands of pounds of brass fittings from the agency and selling the metal to local scrapyards, city officials said Wednesday, describing a scheme that went undetected for at least two years and cost the city more than...
