nola.com BY JOHN SIMERMAN | Staff Writer Former New Orleans police bomb squad leader Todd Morrell pleaded guilty Tuesday to six counts of wire fraud stemming from a federal indictment that accused him of double dipping or not showing up to work for the police department or his off-duty detail with the Fair Grounds Patrol. Morrell, who retired...
By Lee Zurik, Dannah Sauer and Ashlyn Brothers Published: Sep. 20, 2024 at 4:50 PM CDT NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – A federal grand jury has indicted Leessa Augustine, a former Sewerage and Water Board employee and reserve officer with the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD), for multiple charges, including fraud and identity theft. The indictment accuses Augustine of “double-dipping,” wrongfully...
Verite News, by Katie Jane Fernelius A city of New Orleans agency that’s responsible for tens of millions of dollars in tax breaks is in need of a standardized and transparent set of policies for determining which projects should receive the incentives, according to a city watchdog. A public letter issued Tuesday (Aug. 6) by New...
WWL Louisiana, by Alyssa Curtis NEW ORLEANS — Former New Orleans 911 center director Tyrell Morris appeared in court as the criminal case against him moves forward. Morris is charged with malfeasance in office, false personation of a peace officer, insurance fraud and second-degree public records injuring. The charges came after a WWL Investigation revealed Morris tried...
WDSU.com Cassie Schirm, Investigative Reporter The latest Inspector General report uncovers concerns about financial expenditures from the mayor’s shuttered nonprofit Forward Together New Orleans. After serious allegations of ethical misconduct, the IG subpoenaed the organization’s financials and its conversation with city leaders. What the IG found is there were conflicts of interest regarding how money...
nola.com BY BEN MYERS | Staff writer The New Orleans City Council on Thursday adopted a series of measures aimed at preventing conflicts of interest and fraud in city contracts, a response to the “smart cities” scandal that erupted at City Hall two years ago. The ordinances, which passed unanimously, require city employees to include all types...
nola.com BY JEFF ADELSON | Staff writer The Orleans Parish Assessor’s Office and the city’s Office of Inspector General found hundreds of improper homestead exemptions and removed them from the property tax rolls last year, Assessor Erroll Williams announced Wednesday. The clean-up included the discovery of numerous properties receiving the exemption even though the owner...
updated: 6:23 PM CST Jan 10, 2024 Cassie Schirm, Investigative Reporter NEW ORLEANS — False swearing, maintaining false public documents and bid rigging that is what the Office of Inspector General and the City Council is trying to fight with new legislation after the Inspector General says all that happened with the abandoned “smart cities”...
wdsu.com Aubry Killion Investigative Reporter Updated: 6:50 PM CDT Nov 1, 2023 NEW ORLEANS —A bombshell update to a WDSU Investigation. WDSU Investigates first reported Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson spent more than $18,000 to house high-ranking employees in high-end hotel rooms for Carnival 2023. The report says 90 room nights were paid for. The...
By JOSEPH CRANNEY | Staff writer – Nov 1, 2023 More than $18,000 was spent on a combined 90 nights at the Omni Royal Orleans Hotel. Taxpayers paid for empty rooms for 53 of those nights. Continue Reading
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