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
wwl By Chris Miller A New Orleans inspector general report finds the sheriff’s expenditures for hotel rooms at the Royal Sonesta last Mardi Gras to be “wasteful and unnecessary.” The sheriff’s office spent $18,000 for the rooms, for a total of 90 nights. When news of the sheriff’s use of hotel rooms first became public, the...
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WDSU.com; Cassie Schirm, Investigative Reporter Updated: 7:45 PM CDT Mar 30, 2023 The New Orleans Office of Inspector General has issued a subpoena for records surrounding the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office organization chart, termination and new hire reports, as well as any documents related to the hotel rooms booked during Carnival 2023. The OIG issued...
Author: Mike Perlstein / Eyewitness Investigator Published: 5:29 PM CDT March 30, 2023 Updated: 5:29 PM CDT March 30, 2023 NEW ORLEANS — Amid multiple recent controversies and a management shake-up at the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office, another battle is brewing after the city’s Inspector General was forced to issue a subpoena this week for sheriff’s office records that...
