BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - A federal judge has agreed to permanently bar a Louisiana tax preparer and his business from preparing tax returns for customers. The Justice Department accused Larry Carnell Dixon Jr. and his company, Dixon's Tax Service LLC, of fabricating and inflating business expense deductions on clients'... more »
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - A Baton Rouge man has pleaded guilty to tampering with the odometers of high-mileage vehicles he purchased online and from wholesale automobile auctions in Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. Beau Michael Guidry, owner of Affordable Imports in Denham Springs, pleaded guilty Thursday to three counts of... more »
LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) - A Maurice man who was convicted of concealing bankruptcy assets has been sentenced to more than two years in prison. U.S. District Judge Rebecca Doherty in Lafayette on Tuesday sentenced 52-year-old Thad Corey Theall to 27 months in prison and ordered him to repay $50,000 to... more »
NATCHEZ, Miss. (AP) - A Franklin County man is dead and a Louisiana man behind bars following a shooting in Natchez. The Natchez Democrat reports the victim, 41-year-old Cleveland Ezell Wilson of Roxie was killed by gunfire shortly before 5 a.m. Sunday. Natchez Interim Police Chief Danny White says police... more »
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A Hammond man has pleaded guilty to filing a false federal income tax return. Federal prosecutors say John Ndanyi failed to report more than $105,000 of income from his business, Peppi's Services LLC, on the 2008 return he filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Ndanyi allegedly... more »
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A Metairie man had been sentenced to more than two years in prison for robbing a bank last year. U.S. District Judge Sarah Vance also on Tuesday sentenced 36-year-old Don Lee Alexander to three years of supervised release following his 30-month prison term. Alexander pleaded guilty... more »
SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) - A man who allegedly tried to pass himself off as a Shreveport police officer during a fight in a parking garage has been arrested on a charge of impersonating a police officer. Police said 32-year-old Dennis J. Jeffrey, a Bossier Parish resident, also was booked into... more »
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A businessman convicted of bribing New Orleans city officials in exchange for millions of dollars in City Hall contract work has been ordered to forfeit more than $3.2 million. U.S District Judge Eldon Fallon's forfeiture order Tuesday came two days before he is scheduled to sentence... more »
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A Houma man has been sentenced to more than 17 years in prison for downloading child pornography to his home computer. U.S. District Judge Mary Ann Vial Lemmon also ordered 55-year-old Robert Kim Istre on Thursday to register as a sex offender following his prison term.... more »
MONROE, La. (AP) - A 38-year-old West Monroe man has pleaded not guilty in the Sept. 16 death of his infant son. James Edward "Juicy" Clampit, who was charged with one count of negligent homicide, entered his plea on Wednesday. Police say the 11-month-old boy's death was attributed to a... more »