BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - A 47-year-old Denham Springs man faces federal charges of mail fraud and retaining stolen government property for allegedly selling electronic equipment from the U.S. Coast Guard. The Advocate reports an indictment was returned by a federal grand jury Wednesday in Baton Rouge. According to the... more »
BAKER, La. (AP) - A husband and wife have been accused of breaking the law by selling alcoholic beverages in a restaurant they created inside their home. Police Chief Mike Knaps says Alteen and William Profit created a makeshift restaurant in their home, complete with seating, a disc jockey booth... more »
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A New Orleans woman who worked as an analyst for Louisiana's Hazard Mitigation Grant Program has been charged with plotting to sell the names of residents eligible for federal funds to elevate their homes after Hurricane Katrina. A court filing Thursday charges 33-year-old Wanda Acker Williams... more »
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - A retired Dow Chemical Co. research scientist has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for his conviction on charges that he stole trade secrets from Dow's Plaquemine plant and sold them to companies in China. The Advocate reports 75-year-old Wen Chyu Liu, also... more »
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is getting out of Washington on Friday to rally public support for his newly unveiled jobs initiatives. The president planned to visit Richmond, Va., where he'll cast his jobs package as a bipartisan plan that will get Americans back to work quickly. The plan... more »
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Sentencing is being delayed until Jan. 19 for the head of a defunct movie studio who pleaded guilty to selling $1.9 million in nonexistent tax credits to members of the New Orleans Saints. On May 13, Wayne Read pleaded guilty to interstate transportation of stolen funds... more »
A multi-agency investigation including the Vermillion Parish Sheriff's Office, the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB), and Louisiana State Police Detectives has resulted in the arrest of James Hurst, (W/M age 52) of New York, on charges of Felony Theft and Possession of Stolen Property.
The investigation began on August... more »
NEW YORK (AP) - BP PLC says it is selling several major assets to Apache Corp. for $7 billion to help pay the costs from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The proceeds will go towards a $20 billion fund to help pay cleanup costs and damages from the spill.... more »
ALEXANDRIA, La. (AP) - The government must reconsider its ban on selling small turtles, a federal district judge has ruled. "This is a firefight this time," said Eddie Jolly, president of the Independent Turtle Farmers of Louisiana. "This has got teeth. We're going to win this one." Judge Dee D.... more »
According to Sheriff David Naquin during the last 72 hours the Sheriff's Office responded to 88 complaints and reports the following arrests:
Orlin A. Guerrero 28 of Village Lane Amelia La. was arrested on 11-20-09 at 9:56 P.M. on the charge of Criminal Damage to Property. Guerrero was arrested... more »