Terry Lisotta, who was indicted in late 2008 on 14 counts of theft by fraud from the Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp., was unable to work out a plea deal with prosecutors Feb. 18. Lisotta paced anxiously outside the courtroom …
A federal jury has convicted a woman of conspiring with a former Louisiana lawmaker to conceal her illegal operation of an insurance business by laundering money. Prosecutors contend Gwendolyn Moyo sold bogus construction bonds and laundered roughly $2 million to …
Dr. Anna Pou — the cancer surgeon charged with murder after Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans — and her attorney are spearheading three bills in the Louisiana Legislature aimed at protecting medical personnel in future disasters. “What happened to Dr. …
The owners of a nursing home in St. Francisville, La., where 35 patients died after Hurricane Katrina were acquitted Sept. 7 of negligent homicide and cruelty charges for not evacuating the facility as the storm approached. The jury took about …
Attorneys in St. Francisville, La., prepared Aug. 15 to try to select the final jurors to hear the case of a couple charged with negligent homicide in the deaths of 35 patients at their nursing home following Hurricane Katrina. Five …
The government should make FEMA turn over records of residents of its trailers and trailer parks to New Orleans police and other agencies investigating crime in the area, U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu said. The proposal is part of a 10-point …
It took only four hours for a Louisiana grand jury to charge the owners of St. Rita’s Nursing home – where 35 people died in post-Hurricane Katrina flooding – on charges of negligent homicide and cruelty to the infirm. The …
Suspicious fires involving LeFlore County (Okla.) Commissioner Carroll Rogers have led to a criminal investigation, according to a probable cause affidavit. The FBI, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation and the state fire marshal’s office, searched his home in Spiro …
National Guard troops and state police will patrol New Orleans through December, Gov. Kathleen Blanco said at a recent summit of law enforcement officials and crime experts called to address a spate of killings marring the recovery from Hurricane Katrina. …
Two new Louisiana laws giving insurance policyholders more time to sue their insurers or file claims over damage from hurricanes Katrina and Rita are constitutional, the Louisiana Supreme Court ruled Aug. 25. The unanimous ruling, less than 12 hours after …
