Two Greensburg residents plead guilty to vote buying charges
Two of three Greensburg residents indicted in a 1996 St. Helena Parish vote buying case pleaded guilty. Betty Huff and Thomas Lindsey agreed to cooperate with prosecutors, facing up to five years each, with potential wider implications as the investigation continues beyond the trio.
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Greensburg
Lindsey
Stan Lemelle
Lemelle
Huff, Lindsey and
Love
Huff
Deputy investigated after allegedly delaying hospital-bound man
Jefferson Parish authorities probe Deputy Bryan McClendon over claims he detained Benjamin Basile, 50, of Kenner for 30 minutes while issuing a traffic ticket as Basile was en route to Memorial Hospital for a heart attack. Basile remains in stable condition after a week in ICU. family says the officer mocked them and threatened arrest, while authorities review the incident.
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New Orleans
Jefferson Parish
Benjamin Basile
Kenner
Memorial Hospital
Basile
Harry Lee
Bryan McClendon
Department
Bob Garner
McClendon
Garner
John
Gladys
John Basile
Gladys Basile
State advances plan to fight coastal erosion in Louisiana
Louisiana and the federal government fund a three year Barataria Basin study as part of a 30 year coast protection program costing 14 billion dollars. The project aims to extend from the Mississippi River mouth to Vermilion Bay and will be shared by the state and the U S Army Corps of Engineers. The completion target is September 2001 with the overall cost and funding still unsettled.
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Caldwell
Freshwater Bayou
Vermilion
Sabine River
Capitol
Barataria Basin
Thomas Julich
Corps District
New Orleans
Julieh
New Orleans Police Arrest Ohio Fugitive
Jerry Young, 57, convicted of murder in a 1997 Ohio trial, was arrested in Kenner by FBI agents on a federal warrant for unlawful flight to avoid prosecution. He had been using an alias while frequenting an off track betting parlor after disappearing in 1995 following the murder of his girlfriend in Cleveland.
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New Orleans
Ohio
FBI
Jerry Young
Kenner
Charles Mathews III
Young
Mathews
Cleveland
Former teacher pleads guilty in Sacred Heart molestation case
Former Sacred Heart Catholic School teacher and coach Brian Matherne pleaded guilty Friday to 33 counts of molesting more than a dozen boys aged 8 to 17 from 1985 until last year. He faced over 400 counts at arrest. sentencing to be announced next Tuesday under a plea deal. A victim’s mother expressed relief that her son will not testify.
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Hahnville
Sacred Heart Catholic School
Brian Matherne
Iam
Former Rayne students jailed in school vandalism case
Two 19 year old former Rayne High School students Paul Trahan and Todd Peoples were jailed in Acadia Parish on simple burglary charges after vandalism forced school closure. Bonds set at 150000 each. They were tracked to a Sabine Parish camp where they were arrested Thursday night. Police recovered a radio and television. other items stolen. Repairs cost tens of thousands with a 100000 deductible.
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RAYNE
Paul Matthew Trahan
Todd Peoples
Acadia Parish
Jim Cunningham
Sabine Parish
Ruth Petry
Roland Boudreaux
Ken Goss
George
Melancon
Trahan
Petry
Rayne High
Richard Lavergne
Rodney Trahan
Lavergne
Police book father and girlfriend in child death case
In New Orleans Perry Senegal Sr. and Joice Dean Evans were booked on charges of murder and child cruelty after a coroner ruled the 2-year-old boy should have lived. The 3-year-old girl, weighing about 20 pounds with burns, was placed in state custody as police said the case remains under investigation.
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New Orleans
Perry Senegal Sr
Joice Dean Evans
Orleans Parish
John Gagliano
Defillo
Children’s Hospital
Senegal
Evans
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Betty Jean Love
By Guy Coates
Louisiana
Vany
Uras
Imum
FDIC
Matherne
District Attorney's Office
Perry Senegal Jr
Marlon Defillo
University Hospital
Mall OF
Sandscape Center Court
Mall of Louisiana
Disney
Winnie the Pooh & Tigger
Sun
Mickey Mouse
Minnie Mouse
Prince and Princess
Radisson
Mallofia
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