Controversial New Orleans mayor indicted for alleged illicit relationship with taxpayer-funded bodyguard
New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell was indicted Friday on federal charges alleging she carried on an "intimate relationship" with a taxpayer-funded security guard and conspired to defraud the city of more than $70,000, according to a superseding indictment unsealed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.The 18-count indictment accuses Cantrell, 53, and former New Orleans Police Department Officer Jeffrey Vappie of conspiracy, wire fraud, obstruction of […]
