The Inspector General’s Office has issued a report that shows a film company claimed over $1 million in fraudulent tax credits. Halen Doughty has more…
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A 21-year-old was killed during an armed robbery at the Raising Cane’s in Kenner. Michelle Southern reports…
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An armed robbery at a Raising Cane’s in Kenner left a 21-year-old dead from multiple stab wounds. Police say the robbery happened just before 1:30 am. Kenner Police Chief Michael Glaser says two Cane’s employees were confronted by armed men when they took the trash out after closing.
Glaser says after the robbery, witnesses report two black men in gray hoodies fled the scene in a vehicle that was waiting outside. He says the victim is identified as 21-year-old Taylor Friloux.
Friloux was taken to a local hospital in critical condition, and she later died. It’s reported that one suspect is in custody after the Cane’s employees identified 23-year-old Josh Every as possibly being involved in the robbery\stabbing. Glaser says police are still looking for other suspects, as there were several people involved in this crime.
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Inspector General Stephen Street has announced that a film company claimed over $1 million in fraudulent tax exemptions in Louisiana. Street says Horizon Entertainment and Productions claimed excess expenses in the 2011 filming of The Sean Payton Show and the documentary Saintsational.
Street says Horizon performed 263 online wire transfers in one day. He says the amount was never more than $39-thousand, but they did it enough times that it amounted to over $2 million in transfers, which they claimed as expenses in their tax credit application.
Street says his office is recommending additional changes to the state’s film tax credit program to prevent fraudulent claims because Louisiana cannot afford it.
Horizon denies doing anything wrong.
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State Police say an off duty Terrebonne Parish Sheriff’s Deputy is facing a DWI. Trooper Jesse LaGrange says Tara Whitney was pulled over in Houma after an officer noticed she wasn’t wearing her seat belt. He says the trooper noticed an open alcohol container and Whitney showed signs of impairment so a field sobriety test was conducted…
LaGrange says Lieutenant Whitney is a juvenile officer and has been placed on administrative leave until the investigation is complete. He says Whitney faces multiple charges.
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A man has died after being hit by two vehicles while walking down the road in Webster parish. Senior State Trooper Michael Reichardt says 67-year-old Tommy Helms was walking down Highway 371 around 1 am.
Reichardt says Helms was initially struck by 57-year-old Brenda Smith, which knocked him into the other lane, where 66-year-old Barbara Mills was driving.
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Reichardt says the investigation is ongoing, and toxicology reports are pending.
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Today the Louisiana Interstate Highway System turns 60 years old and the Department of Transportation has released a state of the interstate report. DOTD Secretary Sean Wilson says our system is very valuable, effective but sometimes over capacity. He says if we want to keep up our interstate we’re going to have to make some improvements.
But Wilson says we have an interstate system we can be proud of. He says only 26% of the pavement is in poor or mediocre condition.
Wilson says they’re going to work on improving parts of I-10 and I-20 to make room for more travelers. He says travel has increased by 43% on Louisiana’s interstates from 2000 to 2014…
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