Former Port Allen police officers are accusing Police Chief Esdron Brown of forcing his religion upon his officer corp via mandatory religious meetings and using God’s will as a reasoning for promotions. Legal analyst Tim Meche says those that lost their positions could potentially be entitled to compensation.
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98,507 dollars was allegedly stolen from the Office of Motor Vehicles by three employees between March and June of 2017. That’s according to a new Legislative Auditor’s report that surveyed the OMV’s appropriation of funds. Auditor Daryl Purpera says it appears the three took small chunks of cash from the operation at a time over the three months.
All three were fired after the audit revealed the missing funds.
Over the past 20 months, the Rapides Parish Sheriff’s Office Metro Narcotics Division has arrested 11 for allegedly involvement in heroine distribution. Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Captain Tommy Carnline says the metro team took hours of surveillance of suspects and even got some help from the community…
Congress is set to vote this month on a criminal justice reform bill that would give judges more leeway in sentencing non-violent offenders, and would increase funding for rehabilitation programs for prisoners. The bill is backed by President Trump, but Senator John Kennedy and other Republicans say they’re concerned the legislation would lead to more prisoners getting out of jail who could potentially be violent individuals. Kennedy says there’s a number of incidents in Louisiana where a prisoner was released early under the new guidelines, and went on to commit a crime.