A federal grand jury indicts an Alexandria man in connection with the murder of a deputy FBI marshal, and prosecutors will seek the death penalty. Andrew Greenstein reports.
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Attorney General Liz Murrill is seeking text messages and phone records that could possibly provide information on what led to her now dismissed 16 count indictment on malfeasance and public intimidation charges…
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A federal grand jury indicts an Alexandria man in connection with the murder of a federal agent, and prosecutors say they will seek the death penalty. U.S. Attorney Zachary Keller announced the five-count indictment against 48-year-old Clarence Frazier Jr., starting with the most serious count.
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(Frazier is charged with killing Deputy Marshal Drew Hanson.) FBI New Orleans Field Office Special Agent in Charge Jonathan Tapp says on July 13th, Hanson and other deputy marshals were attempting to serve an arrest warrant on Frazier for missing a trial for a sexual battery charge, and they were going through his house room by room searching for him.
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And as deputies returned fire, Tapp says Frazier shot Hanson one time, killing him. Western District U.S. Marshal Brian Barber says he has no doubt that a jury will convict Frazier of all five counts of the indictment.
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The Colorado State University Hurricane Forecast Team has issued its final forecast for the 2026 season, and Senior Research Scientist Phil Klotzbach says it’s unchanged from last month.
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Those nine named storms actually means seven additional storms, since they include tropical storms Arthur and Bertha, which have already made landfall in the U.S. Klotzbach says you can thank El Nino for the below-average hurricane season.
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Klotzbach says the final forecast is well below what we see in a typical hurricane season.
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Nine named storms would be the fewest in the Atlantic since 2014; four hurricanes would be the fewest since 2015, and the last time the Atlantic went through an entire hurricane season without a single major hurricane was 2013.
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Attorney General Liz Murrill has filed lawsuits seeking records related to the now-dismissed 16-count indictment against her. Murrill alleges the grand jury process was used for political purposes after she was indicted on malfeasance and public intimidation charges.
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The indictment has intensified tensions between New Orleans officials and state leaders in Baton Rouge. Mayor Helena Moreno has requested a meeting with Governor Jeff Landry, but the governor says that won’t happen until questions surrounding the indictment are answered.
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Landry and Murrill are also questioning whether the secrecy of the grand jury process was violated. Murrill says information that should have remained confidential was improperly disclosed.
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The lawsuits name special prosecutor Laurie White and New Orleans District Attorney Jason Williams. Murrill wants a judge to order the release of text messages, phone records and other documents related to the case. Williams denies having any role in the indictment.
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