Employee at center of disaster pay investigation terminated, mayor confirms

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - FOX 8 News has learned Deputy CAO for the City of Kenner has been terminated.

A series of FOX 8 investigations showed Kenner paid Pitfield $86,000 in disaster pay in the months following Hurricane Ida. FOX 8 also found evidence that Pitfield may have been double-dipping while working for the City of Kenner and as a Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office Reserve Deputy.

FOX 8 learned the City of Kenner and JPSO received federal subpoenas last week seeking information about Pitfield’s employment. Kenner Mayor Ben Zahn’s administration placed Pitfield on leave without pay yesterday. He was fired today.

CONTINUING COVERAGE

ZURIK: City of Kenner under federal investigation

ZURIK: Timesheets show highly-paid Kenner official claimed to be in two places at once

ZURIK: Kenner Mayor defends months of Ida disaster payments

ZURIK: Kenner councilmembers want disaster pay changes

ZURIK: Kenner disaster pay reveals possible lack of oversight

Zurik: Records show Kenner city employees paid for more than 24 hours a day of work following Ida

See a spelling or grammar error in our story? Click Here to report it. Please include the headline.