/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/TXOQB4VESJDQJPQMLTC7CONU5E.jpg)
Fox 8 sought documentation to support recent assertions from the mayor's office
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/6WDJZMMZ6NADNBURAD4TIFMA7E.jpg)
Sabrina Richardson says most of the double-dipping allegations came after she was promoted and her timesheet was auto-populating.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/DMNWGSF5XBHQZHARNNEBK5M5DY.jpg)
Lafourche Parish coroner Dr. John King was accused of performing extra autopsies to supplement income
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/VGIZTCXIPNHFXCZY3E6N7DYKPE.jpg)
The attorneys have extensive experience defending clients in federal court
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/3SUML2Q3NJHFPMHNYDWZWPJP2U.JPG)
A decades-old ordinance allows Lucky Dogs to be the only pushcart vendor in the French Quarter
Lafourche Parish will get a new coroner, after sources tell FOX 8 the current coroner, Dr. John King missed the deadline to qualify.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/S2TVZPXVYBE5JOCQGL5V73E3JQ.jpg)
Zurik: St. Tammany Coroner claims concerned citizen group, ex-employee conspiring against his office
St. Tammany Parish Coroner Dr. Charles Preston accuses FOX 8, a group of concerned citizens, and former employees of trying to undermine his office. The accusations came in a recent radio interview and follow a series of FOX 8 reports that raised questions about whether his office was losing money by performing autopsies for surrounding parishes.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/2QEFUSN4N5ESVIWNVBD5SNWGME.JPG)
A former employee of the St. Tammany Parish Coroner's Office says he was forced to pick up campaign signs that didn't belong to the office while on the clock.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/EBAQGEZ555EHDD2QD44YY7BRBY.jpg)
Council members plan to introduce a new ordinance in an attempt to take the Pontalba apartment away from Mayor Cantrell.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/H5YVLZW4CZHDJK4TY2XC4RECWM.png)
Mayor Cantrell faces allegations of violating a city council ordinance by staying overnight in the Upper Pontalba apartment during Essence Fest weekend.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/3KFNXZOIG5GBPM4R5DGBKQC4DM.jpg)
Courts have ruled against Jeff Landry in 8 of 11 exoneree compensation cases he has opposed
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/JPMX73IJBFCL7O2ASHGBTDZQJ4.JPG)
A new subdivision under construction on the West Bank has some neighbors worried about their health and the health of those who could soon be moving in. The state says testing shows the land is safe, but one environmental scientist has concerns about what could be in the soil.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/OOXRE6UIE5HPBIY5OTXPW3SC6U.jpg)
A crime watchdog says the officer who spent hours inside a city-owned apartment with Mayor LaToya Cantrell while on the clock received a light punishment.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/RA6HHV72CBGYBGAQHWKADXTGR4.jpg)
The City of New Orleans accuses the Federal Consent Decree Monitor of political motivations, after a report from the monitor slammed the NOPD’s handing of an investigation into Officer Jeffrey Vappie, a former member of Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s executive protection team.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/53DB7GBPIFBU5CL3URWFJ646QE.png)
One Plaquemines Parish Deputy has had more than a dozen complaints filed against him in the past three years, but there’s one thing in common with every time he was exonerated. One lieutenant has investigated every case in which he was exonerated or the complaint was determined to be unfounded.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/ZKD4IBR6OJCVXO3GU5N4HDTPFE.JPG)
A state police search warrant shows the Lafourche Parish coroner is being investigated for public contract fraud, which is a felony.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/X3LSPJUZHJGCPG4XHSWHYYI5Z4.JPG)
An empty tract of land, bought for $70,000 sold just two years later at nearly eight times the purchase price. Documents acquired by FOX 8 show the sale benefited the family of a Jefferson Parish politician.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/XBWVEUKDKZGAJAQHEBE45AN6B4.png)
Past Attorneys General have challenged some compensation claims; however, Jeff Landry has done so all but two times since he took office.
Locked up for crimes they didn’t commit for years or even decades; when exonerated inmates are finally freed, they often barely recognize the world they’re released into. Louisiana has a program to compensate exonerated inmates, but in recent years, many have struggled to get the money the state says they’re owed.
A sworn affidavit by Deputy Vincenzo Sainato was examined in a Fox 8 report
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/R7F7NWRT65BQBHXK6OF5BA7W2I.jpg)
The NOPD doubles down, defending its resistance to turn over an internal investigation into officer Jeffrey Vappie to federal consent decree monitors.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/YNLN4PF3GBFNVGQY4QSHJKXZII.jpg)
A frequently-sanctioned deputy claims one man was at the scene of an accident when video appears to show him watching the Super Bowl in his office.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/7GYZPLJW55DLDHOC3IN45N5MI4.jpg)
The federal monitor in charge of overseeing the New Orleans Police Department’s compliance with the consent decree says the department’s Public Integrity Bureau has been “backsliding.”
The NOPD won't explain why Officer Jeffrey Vappie was temporarily reassigned to another city department late last year
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/B3XCZEMSXBCDJB2WRDQSCQKU5M.jpg)
Despite claiming seven-figure profits, documents indicate that outside autopsies may be costing St. Tammany Parish taxpayers money.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/3PZJ4EAITVGKFJKIRTKZKAGXJA.jpeg)
Inspector General Ed Michel's office says it has discovered no policies in place to regulate and guide the executive protection team’s operations.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/23VUMAWKDZAHXM5GVB5W3VWZX4.jpg)
Michelle Woodfork defended the NOPD's decision to allow former Captain Sabrina Richardson to return to detail work while she remains under investigation for allegedly abusing the detail program.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/L5ZLQRTVCNGKRISEOQNSUCWCHA.jpg)
Sabrina Richardson is currently under two criminal investigations, however, after returning from her suspension, she was able to resume participation in the same program she’s been accused of abusing.
Dr. John King's raise put on hold during Louisiana State Police investigation
The Lafourche Parish President confirms the longtime parish coroner, Dr. John King is under criminal investigation. Despite that investigation, the council voted to officially raise King’s salary at a Tuesday night meeting.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/2OC4X62XLBCQ3I27JRZVXMGNPM.jpg)
New Orleans City Councilmember Freddie King says it is time to revisit a 50-year-old ordinance that has allowed Lucky Dogs to become the exclusive food cart vendor in the French Quarter.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/XKGRLNKV6NFS5MOIUZJEFTQJCU.JPG)
The New Orleans City Council will outline how the Upper Pontalba Apartment can be used after the New Orleans office of Inspector General concluded its current use could violate city ordinance and state law.
Jeffrey Vappie changed clothes in the Pontalba apartment that other protectors of Mayor Cantrell rarely if ever entered
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/Y7CQMGETKNBSTNTFQ47WQVBW6Q.png)
Records contradict new claims by Mayor Cantrell regarding NOPD officer Jeffrey Vappie's time at HANO board meetings
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/WBB33BZS2JGZXIR4U6MA6MTYCI.jpg)
Scope of requested duties often went beyond security, officers told PIB
Long hours, big paychecks and little oversight: New recordings shed light on the operations of Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s security detail
Officers said they always billed taxpayers for 16 hours while traveling with the mayor, regardless of how long they actually worked.
Prior to Officer Vappie joining the mayor's security team, no officer ever traveled with her. Another member of the team says he doesn't know of any other officer on a public board.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/YV2DZPFGF5GCFJYENAZDO3ICCU.png)
Officer Vappie was interviewed for nearly four hours and repeatedly referred to Mayor LaToya Cantrell as his supervisor, but it’s clear investigators wanted to know if a more personal relationship existed between the mayor and a member of her executive protection team.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/2C7WR5JHXRGQJNL3HHNAOCJYIY.jpg)
Mayor LaToya Cantrell faces more financial trouble as a national company claims she and her husband refused to pay a $20,000 bill for roof repairs.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/NUONO3PV6RAOXA2BJA75EIFGME.png)
FOX 8 obtains a new document that experts say appears to provide proof that Mayor LaToya Cantrell misused tens of thousands of dollars in taxpayer money.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/KTDT3VQQN5AFBK2Y6BBQ6BII3U.jpg)
A city ordinance from April of 1972 prevents all but one company from getting a permit to sell food on the sidewalks and street corners of the French Quarter.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/IZRHZQAMBBAM7NIMNRZBLJP5AM.jpg)
The Lafourche Parish coroner has charged taxpayers tens of thousands of dollars each year in addition to his salary. But some sources claim he created a staffing crisis, and is performing extra work himself to pad his paycheck.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/DIZYMD5YBFHQDEY66LQDKTCKL4.jpg)
One company picks up trash for about half of New Orleans but gets paid millions less each year than the two other companies that split pickup in the other half of the city. Now, some city leaders say it is time to level the playing field.
Cantrell's Campaign Finance Report, filed just before the deadline, shows she spent $198,000 out of her campaign account in 2022.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/MIJEQRIQZBCSDEXJD4VQYW7SNM.jpg)
Kenner and IV Waste are now locked in a legal battle.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/OXTF2KQD65GLNEA7B2MFY2MJ3Q.jpg)
Only one pushcart food vendor currently is permitted on the streets of the French Quarter
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/KFPAZV6SNRDMDG2YJE657DLGCU.jpg)
Former NOPD officers and Police Association of New Orleans attorney Eric Hessler accuse the NOPD’s public integrity bureau of lopsided investigations and inconsistent enforcement of policies.
Stella Cziment wrote a letter warning of potential conflicts regarding the NOPD’s internal investigation into Officer Jeffrey Vappie's timesheets.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/J7EEGWCCCFGL5H6RGPEEW3WXTU.jpg)
Mayor LaToya Cantrell provided hardly any details about what members of her executive protection team are doing while logging long work days, sometimes nowhere near her.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/REKBBYSGIJHEPB2GGBP2X6FZYI.jpg)
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/YTX3UHMDOFB4LFF7CMOGC5IV4U.jpg)
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/FVHRBRGYE5HHJPHENZ7U7UUF6Y.jpg)
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/IWQFAGFMGJFXPHARCP2F4R7IPU.png)
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/G7PIPUK4ANCOXIV5G4ZAIWSGCE.jpg)
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/UIMMO5UAGFHCVOB37O5DAJKC5I.JPG)
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/FO2M64E74NGKVAAUOE4EKIYHIM.jpg)
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/JA2A2TW4B5EFBHHO7TLUKUJ5KE.jpg)
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/WETMPUIAUJFRFI57DM3PFSE3CI.jpg)
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/HFY35QHDTZBJTKXAZAO3XP3BSA.jpg)
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/U2PJOEEBKJABZKAWIPECVGZJGU.png)