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Lee Zurik Investigations

Mayor LaToya Cantrell said Wednesday (Sept. 13) she will not fire communications director...

Zurik: No records to support three recent claims by Cantrell administration

Updated: Sep. 20, 2023 at 10:46 PM CDT
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By Lee Zurik and Dannah Sauer
Fox 8 sought documentation to support recent assertions from the mayor's office

Attention to the Details

Zurik Investigation: Attention to Details -- Sabrina Richardson

Part of suspension overturned for NOPD Lieutenant accused of abusing off-duty details

Updated: Sep. 14, 2023 at 4:48 PM CDT
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By Lee Zurik and Dannah Sauer
Sabrina Richardson says most of the double-dipping allegations came after she was promoted and her timesheet was auto-populating.

Lee Zurik Investigations

Lafourche Parish coroner, Dr. John King is under criminal investigation

Zurik: Lafourche District Attorney won’t charge coroner, but says inquiry not over

Updated: Sep. 13, 2023 at 11:09 PM CDT
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By Lee Zurik and Dannah Sauer
Lafourche Parish coroner Dr. John King was accused of performing extra autopsies to supplement income

Outside the Office

Mayor LaToya Cantrell has reportedly hired criminal defense attorney Eddie Castaing as a...

Zurik: Cantrell, Vappie hire criminal defense attorneys

Updated: Sep. 13, 2023 at 5:15 PM CDT
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By Lee Zurik and Dannah Sauer
The attorneys have extensive experience defending clients in federal court

Top Story

FOX 8 Defenders: Investigation expands into Spring View Medical Clinic

FOX 8 Defenders: Nationwide complaints prompt multi-state probe into Spring View Medical Clinic

Updated: Sep. 7, 2023 at 11:13 PM CDT
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By Meg Gatto
The Louisiana Attorney General's office now says it's contacting other state attorney generals about its investigation into Spring View Medical Clinic.

FOX 8 Defenders

Fox 8 Defenders: Parc Fontaine Apartments

FOX 8 Defenders: Former tenant files suit against Parc Fontaine

Updated: Sep. 6, 2023 at 6:12 PM CDT
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By Meg Gatto
Former Parc Fontaine tenant sues Tennessee-based religious non-profit over deplorable living conditions, joining a growing legal battle against the organization.

Lee Zurik Investigations

Lucky Dogs is the only pushcart vendor currently permitted to serve customers in the French...

ZURIK: Council moves to allow more pushcart vendors in French Quarter, end Lucky Dogs’ monopoly

Updated: Aug. 28, 2023 at 10:37 PM CDT
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By Lee Zurik and Dannah Sauer
A decades-old ordinance allows Lucky Dogs to be the only pushcart vendor in the French Quarter

News

APF’s proposed project site is located at the Cornerstone Energy Park in Waggaman, Louisiana.

A company promised 100 high-paying jobs in Jefferson Parish. Now it’s just 13 at half the pay

Updated: Aug. 28, 2023 at 2:50 PM CDT
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By Wesley Muller
A Texas-based company that produces industrial fertilizers, wants to open a new manufacturing plant along the West Bank of the Mississippi River in Waggaman, Louisiana.

FOX 8 Defenders

FOX 8 Defenders: More men file complaints against Spring View Medical Clinic

FOX 8 Defenders: More men file complaints against Spring View Medical Clinic

Updated: Aug. 24, 2023 at 11:31 PM CDT
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By Meg Gatto
Men file additional complaints against a closed Metairie medical clinic after reports of unpaid bills and questionable practices.

Outside the Office

Upper Pontalba Apartment

New Orleans City Council ends Upper Pontalba use, overrides Mayor’s veto

Updated: Aug. 24, 2023 at 4:21 PM CDT
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By Natasha Robin
The New Orleans City Council overrides Mayor LaToya Cantrell's veto of an ordinance preventing her use of the Upper Pontalba Apartment
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Investigations

ZURIK: Lafourche coroner misses deadline to qualify for election

Updated: Aug. 14, 2023 at 11:09 AM CDT
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By Lee Zurik and Dannah Sauer
Lafourche Parish will get a new coroner, after sources tell FOX 8 the current coroner, Dr. John King missed the deadline to qualify.

Outside the Office

Council, Cantrell spar over access to Pontalba

Updated: Aug. 10, 2023 at 1:27 PM CDT
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By Natasha Robin
The new ordinance puts the apartment back on the market, which the Inspector General said could generate nearly $36,000 a year for the city in rent.

Top Story

FOX 8 Defenders: Attorney General’s office investigates Metairie clinic

Updated: Aug. 8, 2023 at 10:44 PM CDT
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By Meg Gatto
The Louisiana Attorney General’s office launches an investigation into a former Metairie clinic that some local men say promised results for a problem they long kept hidden.

FOX 8 Defenders

Fox 8 Defenders: Bullets fly into family’s home at The Willows

Updated: Aug. 4, 2023 at 10:50 PM CDT
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By Meg Gatto
A young family living at The Willows says this violence is the last straw

Lee Zurik Investigations

Zurik: St. Tammany Coroner claims concerned citizen group, ex-employee conspiring against his office

Updated: Aug. 2, 2023 at 11:05 PM CDT
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By Lee Zurik and Dannah Sauer
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.

Lee Zurik Investigations

Defective: After recalls, Americans continue to die and get injured as products remain in homes and for sale online

Updated: Jul. 31, 2023 at 2:09 PM CDT
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By Jill Riepenhoff, Jamie Grey and Lee Zurik
An InvestigateTV analysis of Consumer Product Safety Commission data shows that since 2000, the agency has had to re-announce the recall of at least 46 products because the original alert did not reach the ears of consumers and, in many cases, continued to cause harm.

FOX 8 Defenders

FOX 8 Defenders: Man waits hours for police after car was shot multiple times

Updated: Jul. 27, 2023 at 11:12 PM CDT
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By Meg Gatto
A New Orleans man narrowly survives a shooting incident at The Willows apartments, calling for increased security measures and improved police response times.

Outside the Office

Mayor Cantrell defends use of Pontalba overnight during Essence Fest

Updated: Jul. 26, 2023 at 5:21 PM CDT
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By Lee Zurik
Next month, the council is expected to vote on an ordinance to give the apartment back to the French Market Corporation.

Outside the Office

New Orleans Inspector General again asks council to put Pontalba into commerce

Updated: Jul. 20, 2023 at 4:13 PM CDT
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By FOX 8 Staff
The New Orleans Office of Inspector General recommends the city council revoke the mayor's access to the Upper Pontalba apartment

Lee Zurik Investigations

ZURIK: Former employee details questionable spending of taxpayer money by St. Tammany Coroner’s office

Updated: Jul. 19, 2023 at 11:13 PM CDT
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By Lee Zurik and Dannah Sauer
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.

Outside the Office

ZURIK: Council members will again debate removing Pontalba from mayor’s disposal

Updated: Jul. 19, 2023 at 5:22 PM CDT
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By Lee Zurik and Dannah Sauer
Council members plan to introduce a new ordinance in an attempt to take the Pontalba apartment away from Mayor Cantrell.

Outside the Office

Zurik: Mayor Cantrell may have violated council ordinance with more overnight stays in Pontalba Apartment

Updated: Jul. 18, 2023 at 5:27 PM CDT
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By Lee Zurik and Dannah Sauer
Mayor Cantrell faces allegations of violating a city council ordinance by staying overnight in the Upper Pontalba apartment during Essence Fest weekend.

Lee Zurik Investigations

Zurik: Court rules against Attorney General in fight over exonerated inmate compensation

Updated: Jul. 13, 2023 at 12:01 AM CDT
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By Lee Zurik and Dannah Sauer
Courts have ruled against Jeff Landry in 8 of 11 exoneree compensation cases he has opposed

Attention to the Details

ZURIK: 11 NOPD officers investigated for possible double-dipping

Updated: Jul. 6, 2023 at 10:49 PM CDT
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By Lee Zurik
NOPD leaders say they had to manually inspect the timesheets and detail shifts of every officer, every day, for a nine-month time period. It comes as Interim Superintendent Michelle Woodfork says a computer system that was supposed to prevent officers from double-dipping isn’t working as planned.

Top Story

FOX 8 Defenders: Northshore grandmother loses thousands in PayPal scam

Updated: Jul. 5, 2023 at 10:49 PM CDT
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By Meg Gatto
A North Shore grandmother fights to recoup thousands of dollars, stolen from her in an online scam.

Investigations

Board member wants removal of embattled head of 911 center

Updated: Jul. 5, 2023 at 4:37 PM CDT
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By Meg Gatto
The board will meet Thursday to discuss the issue and potentially vote on Morris’ future with the OPCD.

Lee Zurik Investigations

ZURIK: Environmental scientist questions asbestos remediation in Jefferson Parish Subdivision

Updated: Jun. 29, 2023 at 11:17 PM CDT
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By Lee Zurik and Dannah Sauer
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.

Outside the Office

Officer Vappie returns to mayor’s security team after conclusion of investigation

Updated: Jun. 22, 2023 at 2:24 PM CDT
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By FOX 8 Staff
Vappie was the subject of a series of Lee Zurik investigations highlighting the hours he spent, both on and off duty, with the mayor inside the city-owned Upper Pontalba apartment.

News

Federal monitors tell judge NOPD’s investigation into Officer Vappie was tainted from beginning

Updated: Jun. 21, 2023 at 10:44 PM CDT
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By David Jones
The controversy comes as the city of New Orleans fights to remove itself from the consent decree.

News

ZURIK: Crime watchdog says Officer Vappie’s punishments too lenient

Updated: Jun. 16, 2023 at 4:57 PM CDT
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By Lee Zurik and Dannah Sauer
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.

Outside the Office

Feds blast NOPD’s investigation into Officer Vappie for overlooking possible payroll fraud

Updated: Jun. 15, 2023 at 4:23 PM CDT
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By Lee Zurik and Dannah Sauer
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.

Lee Zurik Investigations

Zurik: Law professor questions conflict of interest within Plaquemines sheriff’s office

Updated: May. 24, 2023 at 11:36 PM CDT
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By Lee Zurik and Dannah Sauer
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.

Lee Zurik Investigations

Zurik: Police issue search warrant to Lafourche coroner accused of padding paycheck

Updated: May. 23, 2023 at 10:38 PM CDT
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By Lee Zurik and Dannah Sauer
A state police search warrant shows the Lafourche Parish coroner is being investigated for public contract fraud, which is a felony.

FOX 8 Defenders

Lawmakers and feds take action to protect Louisianans from home generator carbon monoxide

Updated: May. 19, 2023 at 12:34 AM CDT
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By Meg Gatto
Officials says a law change, prompted by FOX 8 investigations after Hurricane Ida, and a federal agency's new recommendations will save lives.

Investigations

Zurik: Land deal netted politician’s family nearly $500,000

Updated: May. 17, 2023 at 10:01 PM CDT
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By Lee Zurik and Dannah Sauer
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.

FOX 8 Defenders

Fox 8 Defenders: Measure to force slumlord nonprofits to pay taxes passes Louisiana House

Updated: May. 15, 2023 at 11:13 PM CDT
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By Meg Gatto
Proposed constitutional amendment still needs approval of state senate, Louisiana voters

Lee Zurik Investigations

Zurik: Lawmaker says AG Landry is misinterpreting his exonerated inmate compensation law

Updated: May. 15, 2023 at 10:05 PM CDT
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By Lee Zurik and Dannah Sauer
Past Attorneys General have challenged some compensation claims; however, Jeff Landry has done so all but two times since he took office.

Top Story

FOX 8 Defenders: Lawmakers debate bill targeting slumlord non-profits

Updated: May. 11, 2023 at 11:20 PM CDT
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By Meg Gatto
A debate on the House floor Thursday prompts questions from state lawmakers about a proposal to force slumlord non-profit property owners to pay taxes. The bill was drafted after our FOX 8 Defenders reports highlighted dangerous living conditions at apartments owned by a religious non-profit.

Investigations

ZURIK: Exonerated inmates struggle to receive compensation owed to them in Louisiana

Updated: May. 10, 2023 at 11:02 PM CDT
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By Lee Zurik and Dannah Sauer
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.

Lee Zurik Investigations

Zurik: Plaquemines deputy reassigned days after Fox 8 investigation

Updated: May. 9, 2023 at 10:14 PM CDT
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By Lee Zurik and Dannah Sauer
A sworn affidavit by Deputy Vincenzo Sainato was examined in a Fox 8 report

News

FOX 8 Defenders: Thieves targeting post office boxes in Jefferson Parish

Updated: May. 4, 2023 at 9:01 PM CDT
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By Meg Gatto
Multiple victims have reported their checks being stolen and altered after being deposited in the blue boxes in Harahan.

News

NOPD defends resistance to turning over Vappie investigation to Federal Consent Decree Monitor

Updated: May. 4, 2023 at 4:08 PM CDT
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By Lee Zurik and Dannah Sauer
The NOPD doubles down, defending its resistance to turn over an internal investigation into officer Jeffrey Vappie to federal consent decree monitors.

Lee Zurik Investigations

Louisiana man arrested and detained for nearly 72 hours despite claims of video evidence proving his innocence

Updated: May. 3, 2023 at 11:15 PM CDT
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By Lee Zurik and Dannah Sauer
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.

Lee Zurik Investigations

Federal monitor raises concerns about Vappie investigation leaks, NOPD’s compliance with consent decree

Updated: May. 3, 2023 at 5:04 PM CDT
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By Lee Zurik and Dannah Sauer
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.”

Outside the Office

NOPD’s Vappie resigns from HANO board seat awarded by Mayor Cantrell

Updated: May. 3, 2023 at 12:18 AM CDT
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By Lee Zurik and Ken Daley
Vappie spent a year as a HANO board commissioner, despite no obvious public housing qualifications

Outside the Office

Zurik: Officer Vappie’s unusual reassignment under internal investigation

Updated: May. 2, 2023 at 10:52 PM CDT
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By Lee Zurik and Dannah Sauer
The NOPD won't explain why Officer Jeffrey Vappie was temporarily reassigned to another city department late last year

FOX 8 Defenders

Fox 8 Defenders: Owners of blighted property could face jail time under proposed law change

Updated: May. 1, 2023 at 10:38 PM CDT
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By Meg Gatto
Criminal penalties proposed to get attention of absentee owners of blighted properties

Lee Zurik Investigations

Zurik: St. Tammany autopsies for neighboring parishes come at a loss for taxpayers

Updated: Apr. 27, 2023 at 11:05 PM CDT
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By Lee Zurik and Dannah Sauer
Despite claiming seven-figure profits, documents indicate that outside autopsies may be costing St. Tammany Parish taxpayers money.

Outside the Office

Zurik: Cantrell’s security team lacks written policies, chain of command, audit finds

Updated: Apr. 27, 2023 at 6:05 PM CDT
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By Lee Zurik and Dannah Sauer
Inspector General Ed Michel's office says it has discovered no policies in place to regulate and guide the executive protection team’s operations.

FOX 8 Defenders

Fox 8 Defenders: Head of code enforcement finds violations at Gentilly house after report

Updated: Apr. 24, 2023 at 10:33 PM CDT
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By Meg Gatto
City officials expect repair progress in six months or the owner could face a hearing and fines
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