Political Illusions of the Cajun Mafia

POLITICAL ILLUSIONS OF THE CAJUN MAFIA:
BRIBERY, EXTORTION AND CORRUPTION

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Political Illusions of the Cajun Mafia: Bribery, Extortion & Corruption
2. Organization
a. Organization Chart
b. Inner Circle
3. Calcasieu Parish Introduction and Summary
4. Calcasieu District Attorney John DeRosier (elected Nov 4, 2005 to current)
a. DA Summary Bio
b. $1.6MM Campaign Donations and John DeRosier Campaign Financial Summary
c. DeRosier Personal Financial Disclosure Statement
5. Misconduct and False Statements
a. Misconduct Rule 8.4
b. Law on Public Intimidation and retaliation R.S. 14:122
c. Law on False Certification of arrest documents R.S. 14:126
d. Law on Filing of False Public Records R.S. 14:133
e. Law on False Statements R.S. 14:126
f. Law on Inconsistent Statements; Perjury R.S. 14:124
g. Law on Corrupt Practices R.S. 14:134
h. Law on Malfeasance of Office; Tampering with evidence R.S. 14:134
i. Law on Malfeasance of Office R.S. 14:134
j. Law on Conspiracy to violate human rights R.S. 51:2256
k. Law on Conspiracy R.S. 29:181
l. Law on Criminal Conspiracy 29:126
m. 3 rd Circuit Writ Granted; State of Louisiana vs. Mark Lefevre
n. KPLC article, “Local Attorney held in constructive contempt”
o. KPLC article, “Former DA candidate released from jail due to third circuit order
p. KPLC article, “Third circuit reverses Judges order”
q. KPLC article, “Appeal Court ruling vindicates Chesson”
r. American Press articles
s. Chesson Homestead Exemption Questioned
t. Homestead Exemption was an error not a fraud
u. DA Candidate Chesson explains homestead exemptions discrepancies
v. Chesson Homestead exemption
6. Grand Jury Manipulation
a. Lagniappe Article, “And Justice for all”
b. American Press article on Grand Jury indictment the day of Chesson’s 11 th Annual Christmas
Party (Dec 4, 2009)
c. Prosecutorial Abuse of Grand Jury
7. Abuse of Office
a. Paxton Charges Houston Based School as Diploma Mill
b. KPLC article, “Former DA candidate, family members named in suit against Houston learning
center
c. American Press, “Former Calcasieu DA Candidate accused in Diploma Mill Scheme”
d. Texas Judge Rules Parkview Baptist School doors to remain open
e. Judge Denys Prosecutor claims of existence of Chesson Family partnership
f. FBI Leader of Conspiracy to defraud L’Auberge Casino in Lake Charles sentenced
g. Two plead guilty for conspiracy to defraud L’Auberge casino in Lake Charles by rigging roulette
games
h. KPLC article, “Texas man sentenced in casino roulette scheme”

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i. Texas AG scores asset freeze against diploma mill
j. DOJ: 2 plead guilty to defraud L’Auberge casino
k. American Press article, “Former Calcasieu DA Candidate accused in Diploma Mill Scheme”
l. Paxton Article
m. New York Times article, Grand Jury Indicts Texas AG Ken Paxton on Felony Charges
8. Bribery
a. Law on Bribery CONST 1469
b. Law on Bribery and Intimidation R.S. 14:118
c. Law on Corrupt Influencing R.S. 14:120
d. Law on Malfeasance of Office R.S. 14:134
e. Lester Langley and John DeRosier relationship
f. Lester Langley’s $45,000 in campaign donations to John DeRosier
g. Louisiana Secretary of State listings
i. Langley Williams and Company
ii. National Communications D.B.A. Fox 29 (KVHP)
iii. Bluebonnet Communications D.B.A. The CW
iv. Dyer-Langley
h. Langley, Williams and Company Independent Auditors of the District Attorney’s office
i. 2007- 2014
9. Malfeasance
a. Law on Prohibited Use Public Funds R.S. 18:1465 A
b. Law on Corrupt Practices R.S. 14:134
c. Law on Abuse of Office R.S. 14:134
d. Law on Public Contract Fraud R.S. 14:140
e. Law on Political Material and ethic prohibitions R.S. 18:1463
f. Billboard Cost Comparison
g. Graphs showing 3 years of DA marketing vs. Actual Campaign Marketing
h. Billboard List and Pictures
i. DA Marketing Cost Summary (2011-2014)
j. DA TV Commercials Filmstrip Graphic
k. DeRosier campaign expenses on billboards
l. L’Auberge Billboard Graphic
m. L’Auberge Invoice October 2, 2014
n. L’Auberge Public Relations Response
o. J&J Invoice September 8 , 2014
p. J&J Secretary of State Listing
q. J&J Outdoor owner’s family Arabie Donations
r. Arabie Environmental Secretary of State filing
s. Arabie Environmental Client List
t. Parish Disposal Industries
u. KPLC article, “Controversy in the District Attorney’s race”
v. American Press article, “DeRosier draws criticism with PSA’s”
w. DA Candidate Challenges Incumbent on Use of Tax Dollars for Campaign
x. DeRosier Blatant Misuse of Taxpayer Funds Continues
y. District Attorney Caught in lies

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c. Silver Star Casino License Information from Central Gaming Registry
d. 5 Star Truck Stop Casino License Information from Central Gaming Registry
e. Sara of Washington, Inc. Secretary of State Listing
f. Casino Pictures
11. Ethics
a. Law on Political Material, Ethics; Prohibitions R.S. 18:1463
b. DA billboard vs. Campaign Billboard “Look and Feel”
i. Digital billboard donated to DA’s office by Scott Washington and Hydrovac with similar
“look and feel” as the campaign billboard that flashes back and forth
ii.
Digital campaign billboard with “no paid for by” line disclosure, that was in-kind
contribution by Scott Washington and Hydrovac with similar “Look and Feel” to the DA’s
Office billboard that flashes back and forth
c. Scott Washington and Hydrovac billboard donation from campaign disclosures
d. Scott Washington and Hydrovac billboard donation from the public records
e. Hydrovac, Inc. Secretary of State Listing
12. Donations
a. Law on Contributions Limits R.S. 18:1505.2 A
b. Violations (30 counts)
13. Family Plea Deals
a. Prohibited Practices R.S. 18:1505.2 L
b. Campaign Payments to Family Members (34 counts)
i. Step Son DUI charges and cover up leading to injuries
ii. Step-Son DUI timeline
c. Miles Plea Deal Summary
d. KATC article AG Clarifies Charges
e. KPLC article Lake Charles Man Facing Fourth Offense DUI charge in Lafayette
14. Illegal Expenses
a. Prohibited Practices R.S. 18:1505.2 L
b. Times NOLA Article “Louisiana Politicians spent millions on meals, golf, tickets, other perks…”
c. Campaign Funds used for Personal use
i. DeRosier’s Campaign Spends $18,883.72 on Firetruck automobile
ii. DeRosier’s Campaign Spends $46,299 at Mr. Bill’s Seafood
iii. DeRosier’s Campaign Spends $20,243 at gifts such as birthdays and graduations
iv. DeRosier’s Campaign Spends $15,435 at Marilyn Flowers & Wendi’s Flower Cart
d. FBI Public Corruption Press Release
15. Media and Elections
a. Law on Media on Campaigns and Regulations for Media
b. Law on Media Manipulation
c. KPLC suddenly goes off of satellites picture
d. Law on Press required to report crime
e. Election Eve arrest and press manipulation
16. Resources Misuse
a. Law on Prohibition of Political Activities CONST 10:9 A, B
b. Sherriff cars, uniformed Sherriff supervisors and officers in campaign advertisements
c. Public Records Request on public funds used for campaign
d. DA Response to enforcing policy on no employees working on political activities

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g. DA Employees Delivering Campaign Signs
h. CPDA Facebook post of Campaign Donations on Public page
i. Tent used day of elections at DeRosier’s Campaign Event at Mr. Bills Seafood
j. Crawfish Boil Campaign Fundraiser tickets being sold by DA employees
i. Campaign Expenses
ii. Crawfish boil sheet Tickets
k. Other Elected Official Endorsements of DeRosier
17. Selling Justice
a. Ronnie Rossitto Employment and Incident Timeline
b. Cynthia Killingsworth, Ronnie Rossitto and John DeRosier Photo November 19, 2009
c. Ronnie Rossitto Arrest Photo
d. Grand Jury Indictment
e. Supreme Court of Louisiana Petition for Interim Suspension filed by respondent for Ronnie
Rossitto
f. Orleans Parish Booking
g. NBC article, “Former assistant DA indicted on charges of sexual battery, malfeasance.”
h. KPLC article, “Former first assistant DA pleads not guilty to felony charges.”
i. American Press article, “Suit alleges sexual advance by former first assistant DA.”
j. KATC article, “Calcasieu ADA pleads guilty to Malfeasance, simple battery charges”
k. KPLC article, “Ex-First Assistant DA banned from practicing law”
l. American Press article, “Former First Assistant DA for Calcasieu banned from practicing law”
m. American Press article, “Former Calcasieu Prosecutor pleads guilty”
n. American Press article, “Ex-prosecutor admits to malfeasance, batter”
o. Courthouse News Service article, “Assistant DA in LA Sentenced for Groping.”
p. Civil Lawsuit from victim plaintiff vs John DeRosier and Ronnie Rossitto
q. Booking Report
r. Indictment
s. Appearance Bond
t. KPLC article “Calcasieu D.A. combats child abuse”
u. Southwest Daily News article Director of Juvenile Justice for Calcasieu Parish receives state award
v. District Attorney Official with Ronnie Rossitto March 20, 2015
w. District Attorney Official with Ronnie Rossitto December 18, 2013
18. Extortion
a. Selling Justice Timeline
b. American Press article, “Prosecutors call Palermo allegations outrageous”
c. KPLC article, “Sulphur businessman Palermo arrested on charge of intimidation of a witness”
d. KPLC article, “DA rejects intimidation charges against Palermo”
e. KPLC article, “Palermo pleads not guilty”
f. KPLC article, “State police, AG investigators search Palermo businesses”
g. KPLC article, “Palermo in court fighting criminal charges and seizures”
h. KPLC article, “Palermo attorney and District Attorney exchange fiery words”
i. Southwest Daily article, “Sulphur businessman Joseph Palermo Jr. indicted on five counts”
j. KPLC article, “State waits to examine seized material from Palermo business”
k. KPLC article, “State calls defense allegations outrageous and deceitful
l. KPLC article, “Judge throws out four charges against Palermo”
m. KPLC article, “Appellate court rules against Palermo attorney”

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19. Single Issue Tax Proposition Special Election
a. Law on Election Dates R.S. 18:402
b. Law on Prohibition of Political Activities CONST 10:9 A, B
c. Law on Elections Compliance Unit R.S. 18:49.1
d. Law on Notice of Elections R.S. 33:4344
e. Law on Petition for Elections R.S. 3:3008
f. Law on Resolutions Calling Election Proposition R.S. 18:1284
g. Law on Notice of Elections R.S. 18:1285
h. Lester Langley Auditor of Sheriff Accounting
i. Tax Proposition Election Request sent on October 17, 2014
j. Sheriff Financial Summary 2014
k. Sheriff Tax Proposition Election History
l. Sheriff 5 year consecutive budget deficits
m. School Board vs Sheriff Payroll Cost on Average estimate
n. Financial Comparison
o. CPSO Payroll Growth
p. Average cost of Sheriff Expenses per resident
q. Revenue from Bail Bonds
r. Louisiana Prison Capital of the World
s. Financial Statement Summary 2009-2014
t. Calcasieu #1 Most Expensive per resident in world
u. State Bond Commission Agenda November 20, 2014
v. March 5, 2014 Clerk of Court Election information website not working
w. March 5, 2014 Google Search Results
x. March 8, 2014 State Site working properly
y. American Press article Langley Audit $5.6 Million deficit
z. American Press public notice February 18, 2014
aa. American Press March 29, 2014 8% voter turnout
bb. Single Proposition Tax election
cc. American Press article Public Defender Funding Crisis
dd. American Press article, “PDO faces $350,000 shortfall
ee. American Press article, “Public Defender Systems Restricted”
ff. KPLC article, “Public Defender Funding case backlogs hot button issues
gg. Public Defender Funding Case backlogs, hot button issues
20. Shareholder Courtesy
a. L’Auberge Overview
b. L’Auberge Casino Timeline
c. L’Auberge accounts for $864 million in goodwill cost
d. Las Vegas Review article, “FTC Questions Pinnacle Entertainment’s bid for Ameristar Casino.”
e. FTC Seeks Public Comment
f. FTC Requires L’Auberge to sell
g. FTC Approved Golden Nugget
h. FTC Complaint of L’Auberge
i. L’Auberge Lake Charles Ownership Chart
j. L’Auberge Baton Rouge Ownership Chart

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o. Ameristar announces the closing of Creative Casino
p. American Press article, “Pinnacle's purchase of Ameristar latest development in long, winding
journey for state's 15th casino license”
q. American Press article, ” Pinnacle to acquire Ameristar Casinos in deal worth almost $3 billion”
r. KPLC article, “Pinnacle plans to sell LC Ameristar development”
s. KPLC article saying, “A spokesman says Pinnacle's board and management team are committed
to maximizing value for the benefit of Pinnacle shareholders.”
t. Pinnacle press release announcing Pinnacle Entertainment Completes Acquisition of Ameristar
Casinos, Inc.
u. Pinnacle press release announcing sale of L’Auberge property to future landlord
v. Business Report article, “Pinnacle agreement with FTC won't affect L'Auberge in B.R.”
21. Most Single Day Grand Jury Indictment Case Record
a. American Press article, Revolving Jailhouse Door”
b. 51 indicted on charges related to Operation 27
c. 14 homes targeted
d. Judge asked to stop DA from giving information on case allotment
e. Judge Suggest putting terminal in clerk of court office
f. Attorney debate where to try Operation 27 suspects
g. No need for order in DA clerk of court issue
h. Court officials hope changes end confusion
i. Too many sting defendant for PDO
j. Man from 2014 drug sting convicted
k. LSP FOIA on camera misuse
l. DOTD Camera Misuse FOIA Response
m. KPLC email that says they were misled by authorities on the investigation
n. Operation 27 Court Summary
o. CPSO FOIA Response on Bail Bonds
p. CPSO FOIA on Bail Bonds
q. Law on Fines and Forfeitures R.S. 15:571.11
r. CPSO FOIA on Operation 27 Media and Press Releases
s. KPLC article Grand Jury Indicts 51
t. Grand Jury Record Indictments
u. CPDA FOIA response on Grand Jury Records and ethics
v. CPDA FOIA on Grand Jury minutes
w. CPDA FOIA on Grand Jury Procedures
x. Law on Grand Jury Secrecy CCRP 434
y. Law on Exceptions to Grand Jury Secrecy CCRP 434.1
z. Law on Evidence to be received by Grand Jury CCRP 442
aa. Law on Action by Grand Jury CCRP 444
bb. Law on Defective indictment; amendment CCRP 487
cc. Law on Variance; amendment CCRP 448
dd. Law on indictment or information CCRP 498
ee. Chesson post shared on Facebook May 2, 2014
ff. Detective CPSO intimidation in response to FOIA requests
gg. American Press article 51 indicted in single day
hh. CPDA FOIA response on Grand Jury Records
ii. CPDA FOIA response on Operation 27

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ll. CPDA FOIA response on Operation 27 indictments
mm. Clerk of Court FOIA on Operation 27
nn. CPSO FOIA on press releases
oo. CPDA FOIA on press releases
pp. Clerk of court FOIA on Operation 27 indictments
qq. KPLC article, “Authorities make arrest in largest anti-drug operation in history of Southwest
Louisiana
rr. Fox article on 24 arresting in Lake Charles area
ss. Fox website search only shows 1 defendant when searching the operation key words
tt. Fox article publishing 1 defendants conviction
uu. Motion for appeal
vv. Police lies to obtain an arrest warrant to retaliate
ww.CPDA FOIA response on destroying public records
xx. CPDA FOIA on concealing public records
22. “Hometown Hero”
a. DeRosier claims “Hometown Hero” days after sentencing Disabled Marine Veteran on conspiracy
b. CPDA Facebook post boosting text message conspiracy conviction
c. CPDA Facebook post summary only 1 non-violent post
d. Defendants honorable discharge certificate
e. Defendant’s disabled status certification
f. KPLC article proclaiming DeRosier as hometown hero for veterans court days after sentencing a
veteran
g. KPLC article Veterans Court
h. “Hometown Hero”
i. KPLC email saying Veterans Court was known before Veterans sentencing
j. American Press DeRosier campaigning on Veterans Court
k. Governor Bobby Jindal announcing signing legislation to create court divisions for veterans
l. Louisiana Gov. Jindal signs legislation in support of veterans
m. Louisiana Gov. Jindal signs law to shift drug offenders from jail to rehab
n. CPDA FOIA Response on Veterans Court
o. CPDA FOIA on Veterans Court
p. Chapter 33-B Veterans Court Program
23. Election Manipulation
a. KPLC article, “Lake Charles attorney indicted on domestic abuse other charges”
b. American Press article, “DA turns over Ned case to state
c. KPLC article, “former Judicial candidate turns self in on domestic violence charge”
d. Ned letter CPDA facilitating and subordinating perjury for the advance of political agenda
e. Motion to recuse District Attorney
f. Motion to recuse District Attorney from all criminal matters
g. Video Records Request of DeRosier admitting election manipulation
h. Photo of the audio deleting by KPLC to cover-up election manipulation
24. Retaliation
a. American Press article, “ CPSO raid targets items for faking drug test”
b. American Press article, “7 businesses stripped of liquor license”
c. American Press article, “Smoke shop will not get pipes back before trial”
d. American Press article, “Blaze smoke shop owner makes deal pleads guilty”
e. American Press article, “Smoke shop in Jennings raided; four arrested”
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h. FOIA Request to CPDA on DeRosier retaliation of Blaze owner
i. FOIA Response from City of Lake Charles on DeRosier retaliation of Blaze owner
j. FOIA Response from CPDA on DeRosier retaliation of Blaze owner
k. Email from Russell Haman to Fire Inspector
l. Fire Inspection Report
25. Other Articles
a. Burl Cain target of criminal investigation
b. Burl Cain and DeRosier photo
c. Walter Reed indictment
d. The Buddy System Graphic
e. Walt Sanchez Bio
f. Ken Paxton indictment
g. American Press article, “Judge tosses second degree murder charge”
h. American Press article, “No need for order in DA, Clerk of Court Issue”
i. The Crime Report article, “No Money, No Defense”
j. American Press article on Election-Eve Arrest
k. American Press article on Port Racketeering Allegations
l. American Press article on Camera Misuse
26. DA Marketing Invoice Copies

Calcasieu Parish District Attorney John DeRosier offers services to his campaign contributors,
supporters and the political connected associates much different than all other citizens. DeRosier has no
limitations to the actions he will take regardless of laws. One ridiculous example, is the CPDA accused
and charged a citizen of battery and stalking because the defendant threw a Twinkie wrapper in the
direction of one of DeRosier’s politically connected supporters.
DeRosier used the office of the Calcasieu Parish District Attorney and the public funds of
taxpayers to maliciously prosecute and retaliate against a ridiculous allegation. Even after a court
dismissed the allegations of any wrongdoing, the CPDA continues to appeal the matter all the way to the
Louisiana Supreme Court. DeRosier shows no limitation to manipulation and retaliation.
The CPDA office even maliciously placed a “sex offender” stamp on the defendant’s bill of
information attempting to discredit the individual. The stamp was a malicious lie. When questioned about
the malicious prosecution, DeRosier even lied in a signed affidavit. DeRosier said in his affidavit, “that
no employee of the District Attorney’s Office stamped “sex offender” on the bill of information,” despite
the stamp being clearly visible.
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From 2008-2009, attorney Christian Chesson was the Fox 29 Legal Expert Correspondent.
Additionally, in 2008, Christian Chesson participated in fund raising for John DeRosier’s campaign. For
Chesson’s efforts he received a Thank You card from DeRosier. It was not long after Chesson’s
participation in DeRosier’s campaign that the interest began in becoming an elected official and assist the
community in criminal justice prosecutions. Furthermore, Chesson had already achieved building a large
law firm that at the time has helped over 30,000 clients in various legal matters. At the time, Chesson did
not know the owner of Fox 29 was the CPDA auditor and largest campaign donor of DeRosier, Chesson
began discussing his interest in the elected position.
Chesson knew all citizens have constitutional rights
to serve as an elected official by the Qualifying
Procedure of the Louisiana Ethics. Chesson had no
knowledge of any “unsaid” requirements in
Calcasieu Parish that seemingly mean you must seek
the endorsement of the incumbent and wait until the
incumbent retires to seek the position.
November 18, 2009, Cynthia Killingsworth was
featured Lagniappe Magazine’s cover with a 4-page article
titled, “Faith, Hard Work and Determination.” The description
of the article was, “Assistant District Attorney Cynthia
Killingworth Talks about Her Job, Her Faith and Overcoming
the Past.” In 2009, Cynthia Killingsworth was employed
CPDA’s office for approximately 17 years. Before working at
the CPDA she was a Medicare fraud prosecutor for the
Louisiana Attorney General’s office. Killingsworth desires to
be elected as the District Attorney after DeRosier steps down.
Lagniappe magazine is a regional publication with distribution
mainly in Calcasieu Parish. It was founded in 1987 and
currently distributed approximately to 65,000 residents.
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In the article DeRosier said, “I must think pretty highly of
Cindy to have made her first assistant district attorney because if
something happens to me, she is automatically the district attorney.
The article displays a picture of Killingsworth, DeRosier and
Ronnie Rossitto. Rossitto discusses his “high praise” for
Killingsworth. Rossitto is the former First Assistant District
Attorney who was convicted of sexual battery, obscenity, purchasing alcohol for someone under 21 and
Malfeasance. Rossitto used the power of office to extort sexual behavior from teenage young men that
may not have known the justice system or have the money to pay ticket fines. DeRosier’s comments that
Killingsworth “automatically” being the next district attorney in the event something happens gave
Killingsworth what she thought was a guarantee of being the future CPDA.
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Around 2009 Killingsworth discovered
that Chesson is the likely challenger of District
Attorney. At this time the conspiracy began to
prevent Chesson from becoming the next CPDA.
The evidence of the conspiracy can be seen by
Fox 29 breaching the contract in place with
Chesson as the Fox Legal Expert correspondent
and removed him from the television to
minimize Chesson’s media exposure.
The CPDA charged Chesson’s father
with a horrible crime and published it in the
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newspaper on the day of Chesson’s 12P
P Annual
Christmas Party on December 4, 2009.
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During the prosecution of Chesson’s father the CPDA sent a message stating that “they” have
“friends” in the Attorney General’s office and can coordinate dismissals of charges if agreed to not to run
against or challenge in the election. The prosecutor’s biased presentation to the Grand Jury was done in
order to indict Chesson’s father with a horrible crime. The CPDA offered a plea deal to an x-girlfriend of
Chesson’s father in exchange for a vague statement alleging some sort of wrongdoing from a date 2.5
years prior. The coerced statement does not even show any wrongdoing. It is only a statement wrote by
the x-girlfriend in regards to a 5-year-old child that was walking down a hallway in Chesson’s home.
To maximize the damages, the news reported the indictment story because either by the CPDA
misleading the press or the press acted intentionally with the conspiracy in order to publish the negative
press on the exact day of the Annual Chesson Christmas party. The CPDA’s timing of the indictment on
the day of the well-known Christmas party the news would spread quickly to the 1,500 that were invited
consisting of Chesson’s clients, family, friends and other associates. It is extremely disappointing to have
such blatant manipulation of the justice system by using an accused defendant’s fear of the very common
knowledge (in Calcasieu) of the unreliability of the justice system. In addition, the risk associated with
the cost of providing a proper defense against such a powerful CPDA after they used a grand jury
indictment. Grand Jury indictments cannot be dismissed even by a Judge. Negligent Grand Jury
indictments can only be dismissed by reconvening the same Grand Jury to rehear the matter. Grand Jury
is only seated for 6 months. Often by the time the court system is meeting on a matter the Grand Jury has
already been dismissed. A proper defense with such allegations are estimated well above $150,000 for a
defendant to defend themselves against the CPDA’s allegations.
The indictment is evidence of misconduct and retaliation in regards to a personal agenda. The
statement obtained from the father’s x-girlfriend was used as leverage to offer Chesson that his father’s
criminal prosecution could be turned over to the Attorney General’s office if he agreed to never run for
CPDA.
The CPDA contacted Ms. B who was employed by L’Auberge Casino as a cocktail waitress in
2008. Ms. B has previous criminal convictions on her record. Ms. B is the x-girlfriend of Lilton Chesson.
Lilton Chesson is Christian Chesson’s father. Ms. B and her 6-year-old child resided with Lilton in 2008.
Ms. B has a reputation of severely retaliating against former boyfriends. Ms. B has reputation of taking
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drastic measures during breakups. A former boyfriend of Ms. B alleges that Ms. B attempted to burn his
house down. Another former boyfriend of Ms. B alleges that Ms. B damaged his car.
The CPDA learned of Ms. B and Lilton Chesson relationship. Ms. B gave the CPDA a statement
that Lilton was on the private balcony patio of his home in 2008. The patio is accessible from the master
bedroom but also has glass door by the stairs to the second floor. Lilton was smoking a cigarette on the
master bedroom balcony with underwear on. The CPDA used that information to allege some sort of
crime occurred with the 6-year-old. The child was not on the patio nor was the child in the master
bedroom. In fact, the child’s statement was that it was never seen anything.
The CPDA presented the matter to the Grand Jury and charged indecent behavior with a juvenile.
Grand Jury meetings are presented by the CPDA with little evidence and very suggestive wording. It is
rumored that Cynthia Killingsworth presided over the Grand Jury proceeding. Due to the seriousness of
the nature of the allegations and due to the CPDA ability to manipulate the meeting the Grand Jury
responded with a true bill and Lilton was indicted. The vast majority of all matters with the CPDA that
suggest a child was harmed statistically receive a true bill.
Chesson had an annual Christmas Party for his family, friends, clients, associates and other
community members. Approximately 1,500 people are invited every year. The party reoccurs annually
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on the first Friday of December every year. In 2009, it was the 12P
P annual Christmas Party which was
on December 4, 2009.
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The day of Chesson’s 12P
P Annual Christmas Party the American Press newspaper published the
article that stated, “Lilton Chesson was indicted on a charge of indecent behavior with a juvenile. Lilton
Chesson, 65; Chesson allegedly had sexual contact with a 6-year-old child Aug. 3, 2008.” Due to the
media, newspaper, nature of the allegations, and the large Christmas Party the press and public opinion
was able to convict Lilton regardless of the facts.
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Killingsworth and her assistant are both employed
by the Calcasieu Parish District Attorney’s Office “CPDA”.
In 2014, Killingsworth replaced Ronnie Rossitto as First
Assistant District Attorney. Rossitto used the power of
office to extort sexual contact from teenage young men that
had fear of the justice system or did not have money to pay
fines. Rossitto plead guilty to Malfeasance and Battery after
accepting a plea deal offered from former Attorney General
Buddy Caldwell. According to the “buddy system” plea
deal, Rossitto did not have to register as a sex offender. The
plea deal dropped felony Sexual Battery to lessor
misdemeanor charges in addition to felony Malfeasance from the incident on Jan 3, 2013 that turned the
District Attorney’s office into a crime scene. On April 4, 2013, just 3 months after the Sexual Battery
incident another incident happened where Rossitto plead guilty to Obscenity and Purchasing Alcohol for
someone under 21. Public funds were later used to pay the victim’s settlement. After the first indictment,
Rossitto continued to work at the CPDA until Rossitto decided to resign in September 2013. Rossitto’s
resignation decision was strategically just weeks before pleading guilty and while the national news was
focused on the federal government shut down.
The significant partnership of the Calcasieu
Parish District Attorney and the Attorney General’s
office began after the former CPDA (1984-1992)
Richard Ieyoub was elected as the Attorney General
after serving 1 term as CPDA. Ieyoub served as
Attorney General for 2 terms (1992-2004) Ieyoub later
went on to become a lobbyist and President of the
National District Attorney’s Association. Ieyoub was
selected to join the Board of Directors of SCT&E LNG
which proposed a liquid natural gas facility on Monkey
Island (Cameron, LA) that is expected to cost around $9.4 Billion. The LNG Company signed a MOU
to provide the Asian Pacific state owned company $4 billion in product.
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DeRosier did not suspend or terminated Rossitto after the January 3, 2013 incident and allowed
Rossitto to remain employed for an additional 5 months after the indictment. The First Assistant DA was
permitted to hold office and even supervise the juvenile justice system. The indictment gives the public
an appearance of impropriety due to the job gives the authority to prosecute defendants such as young
boys and teenagers. DeRosier choose NOT to mitigate any risks which did nothing to prevent more
incidents of sexual extortion and abuse of citizens. Defendants are vulnerability of prosecution from top
law enforcement officers that use the District Attorney’s physical office as a crime scene in order to
terrorize young boys and teenagers in exchange for money or ticket assistance from First Assistant District
Attorney Ronnie Rossitto.
Rossitto was represented by attorney Walt Sanchez who also is the Port of Lake Charles legal
counsel and Port Commissioner. The Port of Lake Charles (Lake Charles Harbor and Terminal District)
was created under Act 67 of the Louisiana Legislature of 1924. Port of Lake Charles is a state agency that
originally stated their objectives were to foster economic development in Southwest Louisiana. The port
leases 227 acres to Pinnacle Entertainment Inc. doing business under the tradename “L’Auberge Du Lac
Casino and Resort.” The port receives approximately $955,000 per year on average with a 5% annual
increase. L’Auberge later purchased 50 acres from the Port for $5 million but the specific location of the
acres has not yet been identified. In 2008 L’Auberge purchased an additional 56 acres for “future
opportunities”. The purchase price was not originally reported however; financial reports have a $5.2
million carrying value.
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On November 21, 2015, Caldwell was voted out of office by 610,459 votes. 63% of the voters in
Calcasieu (26,528) voted to move away from political patronage of the past in order to have a fair business
market and equal court system. On November 4, 2014, 25,819 voters in Calcasieu voted against District
Attorney John DeRosier in support of Christian D. Chesson. The approximate 25,000 voters are evidence
of the community’s attempts to end the political dynasty and business market monopolies that exist in
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Calcasieu Parish. The former CPDA (1984 -1992) Richard Ieyoub went on to be
the former AG (1992-2004) prior to Caldwell’s term. Significant ties remain in
place still including the very well managed media including family members
being employed at Fox 29.
In 2015, Cynthia Killingsworth and her trial assistant Ms. Brock
manufactured false written statements that were used to, “unlawfully sentence,”
attorney Christian D. Chesson according to the 3P
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Circuit Court of Appeals.
Killingsworth has been a member of the Bar for 29 years. According to state
law if public employees are convicted of crime then they may void any public
pension.
It is misconduct for a prosecutor to knowingly submit false evidence in a case that results in a
wrongful conviction and unlawful sentence (more than the maximum sentence punishment the law
permits). It is important to note that Killingsworth was acting above and beyond duties of a prosecutor
similar to a witness at the time of intentionally violating civil and constitutional rights. Due to the
circumstances prosecutorial immunity laws are not applicable.
Killingsworth and Brock’s unlawful statements let to Chesson being shackled and arrested. The
same day that attorney Chesson was arrested, prosecutors moved Chesson’s client up on the priority list
to number 14 for the trial scheduled the same day. Chesson was suspiciously arrested that gave prosecutors
an unfair advantage and left Chesson’s client vulnerable for prosecutor attempts to force a plea. Chesson’s
client was fearful and under apprehension of having to proceed during trial without legal counsel. After
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several hours the scheduled trial was eventually rescheduled. Additional misconduct from the CPDA
office was done after his attorney was arrested by warning him to, “watch what he says on Facebook.”
Damages to the victims were caused by a group of people engaging jointly in an unlawful manner in order
to compel or coerce a defendant by using fear of trial after his attorney was arrested in an attempt to
manipulate a desired outcome by the prosecutions by any means.
Extreme and vast amounts of press even including an emergency text alert (similar to a weather
alert) was used in order to publish Chesson’s arrest. It is always suspicious in Calcasieu Parish anytime
the media uses excessive amounts of press to saturate the community with a message. This is due Lester
Langley being the CPDA official independent auditor and is also the owner of Fox 29 news. Langley,
partners and spouses paid $45,000 to John DeRosier by way of campaign donations in order to renew the
auditor contract that is paid using public funds.
The 3P
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Circuit’s published findings is of extreme concern to all citizens. The false statements and
unlawful arrest is retaliation from tyrants with power to manipulate the media and justice system.
Additionally, it was an attempt to discredit Chesson publically in order to continue to cover the ongoing
corruption and conceal financial records. As an administrator of justice, Killingsworth was expected to
uphold ethical standards, but instead used the position to compromise the integrity of the justice system.
The erosion of public trust in Calcasieu continues.
The 3P
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Circuit Court reported that there is no evidence that support Killingsworth and her trial
assistant Brock allegations that Chesson attempted to or actually recorded a rape victim during court
proceedings. The 3P
rd
Circuit further clarifies their findings that Chesson was not even present on the day
alleged in the false statements. Additionally, the false statements were not sworn to, not dated, and not
submitted to Clerk of Court into evidence. The statements were hidden and could not even be located
until the higher court demanded them.
The District Judge sentenced Chesson to more than the maximum punishment which can be
imposed for direct contempt which is a maximum fine of one hundred dollars or imprisonment for not
more than twenty-four hours. Chesson was instead sentenced to spend three days in the jail before the 3P
Circuit Court ordered Chesson to be released from jail. Additionally, Chesson was ordered to give lawyers
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a lecture on "professionalism," and donate 10 hours to the literacy council before the 3P
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The 3rd Circuit also stated that the court transcript did not support the District Judge’s statement
made during their investigation and that Chesson was jailed unlawfully.
The 3P
rd
Circuit Court of Appeal stated the following in regards to the statements:
• “First, these written statements were not entered in evidence in the proceedings but were only made part
of the record after the close of the proceedings, and not until after Mr. Chesson filed his writ application
with this court.”
• “The statements of Ms. Killingsworth and Ms. Brock are not properly before us for consideration.”
• “We decline to consider these written statements as evidence because they were not part of the record
below maintained by the Clerk of Court.”
• “Neither of these statements is made under oath and one is not even dated. Any consideration of these
statements would be a flagrant violation of Mr. Chesson's right to due process.”
• “Further, as we discussed above, there were additional reasons rendering the use of the unsworn written
statements inappropriate and in violation of Mr. Chesson's constitutional right to due process.”
The 3P
rd
Circuit Court of Appeal stated the following in regards to unlawful sentence:
• “The record shows Mr. Chesson was not present in court the day alleged.”
• “Nothing indicated that Mr. Chesson is guilty of any direct contempt.”
• “Chesson did not have notice which comports with due process. The trial judge stated to the Appeal Court
that Chesson's attorney did not place any objection on the record until the hearing had already concluded."
The transcript does not support this chronology.”
• “No evidence showed Mr. Chesson actually or attempted to do the allegations.”
• “Mr. Chesson was not apprised of these statements prior to the hearing, and had no opportunity to cross
examine these witnesses or even prepare a response.”
• “We also note that if the judge, as here, is to be a witness in the matter, a hearing should be scheduled
before a different district judge.”
• “Further, even if the allegation of contempt had tooth, Mr. Chesson was not accorded his right to due
process.”
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• “Chesson was represented by counsel at the hearing his lawyer was not allowed to participate in the
hearing. At the beginning of the summary hearing the judge told Chesson's attorney "he did not need to
hear from [him]." It was not until the end of the hearing that Chesson's attorney was allowed to speak.”
• “The trial court's ruling of direct contempt is reversed and the unlawful sentence imposed is vacated.”
• “The maximum punishment which can be imposed for direct contempt is a maximum fine of one hundred
dollars or imprisonment for not more than twenty-four hours.”
Only a few days before Chesson’s unlawful arrest, there was another suspiciously excessive media
campaign that headlined front pages and prime time television that said, “Former District Attorney
Candidate, Family Members Named in Suit against Houston Learning Center.” The press articles sound
like a very serious matter however, after reviewing it is more foul play by DeRosier and his “hunting
buddy” Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. A Texas District Judge presiding over the matter quickly
struck out the prosecutor’s claims that there was any illicit “Chesson Family Partnership.”
Parkview Baptist School is a 28 year Baptist
based home schooling organization that was founded by
Chesson father. Soon after the allegations were made of
Chesson’s family, a Texas Grand Jury criminally
indicted Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton for security
fraud.
Paxton who also has ownership in a company that
produces and distributes "WatchGuard Video” cameras
to law enforcement. It is possible that a "business deal"
was made on rumored hunting trips that DeRosier agreed
to have "WatchGuard Cameras" purchased in Calcasieu
in exchange for Paxton filing ridiculous charges against
Chesson in Texas.
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Christian D. Chesson eventually was
non-suited and all claims made by the Texas
Attorney General were dismissed with
prejudice. The slanderous allegations and
retaliation scheme caused extensive damages
and legal fees. The press has not retracted the
story and no press to date have published any
stories to inform people of the allegations
against Chesson being dismissed.
WatchGuard Video cameras were shown on KPLC news April 19, 2016 while promoting Local
Senator Ronnie Johns proposed Bill 398 that would restrict police video from being public records.
DeRosier is supporting and promoting the “Anti-Public Records” Bill 398. WatchGuard Video
(Enforcement Video, LLC). Records show Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton helped form the company
and loaned it money. Paxton is currently under Federal Indictment for multiple fraud and securities
criminal matters. The Texas Constitution bars legislators from benefitting “directly or indirectly” from
contracts authorized by the Legislature. As of his latest available personal financial disclosure form in
2014, he continues to own an interest.
Paxton’s company won a contract worth at least $10 million to supply the DPS. Paxton (during
term as Senator) voted in favor of the spending bill that authorized the DPS contract, even though he had
an ownership stake in the company. The company has also received $1 Million in Federal economic
stimulus money. Some have complained that the bid was written in a way to assure that WatchGuard
would get the contract. WatchGuard identified
over $1.8 Billion in grant money available for
their products. According to Veteran officers and
user of the camera, the problem with the cameras
is that they didn’t match up to the competition.
WatchGuard failed frequently and featured much
weaker safeguards against unauthorized editing of
footage.
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DeRosier and Paxton’s basis of the home school allegations are suspiciously similar to a different
matter, years before against a different home school organization. The illicit school allegations were only
made on the first home school target after the owner was convicted of stealing from L’Auberge Casino in
a roulette scam. The convicted roulette fraud also owned a home school business that was seemingly illicit.
The media even reported that the roulette fraud had sold a high school diploma to a dog. The roulette
frauds convicted owner’s home school organization is drastically different from the 28 year Baptist home
school business. However, both investigations began by DeRosier communications to Paxton.
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On November 21, 2015, former Louisiana Attorney General Buddy Caldwell was voted out of
office after losing 44% to 56%. 63% (26,528) Calcasieu Parish voters chose to get rid of political dynasty
and replace it with a fair court and business market. The new Attorney General campaigned on ethics,
transparency and anti-corruption in the Louisiana state highest enforcement office of government.
Since beginning the term, the new Attorney General has terminated state contracts that Buddy
Caldwell approved for the private law practices of three local district attorneys. The new AG also said his
office recently terminated Caldwell's former contracts with private lawyers who received roughly $40
million for representing the state in litigation over BP's 2010 Gulf oil spill. Some of those attorneys or law
firms had contributed to Caldwell's political campaigns.
"For far too long, Louisiana has had a reputation of backroom deals, and this has eroded the public's
trust in government," he said during a press briefing in his office. The new AG said he believes the state
contracts with district attorneys' private law practices are "improper" and create "a bad perception" even
if they don't violate any ethics rules. "Many (residents) may be surprised to learn that some of these elected
government officials are receiving a public salary for their positon and also running private legal practices
on the side," he said. A spokesman said the law practices of three district attorneys - Paul Connick in
Jefferson Parish, Earl Taylor in St. Landry Parish and James Paxton in East Carroll, Madison and Tensas
parishes - have received a total of approximately $2 million since 2013 under state contracts.
From November 18, 2015 to November 21, 2015, Chesson aired radio advertisements that
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encouraged voter participation for the November 21P
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MOST IMPORTANT RIGHT WE HAVE IS THE RIGHT TO VOTE. ELECTION DAY IS THIS
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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER THE 21P
P. IF YOU RECALL LAST FALL, I RAN FOR DISTRICT
ATTORNEY AND THE POLITICAL MACHINE IS FIGHTING BACK HARD. EVEN
RETALIATING AGAINST MY FAMILY, MY FATHER, MY SISTERS, AND EVEN MY SON TO
THIS DAY.”
The radio spot mention the seemingly retaliation scheme against Chesson that included damages
to his father, both his sisters and his 17-year-old son. The retaliation all started after Chesson challenged
incumbent District Attorney John DeRosier in the November 2014 elections.
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One day after the election and hours after the radio ads stopped, Chesson’s wife was arrested on
interstate 210 on her way home from Church following a traffic stop for alleged speeding. Chesson’s wife
was stopped for speeding by Louisiana State Trooper TFC Jerry Williams. TFC Jerry Willam’s decided
to investigate Chesson’s wife for impaired driving. He asked if any alcohol had been consumed that day.
Chesson’s wife stated that no alcohol was consumed and that impaired driving allegations have no merit.
TFC Jerry Williams decided to arrest Chesson’s wife after she refused to consent to provide blood, urine
and breath samples.
Chesson’s wife was detained and they waited on the side of interstate for 1 hour for someone to
pick up Chesson’s 5-year-old daughter. The police only notified Chesson’s Father-in-law and never
notified Chesson who is the child’s father. The 5-year-old who was under crying and screaming while
she was apprehension that her mother was being abducted. At one point, the 5-year-old daughter exited
the vehicle and ran down the roadway running for safety.
TFC Jerry Williams report Chesson’s wife was brought to LSP then transported to CCC for
booking then released from LSP. This is inconsistent despite the fact that "no booking report exist," but
Chesson’s wife was released from CCC, not LSP. Suspiciously, no booking records were made in the
daily booking rooster of CCC. A Public Records Request and court subpoena was filed to Calcasieu
Parish Sherriff’s Office in order to receive the booking records. However, CPSO responded that “no
records were available.” Sherriff Tony Mancuso stated that, “he would fire any deputy that violated
booking procedure.” To date, it is not known if any terminations have occurred as a result of any
breakdown in procedure.
Chesson filed a public records request Louisiana State Police, however no response has been received to
date. The requested items were the following:
1. All communications from Louisiana State Police Department regarding the matter
2. LSP procedure for the care custody and control of children
3. Copy of the video of the traffic stop
4. "Preservation Letter" to TFC Jerry Williams phone records
5. TFC Jerry Williams actual work hours on November 22, 2015.
6. Disciplinary actions, complaints on TFC Jerry Williams employment records
The civil and criminal court matters are still pending to date.
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Since the November 2014 campaign concluded the Calcasieu Parish District Attorney has directed
the Calcasieu Parish Sherriff’s Office, Cameron Tax Assessor, Texas Attorney General’s Office, Lake
Charles Fire Marshal, Calcasieu Clerk of Court, Louisiana Disciplinary Counsel of Attorneys, Louisiana
State Ethics, Louisiana State Police and Calcasieu Parish District Attorney’s involvement into
investigations against Chesson, Chesson’s father, both of Chesson’s sisters, Chesson’s wife and Chesson’s
17 year old son.
The District Attorney’s office announced that they would proceed to felony trial against Chesson’s
17-year-old son as an adult. The CPDA continues extensive investigation into an alleged fight with
Chesson’s 17-year-old son and a 19-year-old intoxicated young man. The dispute seems to involve the
girlfriend of Chesson’s son at the time girlfriend.
The investigation of Chesson’s son for alleged violent crimes are inappropriately utilizing Parish
and State resources to carry out this conspiring scheme of retaliation against Chesson and his family.
The CPDA in his official capacity in furtherance of scheme also turned Chesson in for various
alleged ethical violations not limited to Campaign Ethics. It is also believed the CPDA utilized more
resources to have Chesson Indicted in Cameron Parish and by the Attorney General and used contacts in
various Parish Agencies to cause Chesson grief not limited to the Calcasieu Parish Fire Marshal, the Clerk
of Court and even within the District Attorney's Office itself by instructing Assistant District Attorneys to
give Chesson and his clients charged with Felonies and Misdemeanors a difficult time denying them due
process and fair treatment amounting in itself to Malfeasance of Office.
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DeRosier and L’Auberge’s strong
financial ties are further evidenced by illegal
billboard rental payments made to L’Auberge by
public funds during DeRosier’s re-election
campaign. After reviewing the approximately 30
billboards installed and paid for with public funds
during DeRosier’s campaign, one of the billboards
in particular seems to cross further ethical areas.
On September 8, 2014, the District Attorney’s
office installed a billboard “LA00” (Left hand/
eastbound reader). The order was placed with J&J
Outdoor Advertising Inc. (owned by Brian Arabie) and $1,200 was paid using public funds (Invoice #
JJ092014 for dates September 9, 2014 – October 5, 2014). On October 6, 2014, the same exact billboard
rental price was changed to $6,254 and was instead changed to pay L’Auberge instead. The cost to tax
payers increased over $5,000 per month for the same billboard during DeRosier’s personal re-election
campaign. L’Auberge does not typically engage in the billboard rental industry. The payments to
L’Auberge of $6,254 per month for one billboard is suspiciously higher than all other comparable
billboards along Interstate 10.
L’Auberge’s response on receiving $12,490 in Public Funds for 1 billboard was that it was
“technically” paid for by public funds of the Calcasieu District Attorney’s Office, but stated it was
supplemental to John DeRosier's personal Re-election Campaign for District Attorney." L’Auberge said
that they invoiced the billboard because they were just, "doing what they were told to do.”
DeRosier and associates prosecute bad unsecured
loans made by L’Auberge to people for the purpose of
gambling as criminal violations of writing bad checks if not
repaid. This enables L’Auberge to loan money outside the
duties and laws that protect consumers from predatory
lending and violates citizen rights of federal bankruptcy laws
on dischargeable debt. L’Auberge compensates the CPDA
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and CPSO for the extortion of unsecured loan borrowers by sharing 20% of the proceeds. In 2006,
DeRosier’s financial statements report $236,970 in “collection fees” which is more than 6 times more than
the $38,958 “collection fees” reported by the previous CPDA in 2005.
The publicly traded company L’Auberge and
DeRosier’s relationship begun in 2005. L’Auberge
shareholders once owned the last casino gaming license but the
company simply turned it over to the state, then the license was
“awarded” to the former CEO of L'Auberge Dan Lee but this
time to a privately-held company Creative Casinos Inc. Lee’s
privately-held company then sold the license for $32.5 million
to Ameristar Casino Inc. with a condition that buyer must
continue the 30-year port lease for the property. Next, the
publicly traded L'Auberge repurchased the license back with
Ameristar for $2.8 billion. Ameristar’s financial statement
reported debts of $1 billion before L’Auberge payment of $2.8
billion. Due to anti-trust violations, the Federal Trade
Commission demanded L'Auberge sell it. L’Auberge sold the development with a $37 million loss of
construction cost which was another loss to shareholders. L’Auberge current reports approximate debts
of $4 billion as of December 31, 2014.
Before resigning Dan Lee gave the former Harrah’s property to the City of Lake Charles.
L’Auberge reports the property as $5.7 million on their financial reports. The property donation was
done with limitations that the property
could never be used for gaming.
L’Auberge opened a property in a different
location that was off of Interstate 210. The
former property along Interstate 10 if ever
was used for gaming would be a strong
competitor due to a better location. To
date, the former property sits unoccupied.
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Carla Sigler is the Public Records Custodian at the Calcasieu Parish District Attorney’s Office.
Sigler has been a member of the Bar for 15 years. In 2014, Sigler reported, “Staff members are not
permitted to work on any campaign during business hours. See the written policy provided in response to
your prior question. There is no employee working in a "dual capacity" as a DA's Office staff member and
on a political campaign, as political activities are restricted to off-duty hours. Moreover, no use of DA's
Office equipment, resources, and offices is permitted for any campaign. To enforce the office policy
against use of DA's Office time, equipment, or resources for political purposes, an email with the written
office policy was sent to Calcasieu Parish DA's Office staff on July 2, 2014, and again on September 18,
2014.”
On September 19, 2014, Holly Carter negotiating a contract with local television show Zydeco
Live to interview John DeRosier for his campaign. This campaign negotiation was only one day after
being trained on the policy prohibiting staff working on political campaigns during business hours and
use of public resources you can see the CPDA Community Relations associate. On August 24, 2014,
Russell Haman posted on Facebook that he would deliver campaigns signs as requested. Haman began
employment at the CPDA in 2008 after formerly being employed as a Louisiana State Trooper. An email
was obtained by a public records request that shows Haman giving information to authorities outside
jurisdiction of the CPDA in regards to other matters in order to cause damages to other known vendettas
of DeRosier.
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On September 24, 2014, DeRosier’s challenger was scheduled to appear on the local television
show Zydeco Live. The local television show although independently owned was hosted on the Fox 29
channel owned by the official CPDA auditor Lester Langley. The contracted independent auditor and Fox
news owner has paid $45,000 in campaign contributions to DeRosier’s personal campaign. Fox 29
originally canceled the airing of the episode that featured an interview with DeRosier’s challenger. Later
Fox 29 aired the show on a different time slot after a legality dispute on the cancelation. After legal
discussions Fox 29 rescheduled and permitted the show to air. Fox 29 is represented by attorney Walt
Sanchez. Walt Sanchez who also is the Port of Lake Charles legal counsel and Port Commissioner and
property landlord to L’Auberge. After the rescheduled show aired on television Fox 29 canceled their
agreement with the show. Zydeco Live is no longer permitted on the network.
It is common knowledge that the public employees working at
the CPDA have quotas and required to sell $100 tickets to DeRosier’s
campaign annual crawfish boil. The CPDA will even offer or suggest
that they will “fix” traffic tickets in exchange for the $100 campaign
donation. Attorneys in Calcasieu have common knowledge to make
campaign donations in order to get assistance from the CPDA.
Donations made by lawyers and law firms are approximately 20% of
the $1,616,708 in donations paid to DeRosier (December 31, 2014).
Another example of Sigler’s
dishonest statements is her email to the
Clerk of Court that mislead the Clerk to
conceal Grand Jury public records. Both the
Clerk’s office and DA’s office received the
same public records request in regards to
the calendar dates of the “Operation 27”
grand jury indictments. Sigler’s trickery
gave the Clerk of Court the
“understanding,” that the CPDA responded
to the requested records on September 1,
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2015. CPDA intentionally delayed mailing the letter to prevent the records from being received until one
business day before the requestor’s trial on September 11, 2015. Sigler’s motive was to prevent the
defendant’s from obtaining the possible “Brady material” before his trial. Sigler’s letter was dated
September 1, 2015 (such as the Clerk’s letter suggested), however, the DA’s response was not received
until September 11, 2015. Sigler did not respond until 10 days after the request and violated of the
Louisiana Public Records Act Section 44:32(D) which requires a response within three business days.
Sigler’s delayed and illegal response also stated that the information was not public records due to
being under investigation which conflicts her email advising the Clerk of Court that the bill and initial
offense report are public records. Sigler further provided backup excuses for not providing the records
due to the cost of receiving the information and quoted a $75.00 fee. It is further allusion of reasons of
withholding the records by requesting a payment after stating the requested information is unable to be
provided because, “the case is open pending further investigation.” By even quoting a service fee
contradicts any excuse given for censoring the information. It is not a requirement to charge fees for public
information. In fact, the DA’s office does not charge fees consistently for records. It is only mocking to
be provided a letter one day before trial that denied access to the public information but yet offered the
service fee with no available business hours before trial.
CPDA continues to abuse the grand jury or indictment process. In open court the CPDA said that
the minutes from the Grand Jury are not even recorded and
therefore the minutes could not even be provided if a request
was made to Inspect. DeRosier cites Grand Jury secrecy
laws commonly during interviews for reasons to not make
any records of proceedings. Upon review of the Grand Jury
state laws it does say that proceedings should not be recorded
to produce upon any Judge order. A public records request
was submitted in order to determine what law DeRosier uses
in order to make these claims. Sigler responded to the
request stating that citizens, “are not authorized to pose
interrogatories to this office under the guise of the Public
Records Law.”
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A public records request was made on December 7P P2014 and December 22, 2014 to determine
public records or Louisiana laws (laws are public records) in regards to recording Grand Jury meetings.
The second request made was, “Provide any public records in regards to the alleged CPDA authority to
not keep records of Grand Jury Meetings.” The CPDA response was, “To the extent that any public
records are requested, no such records exist.” Based on the CPDA’s response the understanding is that
no such records exist that provide the CPDA the authority to decline to keep records of Grand Jury
meetings.
KPLC news published the article titled, “Grand Jury indicts 51 on drug distributions charges,”
supports the requested records is in fact public record. The article states that, “51 people were indicted
on cocaine distribution charges,” in the, “largest
anti-drug operation in Southwest Louisiana
history.” It is important to note that the KPLC
article is only mere trickery and is severely distant
from any accuracy. After fact checking the KPLC
article, an analysis concludes that only 5 people
were indicted for crimes of illegal substance
distribution for a total of 9 charges (“counts”). The
actual facts of the matter were drastically
overstated in KPLC’s reporting that “51 people
were indicted on cocaine Distribution Charges”.
“OPERATION 27” FACTS
• Less than 2% of the charges were allegations of illegal distribution (9 of 467 counts).
• Less than 3% of the charges were allegations of illegal possession (14 of 467 counts).
• 87% of the charges were allegations of conversations of illegal substances (408 of counts 467).
• 96.6% of the charges were UNOTU allegations of illegal distribution (451 of 467 counts).
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The allegations made are very serious felony charges and have vast consequences from both court
ordered sentences and additional consequences and damages due to extreme amounts of media press
reports by using all media’s including television, internet articles and large
full front page newspaper. KPLC was provided a copy of the fact checking
analysis and a request was made to publish necessary and applicable
corrections to the previously printed articles. KPLC responded that they
may have been “mislead” or “given false information” in regards to the
heavily reported “Operation 27” investigation.
The misleading, dishonest, over-exposed media campaign titling
articles such as “Authorities make arrest in the largest anti-drug operation
in the history of Southwest Louisiana” show a politically motivated agenda
ahead of DeRosier’s re-election campaign.
Former Calcasieu Parish District Judge, who legal counsel for some of the defendants charged in
“Operation 27” filed a motion to order the CPDA to “cease and deceit from directing the clerk of Court
from making manual assignment of criminal cases.” The District Judge hearing the case, issued an
advisory ruling against the practice but would not make a ruling because that was not the nature of the
motion filed at the time. “This action by the District Attorney’s office has the appearance of impropriety
and gives the district attorney an advantage in the assignment of cases that the defense does not have and
has the effect further of violating the defendant’s equal protection and due process law,” according to
attorney motion. A former Clerk of Court employee testified during the hearing that she followed the
instructions of the District Attorney even if she believed the information was incorrect.
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It is extremely lucrative by issuing excessive bail bonds obtained using a fixed judge allotment
system to issue over $40 million of bonds alone in “Operation 27”. More staggering is that in Calcasieu
arresting people is very profitable and 2% of the funds are collected in cash and distributed 1% to CPSO,
0.5% to CPDA and 0.5% to District Court. Arrest incentives are in place from bonds despite a 9.75%
sales tax. The most recent sales tax proposition extension election was on March 28, 2015. It was done
as a single tax proposition special election which should be reviewed by authorities. The tax election was
suspiciously not announced in the press until 1 day before early voting on March 13, 2015. A document
obtained by public records request shows that the tax proposition was submitted on October 17, 2014 just
weeks before the very competitive election on November 4, 2014. Approximately $30 million per year in
sales tax proceeds was used to manipulate almost 8,000 votes by suggesting DeRosier’s re-election was
required in order to provide Calcasieu Parish Sherriff Office staff payroll raises in the single issue tax
special election (payroll raises were promised but not specified in the proposition). The proposition
advertised salary increases for all sheriff department staff however statistics dispute the truth of the
advertised claims and the proposition language did not detail the claims. The election was treated as top
secret among approximately 1,000 employees and their families.
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According to the 2014 Calcasieu Parish Sherriff Department Financial Report revenue to the CPSO
was $74,072,892 which reported a $5.6 million deficit from $79,718,261 in expenses. This makes the
CPSO the most expensive law enforcement in the world per capita despite lower percentages used for
payroll. CPSO balance sheet reports $62,399,791 in cash-on-hand (current assets) and $25,900,130 in
capital assets totaling $88,299,921 making Calcasieu the wealthiest department in the world. The vast
economic funds in Calcasieu may be the contributing factor to why more people are jailed in the world
per capita and why residents are 12 to 180 times more likely to be arrested and jailed than anywhere else
in the world. Calcasieu voters originally denied the sheriff sales tax down on vote on January 16, 1993.
However, the tax proposition was put back on the ballot 6 months later on July 17, 1993.
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Suspicions of retaliation and misconduct are further supported by facts that the defendant was not
arrested in the initial arrests of “Operation 27” but yet was arrested 5 days after sharing a post on social
media in regards to his attorney Chesson hosting the “Community Appreciation Night” at Contraband Day
Festival that provided a family event with food, rides, games and live music. Additionally, the arrest was
also 1 day after attending a public function that DeRosier’s
challenger attended. Although, the Grand Jury indictment was
not done until June 27, 2014. It is unknown who gave the order
to arrest the defendant on May 5, 2014 which was after the
initial conclusion of “Operation 27” that yielding 27 arrest.
and sentencing of the target.
CPDA alleged that the defendant was a co-conspirator
charged from an investigated titled “Operation 27,” which the
operation was named due to one of the target residing in
Calcasieu Parish and still not jailed despite being arrested 27
times. The operation name coincidentally is condescending
referring to prosecutor’s inability to attain a strong conviction
The CPDA charged the defendant of one count of conspiracy to possess CDS II. The CPDA used
a pre-determined Judge allotment in order to obtain very extremely excessive bail bonds. The defendant
was held for 21 days on a $150,000 bond before obtaining a bond reduction.
After reviewing the CPDA’s website, 44 of 45 (98%) of the defendants published are in regards to
violent crimes such as murder, homicides, and manslaughter including life in prison convictions. The
defendant was the only subject the CPDA published (1 of 45 or 2%) was charged for a non-violent crime.
Although, “Conspiracy to Possess” is serious felony that forfeits voting rights even for a defendant that is
honorably discharged, disabled Veteran Marine, 100% of people who responded to a public opinion
survey said that “Conspiracy to Possess is not as serious as any of the other crimes that the CPDA website
chooses to publish and promote.” Further conclusion results from the public opinion survey was, “the
CPDA singled the defendant out by press releases in retaliation due to Chesson being his attorney,” and
“that there is significantly more evidence of conspiracy against the CPDA than evidence against the
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defendant.” The evidence of retaliation is that the defendant is the only “Operation 27” defendant (1 of
60) that was posted on the CPDA website. Further suspicions is that the defendant had the fewest charges
(counts) alleged in “Operation 27” out of all 60 defendants.
The defendant’s appeal is pending for conspiracy to
possess CDS II. The arrest warrant was obtained by police
misleading the judge. LCPD proposed the affidavit claiming that,
“LSP and CAT utilized a confidential source which revealed that
[defendant] conspired with others in an ongoing criminal
enterprise responsible for the trafficking and distribution of
cocaine in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana.” The discovery file did
not support the allegations used in the affidavit proposed to the
Judge that signed the arrest warrant. It is unknown what was
proposed to the Grand Jury on June 26, 2014 in order to get the
indictment.
The conviction was obtained exclusively by police
testimony and no other physical evidence was presented. Police
testified and alleged that the defendant had a phone that contained
a text message that contained the number “8” which police alleged
was code for “one eighth of an illegal drug”. Phone carrier records
do not support the police testimony and report that the phone was
not registered to the defendant as the police testimony stated. Very bizarre to a conspiracy trial is that fact
that the CPDA did not provide any other identification means of a co-conspirator besides 1 text message
and police testimony that they watched a live video from a nearby “traffic pole camera” that was not
recorded. CPDA did subpoena the alleged co-conspirator to the trial but choose not to call the person as
a witness. A public records request was submitted to the City of Lake Charles and Department of
Transportation but was responded with the information that camera is owned by the Louisiana State Police.
It is not known as to the legality of the non-warranted surveillance camera to be used in criminal
investigation or if civil purpose surveillance cameras can be even used in criminal matters. Furthermore,
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it seems to cross ethical concerns of public surveillance by not recording the video and therefore
concealing the video from being obtained by the defendant in order to exonerate the charges.
The police alleged and testified that a co-conspirator was only known to “exclusively” only discuss
CDS II. Records dispute the testimony and show the alleged co-conspirator had prior convictions of CDS
I. Although conspiracy was alleged, no officer testimony was giving as being a witness or being able to
identify a second co-conspirator. Police testified that they happened to be monitoring a live feed from a
traffic camera and saw two people get into a vehicle in a parking lot that a “traffic pole camera” would
not be directed at. Unfortunately for the defendant no video was
recorded that may have prevented the ability for police to testify
to such allegation. The testimony was given that after watching
the traffic camera police called a patrol unit and requested a traffic
stop on a vehicle that the defendant was a passenger of. The
police officer testified that he maintained sight with the vehicle
despite records showing the vehicle had been parked during the
traffic stop. Furthermore, the traffic stop sited no reason for the stop and no reason to obtain any
information from the stop. No illegal substances were discovered during the stop which actually conflict
with the testimony given by police that allege conspiracy to possess CDS II had occurred prior.
Officers gave conflicting testimony as to the existence of a recording made by a video surveillance
camera mounted to a utility pole outside of where the transaction supposedly took place. Some officers
testified that a recording either should or did exist for evidentiary purposes. This is in contradiction to
other police testimony that that the camera was only used to monitor defendants in real time and that no
recording was made or preserved for evidence. This video, if it ever existed, could be exculpatory in nature
and the failure to provide the video to the Defense is a Brady Violation.
Conflicting officer testimonies cast a shadow of doubt as to if there even a traffic camera or not. It
cast a shadow of doubt as to the competency and accuracy of the testimony. A CPSO detective also
provided other inconsistent testimony. Specifically, the detective testified as to the color of a Ford F250
used in the commission of the crime. Detective first testified that the truck was a “dark” color. On redirect
Detective changed his testimony stating that the “silver Ford truck entered the parking lot.” Every
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P
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P amendment:
other officer provided testimony that the truck was silver in color conflicting with initial testimony. A
Corporal of the Lake Charles Police Department testified that the truck was “silver.” A CPSO detective
testified that “[i]t was a silver Ford F-250.” Another CPSO detective also testified that the truck was
silver. Upon recall Louisiana State Trooper testified that he was not sure what color the truck was. Further,
when shown a picture of the vehicle in question he still refused to identify what color the vehicle was
because the picture was not clear enough in his opinion. 35TNew evidence was obtained of Trooper criminal
history. The Trooper’s criminal record was only provided to defense counsel in the minutes before trial.
It was placed at the bottom of a stack of criminal history reports on the States prospective witnesses. The
Trooper’s was called as the State’s first witness. Only after trial did counsel discover that the Trooper has
a criminal conviction for criminal mischief. Therefore, defense counsel was unable to challenge his
credibility.
Civil Rights violations
1- 4P
2- 5P
th
th
Amendment: Lies on arrest affidavit submitted to obtain warrant.
a. No warrant on “pole camera.” No recording or proof there is a video at all.
b. Fraudulent arrest warrant to obtain phone search warrant.
c. No probable cause for traffic stop
amendment: Due Process
3- 6th amendment: Speedy Trial Violation
4- 8P
th
Excessive bail was obtained using fixed Judge Allotment. Defendant jailed 21
days before bond reduction from $150,000 to $7,500.
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The honorably discharged and disabled Marine
Veteran defendant was sentenced on December 3, 2015. A
public records request was delivered to Sigler and
DeRosier on December 7, 2015 requesting to identify the
number of people that have been accepted into Veteran’s
Court and what steps have been taken toward
implementation in Calcasieu Parish. Governor Bobby
Jindal proposed the Veterans Court Program (Senate Bill
532) and was unanimously approved almost in 2014.
The CPDA vendetta against a Veteran Marine is
further supported by DeRosier’s intentional delay of
Veterans Court implementation until the Defendant’s trial
was completed to ensure that the defendant would not benefit from the State Law. DeRosier announced
that Veterans Court begins in Calcasieu Parish Jan 1, 2016. DeRosier made no mention that the laws
authored by Governor Jindal or that the program is actually a State Law for almost 2 years. DeRosier
choose to instead mislead the public by proclaiming himself “Hometown Hero.”
Only 4 days after the Veteran defendant was
sentenced, DeRosier was featured on the KPLC news
that designated DeRosier as the “Hometown Hero” and
announced the creation of Calcasieu’s Veteran’s Court.
The Veterans Court announcement stated other Veteran
defendants that have been accused of non-violent crimes
will go into a court with the intensions of helping the
Veteran instead of prosecuting Veterans.
The CPDA announcement of the program just 2 days after receiving the Public Records Request
that forced DeRosier to admit the not only Calcasieu was not compliant with Veterans Court State Law
but that it was intentionally delays to retaliated against the defendant. It is suspiciously reactive in order
to cover up and provide a response to the Public Records Requested.
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Investigating further and it is apparent the motive for CPDA vendetta came is motive for other
CPDA misconduct and civil rights violations on another court matter. In a questionable course of
prosecution, DeRosier, ordered two Assistant District Attorney’s to “make [Chesson] him try that case”
referring to defendant’s DWI as stated above and began. DeRosier was playing musical chairs with its
prosecutors. Moving on Assistant District Attorney from Sulphur to Lake Charles and another also was
moved, posing and inconvenience on both counts dockets and both prosecutors. Counsel, knowing that
DeRosier does not possess the authority to make an attorney try a case, nonetheless acquiesced and
defendant was acquitted by directed verdict of said DWI on January 14, 2015. Immediately after
defendant was acquitted by way of Directed Verdict in Sulphur, the CPDA out of spite, and possibly in
retaliation of Judges Ruling began dismissing misdemeanor DWI’s previously billed in Sulphur and re
billing them in the 14th Judicial District Court. Once again posing an inconvenience on both the
Defendants and the Court at the tax payer’s expense. At the trial of the defendant in Sulphur City Court,
a CPSO Corporal was willing to skirt the truth. The Judge did not charge the Corporal with perjury but
did state that the Corporal “clearly does not recall the events.” Interestingly the officers in the “Operation
27” trial of defendant were also willing to skirt the truth.
It is likely that concealing financial records of the CPDA’s office is motive for such vast
misconduct. It was very critical DeRosier win re-election in order to continue to conceal financial records
in the Calcasieu Parish. District Attorney’s office from being released to anyone besides Lester Langley.
Lester Langley is the official auditor contracted with the Calcasieu Parish District Attorney’s. Please note
that the auditor of the District Attorney’s Office is also the owner of Fox29 news. Additionally, the
contracted auditor and Fox news owner paid $45,000 to DeRosier’s personal campaign.
An independent auditor’s main role is to
ensure the integrity of the auditing process and to
avoid conflicts of interest and appearances of
impropriety. Auditors betray society and corrupt
the election process by receiving public funded tax
revenues and convert or “launder” money into
private funds funneled back into campaign accounts
of elected officials that are decision makers of the
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public contract. It is a conflict of interest at best that the local mainstream press owner is the largest
campaign donor of the DeRosier and also the official public auditing contractor that provides accounting
services to CPDA.
Public records law was used in order to investigate the vast amount of public funds used for
DeRosier’s campaign. DeRosier’s re-election campaign used budgets from public funds to install
approximately 30 billboards all featuring his standard campaign portrait image and name in large font.
Upon completion of an analysis of previous (non-campaign) years it gives an appearance of selfpromotion
and self-interest of personal campaigning. The voluminous amount of advertisements and
significant increases to public funds used for CPDA marketing during the campaign months of 2014
extremely challenge ethical standards and cross legal boundaries. Upon inspection it was clear Sigler
concealed public record documents
that contained information needed to
determine the final cost. Lamar
Advertising specializes in billboard
advertising. CPDA used Lamar
billboards but concealed any records
on cost of this billboards. Sigler
violated public records law and public
trust by hiding the Lamar records.
Regardless of Sigler’s attempt, the acquired information still concludes the expected. The records
obtained showed $60,241.00 of public funds spent on billboards during campaign year of 2014. Only
$5,240 and $4,950 of public funds were used in 2012 and 2013 respectively. In 2014, billboard cost were
12 times higher than spent during previous years. In 2014, the public funds were used 12 times higher
than the reported amount by DeRosier’s personal campaign of $5,280. The actual cost will require an
audit to further determine the cost of the billboards public records that Sigler concealed such as the Lamar
billboards.
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On February 20, 2015, a public record request was submitted that requesting, “Accounting
summary report for 2014 that details marketing, advertising and public service announcements cost by
vendor with monthly totals or according to any fiscal calendar. If no accounting summary report is
available, provide cost reports showing the Calcasieu Parish District Attorney's office marketing,
advertising and public service announcements for dates Jan 1, 2014 to Dec 31, 2014.”
No response was received to the February 20, 2015 request. A second attempt was submitted to
the CPDA on March 3, 2015. Sigler responded to the second attempt on March 3, 2015 requesting a
$75.00 money order for the records. Sigler further noted that the request seemed duplicative from a
previous request. It is just “trickery” for Sigler to respond with copies of invoices for marketing cost.
The request was made for a summary report. Accounting cost are “coded” to applicable categories. The
request is made for a total of cost and Sigler responds with partial information by provides “some” of the
invoices.
The $75.00 payment and further explanation was submitted to Sigler on March 11, 2015. The
previous response only included a partial response for 2014. It was extremely clear that there was missing
information such as the Lamar billboard. To further clarify the public records request, a list of 51 questions
was submitted that only would require short answers with the intension of being clear questions that Sigler
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would be able to understand and not be able to continue to conceal records. The request was an attempt
to get accurate information in order to understand the severity of the possible misuse of public funds.
Sigler responded on March 13, 2015, “Please also note that with regard to your inquiry consisting
of fifty-one questions, six sections, and multi-subpart inquiries into our accounting software, accounting
office processes, accounting team, communication plan, concept, production, and design, and accounts
payable and receivable, the bulk of the requested information is not public record. The law does not entitle
any member of the public to detailed and security related internal computer operations of a public office.
Indeed, for security reasons that information is not readily available to any members of this office except
for a few key staff members. It is not public record. See generally LSA-R.S. 44:l(A)(2)(a) & (b) and
related jurisprudence. As for your other requests, I also do not have documentation readily available to
provide for you, since this office does not keep records on matters such as the "font size" used on public
service announcement billboards. Since they are in public view, I would suspect that this size "could be
estimated by one-viewing them, but again, records are not present in this office containing that
information. Public records law requires that I present you with documents in the possession of this office
which are public record. It does not mandate that I conduct research on materials outside this office, and
your request for this copious and extensive information about public service announcements is overly
burdensome. Notwithstanding my inability to provide you with the records you have requested that are
neither public records nor in the possession of this office.”
KPLC Covers-Up of DeRosier’s Live Confession of Manipulating a Judicial Election
On April 9, 2014, DeRosier gave an interview with KPLC to discuss the criminal indictment of a
judicial candidate days following a special election. The seat was to be permanently filled 6 months later
in the November election. The video and audio was of DeRosier making a statement after the April 5,
2014 election in regards to the District Judge race. In the video that originally appeared unedited on
television, DeRosier specifically states that he manipulated the election for “good” and “not bad” by
timing the candidate’s criminal indictment. DeRosier’s statement was in regards to the criminal
indictment of candidate for District Judge Michael Ned just days following a special election. Ned ran and
lost to a former prosecutor employed by the CPDA for 22 years and that was close friends with
Killingsworth. The Judge was elected on April 2014 in a special election replacing the Judge who had
stepped down.
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The video records request was submitted to KPLC and complied with KPLC policies including
payment of $100. KPLC provided a “doctored” video in response to a video request. KPLC provided the
video requested only after they edited the video to remove the audio in order to conceal DeRosier’s
confession of manipulation. The interview is 2:26 in length but the audio was deleted at 1:40 leaving the
next 46 seconds silent while the video continues of DeRosier talking. Mari Wilson is employed at KPLC
as the Production Manager & Community Affairs Director. Wilson’s job duties are to provide video
requests to consumers. Wilson’s statement was that, “The audio that is on this clip is the audio that aired
in the package, the video you see with no
sound after 1:43 is just pad. (We have to have
some extra video on the end of story so the
director can switch from one story to another
during a live newscast) This is the story in its
entirety.” Wilson statement is false. When
the video first aired on the news it was so
shocking that notes made of the Date, subject
and the statement. Additionally, there are
thousands of witnesses.
By editing the news video even after it was already published on television and the content
contained evidence of fraud and manipulation by DeRosier is at best an ethical violation, violation of
public trust and breach of contract. It may be reviewed by authorities for criminal conspiracy of
corruption, violations of duty to report under the federal crime
reporting statute (Title 18 U.S.C § 4), and duty to inform the public of
corruption in government offices. Federal law requires media to aid in
the prevention of civil, constitutional, and criminal offenses under
Title 42 U.S.C. § 1986. The CPDA indicted Ned for three counts of
violation of a protection order. Indictment has additional
circumstances of misconduct and corruption. Ned alleged the CPDA
in collaboration with Ned’s x-wife went before a grand jury with false
incidents of intimidating a witness which was Ned’s daughter in a
custody matter in order to avoid a preliminary examination hearing.
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The CPDA threatened Ned’s x-wife with prosecuting her on her pending charges. After her grand
jury testimony, the CPDA reduced multiple DWI 2P nd P charges to careless operation. Ned comments are
that the, “allegations are preposterous and totally fabricated by ADA Cynthia Killingsworth,” and stated
political agenda as the motive.
Ned filed Motion to Recuse District Attorney’s from All Criminal Matters for violations of
provisions of Louisiana Code of Criminal Procedure article 680. The petition states the motion that, “the
state is merely trying to cover its prosecutorial misconduct in subordinating and facilitating perjured
testimony from the defendant’s wife in order to obtain illegal indictments against the defendant for the
purpose of precluding him from entering the November 4, 2014 election.”
DeRosier’s campaign defended his public opinion from
obvious favoritism of campaign investors by targeting one
particular former campaign donor Joe Palermo. Palermo is very
well known successful businessman in Sulphur. Palermo’s
defense attorney filed a prosecution misconduct motion due to
DeRosier attempting to sell Palermo immunity for $5 Million in
what seems to be similar to an extortion attempt. The articles
published by KPLC that discussed the offer made has since been
removed from the internet. Even after a witness testified to the
grand jury the CPDA with information that did not benefit
DeRosier’ personal agenda, he then indicted the witness on
perjury. The whole case was overwhelmingly being covered by
all local press.
“Making a Murderer” (Directed by CPDA DeRosier)
On the election eve of DeRosier’s re-election campaign, the CPDA announced they caught the
newly branded/ named “Sulphur Slayer”. CPDA arrested the niece of a slayed women and held her on a
$1-million-dollar bond for almost 4 months in prison before releasing her on insufficient evidence.
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The 5-month old unsolved murder in Sulphur, LA provided another tragic opportunity for
DeRosier to manipulate the justice system, press and voters. This is an example of how dangerous
DeRosier is to the public and that he has no boundaries on what he is
capable of doing in order to further his personal agenda.
The public defender in the matter said, “I feel that Miss (Sarah)
Parker was dealt with unfairly and callously, that there are clearly other
people who could have committed this crime, that more than likely she
could not have committed this crime, and I hope they’re continuing to
investigate to find the right person. Personally, I have to wonder why
(Sarah Parker’s arrest) was announced the day before the DA’s election
when there clearly was not sufficient evidence against this woman, and she
never should have been arrested.”
Malicious Prosecutions with overwhelming Media Coverage
Motive: DeRosier Self-Promotion for Re-Election Campaign
1. Operation 27: 60 Defendants with over $40 Million in bonds issued
2. $5 Million Possible Extortion Attempt of very recognized community
businessman. (Need determination and review by authorities).
3. Sulphur Slayer: Arrested 1 day before Election Day with a $1 Million Bond.
Victim/ Defendant spent 4 months in jail while being accused of murdering her
Aunt before she was exonerated.
Top Secret Tax Proposition (Single Issue Tax Proposition on Special Election)
1. Secret $40 Million per year Law Enforcement Sales Tax signed to go on ballot
9 days before election. This was not reported in media until 1 day before
early voting. It was told to the 1,000 CPSO employees as for raises although the
proposition did not specifically outline that sales pitch.
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Plea Deal
DeRosier’s campaign has made payments totaling $10,207.13 to his sons. The campaign has paid
$7,883.67 to DeRosier’s step-son. $2,323.46 was paid to DeRosier’s other son who is a Louisiana
licensed attorney from the campaign account. Additionally, there are appearances of impropriety
surrounding the prosecution of District Attorney DeRosier’s step-son. It is not clear at what point the
DeRosier recused himself and the Calcasieu Parish District Attorney’s office from his step-son’s
prosecution. The Attorney General prosecuted the cases after CPDA recusal.
An investigation by ABC News Lafayette KATC
(channel 3) of DeRosier’s step-son was started after an incident
involving DeRosier’s step-son that failed to yield, going into the
opposite direction causing a vehicle with 2 women to flip. The
report attempted to uncover incidents and results. The detailed
text from the KATC report is included in this complaint because it was saved when it was originally
published. However, the report has since been removed from the internet for some reason unknown.
Investigators were able to uncover 9 arrests and charges of DUI (driving under the influence), DWI
(driving while intoxicated), OWI (operating while intoxicated) and public intoxication. The investigation
also uncovered that prosecutors dismissed 4 cases at least 3 cases were dismissed and that there are several
open cases still waiting for trial. It is unclear which incident John DeRosier recused himself and the
Calcasieu Parish District Attorney’s office from his step-son’s prosecution.
Criminal Charges Result Incident Date Parish Candidate
DUI (driving under
Case
influence)
Dismissed
12/28/2005 Calcasieu
Public Intoxication
Case
Dismissed
10/13/2009 Calcasieu
DUI (driving under
Case
influence)
Dismissed
3/4/2010 Calcasieu
OWI (operating while Guilty DWI
intoxicated)
1st
2/10/2012 Calcasieu
Probation Violation Unknown unknown Calcasieu
DWI (driving while Not went to
intoxicated)
trial yet
3/23/2013 Calcasieu
DWI (driving while Not went to
intoxicated)
trial yet
3/23/2013 Calcasieu
Public Intoxication Unknown 12/11/2013
San
Angelo
DWI (driving while
intoxicated)
Unknown 1/21/2014 Lafayette
John
DeRosier
John
DeRosier
John
DeRosier
John
DeRosier
John
DeRosier
John
DeRosier
John
DeRosier
John
DeRosier
John
DeRosier
Family
Member
Step-Son
Step-Son
Step-Son
Step-Son
Step-Son
Step-Son
Step-Son
Step-Son
Step-Son
Notes
"The Attorney General's Office said anyone who
could answer the question was unavailable."
Traveling in opposite direction of traffic, failed to
yield causing a vehicle with 2 women passengers to
flip over. Miles blew a .312 into a intoxilyzer 5000.
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Extortion
A plea deal was made with a sex offender that reduced felony sexual battery to lessor misdemeanor
charges in addition to felony Malfeasance of office from the incident on Jan 3, 2013 turned the Calcasieu
Parish District Attorney’s office into a crime scene. On April 4, 2013, just 3 months after the sexual
battery incident another incident happened where the offender later plead guilty to obscenity and
purchasing alcohol for someone under 21.
The heinous crimes are tragic and jeopardize to the integrity of the justice system and election
processes in America. The offender used his power of office to extort sexual behavior from teenage young
men and citizens that may not otherwise know the justice system or have money to pay ticket fines.
The Plea Deal did not even require the criminal to register as a sex offender which puts the public
at risk his neighbors may not have knowledge. Are these the type of crime and criminals that get plea
deals? By not utilizing the sex offender registration.
Buddy Caldwell handled the criminal case because the offender was employed for 36 years at the
Calcasieu Parish’s First Assistant District Attorney. At time of incident the offender’s position was First
Assistant District Attorney. The offender was represented by attorney Walt Sanchez who also serves as
Port of Lake Charles legal counsel and Port Commissioner.
In belief with here-say, is has been heard that the
CPDA using intermediary third party messengers to
communicate that the CPDA has “friends” in AG’s
office and can easily send selected cases to AG for
prosecution in manner that offer selected people
foresight and favorable results when requested. Due to
the slap on the wrist sentence of a criminal found guilty
of Malfeasance in office, Sexual Battery, Obscenity and
providing alcohol under 21 it is questioned if a type of
predetermined plea deal system to be favorable to the
defendants.
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The terms of the plea deal were partially disclosed in the press by Calcasieu Parish District
Attorney John DeRosier. DeRosier said, “He was sentenced to, I think, two years, suspended, placed on
probation for several years and, I think fined approximately a thousand dollars.”
After the first indictment, the offender continued worked at the CPDA office until he made the
decision to resign in September 2013 weeks before pleading guilty on a plea deal to Obscenity from an
April 2013 arrest in New Orleans on a different charge involving different teenage young man. The
offender was not suspended or terminated following the 9 months after the first known reported incident
or even for 5 months after Obscenity indictment. The First Assistant DA continued to hold office and
supervise the Juvenile Justice Services after at the time. Such charges give drastic appearance of
impropriety coming from the attorney that prosecutes such crimes involving young boys.
By not mitigating such risks to citizens does nothing to prevent more incidents of sexual extortion
and abuse on citizens that could have the venerability of criminal prosecution from top law enforcement
officers that used the District Attorney’s physical location and office as a crime scene to terrorize young
boys and young men in exchange for ticket assistance from First Assistant District Attorney.
No real press release was done with any comments to demonstrate any sort of accountability or to
denounce sexual extortion and sex crimes. DeRosier even provided an inaccurate resignation date (July
instead of September), reinforced that offender worked until he resigned just a few weeks before 1P st Pguilty
plea, and was not terminated or suspended.
Even more disrespectful due to the seriousness nature of sex crimes is that the DeRosier actually
spoke in press of the highlights of the offender’s career and public service and that the offender was the
supervisor of the Juvenile Criminal Justice System and “helped write the Louisiana Children’s Code”.
DeRosier’s comments of uncertainty on the case by using terms such as, “I think,” multiple times
in one sentence do not communicate any importance, interest, or eagerness once-so-ever at all from the
head parish prosecutor. In fact, the offender’s name was not even taking off the Official DA Letterhead
until over 26 months after the incident. Multiple incidents within 3 months occurring with victims both
being teenage young men, but only discovered after 36 years of office give many questions about if there
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was any criminal behavior or at-risk behavior overlooked, permitted or at least competency related
questions from the staffing and policy failures from Calcasieu’s top investigator and elected prosecutor.
No reports were ever made apologizing for taking 2 years to remove displaying the sex criminal’s
(dis-barred) name and former position on the official Calcasieu Parish District Attorney letterhead.
Nothing was ever mentioned in regards to any preventative procedure improvements or any corrective
measures associated with a possible “recovery” plan from the convicted offender reaching such a high
level position in the organization. Instead the top executive and elected official spoke with a sense of
remorse for losing “Ronnie” in a manner of endearment such as losing a hunting buddy.
Public funds were later used to pay the victim a settlement and it burned the parish with financial
settlement cost.
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Casino Cash
According to Louisiana Revised Statutes 18: 1505.2 Persons substantially interested in the gaming
industry are prohibited from making contributions and loans to candidates and political committees that
support or oppose candidates.
DeRosier accepted $11,500 in payments from Sara of Washington Inc. OBA 5 Star Quick Stop and
Silverstar Casino.
Penalties for violations: Upon notification of the Supervisory Committee candidates or committees who
accept illegal gaming contributions must pay those contributions over to the state within 10 days of the
notification. Contributors violating this ban are subject to civil penalties of up to $10,000, criminal
penalties, and will be rendered unsuitable to hold the license which made the contributor subject to the
ban.
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Shareholder Ethics
In belief though here-say, the offender is still being provided with pension despite being convicted
of Malfeasance of Office. A Public Records Request was made to the CPDA requesting information on
any and all payments made to Ronnie Rossitto and Lester Langley but the CPDA responded with an
estimated cost of $500 for the documents. At the time of this summary the $500 fees associated has not
been paid.
In Calcasieu Parish, the media routinely publish mug shot pictures of community members who
have been arrested or convicted of all types of crimes. However, in this case the offender’s mug shot was
never released by any press. The mug shot picture’s censorship is very possible due to Lester Langley
owning the mainstream media sources such as FOX 29 (National Communications), the CW (Blue Bonnet
Communications) and Dyer-Langley, LLC (the communication radio and phone towers). They have a
relationship such as the CPDA John DeRosier accepted $45,000.00 in campaign contributions from Lester
Langley (individually), Langley, Williams & Company, and other associated business partners and
spouses.
An independent auditor’s main role is to ensure the integrity of the auditing process and to avoid
conflicts of interest that may be public appearances of impropriety. Auditors betray society and corrupt
the election process by receiving public funded tax revenues and laundry or convert money into private
funds funneled back into campaign accounts of elected officials that are decision makers of the business
used for the public contract. It is a conflict of interest at best that the local mainstream press is the largest
campaign donor of the District Attorney and also the official public auditing contractor providing
accounting services to Calcasieu Parish’s District Attorney’ office.
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Pinnacle Entertainment “PNK” was
selected for the 15PP
th Pand final gaming license
in October 15, 2001 from a proposal to the
Louisiana Gaming Control Board “LGCB” in
July 2000. Pinnacle was directed by Mr. Dan
Lee (former Chairman and CEO of Pinnacle
Entertainment) until he reportedly resigned
November 7, 2009. Pinnacle’s proposal
included a lease from the Port of Lake Charles
and a $225 million construction cost minimum. The Port of Lake Charles (Lake Charles Harbor and
Terminal District) was created under Act 67 of the Louisiana Legislature of 1924. Port of Lake Charles is
a state agency that original stated objectives were to foster economic development in Southwest Louisiana.
Original temporary lease terms began on July 1999 for 225 acres for $62,500 total for six months
with three optional extensions of six months. Conditions required certain but undisclosed on and off site
improvements. If the project proceeds, then the lease would be revised to $815,000 with a 5% increase
annually.
After opening of L’Auberge Du Lac Casino and Resort in May of 2005, the lease cost would be
approximately $955,000 per year on average and would require $11.4 million in improvements to the City
of Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish and the Port District. The reported construction cost was $370 million
and later completed a $67 million hotel expansion.
Hurricane Katrina (2005) caused Pinnacle’s Casino Magic Biloxi riverboat to be a total loss.
Pinnacle submitted insurance claims of $347 million however the amount of the claim was disputed by
all of the insurance providers. Pinnacle later reported $215 million collected from insurance companies.
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Hurricane Rita (2005) caused damages to 2 riverboats owned by Harrah’s Entertainment “HET”
on 9 acres of property in Lake Charles.
November 1, 2006, Pinnacle purchased the 2 gaming licenses and the 9-acre lake front property
for $25 million with transferring ownership of the destroyed Casino Magic property’s 18 acres. Pinnacle
recorded the 9-acre property value as a $5.7 million. Pinnacle transferred the former Harrah’s property
and hotel to the City of Lake Charles in exchange for a non-compete condition that prevents any future
property owners from using the property for gaming. The property remains to date unoccupied. Both
companies kept their rights to the insurance claims.
Pinnacle proposed to the LGCB building a minimum $350 million casino named Sugarcane Bay
on Port property adjacent to L’Auberge and $250 million casino in Baton Rouge named L’Auberge
receiving approval June 2007 and September 2007, respectively. In addition, the company agreed to terms
to create festival grounds for community events and entertainment. This condition may have been
canceled as there are no signs or current reports of this.
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Pinnacle purchased 517 acres in Baton Rouge for $24.5 million. Additionally, they purchased 58
acres with unstated partner that retains 16-2/3% of ownership.
Pinnacle leased an additional 234 acres from the Port of Lake Charles adjacent to L’Auberge for
$1.2 million with 5% increases annually. Pinnacle later purchased 50 acres from the Port for $5 million
but the specific location of the areas was not identified. Additionally, in 2008 Pinnacle purchased 56 acres
for “future opportunities”. The purchase price was not reported however, financial reports from the
company claim $5.2 million carrying value.
November 2007 the company entered into a construction agreement with W.G. Yates and Sons
Construction Company for construction of Sugarcane Bay for maximum $368 million and begun site work
and project “anchor” in 2008.
Pinnacle requested project completion deadline
extensions from LGCB on Feb 17, 2009 and December
15, 2009 extending the deadline to June 30, 2011.
Additionally, they requested to lower the minimum
construction cost requirements by $50 million. In
regards to the Baton Rouge development, the company
requested a deadline extension on October 2009 to
March 31, 2010.
According to the 2009 Pinnacle Annual Financial
Report the company indebtedness was $1.1 Billion. The
company states, “While we believe that we have
sufficient cash and cash-generating resources to meet our
debt service obligations during the next 12 months, it is uncertain in the future whether we will generate
sufficient cash flow from operations or through asset sales to meet our long-term debt service obligations.
Our present indebtedness and projected future borrowings could have important adverse consequences to
us.” During the fourth quarter of 2009, they listed their corporate jet for sale incurring an impairment
charge of $8.7 million as the carrying amount exceeded the actual fair value.
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Pinnacle reports that CEO Dan Lee resigned on November 7, 2009. A few months after former
CEO Dan Lee resigned, Pinnacle announced they decided to cancel the Sugarcane Bay project and
surrendered Louisiana’s last remaining gaming license (April 2010). The loss of the gaming license was
recorded as $11.5 million impairment cost and was removed from the company assets. The 2010 report
stated that 31% of the total Pinnacle company revenue is from L’Auberge Lake Charles (52% from
Louisiana).
In February 2011, Louisiana Gaming Control Board announced they “awarded” the last remaining
gaming license to Dan Lee (former Chairman and CEO of Pinnacle Entertainment) and his newly formed
privately-held company Creative Casinos. Dan Lee accepted the terms from the Port of Lake Charles for
the 234-acre lease and agreed to a $400 million contract for construction in order to build the titled Mojito
Pointe casino and resort.
Ameristar decided to purchase the rights of the last Louisiana gaming license from Dan Lee. The
cost of the acquisition was $32.5 million and assumption of the Port of Lake Charles 242-acre lease and
the $400 million maximum construction contract with W.G. Yates and Sons Construction Company.
$1.9 billion in debt would have contributing factor to Ameristar casino searching for a buyer for
approximately 5 years for the company. $1.9 billion in debt is also a contributing factor to the acts of
desperation to participate in questionable transfer of assets for proceeds.
Pinnacle decided to purchase Ameristar Casino for a deal worth approximately $2.8 Billion ($869
million in cash consideration and assuming $1.9 billion in debt). Upon completion of the sale on December
22, 2012, Pinnacle would operate five gaming properties in Louisiana. During 2013, Pinnacle recorded
$864.1 million of goodwill related to our acquisitions of Ameristar and Pinnacle Retama Partners, LLC
(page 82, Pinnacle 2014 Annual Financial Report). Goodwill consists of the excess of the acquisition cost
over the fair value of the net assets acquired in business combinations. Goodwill refers and indicates that
the carrying value may not be recoverable or the over payment of assets. Pinnacle accounting for 99.4%
of the cash considerations of the sale as “goodwill” speaks a bit on to “legitimacy” of the transaction.
Ameristar then contracted and retained Bergman, Walls & Associates as architect, Meyer & Associates as
the civil engineer and W.G. Yates & Sons as the general contractor.
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The purchase of a $32.5-million-dollar investment
and quick sale in a transaction for almost $3 billion in value
itself requires additional review due to it might be “too good
to be true.” There is almost a level of humor when a debt
ridden gaming company 41Tcoincidentally38T41T goes “all-in” and it
pays 100 times on the backs of the shareholders of a public
traded company. The seller in this transaction is more of a
private intermediary that questionably is the former CEO
that was “awarded” the license at the cost of a $50,000
application fee. Pinnacle 2011 reported revenues and debts
were $1.14 billion and $1.1 billion while Ameristar reported
$1.2 billion and $1.9 billion, respectively. Pinnacle said that
Ameristar invested $144.5 million into the Lake Charles
project over the 12 months that ended March 31, 2013. Ameristar previously disclosed that 2013 second
quarter capital spending of $84 million related to Lake Charles design and construction costs.
2013 Ameristar reported it has spent $213.9 million of the budgeted $580 million.
In July
Federal Trade Commission “FTC” began to investigate the transaction and released a complaint
that the Pinnacle acquisition of Ameristar would reduce competition, increase prices and lower quality for
casino customers in the Lake Charles area. To eliminate federal anti-trust issues, the FTC required that
Pinnacle sell the Lake Charles casino development and Luminere
Place Casino in St. Louis casino.
The FTC required Pinnacle to sell the Lake Charles casino
development to an approved buyer within six months or would be
required to sell L’Auberge Casino instead.
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The FTC required Pinnacle to sell the Luminere Place
casino to an approved buyer within six months or would be required
to sell Ameristar Casino Resort Spa St. Charles.
Pinnacle was so motivated to purchase back the gaming
license that it would not turn back even with all the obstacles the
FTC required. RBC Capital Markets gaming analyst John Kempf
said, “He expects Pinnacle won’t give up on the buyout, even if it
means disposing of two casinos, potentially at a loss.”
Golden Nugget purchased the Lake Charles casino
development and stated in the press they are investing nearly $600
million in the project. Golden Nugget paid total consideration equal
to all cash expenditures on the development up until the date of closing, and the assumption of all
outstanding payables related to the project at that time, less a $37 million credit. Ameristar previously
disclosed that through June 30, 2013, it had invested a total capital of $213.9 million in the Lake Charles
project, including the original purchase price, capital expenditures and escrow deposits. Pinnacle
financial reports state they received $209.8 million in cash considerations with $10 million to be paid by
Golden Nugget in July 2016.
Pinnacle completed the sale of Lumiere Place Casino for cash considerations of $260 million to
Tropicana Entertainment in April of 2014.
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In May 2015, Pinnacle confirmed that it is in talks to sell its real-estate assets to Gaming and
Leisure Properties “GLPI”. Pinnacle would then lease the land from GLPI, a real estate investment trust
that specializes in casino properties.
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Pinnacle used an un-identified spokesman to say, “Pinnacle’s board and management team are
committed to maximizing value for the benefit of Pinnacle shareholders.”
Pinnacle Shareholders will receive 0.85 shares of GLPI per Pinnacle Share and One Share of
OpCo. Initial rent paid by Pinnacle is $377 million. GLPI will acquire substantially all of Pinnacle’s real
estate assets in an all-stock transaction
Under the terms of the agreement, which was unanimously approved by both companies Board of
Directors, Pinnacle’s operating business and the real property of Belterra Park Gaming & Entertainment
will be spun off into a separately traded public company (“OpCo”) and the real estate assets held by the
remaining company (“PropCo”) will be acquired by GPLI. Pinnacle shareholders will receive a fixed
exchange ratio of 0.85 GLPI common shares per Pinnacle shareholders will also receive one share of
OpCo common stock for each share of Pinnacle the own.
Pinnacle shareholders will own 100% of OpCo and approximately 56 million shares in GLPI,
representing an approximate 27% equity interest in the larger, post-transaction GLPI. Pinnacle OpCo will
continue to own and operate other assets, including Belterra Park Gaming & Entertainment, the Heartland
Poker Tour, Pinnacle’s interest in Retama Park,
gaming licenses, gaming equipment as well as
approximately 450 acres of developable land,
principally in Lake Charles and Baton Rouge,
adjacent to real estate GLPI would acquire. 10-
year lease agreement with 5 subsequent, 5-year
extension periods at Pinnacle’s option.
Causes for termination by lessor include
lease payment default, bankruptcy and/or loss of gaming licenses. At the end of the lease term, Pinnacle
OpCo will be required to transfer the gaming assets (including the gaming licenses) to successor tenant
for fair market value.
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Year 1 rent of $377 million comprised fixed building rent of $289.2 million with annual escalators
(subject to minimum property-level EBITDAR rent coverage of 1.8x), fixed land rent of $43.9 million,
and percentage rent component for the facilities of $43.9 million reset every 2 years equal to 4% of the
excess (if any) of the average net revenue for such facilities for the trailing two years over a baseline.
Calcasieu Parish District Attorney John DeRosier upon his re-election year and during the
campaign periods used budgets from public funds to install over 20 billboards all featuring his image and
name in large font. Upon comparison on previous (non-campaign) years it may give an appearance of
self-promotion and self-interest of personal campaign reasons. The voluminous amount of
advertisements and significant increase in DA marketing spending during the campaign months of 2014
seems to extremely challenge ethical standards and perhaps cross into legal areas.
One of the billboards in particular seems to cross further ethical areas. On September 8, 2014, the
District Attorney’s office installed a billboard LA00 (Left hand/ eastbound reader). The order was placed
with J&J Outdoor Advertising and invoiced $1,200 to the District Attorney’s office on September 8, 2014
(Inv #JJ092014) (September 9, 2014 – October 5, 2014). On October 6, 2014, the same billboard the
rental changed to $6,254 and was then changed to pay L’Auberge casino instead. So, the cost to tax payers
increased over $5k every month for the same exact billboard. The L’Auberge casino does not typically
engage in the billboard rental industry. L’Auberge casino billboard rental price of $6,254 for one billboard
per month is suspiciously higher than real billboard company’s charges for billboard on Interstate 10.
Predatory Lending then Extortion Collections
Further questionable information is that the Calcasieu Parish District Attorney’s office assists
L’Auberge Casino with collection of casino loans by filing criminal charges of writing bad checks. By
CPDA prosecuting unsecured loans provided to gamblers for the purpose of gambling against a house
edge as criminal charges instead of debt collections may be a reason for the casino’s interest in the reelection
campaign of current District Attorney John DeRosier.
Pinnacle extends casino credit to approved customers in states where it is permitted following
background checks and investigations of creditworthiness. Accounts receivable are non-interest bearing
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and are initially recorded at cost. They have estimated an allowance for doubtful accounts of $4.7 million
and $2.8 million of Dec 2011 and 2010, respectively, to reduce receivables to their carrying amount, which
approximated fair value. The allowance for doubtful accounts is estimated based upon, among other
things, collection experience, customer credit evaluations and the age of the receivables. Bad debt expense
totaled $2.9 million, $1.1 million, and $2.2 million the years ended Dec 2011, 2010, and 2009 respectively.
As of December 31, 2014, Pinnacle has indebtedness of approximately $4.0 billion.
L’Auberge’s response on being paid $12,490 in Public Funds for 1 billboard from the Calcasieu
Parish District Attorney's Office during the time of John DeRosier’s Re-Election Campaign. L’Auberge
said it was “technically” paid for by public funds of the Calcasieu District Attorney’s Office, but they felt
it was supplemental to John DeRosier’s personal Re-election Campaign for District Attorney." L’Auberge
invoiced the billboard because they were just, "doing what they were told to do.
Calcasieu Parish District Attorney John DeRosier accepted $45,000.00 in campaign contributions
from Lester Langley (individually), Langley, Williams & Company, and other associated business
partners and spouses. Langley, Williams & Company is the official auditor and certified public
accountants that examine financial statements of the Calcasieu Parish District Attorney “CPDA” and
Calcasieu Parish Sherriff Department “CPSO”.
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An independent auditor’s main role is to ensure the integrity of the auditing process and to avoid
conflicts of interest that may be public appearances of impropriety. Auditors betray society and corrupt
the election process by receiving public funded tax revenues and laundry or convert money into private
funds funneled back into campaign accounts of elected officials that are decision makers of the business
used for the public contract.
It is a conflict of interest at best that the local mainstream press is the largest campaign donor of
the District Attorney and also the official public auditing contractor providing accounting services to
Calcasieu Parish’s District Attorney’ office.
Public servants and administrators of justice are expected to uphold the highest moral and ethical
standards and not to use the position’s powers to erode public trust and compromise the integrity of the
justice system. "A public official who steals from the very people that elected him is one of the worst
types of criminals," said state Attorney General Buddy Caldwell. "It is especially egregious when it is a
trusted member of the law enforcement community. My office will continue to prosecute criminals
regardless of who they are or what position they might hold." Attorney General Buddy Caldwell said.
In April 2015, the FBI launched a campaign to root out public corruption “Public officials who are
entrusted with authority are expected to serve their constituents and communities with integrity and honor.
Greed and self-interest have no place in public service,” John Adams, FBI Special Agent. “The FBI is
uniquely positioned to rude out pubic corruption and we will continue to expose public officials who
undermine the integrity of our government, but we cannot do it alone,”
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Derosier Campaign Summary Summary
2005 Prim 11/12 Gen 12/10
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total
Donations $50.00 $10,500.00 $15,160.40 $26,600.00 $32,837.39 $17,378.48 $33,748.83 $55,600.00 $13,308.00 $157,982.16 $94,223.38 $457,388.64
Expenses $353.25 $14,445.69 $19,918.00 $10,824.46 $17,704.06 $11,279.45 $71,582.88 $35,307.31 $74,516.40 $142,891.83 $398,823.33
Loans $30,000.00 $30,000.00
Net $0.00 $50.00 $10,146.75 $714.71 $6,682.00 $22,012.93 -$325.58 $22,469.38 -$15,982.88 $8,000.69 $83,465.76 -$48,668.45 $88,565.31
Balance (end) $0.00 $50.00 $10,196.75 $10,911.46 $17,593.46 $39,606.39 $39,280.81 $61,750.19 $45,767.31 $53,768.00 $137,233.76 $88,565.31
2006
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total
Donations $3,108.02 $2,689.00 $1,100.47 $4,000.00 $35,630.00 $7,400.00 $1,300.00 $800.00 $2,471.76 $58,499.25
Expenses $3,427.01 $1,149.00 $8,233.38 $2,072.00 $845.00 $3,280.83 $19,234.48 $3,761.23 $1,193.00 $2,037.49 $2,615.60 $2,467.09 $50,316.11
Loans $10,300.00 $10,300.00
Net -$318.99 -$1,149.00 -$5,544.38 -$971.53 $3,155.00 $32,349.17 -$11,834.48 -$2,461.23 -$1,193.00 -$2,037.49 $8,484.40 $4.67 $18,483.14
Balance (end) $88,246.32 $87,097.32 $81,552.94 $80,581.41 $83,736.41 $116,085.58 $104,251.10 $101,789.87 $100,596.87 $98,559.38 $107,043.78 $107,048.45
2007
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total
Donations $22,950.00 $78,535.00 $42,800.00 $750.00 $750.00 $16,250.00 $13,100.00 $1,000.00 $176,135.00
Expenses $2,264.18 $700.00 $2,597.10 $10,371.83 $7,441.70 $1,407.54 $3,185.15 $807.00 $3,968.50 $6,269.35 $8,977.28 $3,888.95 $51,878.58
Net -$2,264.18 $22,250.00 $75,937.90 $32,428.17 -$6,691.70 -$657.54 -$3,185.15 -$807.00 -$3,968.50 $9,980.65 $4,122.72 -$2,888.95 $124,256.42
Balance (end) $104,784.27 $127,034.27 $202,972.17 $235,400.34 $228,708.64 $228,051.10 $224,865.95 $224,058.95 $220,090.45 $230,071.10 $234,193.82 $231,304.87
2008 Prim 10/4 No Gen
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total
Donations $1,000.00 $3,000.00 $58,250.00 $99,650.00 $4,350.00 $3,500.00 $8,970.00 $44,832.74 $34,300.00 $32,764.80 $4,158.68 $950.00 $295,726.22
Expenses $5,589.63 $4,764.44 $12,108.84 $17,141.46 $5,731.03 $29,473.46 $38,305.72 $31,560.92 $96,795.03 $46,780.45 $19,813.34 $18,987.05 $327,051.37
Net -$4,589.63 -$1,764.44 $46,141.16 $82,508.54 -$1,381.03 -$25,973.46 -$29,335.72 $13,271.82 -$62,495.03 -$14,015.65 -$15,654.66 -$18,037.05 -$31,325.15
Balance (end) $226,715.24 $224,950.80 $271,091.96 $353,600.50 $352,219.47 $326,246.01 $296,910.29 $310,182.11 $247,687.08 $233,671.43 $218,016.77 $199,979.72
2009
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total
Donations $170.00 $1,000.00 $66,004.78 $6,460.00 $275.00 $500.00 $74,239.78
Expenses $3,800.34 $5,391.49 $3,660.88 $5,360.77 $6,977.95 $4,974.36 $6,017.84 $8,418.48 $29,589.10 $3,547.64 $3,683.17 $12,020.48 $93,442.50
Net -$3,630.34 -$5,391.49 -$3,660.88 -$5,360.77 -$6,977.95 -$4,974.36 -$6,017.84 -$7,418.48 $36,415.68 $2,912.36 -$3,408.17 -$11,520.48 -$19,202.72
Balance (end) $196,349.38 $190,957.89 $187,297.01 $181,936.24 $174,958.29 $169,983.93 $163,966.09 $156,547.61 $192,963.29 $195,875.65 $192,467.48 $180,947.00
2010
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total
Donations $100.00 $1,000.00 $1,000.00 $1,000.00 $1,050.00 $1,962.89 $6,112.89
Expenses $2,443.38 $2,820.85 $3,868.63 $5,848.22 $2,546.37 $4,505.33 $11,097.80 $4,079.88 $4,909.67 $3,047.96 $6,850.15 $5,023.11 $57,041.35
Net -$2,343.38 -$2,820.85 -$3,868.63 -$5,848.22 -$2,546.37 -$3,505.33 -$10,097.80 -$4,079.88 -$4,909.67 -$2,047.96 -$5,800.15 -$3,060.22 -$50,928.46
Balance (end) $178,603.62 $175,782.77 $171,914.14 $166,065.92 $163,519.55 $160,014.22 $149,916.42 $145,836.54 $140,926.87 $138,878.91 $133,078.76 $130,018.54
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Derosier Campaign Summary Summary
2011
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total
Donations $15.00 $7,500.00 $38,150.00 $84,645.45 $10,000.00 $1,000.00 $161.17 $141,471.62
Expenses $1,936.05 $1,954.66 $7,657.45 $14,999.28 $6,195.36 $3,898.27 $855.08 $2,108.11 $3,042.88 $5,162.47 $7,677.32 $2,679.13 $58,166.06
Net -$1,921.05 $5,545.34 $30,492.55 $69,646.17 $3,804.64 -$3,898.27 $144.92 -$2,108.11 -$3,042.88 -$5,162.47 -$7,516.15 -$2,679.13 $83,305.56
Balance (end) $128,097.49 $133,642.83 $164,135.38 $233,781.55 $237,586.19 $233,687.92 $233,832.84 $231,724.73 $228,681.85 $223,519.38 $216,003.23 $213,324.10
2012
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total
Donations $100.00 $100.00
Expenses $3,203.55 $2,500.18 $4,546.71 $1,369.99 $3,707.45 $1,904.17 $1,560.58 $1,668.99 $2,069.85 $3,855.40 $6,439.90 $7,775.69 $40,602.46
Net -$3,203.55 -$2,500.18 -$4,546.71 -$1,369.99 -$3,707.45 -$1,904.17 -$1,460.58 -$1,668.99 -$2,069.85 -$3,855.40 -$6,439.90 -$7,775.69 -$40,502.46
Balance (end) $210,120.55 $207,620.37 $203,073.66 $201,703.67 $197,996.22 $196,092.05 $194,631.47 $192,962.48 $190,892.63 $187,037.23 $180,597.33 $172,821.64
2013
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total
Donations $22,800.00 $86,952.00 $7,800.00 $8.78 $508.36 $8.85 $9.85 $9.70 $809.17 $109.36 $119,016.07
Expenses $3,082.94 $3,420.98 $3,908.23 $25,731.51 $5,882.74 $3,637.84 $2,032.75 $3,521.15 $1,121.80 $3,272.82 $5,988.91 $8,173.16 $69,774.83
Net -$3,082.94 -$3,420.98 $18,891.77 $61,220.49 $1,917.26 -$3,629.06 -$1,524.39 -$3,512.30 -$1,111.95 -$3,263.12 -$5,179.74 -$8,063.80 $49,241.24
Balance (end) $169,738.70 $166,317.72 $185,209.49 $246,429.98 $248,347.24 $244,718.18 $243,193.79 $239,681.49 $238,569.54 $235,306.42 $230,126.68 $222,062.88
2014 Prim 11/4 No Gen
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total
Donations $7.10 $5.39 $31,806.62 $52,458.62 $18,510.50 $8,177.93 $9.32 $4,708.79 $55,362.81 $100,422.60 $12,955.26 $3,654.01 $288,078.95
Expenses $22,336.42 $7,463.45 $3,789.03 $29,624.36 $16,078.86 $13,956.58 $8,510.88 $12,127.32 $40,073.63 $122,697.46 $38,656.83 $13,920.11 $329,234.93
Net -$22,329.32 -$7,458.06 $28,017.59 $22,834.26 $2,431.64 -$5,778.65 -$8,501.56 -$7,418.53 $15,289.18 -$22,274.86 -$25,701.57 -$10,266.10 -$41,155.98
Balance (end) $199,733.56 $192,275.50 $220,293.09 $243,127.35 $245,558.99 $239,780.34 $231,278.78 $223,860.25 $239,149.43 $216,874.57 $191,173.00 $180,906.90
Total Total
Donations $1,616,768.42
Expenses $1,476,331.52
Loans $40,300.00
Net $140,436.90
Balance (end) $180,736.90
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LOUISIANA RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT
Rule 8.4. Misconduct It is professional misconduct for a lawyer to:
Rule 8.4. Misconduct It is professional misconduct for a lawyer to:
(a) Violate or attempt to violate the Rules of Professional Conduct, knowingly assist or
induce another to do so, or do so through the acts of another;
(b) Commit a criminal act especially one that reflects adversely on the lawyer’s honesty,
trustworthiness or fitness as a lawyer in other respects;
(c) Engage in conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit or misrepresentation;
(d) Engage in conduct that is prejudicial to the administration of justice;
With amendments through 1/13/2015. 54
(e) State or imply an ability to influence improperly a judge, judicial officer, governmental
agency or official or to achieve results by means that violate the Rules of Professional
Conduct or other law;
(f) Knowingly assist a judge or judicial officer in conduct that is a violation of applicable
Rules of Judicial Conduct or other law; or
(g) Threaten to present criminal or disciplinary charges solely to obtain an advantage in a
civil matter.
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RS 14:122
§122. Public intimidation and retaliation
A. Public intimidation is the use of violence, force, or threats upon any of the
following persons, with the intent to influence his conduct in relation to his position,
employment, or duty:
(1) Public officer or public employee.
(2) Grand or petit juror.
(3) Witness, or person about to be called as a witness upon a trial or other
proceeding before any court, board or officer authorized to hear evidence or to take
testimony.
(4) Voter or election official at any general, primary, or special election.
(5) School bus operator.
B. Retaliation against an elected official is the use of violence, force, or threats
upon a person who is elected to public office, where:
(1) The violence, force, or threat is related to the duties of the elected official.
(2) Is in retaliation or retribution for actions taken by the elected official as part of
his official duties.
C. Whoever commits the crime of public intimidation or retaliation against an
elected official shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned, with or
without hard labor, for not more than five years, or both.
Amended by Acts 1979, No. 479, §1; Acts 2003, No. 1089, §2.
RS 14:126.4
§126.4. False certification of arrest documents
No person shall intentionally certify a false report required under the provisions of R.S.
32:666(B). Any person who violates the provisions of this Section shall be fined not more than
five hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.
Acts 2008, No. 240, §2.
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RS 14:133
§133. Filing or maintaining false public records
A. Filing false public records is the filing or depositing for record in any public office or
with any public official, or the maintaining as required by law, regulation, or rule, with
knowledge of its falsity, of any of the following:
(1) Any forged document.
(2) Any wrongfully altered document.
(3) Any document containing a false statement or false representation of a material fact.
B. The good faith inclusion of any item of cost on a Medical Assistance Program cost
report which is later determined by audit to be non-reimbursable under state and federal
regulations shall be an affirmative defense to a violation of this Section.
C.(1) Whoever commits the crime of filing false public records shall be imprisoned for
not more than five years with or without hard labor or shall be fined not more than five thousand
dollars, or both.
(2) In addition to the penalty provided for in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, a person
convicted of the provisions of this Section may be ordered to pay restitution to the state if the
state suffered a loss as a result of the offense. Restitution shall include the payment of legal
interest at the rate provided in R.S. 13:4202.
Amended by Acts 1980, No. 454, §1; Acts 1982, No. 676, §1; Acts 1992, No. 539, §1;
Acts 1995, No. 787, §1; Acts 2010, No. 811, §1, eff. Aug. 15, 2011.
RS 14:126.2
§126.2. False statements concerning denial of constitutional rights
A. No person shall wilfully and knowingly, whether orally or in writing, make or cause
to be made to any agency, board, commission, member, officer, official, appointee, employee or
representative thereof, of the executive, legislative, or judicial department of the United States or
any subdivision thereof, which may be now in existence, or who may be now appointed, or
hereafter created or appointed, including but not limited to any commissioner, referee, or voting
referee now appointed or who may be hereafter appointed by any court of the United States or
any judge thereof, and further including but not limited to any member of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation and any agent or representative, investigator, or member of the Commission of
Civil Rights of the United States, or the Advisory Committee or Board of the Commission of
Civil Rights of the United States appointed in and for the state of Louisiana, any false or
fictitious or fraudulent statement or statements, or to use any false writing or document asserting
or claiming that such person or persons, or any other person or persons have been or are about to
be denied or deprived of any right, privilege, or immunity granted or secured to them, or to any
of them, by the United States Constitution and laws, or by the Louisiana Constitution and laws,
by any officer, agency, employee, representative, board or commission or any member thereof of
the state of Louisiana, or of any parish or municipality of the state of Louisiana, or of any other
political subdivision of the state of Louisiana, or by the state of Louisiana.
B. Any person or persons violating the provisions of this Section shall, upon conviction
thereof, be punished by imprisonment for not less than one year nor more than five years with or
without hard labor, or by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than one thousand
dollars or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Added by Acts 1960, No. 68, §1; Acts 2014, No. 791, §7.
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RS 14:124
§124. Inconsistent statements; perjury
A. It shall constitute perjury whenever any person, having taken an oath required by law,
or made an equivalent affirmation, swears or affirms any fact or state of facts material to the
issue or question in controversy; and thereafter in the same or other proceedings, where such
matter is material to the issue or question in controversy, swears or affirms in a manner
materially contradictory of or inconsistent with his former sworn or affirmed statement. It shall
not be necessary for the prosecution, in such case, to show which of the contradictory or
inconsistent statements was false; but it shall be an affirmative defense that at the time he made
them, the accused honestly believed both statements to be true.
B. This Section shall be applicable only in cases where at least one of the contradictory
or inconsistent statements was made in, or for use in, a judicial proceeding or a proceeding
before a board or official wherein such board or official is authorized to take testimony.
Acts 2014, No. 791, §7.
RS 14:134
SUBPART F. OFFICIAL MISCONDUCT AND
CORRUPT PRACTICES
§134. Malfeasance in office
A. Malfeasance in office is committed when any public officer or public employee shall:
(1) Intentionally refuse or fail to perform any duty lawfully required of him, as such
officer or employee; or
(2) Intentionally perform any such duty in an unlawful manner; or
(3) Knowingly permit any other public officer or public employee, under his authority, to
intentionally refuse or fail to perform any duty lawfully required of him, or to perform any such
duty in an unlawful manner.
B. Any duty lawfully required of a public officer or public employee when delegated by
him to a public officer or public employee shall be deemed to be a lawful duty of such public
officer or employee. The delegation of such lawful duty shall not relieve the public officer or
employee of his lawful duty.
C.(1) Whoever commits the crime of malfeasance in office shall be imprisoned for not
more than five years with or without hard labor or shall be fined not more than five thousand
dollars, or both.
(2) In addition to the penalty provided for in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, a person
convicted of the provisions of this Section may be ordered to pay restitution to the state if the
state suffered a loss as a result of the offense. Restitution shall include the payment of legal
interest at the rate provided in R.S. 13:4202.
Amended by Acts 1980, No. 454, §1; Acts 2002, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 128, §6; Acts 2010,
No. 811, §1, eff. Aug. 15, 2011.
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RS 14:134.2
§134.2. Malfeasance in office; tampering with evidence
§134.2. Malfeasance in office; tampering with evidence
A. It shall be unlawful and constitute malfeasance in office for a peace officer to
tamper with evidence.
(1) For purposes of this Section, a "peace officer" shall be defined as a
commissioned state, parish, or municipal police officer, a sheriff, or a deputy sheriff.
(2) For purposes of this Section, "tampering with evidence" is the intentional
alteration, movement, removal, or addition of any object or substance when the peace
officer:
(a) Knows or has good reason to believe that such object or substance will be the
subject of any investigation by state, local, or federal law enforcement officers, and
(b) Acts with the intent of distorting the results of such an investigation.
B. Whoever violates this Section shall be fined not more than ten thousand
dollars, or be imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than three years, or
both.
Acts 1984, No. 566, §1.
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RS 14:134
§134. Malfeasance in office
SUBPART F. OFFICIAL MISCONDUCT AND
CORRUPT PRACTICES
§134. Malfeasance in office
A. Malfeasance in office is committed when any public officer or public employee shall:
(1) Intentionally refuse or fail to perform any duty lawfully required of him, as such
officer or employee; or
(2) Intentionally perform any such duty in an unlawful manner; or
(3) Knowingly permit any other public officer or public employee, under his authority, to
intentionally refuse or fail to perform any duty lawfully required of him, or to perform any such
duty in an unlawful manner.
B. Any duty lawfully required of a public officer or public employee when delegated by
him to a public officer or public employee shall be deemed to be a lawful duty of such public
officer or employee. The delegation of such lawful duty shall not relieve the public officer or
employee of his lawful duty.
C.(1) Whoever commits the crime of malfeasance in office shall be imprisoned for not
more than five years with or without hard labor or shall be fined not more than five thousand
dollars, or both.
(2) In addition to the penalty provided for in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, a person
convicted of the provisions of this Section may be ordered to pay restitution to the state if the
state suffered a loss as a result of the offense. Restitution shall include the payment of legal
interest at the rate provided in R.S. 13:4202.
Amended by Acts 1980, No. 454, §1; Acts 2002, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 128, §6; Acts 2010,
No. 811, §1, eff. Aug. 15, 2011.
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RS 51:2256
§2256. Conspiracy to violate human rights and discrimination laws
It shall be an unlawful practice for an employer as defined in R.S. 23:302 to conspire:
(1) To retaliate or discriminate in any manner against a person because he has opposed a
practice declared unlawful by this Chapter or by Chapter 3-A of Title 23 of the Louisiana
Revised Statutes of 1950, or because he has made a charge, filed a complaint, testified, assisted,
or participated in any manner in any investigation, proceeding, or hearing under this Chapter or
by Chapter 3-A of Title 23 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.
(2) To aid, abet, incite, compel, or coerce a person to engage in any of the acts or
practices declared unlawful by this Chapter or by Chapter 3-A of Title 23 of the Louisiana
Revised Statutes of 1950.
(3) To obstruct or prevent a person from complying with the provisions of this Chapter
or by Chapter 3-A of Title 23 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 or any order issued
thereunder.
(4) To resist, prevent, impede, or interfere with the commission, or any of its members or
representatives, in the lawful performance of duty under this Chapter or by Chapter 3-A of Title
23 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.
Acts 1988, No. 886, §1; Acts 2014, No. 756, §1.
RS 29:181
§181. Article 81. Conspiracy
Any person subject to this code who conspires with any other person to commit an
offense under this code shall, if one or more of the conspirators does an act to effect the
object of the conspiracy, be punished as a court-martial may direct.
Acts 1974, No. 621, §1.
RS 14:26
§26. Criminal conspiracy
A. Criminal conspiracy is the agreement or combination of two or more persons for the
specific purpose of committing any crime; provided that an agreement or combination to commit
a crime shall not amount to a criminal conspiracy unless, in addition to such agreement or
combination, one or more of such parties does an act in furtherance of the object of the
agreement or combination.
B. If the intended basic crime has been consummated, the conspirators may be tried for
either the conspiracy or the completed offense, and a conviction for one shall not bar prosecution
for the other.
C. Whoever is a party to a criminal conspiracy to commit any crime shall be fined or
imprisoned, or both, in the same manner as for the offense contemplated by the conspirators;
provided, however, whoever is a party to a criminal conspiracy to commit a crime punishable by
death or life imprisonment shall be imprisoned at hard labor for not more than thirty years.
D. Whoever is a party to a criminal conspiracy to commit any other crime shall be fined
or imprisoned, or both, in the same manner as for the offense contemplated by the conspirators;
but such fine or imprisonment shall not exceed one-half of the largest fine, or one-half the
longest term of imprisonment prescribed for such offense, or both.
Amended by Acts 1977, No. 538, §1; Acts 2013, No. 220, §4, eff. June 11, 2013.
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Posted: Aug 27, 2015 8:15 PM CDT
Updated: Oct 26, 2015 8:15 PM CDT
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'Mad Max:
Fury Road' ...
LAKE CHARLES, LA (KPLC) - An appeals court overturned a district court judge's decision to
to hold a local attorney in contempt of court.
In April, Judge Guy Bradberry held Christian Chesson in contempt of court for videotaping
a court hearing in February. Bradberry made his ruling on April 28 after throwing Chesson
in jail on April 27 for showing up late to the originally scheduled hearing. The Third Circuit
Court of Appeal also stepped in in that situation, overturning Bradberry and letting
Chesson out of jail that afternoon.
High court's
Chesson ran for District Attorney election-year in November, losing to incumbent John DeRosier.
lineup rich ...
Judges Gene Thibodeaux and Sylvia Cooks overturned Bradberry's contempt ruling, while
Judge Elizabeth Pickett dissented. To read the Third Circuit's opinion, click HERE.
In it's opinion, the Third Circuit lists discrepancies in the date. Chesson was not present
for the Jan. 27 rape sentencing upon which Bradberry based his findings. There was no
evidence that Chesson recorded a rape victim at a Feb. 27 hearing, when Bradberry said
the recording took place. There was also no evidence that Chesson was present in court
on Jan. 12, the date listed on the motion ordering the contempt of court hearing.
On Feb. 23, when Chesson was in court, Bradberry discussed the matter at the bench, but
"nothing indicates, and it is not alleged, Mr. Chesson took any pictures or used his cell
phone after the judge spoke to him about the matter," the opinion reads.
Bradberry did not alert the courtroom that picture-taking and videoing was not
allowed, nor did he ask to see Chesson's cell phone to see if there were pictures of the
victim or the courtroom, the opinions reads.
The Third Circuit also said Chesson was not given proper notice nor was he or his lawyer
allowed to participate in the April 28 contempt of court hearing.
"Further, even if the allegation of contempt had tooth, Mr. Chesson was not accorded his
right to due process," the appeals judges said.
"Accordingly, the trial court's ruling of direct contempt is reversed and the unlawful
sentence imposed is vacated."
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CALCASIEU PARISH, LA (KPLC) - It was big news when Lake area attorney Christian
Chesson was hauled away and put in jail for contempt of court.
Now, he wants equal attention for the appeal court decision he considers vindication.
The courthouse was abuzz when Chesson was hauled away in handcuffs after being late
to a hearing for allegedly taking pictures in a court hearing. Chesson ran in a hotly
contested race for Calcasieu District Attorney last year.
But now the Third Circuit Court has reversed Judge Guy Bradberry's ruling of direct
contempt and, in the court's words, the unlawful sentence has been vacated.
"I think it's important because there may be people out there that think, well, it was a
technicality that he got off on a technicality or, he's a lawyer and he got preferential
treatment, said Attorney John Green, who is speaking for Chesson. "No. It's important to
Mr. Chesson that his rights were violated and that the court found he was not even in
court on the days in question, and that the sentence against him was unlawful."
Luke Bryan,
"The procedures were flawed Demi in this Lovato, way. There were statements relied upon by the judge
that were not produced and Wiz Mr. Khalifa Chesson ... didn't have a right to cross examine those
people. That's No. 1. No. 2, the maximum sentence that the judge could give to Mr.
Chesson was, I believe, 24 hours in jail. He gave him 72. And so both of those things, the
procedure was a violation of due process and the sentence was very excessive," said
Green.
Green pointed out the Third Circuit ruling finds that Chesson's rights were violated and
that Chesson was not in the courtroom on the days in question. Plus the court
found there was no evidence Chesson tried to or actually recorded video of a rape victim
at sentencing hearing.
"There's no proof that he recorded or took a picture or video. So that was a very
important ruling, there was no proof that that happened. And as far as him being late, he
was late, but putting a person in jail for that is almost unheard of. Putting a lawyer in jail
for that is almost unheard of."
Green saids Chesson had no intent to be disrespectful toward the court.
The three-judge panel voted 2 to 1 in favor of Chesson.
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6/A6
A6 AMERICAN PRESS TuESdAy, APRIl 28, 2015
Crime brieFs /
Arrests
meth found during
traffic stop
A traffic stop for no seat
belt use Saturday resulted in
the arrest of a Lake Charles
man.
Jeff Davis Sheriff ’s deputies
observed the driver and
a passenger of a vehicle not
wearing seat belts and stopped
the vehicle on Newcomer
Road and La. 383, according to
Criminal Investigations Division
Commander Chris Ivey.
During an interview with
the driver, David Wayne
Ramirez, 38, of 636 Belle Road,
deputies observed suspected
narcotics on the floorboard of
the vehicle.
A consent to search was
obtained and deputies found
crystal methamphetamine in
the vehicle.
Ramirez was arrested and
charged with possession of
methamphetamine. He is
being held in the Jeff Davis
Parish Jail without bond.
CpSO to conduct
seatbelt checkpoint
The Calcasieu Parish Sheriff
’s Office will be conducting
a seatbelt checkpoint at an
undisclosed location in the
parish on Thursday, April 30.
This checkpoint will target
individuals who are not wearing
their seatbelt.
The checkpoint is funded by
the Louisiana Highway Safety
Commission.
l
The Calcasieu Parish Sheriff
’s Office reports the following
arrests:
Leonard Smith, 27, 1035 13th
St.: domestic abuse battery,
pregnant victim; simple criminal
damage to property less than
$500. Bond: $6,000.
Joyes Harrison, 33, 1216 ST.
John St.: theft $500 to $1500;
monetary instrument abuse;
criminal trespass; possession
of a controlled dangerous substance.
Bond: $16,000.
Christopher Davies, 25, 1105
S. 15th St., Nederland, Texas:
armed robbery. Bond: $50,000.
Anthony Bushnell, 29, 1809
6th Ave.: domestic abuse battery.
Bond: $15,000.
FROm pAge A1 l NATION
Former DA candidate late for contempt hearing
By Johnathan manning
jmanning@americanpress.com
A local lawyer and former
candidate for District Attorney
in Calcasieu Parish
was arrested Monday after
he showed up late for his own
contempt of court hearing.
The 8:30 a.m. hearing was
expected to revolve around
whether Christian Chesson
had used a video or audio
recording device during a
courtroom proceeding on Jan.
15. Recording district court
proceedings is prohibited.
Because Judge Guy Bradberry
did not set bond, Chesson
was expected to be held
overnight. However, the Third
Circuit Court of Appeals
granted a writ allowing Chesson
to be released Monday evening,
his attorney John Green
said. Chesson was released at
7:12 p.m.
Chesson ran for District
Attorney in the fall, losing to
incumbent John DeRosier.
When Chesson was not at
the courthouse at 8:30 a.m.,
Judge Guy Bradberry first
temporarily passed the hearing,
then, shortly before 9
a.m., issued an arrest warrant.
Chesson arrived around 9:15
a.m., his attorney, Green, said.
The hearing was reset for
8:30 a.m. today, according to
the deputy clerk of court.
Chesson believed the
contempt hearing started at 9
a.m., Green said. Beyond that,
Green said he did not know
why Chesson was late.
“Sometimes we’re late to
court, it happens,” Green said.
“He should have called ahead
of time, for sure.”
Green said he believes
Chesson should have been given
a chance to explain himself
at a hearing, rather than being
immediately arrested when he
walked into court.
“Sometimes they’ll issue
a warrant and they’ll let the
person come in and answer to
it,” Green said. “That’s usually
how it’s done, but in this
case, he was just handcuffed
in front of a bunch of people,
straight to the back, then to
the Calcasieu Correctional
Center.”
Green said that he had
heard of others who were late
being held in the back of the
Associated Press
Defense attorneys timothy Watkins, left, and David bruck arrive at federal court on monday in
boston during the penalty phase of the federal trial of Dzhokhar tsarnaev, who was convicted
of the boston marathon bombings that killed three and injured 260 people in April 2013.
courthouse, then released, but
had not heard of anyone else
who was taken into custody.
“(Bradberry) may have
been frustrated with Mr. Chesson
for being late, I would be
speculating on that,” Green
said. “I just know that it’s not
correct. It’s not proper.
“Let’s assume he was late
and was in contempt, he’s
still entitled to a hearing as to
why he was late and whether
he should have been held in
contempt for it. Everybody is
entitled to that.”
Green said he believes the
matter will be settled.
“Judge Bradberry is a very
fair guy,” Green said. “I don’t
know what has happened here,
but we’ll get to the bottom of
it. He’s always been very fair
as far as my dealings with
him.”
The arrest comes on the
heels of a lawsuit out of Texas
that names Chesson as one of
several family members accused
of running a “diploma
mill” in Houston.
Chesson defended the
school, Parkview Home
School, run by his family, but
said he had no affiliation with
the school.
A Texas judge last week issued
a temporary restraining
order against Parkview Home
School, according to Houston
media reports. The school’s
assets and bank accounts were
frozen, and the school was ordered
to refrain from advertising
itself as a home school or a
high school.
lawyer pleads for
Tsarnaev’s life
By The Associated Press
BOSTON — Boston Marathon
bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s
lawyers pleaded with a
jury Monday to spare his life,
portraying him as “a good kid”
who was led down the path to
terrorism by his increasingly
fanatical older brother.
David Bruck delivered the
defense’s opening statement in
the penalty phase of Tsarnaev’s
trial, saying there is no
punishment Tsarnaev can get
that would be equal to the suffering
of the bombing victims.
“There is no evening the
scales,” Bruck said. “There is
no point in trying to hurt him
as he hurt because it can’t be
done.”
Tsarnaev, 21, was convicted
earlier this month in the twin
bombings that killed three
spectators and wounded more
than 260 other people near the
marathon’s finish line on April
15, 2013. He was also found
guilty of killing an MIT police
officer during the Tsarnaev
brothers’ getaway attempt.
This stage of the trial
will determine whether he is
‘there is no evening
the scales. there is
no point in trying to
hurt him as he hurt
because it can’t be
done.’
David Bruck
defense attorney
executed, as prosecutors are
demanding, or spends the rest
of his life behind bars, the
sentence Bruck urged the jury
to impose.
“His legal case will be over
for good, and no martyrdom,
just years and years of punishment,”
the lawyer said. “All the
while, society is protected.”
Bruck focused heavily on
Tsarnaev’s now-dead older
brother, Tamerlan, depicting
him as a volatile figure who
led the plot. He said Tamerlan
was “consumed by jihad” and
had “power” over an admiring
Dzhokhar.
TRAIN
Continued from A1
Wilcut said. She said that by
5:30 p.m., nearly 60 flights had
been canceled and 65 delayed.
High winds blew rail cars
off the Huey P. Long Bridge,
and the storm caused power
failures at more than 200,000
homes and businesses from
Leesville in the west to the
New Orleans metro area in
the east. Power had been
restored to more than 55,000
customers by midafternoon.
Five rail cars carrying 10
freight containers fell from
the bridge outside New Orleans,
Union Pacific Railroad
spokesman Jeff DeGraff
said. “They were all doublestacked,”
he said.
He said the train was
moved Monday evening, but
The National Weather
Service reported a 70 mph
wind gust at the New Orleans
airport.
“According to the crew,
they were on the downslope
of the bridge heading off
LOCAL
Continued from A1
also dismissed early because
of power outages.
The majority of Beauregard
Parish schools were also
closed.
the bridge and were working
on pulling off onto a siding.
Before they could get to that
siding, ... the five cars were
blown off of the back end,”
DeGraff said. “They were
moving very slowly because
they were looking to pull into
a siding and being cautious at
the weather.”
A video by WGNO-TV, taken
through a windshield into
driving rain, shows a doublestacked
freight container tilting,
then apparently pulling
over the cars just ahead of
and behind it. The big, rectangular
containers fall ponderously
to the ground, followed
by the flat, wheeled platforms
that had carried them. There
is a bright flash as one car
lands, followed almost immediately
by a shower of sparks
from a nearby power pole.
The flash was from a power
line the containers or cars
brought down; it did not start
a fire, DeGraff said.
None of the containers
held hazardous cargo, nobody
was injured and the cars did
not land on any vehicles or
businesses, DeGraff said.
Trees blew down across
south Louisiana, the weather
service reported. One hit a
house but residents got out
safely, Thibodaux police said.
In New Orleans, a crew
working to shore up a house
got out just before it collapsed,
WVUE-TV reported.
Entergy Louisiana, the
state’s largest power company,
reported more than 174,300
customers without power
at one point. Cleco reported
nearly 24,400, Swepco 10,000
and the Washington-St.
Tammany Electric Cooperative
nearly 4,200. More than
140,000 were still without
power at midafternoon.
Only 100 or so customers
at Washington-St. Tammany
Electric Cooperative
lost power during the rain,
operations manager Michael
Stafford said.
“Once the rain passed, we
started getting tremendous
winds. There was no rain, but
the ground was saturated,
and trees started falling,” he
said.
Johnathan Brazzell, a
meteorologist with the National
Weather Service in Lake
Charles, said thunderstorms
were developing north of
Southwest Louisiana Monday
afternoon and hail and
thunderstorms were expected
overnight and into early Tuesday
morning.
“After that, that’s it,” Brazzell
said.
He said today’s forecast is
for cooler temperatures in the
mid-60s.
“It’s going to feel nice after
being beaten up by thunderstorms,”
Brazzell said.
Stormy skies
Rick Hickman / American Press
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A6 AMERICAN PRESS WEdNESdAy, APRIl 29, 2015
By Johnathan Manning
jmanning@americanpress.com
A man shot in the leg in
2014 testified Tuesday that he
was wounded while he was
being robbed of money he had
earned as a waiter.
Daniel Rodasti, 26, is on
trial for the June 11, 2014,
shooting of Lonnie Harvey,
20. Rodasti is charged with
attempted armed robbery
with a firearm enhancement,
aggravated second-degree battery,
illegal use of a weapon
and possession of a weapon
by a felon.
In a police interview shown
in court, Rodasti denied he
was robbing Harvey, saying
that he was being robbed of
drugs by Harvey and the three
girls Harvey was with.
Harvey, as well as a 16-yearold
witness, said they met
Rodasti at a convenience store
By Johnathan Manning
jmanning@americanpress.com
Judge Guy Bradberry
on Tuesday sentenced local
attorney and former district
attorney candidate Christian
Chesson to three days in jail for
contempt of court, but suspended
two of the days and gave
Chesson credit for the time he
spent in the Calcasieu Correctional
Center on Monday.
Chesson was held in contempt
of court for using his
phone to record video during
a February court hearing. The
hearing was scheduled for 8:30
a.m. Monday, but when Chesson
did not show up, Bradberry
issued an arrest warrant.
No bond was set and Chesson
was expected to spend
the night in the CCC and be
brought to court Tuesday morning.
But the 3rd Circuit Court
of Appeal granted an emergency
appeal that allowed Chesson
to leave jail late Monday.
Attorney has yet to
file papers for sanity
evaluation of defendant
By Doris Maricle
dmaricle@americanpress.com
JENNINGS — The attorney
for a Jennings man accused
of shooting a police officer
has yet to file papers to have
a sanity commission evaluate
the defendant before a May 18
trial date.
“The judge granted a motion
for a sanity commission
and instructed his attorney,
Josly Alex, to file the proper
paperwork in March,” District
Attorney Michael Cassidy said
Tuesday, noting that the trial
has been set for May.
“But the fact he (the judge)
granted a motion for a sanity
commission, we cannot
proceed until she submits the
paperwork for who will serve
on the sanity commission and
who will examine him and
report (those findings) back to
the court.”
Alex has until May 18 to
file the paperwork or she
could be held in contempt of
court, he said. Alex did not
return phone calls made to her
Breaux Bridge office Tuesday.
George David Lowdins, 30,
is charged with attempted
first-degree murder of a police
at the corner of La. 14 and
Legion Street. Harvey said he
didn’t know Rodasti, but one
of the three girls did.
While in the store, Harvey
said one of the girls asked
him for money for a snack;
he obliged and in sight of Rodasti
pulled out cash and gave
her some, he said. Harvey
said he had earned the money
while working as a waiter at
Casa Manana.
One of the girls, who
stayed in the car while at the
convenience store, said Rodasti
first offered to sell them
drugs at the convenience
store.
When the foursome left
the store, Rodasti called the
girl he knew and asked her
if she wanted to get together,
Harvey said. They went to a
home on Gelpi Drive, about
six blocks from the convenience
store, where Rodasti
Bradberry said the video
violated the confidentiality of
the victims. At the contempt
hearing Tuesday morning,
Bradberry also ordered Chesson
to give a one-hour lecture
on professionalism to the
local bar association’s young
lawyers section; give 10 hours
to the Southwest Louisiana
Literacy Council; and remove
anything related to the February
hearing from his phone.
Chesson apologized, but
denied having taken video,
saying his phone was broken
and he was trying to see what
was wrong.
Bradberry said on the bench
that the incident took place on
Feb. 23 when he was sentencing
a man for the rape of two
women. Bradberry later clarified
that the date was Feb. 27.
On that day, Darwin Hutchinson
pleaded guilty to two rape
charges and was sentenced to
80 years in prison.
Bradberry said that by
officer and
possession of
a firearm by a
felon. He pleaded
not guilty to
the charges in
August.
He faces up Lowdins
to 50 years on
the attempted
murder charge and up to 15
years on the firearms charge.
Lowdins is accused of
shooting Sgt. Ricky Benoit, 54,
in the neck with a .380-caliber
pistol after officers responded
to a domestic dispute at a
residence on East South Street
last June.
Lowdins was hiding in
a bathroom closet and shot
Benoit as he was searching the
residence, authorities said. He
tried to flee the scene, but was
subdued by another officer.
Benoit, a 25-year veteran of
law enforcement, continues to
undergo rehabilitation for his
injuries.
Lowdins remains in the
Jeff Davis Parish jail on $1
million bond.
continued to offer to sell them
drugs, Harvey said.
They declined, but Rodasti
opened the door to the car, put
a gun to Harvey’s neck and
began feeling his pants for
money, Harvey said. A scuffle
ensued and Harvey was shot
in the left leg, just above the
knee, he said.
Harvey said he did not
know he had been shot until
he had driven back to the
convenience store.
Under questioning from
prosecutor Bobby Holmes,
Harvey said he had never
smoked marijuana and had
never owned a gun.
Rodasti took the 9 mm
Smith and Wesson to Kinder,
where it was recovered, Holmes
said.
Rodasti told Lake Charles
police Detective Dustin
Gaudet that he sold the gun
for $50, Gaudet testified.
shooting video, Chesson had
violated the confidentiality of
the victims.
Bradberry said that when
he saw Chesson shooting
video, he called him to the
bench, at which time Chesson
said he was shooting the video
to show problems with “courtroom
congestion and ingress
and egress.”
“I find it inherently distasteful
for me to have to call
down a member of the bar,”
Bradberry said, adding that
it was the second time he has
done so in his career. However,
Bradberry said, “to not do so
LOCAL
Man shot testifies in armed robbery trial
“He ran because he’s been
through this before,” defense
attorney Josh Monroe said in
his opening statement. “He
knows you are automatically
a suspect if you are caught
with the firearm.”
Rodasti told Gaudet that he
was trying to sell drugs to the
four and that they turned on
him, Gaudet testified. Rodasti
turned himself in and agreed
to an interview, Gaudet said
under cross-examination from
Monroe.
Monroe said Rodasti is innocent
of the charges.
Judge Sharon Wilson ruled
that one of the girls will not
be allowed to testify because
she was overheard Tuesday
discussing the case in the
hall. Wilson ordered her back
to court Thursday, when the
judge will weigh whether to
hold her in contempt.
Former dA candidate Chesson sentenced for contempt of court
‘I find it inherently
distasteful for me to
have to call down a
member of the bar.’
Guy Bradberry
Judge
would be to placidly condone
your actions.”
Chesson’s attorney, John
Green, objected to Bradberry’s
ruling, saying that he and
Chesson were told that the
hearing revolved around a
Jan. 12 incident and that it
was a hearing for sanctions,
not contempt of court. The
motion ordering the hearing
listed the Jan. 12 date.
“Part of the due process
is the idea that you notify the
defendant of what the charges
are and what the allegations
are,” said Green, who was not
allowed to address Bradberry
during the hearing. “It got
turned into something that we
had no knowledge of.”
Green said the law does not
explicitly bar recording court
proceedings.
Bradberry did not address
the legalities of whether
recording is allowed in 14th
Judicial District Court, only
the victims’ rights.
The Beauregard Parish
Sheriff ’s Office reported the
Green said he will appeal
and still believes Chesson
should not have been jailed
Monday.
“I don’t think that today has
rectified that because he really
hasn’t had a fair hearing yet,”
Green said.
In explaining himself, Chesson
said he did not know the
flash on his phone was on.
“I suspect when I downloaded
software for a flashlight
app, it contaminated the drivers,”
Chesson said. “I apologize
to anyone who may have
thought I was videoing.”
Bradberry did not address
the inconsistency of Chesson’s
statement Tuesday and the
statement on Feb. 27, but said
that he accepted Chesson’s
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apology.
“I find this to be over,”
Bradberry said. “I see no reason
why you can’t continue to
be an outstanding member of
our bar.”
Chesson also apologized for
being late to court Monday. He
said he thought the hearing
was at 9 a.m. When he arrived
at the courthouse, he lingered
outside because he had been
informed that he was to be
arrested and wanted to contact
his attorney, he said.
Bradberry briefly touched
on ordering the arrest warrant
for Chesson, saying he had
scheduled the hearing for 8:30
a.m. because he did not want
to hold a lawyer’s contempt
hearing in front of the public.
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By Justin B. Phillips
jphillips@americanpress.com
Judge Guy Bradberry’s contempt
of court ruling against local attorney
Christian Chesson in April was
found to be “unlawful” by the 3rd
Circuit Court of Appeal.
The ruling stemmed from Bradberry
accusing Chesson of using
his phone to record video during a
February court hearing when a man
pleaded guilty to two rape charges
and was sentenced to 80 years in
prison.
A hearing was then scheduled by
Bradberry in April and when Chesson
did not appear, a warrant was
issued for his arrest. Chesson was
sentenced to three days in jail on
April 28, but two were suspended for
time he spent in the Calcasieu Correctional
Center the day before.
Bradberry first said the incident
took place on Feb. 23, then later said
the incident took place Feb. 27. He
said the video violated the confidentiality
of the victims.
Chesson denied having recorded
video, saying his phone was broken
and he was trying to see what was
FROM PAGE A1 l STATE
wrong with the device.
John Green, Chesson’s attorney,
objected to the ruling, saying he
and Chesson were initially told the
hearing revolved around a Jan. 12
incident and was not a contempt of
court hearing.
The 3rd Circuit’s recent ruling
Friday, august 28, 2015 aMEriCaN PrEss A5
3rd Circuit Court: Ruling against Chesson ‘unlawful’
BOND
Continued from A1
Causey-Fregia is charged
with first-degree murder
and first-degree feticide,
along with accessory after
the fact, aggravated battery
and obstruction of justice.
She is accused of killing
Perez, then burning
and burying the body in a
wooded area in Oakdale. She
also burned a blanket and
a plastic storage tote that
could have been used as evidence,
according to Sheriff
Doug Hebert III.
Authorities believe
Causey-Fregia killed Perez
to take her baby and raise it
as her own.
Perez’s remains were
found in the front yard of a
residence on Matthew Street
in Oakdale in February.
The property is owned by
Causey-Fregia’s family.
The break in the case
came in January after one
of Causey-Fregia’s children
turned her in to authorities.
Causey-Fregia is being
held in a correctional center
in Cottonport.
SENTENCE
Continued from A1
and that she had fallen on an
electric heater after falling
off the front porch earlier. He
later blamed the girl’s mother
for her injuries, saying she
beat the girl with a belt the
night before her death.
An autopsy determined the
child died from a blunt-force
injury to the head that resulted
in a blood clot.
Investigators found crisscrossed
burns on the toddler’s
back and multiple bruises and
scrapes on her forehead, chest,
abdomen and arms. The burns
were consistent with the grill
pattern on an electric heater
found in the home, investigators
said.
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“The testimony and evidence
showed that he did not
bring the child to the hospital
until the next day (after her
injuries),” prosecutor Joe
Green said. “There was no
reasonable reason why he did
not seek medical attention.”
Davis’ attorney, Chad
Guidry, said his client is
remorseful. “He was negligent,
but he’s owned up to it,”
Guidry said.
In sentencing the couple,
District Judge Joel Davis said
no mercy was shown to the
toddler before her death. “This
is one of the most horrific
‘I’m very appreciative of the 3rd Circuit Court of
Appeals. They got it right. In this instance, every one
of Mr. Chesson’s due process rights were violated by
Judge Bradberry.’
John Green
attorney
Chief: stabbing suspect who
killed officer was cop’s cousin
SUNSET — The man accused
of stabbing two sisters
and killing a Louisiana police
officer with his own gun then
barricading himself inside
a convenience store was a
cousin of the slain officer, officials
said.
Harrison Lee Riley Jr.
had stabbed the two women,
who were trying to protect
his wife during a domestic
dispute, when Officer Henry
Nelson responded to the call
Wednesday in the small south
Louisiana town of Sunset,
authorities said.
Nelson was shot and killed,
apparently with his own
weapon, before Riley crashed
his car into the front of a convenience
store a few blocks
away and barricaded himself
inside, St. Landry Parish
Sheriff Bobby Guidroz said.
A SWAT team took Riley
into custody after firing tear
gas into the store and using
hammers and fire axes
to smash their way inside,
Guidroz said.
One of the sisters,
Shameka Johnson, 40, died
Wednesday. Shurlay Johnson,
34, remained hospitalized in
critical condition Thursday.
Riley’s wife, Courtney Jolivette
Riley, was hospitalized
in stable condition with stab
wounds, authorities said.
Harrison Riley was hospitalized
following his arrest
complaining of pain in his
ribs, Guidroz said. Riley faces
charges of first-degree murder
of a police officer, firstdegree
murder and attempted
first-degree murder. The
officer-involved charge carries
a possible death penalty.
Nelson, 51, was the second
Louisiana police officer
killed in four days and the
fifth in four months. Louisiana
State Police Trooper
Steven Vincent died Monday,
a day after being shot when
crimes I have seen as a judge,”
he said.
Holyfield’s younger brother
told investigators Davis beat
his sister with a belt and
dragged her by the legs after
she fell on the floor. The beating
occurred because the girl
peed on herself, he said.
The boy told investigators
his sister wouldn’t open her
eyes and was making weird
sounds shortly after the beating.
On the following day she
was taken unresponsive to
the hospital, where she was
pronounced dead.
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he stopped to help a stranded
motorist.
Sunset Police Chief Luis
Padilla said Nelson was
outgoing and friendly. He was
to be off starting Friday for a
monthlong vacation with his
teenage daughter, he said.
“Nothing made him mad,”
Padilla said. “He loved life.
Came into work with a smile
and left work with a smile.”
Riley and Nelson, who had
been a member of Sunset’s
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said.
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said Chesson wasn’t present at the
Feb. 27 hearing Bradberry cited. The
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in court on Feb. 23, “there was insufficient
evidence that he engaged in
any conduct which would constitute
criminal contempt of court.”
“I’m very appreciative of the 3rd
Circuit Court of Appeals. They got
it right. In this instance, every one
of Mr. Chesson’s due process rights
were violated by Judge Bradberry,”
Green said. “I don’t think an attorney,
or anybody for that matter,
should have to spend a night in jail
for no reason.”
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Chesson's homestead exemption
questioned
Last Modified: Wednesday, October 22, 2014 4:32 PM
By Johnathan Manning / American Press
Christian Chesson, a candidate for Calcasieu district attorney, said that
a homestead exemption he claims in Cameron Parish is the result of a
mistake by the Cameron Parish Tax Assessor’s Office.
Chesson has claimed the exemption in Cameron Parish since 2008,
although he has lived in Calcasieu Parish for much of that time. He is
running against incumbent John DeRosier in the Nov. 4 election.
Continuing the exemption is an “error on the part of the Cameron
Parish Assessor’s Office,” Chesson’s campaign said in a news release. He released the statement after questions about
his eligibility to run for office in Calcasieu circulated on social media, Chesson said.
In an interview with the American Press on Thursday, Chesson said he believed the exemption ended when he
registered to vote in Calcasieu in 2011. He said he lived in Cameron for about six months and that he filed the exemption
in Cameron on the advice of others.
A person may have more than one residence, but homestead exemptions are to be claimed on a person’s primary
residence, the tax assessors in Cameron and Calcasieu said. A homestead exemption is allowed on up to $7,500 of a
primary residence’s assessed value.
“You can own multiple tracts of property in the same parish, or in multiple parishes or in multiple states, but you’re
supposed to file homestead on your primary residence,” Calcasieu assessor Wendy Curphy Aguillard said. “Where you
live, where you receive your mail, where you vote, all those things are usually things that have to do with your primary
residence.”
Any questions of Chesson’s residency, related to his eligibility to run for district attorney, would be up to a court to
decide, Calcasieu Clerk of Court Lynn Jones said.
Chesson lives in a Lake Charles home owned by his father — the family home he grew up in — while his father lives in
Houston in a home owned by Chesson’s corporation, he said. Essentially, the deal is a “house swap,” Chesson said. His
father claims a homestead exemption on the Lake Charles home in which Chesson lives, records with the Calcasieu
assessor’s office show.

“I also have several real estate investments — most of them commercial — and pay my taxes, all of which is also a
public record,” Chesson said in the news release. “The home in which I have resided with my family in recent years is
owned by my father, who lives in a property I own in Texas; neither of us claims a homestead exemption on those
properties.”
Chesson filed for a homestead exemption in Cameron in 2008. He also registered to vote in Cameron in 2008, then
registered to vote in Calcasieu Parish in 2011, Calcasieu Registrar of Voters Angie Quienalty said. A person must be
registered to vote in the same parish, they are homesteaded, she said.
Chesson said he filed for a homestead exemption in Cameron after moving from a home in which he owned and resided
in Lake Charles.
Chesson moved into the home in which he currently lives, “prior to Rita,” he said.
Between Hurricanes Rita and Ike, he lived in Cameron for about six months, he said.
“I moved that down there when I sold my home and at some point I registered to vote down there, then I was advised by
people, prior to running the race, that you probably need to make sure your residency is established in Calcasieu, even
though, really now I look at it, I was already residing here,” Chesson said.
Chesson said he believed that when he registered to vote in Calcasieu in October 2011 that his homestead exemption in
Cameron would be canceled.
“I honestly thought that when I did that, I lost my homestead exemption,” Chesson said. “I didn’t think I had one anymore,
until I heard the rumors on Facebook.”
That’s not an uncommon assumption, Cameron Tax Assessor Mona Kelley said.
Under the advisement of others and in an effort to ensure his residency could not be challenged, Chesson went to the
Cameron Tax Assessor’s Office in 2011, he said. The women there told him he would have to take care of the exemption
in Calcasieu, he said.
A person must sign a document to have a homestead exemption pulled, Cameron Tax Assessor Mona Kelley said. She
said her office does not have a record that he attempted to pull the exemption.
“We like things in writing to protect this office,” Kelley said.
Chesson owns multiple properties in Cameron and Calcasieu, most of those commercial, he said. Others advised him to
take the homestead exemption on the Cameron Parish home, he said.
“I couldn’t move my homestead exemption to the house I bought, so they recommended I move it to Cameron,” Chesson
said. “I went over there and came back over here, even though I resided here the whole time, so there wouldn’t be a
problem with the election.”
Chesson said he will wait until after the election to clear up the situation.
“It seems to me it would be fair that I would able to claim just one little homestead exemption in the state because I’m
fortunate enough to be a homeowner like anybody else,” Chesson said. “If that’s an inaccurate assumption, I’m not trying
to defraud anybody, I’ll pay whatever taxes are due.
“If it was an oversight, I’m sorry, I look to get it fixed, but I’m not going to worry about it right now.”
Kelley said she has not yet decided how she will proceed, “but I’m not going to handle him any different than I handle
anyone else.”
Aguillard said that when the Calcasieu assessor learns that a person may not be living at the home at which they claim a
homestead exemption, her office investigates.
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Posted By: Calcasieu Parish Citizen On: 10/23/2014
Title: Ridiculous
This accusation is about as ridiculous as they come. If it is really an issue, the current D A should call a judge RIGHT NOW and get it cleared up before
the election.
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Posted By: Mike Borel On: 10/23/2014
Title: Hmm
"An Attorney" who obviously has a great deal of knowledge regarding real estate, who just happens to be unaware of our homestead exemption law.
Hmm. Very Interesting. And just what office were we running for???
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Posted By: Jamie D On: 10/22/2014
Title: Chesson Smells Fishy
Chesson doesn't seem like he dots his Is and crosses his Ts. How can we have faith in him to lead the DA's office?
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Chesson: Homestead Exemption was an Error, Not a ‘Fraud’
Source: Christian D. Chesson Campaign
Dated: Oct. 13, 2014
LAKE CHARLES, La. -- Allegations of fraud are a result of an error on the part of the Cameron Parish
Assessor’s Office, not an effort to dodge taxes, Calcasieu Parish D.A. candidate Christian Chesson said
today.
In recent days, commenters on Facebook and elsewhere have made allegations that Chesson committed
“tax fraud” by claiming a homestead exemption at a property in Cameron Parish while living for years in
Calcasieu Parish.
“When I changed my legal domicile and voter registration to Calcasieu Parish more than three years ago, I
notified the Assessor’s Office in Cameron Parish,” Chesson said. “I was honestly unaware that they had
not removed the homestead exemption from that property, which I have not occupied since 2011. Like
most homeowners, my mortgage company pays my property taxes from an escrow account and I haven’t
monitored the amount. I also have several real estate investments – most of them commercial – and pay my
taxes, all of which is also a public record. The home in which I have resided with my family in recent years
is owned by my father, who lives in a property I own in Texas; neither of us claims a homestead exemption
on those properties.
“Honestly, if my opponent is concerned about taxes and who is paying them, he might try to offer a
reasonable explanation for his blatant use of taxpayer money for political purposes in recent months,”
Chesson said. “His violations of the law are blatant, as they are plastered on billboards throughout our
parish and online, and that’s a far bigger concern to the voters than a clerical error in the Assessor’s Office
in another parish.”
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Posted: Oct 28, 2014 7:41 PM CDT
Updated: Oct 27, 2015 8:06 PM CDT
By Theresa Schmidt CONNECT
According to records with the Cameron Parish tax assessor, Calcasieu D.A. candidate
Christian Chesson still has a homestead exemption there--even though Chesson admits
he hasn't lived in Cameron parish since 2011.
Homeowners in Louisiana love the homestead exemption because it saves money on
their property tax bills.
But taxpayers are only allowed one homestead exemption and it must be on the home in
which they live.
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half-million ...
The exemption Chesson has in Cameron Parish saves him about a thousand dollars a
year on his Cameron Parish property taxes.
Palestine
The Cameron Parish tax assessor native says Adrian she plans to send Chesson a certified letter
notifying him she plans to pull Peterson the homestead ... exemption on his property at 124 Beach
Boulevard at Johnson Bayou in Cameron Parish. It's an exemption that has saved him
around $2000 over the last two years.
Louisiana's homestead exemption basically exempts homeowners from paying certain
property taxes on the first $75,000 dollars of the value of their home. But it must be the
home in which they live.
According to Chesson's own news release he has not lived in Cameron Parish since 2011.
When he officially signed up to run for Calcasieu District Attorney the address Chesson
gave was 27 Carriage Lane in Lake Charles. His father, Lilton Chesson, has a homestead
exemption on that property. According to Chesson his father lives in Texas. The Calcasieu
Tax assessor is investigating whether Lilton Chesson should lose the exemption on
Carriage Lane since he does not live there.
Chesson also used 27 Carriage Lane when he registered to vote in Calcasieu in 2011, even
though the application says "must be address where you claim homestead exemption."
Because of the homestead exemption in Cameron, Chesson has saved $1045.65 in 2012
and $950.92 in 2013. He would also save $950 in 2014 except that the Cameron tax
assessor expects his exemption to be pulled.
In a news release, Chesson says, "When I changed my legal domicile and voter registration
to Calcasieu Parish more than three years ago, I notified the assessors office in Cameron
parish." Chesson goes on saying, "I was honestly unaware they had not removed the
homestead exemption from the property, which I have not occupied since 2011."
However Cameron Tax Assessor Mona Kelley disputes any error on their part saying they
have no record of any notice from Chesson. Kelley says they require written
documentation to pull a homestead exemption.
A spokesman for Chesson says he admits he owes taxes for the years he was not entitled
to the exemption and will pay them once he receives a bill.
Chesson was not available for an on camera interview but just today his campaign
spokesman James Hartman reiterated.
"The exemption in Cameron Parish was an error, not an attempt by Mr. Chesson to

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available to rent for weddings and parties).
Summary of the Christian D. Chesson Annual Christmas Party
• Scheduled: Every year on the first Friday in December
• Invitations: 1,500 clients, family, friends and associates are invited
• Traditions: 2016 will be the 19 th annual Christmas party.
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Toy Run to benefit Angel Tree project to be Saturday in DeRidder
BY ELONA WESTON
AMERICAN PRESS
DERIDDER — For almost
20 years, a group of motorcycle
enthusiasts have teamed
with a local agency to help
provide Christmas to needy
children.
Gold Wing Riders
Association Chapter M hosts
an annual Toy Run, which
benefits the Beauregard
Community Action Association’s
Angel Tree project.
This year’s event is
Saturday.
Gold Wing members have
9 when the activity began
July 31, 2004. It ended July 1,
2007, according to the indictment.
Indicted on a charge of
indecent behavior with a juvenile
were Lilton Chesson, 65;
Richard Vital, 27; Wesley
Lummus, 19; and Jason A.
Doyle, 27.
Doyle was also indicted on
two counts of sexual battery.
Chesson allegedly had sexual
contact with a 6-year-old
child Aug. 3, 2008. Vital
allegedly had sexual contact
with a 15-year-old July 2.
Lummus allegedly had sexual
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Oct. 26-Nov. 13, 2008. Doyle
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activity with a 14-year-old
July 1-Aug. 31.
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Wing members will meet at
the parking lot at Walmart on
U.S. 171 and will continue collecting
toys.
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two hours.
There will be music by
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Winkie Branch, BCAA
director, said the annual Toy
Run significantly affects the
Angel Tree project each year.
SULPHUR — The Sulphur
Kiwanis Club will hold its
annual Balloons on Parade at
3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 5.
The parade will start at
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on Cypress Street to end at
Heritage Square, where
Christmas Under the Oaks
festivities will be under way.
The theme of the event, the
only balloon parade in the
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parts of Louisiana later today,
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She said she is grateful for
those who have volunteered
to help with Saturday’s event.
“Without the community’s
generosity and people like
this we wouldn’t be able to do
it. We get no funding for
this,” she said.
Branch said BCAA will
provide Christmas for more
than 450 children this year.
Throughout the year, the
group distributes food to seniors
and helps pay electricity
costs for those in need. But
among the organization’s
many projects, the Angel
Tree effort is the staff’s
favorite.
state, is “Classic Children’s
Christmas Stories.” This
year’s parade marshal will be
Glen Bonin, who is well
known for his years of leadership
in organizing the
Sulphur Community
Thanksgiving.
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over 600 homes throughout
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him or her and is placed on a
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BCAA. The paper angels —
pink for girls and blue for
boys — include the children’s
first names, their clothing
sizes and a few items they
wish to open on Christmas
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Bonin has been married to
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T H E A T T O R N E Y G E N E R A L O F T E X A S
Ken Paxton
Monday, April 20, 2015
Attorney General Ken Paxton Charges Houston-based
“Diploma Mill” with Fraud
HOUSTON – The Texas Attorney General’s Office today filed a lawsuit against a Houstonbased
learning center for unlawfully marketing and selling fraudulent high school diplomas
and transcripts. The state is seeking a temporary restraining order and a hearing in a Harris
County district court will be held on Wednesday, April 22.
Court documents filed by the State explain that since at least 1994, Parkview Home School
has provided fake high school diplomas and transcripts to Texas consumers for a fee and
employs no teachers, requiring little or no coursework or educational requirements on their
students. Defendants claim to have provided services to 42,000 “students” and has obtained
approximately $1.4 million from Texas consumers.
The State’s investigation revealed that Parkview customers simply pay fees between $200
and $300 and are sent two workbooks, along with the answer keys, and upon return,
“students” obtain a diploma and transcript in as little as one to two days. Given the
nonexistent education provided, Parkview’s degrees generally are not accepted by
community colleges, four-year universities, trade schools, the military, law enforcement
academies, or employers – despite the defendants’ misleading online claims. Furthermore,
defendants also actively coach their “graduates” who are applying for college admission to
continue the deceptions that they are “home schooled” students by claiming “home school”
status on their federal student financial aid applications.
The State’s legal action also explained that by encouraging students to indicate “home
school” status on their federal financial aid forms, Parkview is subjecting its students to
criminal and administrative penalties referred to on the federal financial aid application. Higher
education institutions also face the risk of having to reimburse financial aid payments that
have been received based upon students’ falsified applications. Defendants responded by
filing multiple legal proceedings against the colleges complaining of “discrimination” against
home school students.
The Attorney General’s Office is seeking court-ordered penalties from the defendants for
numerous violations of the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act and the Texas Assumed
Business or Professional Name Act.
List of defendants named in State’s enforcement action:
• Parkview Home School;
• Chesson Family Partnership;
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• Christian Chesson;
• Tara Rose Castellanos;
• Mindy Kay Ring; and
• Legal Properties, LLC.
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Posted: Apr 21, 2015 9:23 PM CDT
Updated: Apr 21, 2015 10:55 PM CDT
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HOUSTON, TX (KPLC) - A former district attorney candidate in Calcasieu Parish denies
having anything to do with a Houston-based learning center accused of selling fake high
school transcripts and diplomas.
Local attorney Christian Chesson and some members of his family are named as
defendants in a lawsuit against the Parkview Baptist Home School, according to a news
release issued Monday by the Texas Attorney General's Office.
Chesson said Tuesday in an email to KPLC that the school is owned by his sisters and he
has nothing to do with it.
"My name is on the articles of incorporation but that's it. I didn't even know that until
today," he said.
The Texas Attorney General's Office filed the lawsuit Monday against the school. A hearing
for a temporary restraining order will be held Wednesday, April 22 in a Harris County
district court.
According to the news release, state court documents said that since 1994 "Parkview
Home School has provided fake high school diplomas and transcripts to Texas
consumers ... (they) paid fees between $200 and $300 and are sent two workbooks, along
with the answer keys, and upon return, 'students' obtain a diploma and transcript in as
little as one to two days."
The lawsuit also alleges that despite Parkview's claims, their degrees are usually not
accepted by colleges, universities, law enforcement, or employers of any kind.
Also named in the lawsuit are Chesson's sisters, Tara Rose Castellanos and Mindy Kay
Ring, and his father, Lilton Chesson Jr. Chesson Family Partnership and Legal Properties
LLC are also named as defendants.
The Texas AG's office is "seeking court-ordered penalties" from Chesson and his
family"for numerous violations of the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act and the Texas
Assumed Business or Professional Name Act."
Chesson said he hopes the judge at Wednesday's hearing can see past all the allegations.
"I hope that the judge sees them (the school) to be different from all the fly-by-night
places," he said.
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jmanning@americanpress.com
A Sulphur man who threw
a 13-month-old boy against
a wall in September 2013
pleaded guilty to manslaughter
Monday in state district
court.
Judge David Ritchie sentenced
Trent Alan Dubroc, 25,
to the maximum 40-year prison
sentence allowed under a
manslaughter conviction, giving
him credit for time served.
Dubroc entered an Alford plea,
under which a defendant does
not admit guilt, but concedes
there is enough evidence for a
guilty conviction.
After the baby, Landon
Carpenter, was thrown
against a wall, he showed
signs that something was
wrong, seizing and vomiting,
rough night
Tuesday, April 21, 2015
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Sulphur man gets 40 years
Dubroc, 25, accused of causing baby’s death by throwing it against wall
and was brought
to the hospital
more than once,
prosecutor Lori
Nunn said in
her statement of
facts. Dubroc did
not immediately dubroc
admit to what
he had done, though, and the
child died within days of head
trauma.
Dubroc eventually told authorities
he became frustrated
the infant would not stop crying,
went into the room, took
Carpenter out of the crib and
threw him against the wall,
Nunn said. In October 2013,
Dubroc changed his story in a
letter written to the Calcasieu
Parish District Attorney’s
Office, Nunn said. In the letter,
Dubroc claimed that his
Doris Maricle / American Press
Strong winds from a severe thunderstorm late Sunday toppled a large oak tree on the garage storage and attic area
of Janne and Charles Burrell’s home at 802 N. Cutting Ave. in Jennings. Large tree branches were reported down and
power was out in several parts of Southwest Louisiana as a result of the late night storm. For story see page A6.
A former candidate for
District Attorney in Calcasieu
Parish is one of several members
of his family accused
of taking part in a “diploma
mill” in the Houston area,
Texas Attorney General Ken
Paxton announced in a news
release Monday.
Christian Chesson, who
ran for district attorney in
November, said that he has no
involvement with the school.
Paxton alleges that
Parkview Baptist Home School
is “unlawfully marketing and
selling fraudulent high school
diplomas and transcripts.”
Paxton’s office filed a
lawsuit Monday claiming that
the school violated the Texas
Deceptive Trade Practices Act
and the Texas Assumed Business
or Professional Name
Act.
Paxton is asking for a
temporary restraining order, a
hearing on which will be held
in Houston on Wednesday.
In addition to Christian
Chesson and Parkview Home
School, his father, Lilton Chesson
Jr., is a defendant, as are
his sisters, Tara Rose Castellanos
and Mindy Kay Ring,
Chesson Family Partnership
and Legal Properties LLC.
Christian Chesson said he
has never heard of the Chesson
Family Partnership and
repeated several times that
he has no affiliation with the
school.
Chesson said he may have
helped with the articles of
incorporation years ago, but
would not have signed anything
since he is not licensed
to practice law in Texas. He
said his name may be listed
somewhere in the school’s
5-year-old son, who was also in Several people wept
the home, startled him, causing
him to drop the boy.
“The family was pleased
throughout the hearing.
“Forty years is a good, with this, we wouldn’t have
long sentence for (Dubroc),” taken this plea if they had
Nunn said. “(It’s) fair, based on not been on board with this,”
his age. It gives us certainty, Nunn said. “This has been
it gives the victim’s family very difficult for them. They’re
closure and spares them from happy with the 40 years and
going through the trial. Those that’s one of the main reasons
were great considerations for that we took it.”
us.
See BABy, A6
Common Core
bill shot down
By John guidroz
jguidroz@americanpress.com
BATON ROUGE — House
lawmakers rejected an attempt
here Monday to bypass their
education committee and
move an anti-Common Core
bill to the House floor. The bill
by Rep. Brett Geymann, R-
Moss Bluff, got only 37 of the
53 votes it needed.
Geymann told the House
his move was an effort to
provide full debate on the
issue, something that hasn’t
been done. Some of the 61 opponents
argued that doing so
would disrupt the legislative
process.
House Bill 373 would allow
legislative approval of
standards for elementary and
middle schools and have them
implemented by the 2017-18
school year. It is still set to be
heard by the education committee.
Geymann, an outspoken
critic of Common Core, said
he wanted the bill heard on
the House floor after parents
and others opposed to Common
Core were “mocked and
ridiculed” by the pro-Common
Core political action com-
documents, but that he has
no stock in the company, has
never made money off of it
and is not the school’s legal
counsel.
“I have no idea about their
business,” he said.
The only knowledge he has
of the company is through
discussions with his family, he
said.
“It always seems to be a
constant struggle with them,”
Chesson said. “There’s always
just issues, but they’re just
home schooling. I don’t know
Geymann said he
wanted the bill heard
on the House floor
after parents and
others opposed
to Common Core
were ‘mocked
and ridiculed.’
mittee, Alliance for Better
Classrooms. The PAC said that
criticism of Common Core
was comparable to unicorns,
because it isn’t real. Last
week, pink and white stuffed
unicorns were handed out at
the desks of House lawmakers
on the floor, an act Geymann
called “distasteful.”
Geymann said Rep. Stephen
Carter, who chairs the education
committee, was included
on a list of sponsors for the
PAC on its website, but Carter
told him he was unaware of
that. Carter, R-Baton Rouge, is
no longer listed on the website,
but Geymann said that
See Core, A3
Former Calcasieu DA candidate accused in ‘diploma mill’ scheme
By Johnathan Manning
jmanning@americanpress.com
‘I have no idea about
their business.’
Christian Chesson
Former Calcasieu candidate
says he has no affiliation with
school in question
why they give them such
trouble.”
The Houston school would
send students two workbooks
and answer keys, Paxton’s
office said. When completed,
students would be given a
diploma and transcript “in as
little as two days.” Students
find, though, that the degrees
are not accepted by colleges,
military or employers, the
news release alleges.
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said.
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at the park, located at 3151 Admiral
Nimitz St., Lake Charles Police Department
Deputy Chief Mark Kraus
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Rufus Duhon III, 44, 2904 General
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By Johnathan Manning
jmanning@americanpress.com
A Moss Bluff man was
sentenced Monday to mandatory
life in prison for the 2010
death of his wife.
A jury voted 11-1 in February
to convict Jon Wray
Baumberger, 52, of seconddegree
murder, which carries
a life sentence. Baumberger
LOCAL l STATE
killed his wife, Treasa Williams
Baumberger, on Dec. 5,
2010. Williams died of asphyxiation.
Baumberger was drunk
when he killed Williams, according
to court testimony.
A test found he had a bloodalcohol
level of .29, according
to court documents.
Baumberger blacked out
and when he came to, Williams
was dead, defense
attorney King Alexander
said. Baumberger, who called
911, acted in self-defense after
being hit in the head with a
space heater, Alexander said.
Prosecutor Tara Hawkins
said there was no evidence
that it was self-defense and
that Baumberger was a mean
drunk.
Alexander filed motions
asking Judge Michael Canaday
to reverse the verdict and
to grant a new trial. Canaday
denied both.
The motion to reverse the
verdict claimed that viewed
in the light most favorable to
the state, the evidence supported
a conviction of a lesser
offense (negligent homicide
or manslaughter).
Baumberger did not have
Tuesday, april 21, 2015 aMeriCaN press A3
Moss Bluff man sentenced to life for wife’s murder
the specific intent to kill Williams,
Alexander argued.
Among the reasons Alexander
argued for a new trial
was that although the trial
continued after the courthouse
locked its doors at 4:30
p.m. on Feb. 27 (the day the
trial concluded), when Baumberger’s
sister and sister-inlaw
left to get food, they were
not allowed to re-enter the
courthouse.
Alexander said security
told him they would not be
allowed to return after hours
without prior notice.
“Their absence at the end
could give the impression to
jurors that they had become
convinced of his guilt and
no longer supported him,”
Alexander wrote. “This was
prejudicial to (Baumberger).”
CORE
Continued from A1
because his name was on the
list, parents felt that testifying
before the committee was
pointless.
“Perception is reality,”
Geymann said. “Most of these
moms are already nervous
about testifying and coming
to the Capitol. Now, they just
feel like it’s not even worth the
trouble.”
Carter said any legislation
dealing with Common Core
“will get a fair hearing” this
session. He said that parents
and teachers will have the
chance to speak before the
committee when the legislation
is debated.
Carter said he has “always
tried to be fair,” even being
criticized at times. He and
other lawmakers who opposed
Geymann’s move said the
education committee spent
hours last year hearing testimony
and debating legislation
filed by Geymann that sought
to scrap Common Core. The
committee voted down that
measure.
Rep. Nancy Landry, R-
Lafayette, said that committee
chairs have the right to take
BATON ROUGE — Despite
the state’s $1.6 billion shortfall,
the Louisiana Legislature’s
spending isn’t on the
chopping block.
A panel of legislative leaders
Monday recommended a
$98.4 million budget to finance
the House, Senate and other
legislative agencies in the
2015-16 fiscal year that begins
July 1. That’s the same amount
the Legislature received this
year.
The proposal comes as colleges
and health services are
threatened with deep cuts and
most state departments are
slated for reductions next year.
House and Senate officials
say they’ll have expenses for a
longer legislative session next
year, plus an organizational
session after the fall elections.
“We’re going to move
money around and make it
work,” said Jerry Guillot, the
Senate’s chief of staff.
Senate President John
Alario, R-Westwego, said the
budget proposal reflects what
is needed for the Legislature to
fulfill its constitutional duties.
“We have to have adequate
staff,” he said, when asked
why legislative leaders didn’t
propose a reduction amid the
state’s budget troubles.
House Speaker Chuck
Kleckley, R-Lake Charles, said
it would be difficult to make
reductions because 90 percent
of the annual budget pays for
the legislative staff.
The legislative budget
a stance on any bill, and that
lawmakers should respect the
legislative process.
“Chairs are not judges,” she
said. “The legislative process
works.”
Rep. Bob Hensgens, R-
Abbeville, said after receiving
hundreds of phone calls and
emails, he believes those who
oppose Common Core won’t be
heard.
“The well has been poisoned
on this issue, no doubt
about it,” he said.
Despite the vote, Geymann
said there are more lawmakers
who support his measure but
didn’t want to vote to move it
to the House floor. He said his
next move is “whatever I can
find in the rule book.”
Southwest Louisiana lawmakers
voting against moving
the bill to the full House
were House Speaker Chuck
Kleckley, R-Lake Charles, Mike
Danahay, D-Sulphur, A.B.
Franklin, D-Lake Charles.
Geymann, Hensgens,
Dorothy Sue Hill, D-Dry Creek,
John Guinn, R-Jennings, and
Frank Howard, R-Many, voted
to move the bill from the education
committee to the House
floor.
Rep. James Armes, D-Leesville,
was reported as absent.
legislative leaders
propose standstill
budget for themselves
By The associated press
still needs House and Senate
approval. Its first stop will
be in the House Appropriations
Committee. But it rarely
changes from the leadership’s
recommendation.
The legislative budget has
grown from $86 million allocated
for the 2008-09 fiscal year.
And the standstill proposal
comes after legislative agencies
got a $6 million boost to
their budget in the current fiscal
year, a more than 6 percent
increase that paid for increased
retirement obligations
and pay raises for legislative
employees.
Under the recommendations,
the House budget would
remain at $29 million and the
Senate budget at $21.8 million.
The Legislative Auditor’s
Office, which audits government
agencies and reviews
state spending, would continue
to receive $35 million.
The Legislative Fiscal Office,
which analyzes the costs of
bills and performs other financial
reviews, would stay at a
$2.9 million budget.
The Legislative Budgetary
Control Council, which covers
certain expenses shared by
the House and Senate, would
keep getting $8.6 million. And
the budget for the Louisiana
State Law Institute, which
studies various legal issues for
lawmakers, would stay at $1.1
million.
The panel of legislative
leaders spent little time discussing
the proposal before
signing off on it at Monday’s
hearing.
Accident in Moss Bluff
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Inventory tax
repeal bill pulled
BATON ROUGE — Plans
to start moving the pieces of
a budget-balancing package
of tax changes this week got
derailed Monday.
The Senate Revenue and
Fiscal Affairs Committee
was scheduled to consider
a bill by Sen. Robert Adley,
R-Benton, that would repeal a
local property tax on inventory.
The repeal would save
the state an estimated $500
million a year on a tax credit
tied to that inventory tax.
But at the last minute, Adley
pulled the bill (Senate Bill
85) from consideration.
He said there were questions
about the financial
analysis, which showed no
savings from the repeal in
the upcoming budget year.
He also said questions were
raised about possible implications
on education financing.
“I don’t want to move forward
unless I’ve got accurate
numbers,” Adley said.
No follow-up hearing date
from the Senate committee
has been set, and Adley’s
proposal faces strong resistance
from parishes and
municipalities that rely on
the inventory tax revenue to
pay their bills.
With that proposal temporarily
shelved, the House
Ways and Means Committee
then scrapped plans to hear
legislation Tuesday that
would scale back tax break
programs and raise the cigarette
tax.
Ways and Means Chairman
Joel Robideaux, R-
Lafayette, said lawmakers
on his committee don’t want
to vote on “revenue-raisers”
without the Senate advancing
the inventory tax piece of the
legislative package.
Lawmakers are trying to
find a way to raise new dollars
to help close a $1.6 billion
budget gap in next year’s
budget.
Affordable Care Act seminar:
The Jeff davis Chamber of
Commerce, Jennings Kiwanis
Club and daly Williams agency
will host a free affordable Care
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Wednesday, april 22, at the
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Michael Bertaut, a healthcare
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deadline to register is april 20.
To pre-register contact the Jeff
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Bill would cut police access
to Transportation Trust
By John Guidroz
jguidroz@americanpress.com
BATON ROUGE — The
House Appropriations Committee
approved legislation
Monday that would restrict
how much Transportation
Trust Fund money would go
to the Department of Public
Safety and Corrections, the
Office of State Police.
House Bill 208 by Rep.
Terry Landry, D-New Iberia,
would limit the money to $40
million for fiscal year 2015-16,
$25 million for 2016-2017 and
$10 million for 2017-18 and
each fiscal year thereafter.
The measure heads to the full
House for consideration.
Landry said a common
theme is for legislatures to
raid the Transportation Trust
Fund for other needs. Lawmakers
have voiced concerns
over the last few years of state
police using too much transportation
money, while the
state has a $12 billion highway
and bridge backlog.
Landry, a former state
police superintendent, said
he does not want to hurt state
police, but wants to ensure
the transportation money is
spent in its intended place.
“The old cliché of robbing
Peter to pay Paul is not the
best way to do our business,”
he said. “(This bill) is the
fundamental right thing to do.
This is about bridges being
closed and roads being closed
in your area.”
Landry said the public
safety department generates
$1 billion per year, but has
an operating budget of $400
million.
Barry Dussé, with the State
Budget Office, said the state’s
proposed budget includes
about $65 million from the
transportation fund for state
police.
Rep. Walt Leger, D-New
Orleans, said the state needs
to address its infrastructure,
like roads, bridges and
the state’s ports. He said he
wants to continue and find
new sources of revenue for
infrastructure.
Leger said he is troubled
with claims that the fund is
raided by state police when
the state constitution allows
state police to use it for traffic
control purposes.
Toll credits
The House Transportation,
Highways and Public
Works Committee voted 12-3
to approve a measure that
would require the state Department
of Transportation
and Development to use toll
credits generated by a tolled
transportation facility solely
for highway projects on or in
the vicinity of where the toll
is collected.
House Bill 645 by Rep. Patrick
Connick, R-Marrero, was
approved with amendments.
It heads to the full House for
consideration.
Connick said there are
about $24 million in toll credits
still available for DOTD.
Voting for the measure
were Reps. Terry Brown,
I-Colfax, A.B. Franklin, D-
Lake Charles, Jerry Gisclair,
D-Larose, Dorothy Sue Hill, D-
Dry Creek, Dalton Honoré, D-
Baton Rouge, Frank Howard,
R-Many, Bernard Lebas, D-
Ville Platte, Christopher Leopold,
R-Belle Chasse, Sherman
Mack, R-Livingston, Jerome
Richard, I-Thibodaux, Karen
St. Germain, D-Plaquemine,
and Terry Landry.
Reps. Sam Jones, D-
Franklin, Barbara Norton,
D-Shreveport, and John
Guinn, R-Jennings, opposed
the legislation.
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LAKE CHARLES, LA—United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that Charbel Tannous,
34, of Katy, Texas, was sentenced on September 27, 2012, to 37 months in federal prison for conspiracy
to commit wire fraud. Tannous was the leader of a group who conspired to defraud L’Auberge du Lac
Casino in Lake Charles, Louisiana. The sentencing was handed down by U.S. District Judge Patricia
Minaldi, who also ordered Tannous to serve three years’ supervised release and to pay $909,700 in
restitution.
According to documents filed into the court record, Charbel Tannous; Constandi Lubbat, 55, of
Houston, Texas; Derrick Weldon, 44, of Lake Charles, Louisiana; and Stephen Mouton, 45, of Iowa,
Louisiana, were all charged in an indictment filed June 22, 2011, with conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
In addition, Tannous was charged with seven separate counts of wire fraud. Tannous was the creator of
the scheme to defraud the casino. The scheme involved “rigging” roulette games by bribing Weldon
and Mouton, who were dealers employed by the casino. The dealers permitted Tannous and Lubbat to
place late bets at the roulette wheel. This procedure, known as “past posting,” allowed Tannous and
Lubbat to place chips on the number knowing it was already a winner.
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Tannous also forfeited approximately $50,000. FBI agents seized $10,000 in cash and almost
$40,000 in cashiers checks when they arrested Tannous at the Bush International Airport, Houston,
Texas, when he was attempting to flee the U.S. en route to Beirut, Lebanon. There is no extradition
agreement between the United States and Lebanon.
Lubbat, Weldon, and Mouton have all previously pled guilty to the same charges. On September 6,
2012, Judge Minaldi sentenced Derrick Weldon to five years’ probation and ordered him to pay
$831,900 in restitution. Sentencing for Stephen Mouton is scheduled for October 18, 2012, and the
sentencing of Constandi Lubbat is continued without date.
U.S. Attorney Finley stated, “We are very pleased with the court’s decision to give this defendant a
significant prison term. The casino and the citizens were victims in this case. A portion of the profits
from the casino goes to the State of Louisiana and the Calcasieu Parish School Board. We will continue
to partner with our local, state, and federal law enforcement partners to prosecute crimes of this
nature and seek the maximum amount of prison time available.”
The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation-Lake Charles Resident Agency and
the Louisiana State Police-Gaming Division with the assistance of the Security Division of L’Auberge
du Lac Casino. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney James T. McManus.
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LAKE CHARLES, LA—United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that a former
dealer at L’Auberge du Luc Casino, Lake Charles, La., Derrick Weldon, 33, of Lake Charles, La.,
pleaded guilty in federal court today to conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Also pleading guilty was a
former customer at L’Auberge du Luc Casino, Constandi Lubbat, 54, of Houston, TX.
Derrick Weldon, Constandi Lubbat, Stephen Mouton, and Charbel Tannous were all charged in an
indictment filed June 22, 2011, with conspiracy to commit wire fraud. In addition, Tannous was
charged with seven separate counts of wire fraud. The indictment alleged that the four men conspired
to defraud L’Auberge du Luc Casino by “rigging” roulette games. Weldon and Mouton were dealers at
the casino who permitted Tannous and Lubbat to place late bets at the roulette wheel by allowing them
to place chips after the ball had fallen into the winning number. This procedure, known as “past
posting,” allowed Tannous and Lubbat to place chips on the number knowing it was already a winner.
The wire fraud counts pertain to the use of telephones to set up the deal to arrange for Tannous and
Lubbat to be at the casino and to arrange for Weldon or Mouton to be the dealers.
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The indictment alleges that the casino lost over $1 million as a result of the conspiracy. Charges against
Tannous and Mouton are still pending.
At sentencing, Lubbat and Weldon face a term of imprisonment of five years, a fine of up to
$250,000.00, and a term of supervised release of up to three years. Sentencing will be scheduled at a
later date.
The case was investigated by the Louisiana State Police, Gaming Division, and the FBI. Assistant
United States Attorney James P. McManus is prosecuting the case.
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U.S. Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that Charbel Tannous, 34, of Katy, Texas, the
reported leader of a group who conspired to defraud L'Auberge du Lac Casino in Lake
Charles, was sentenced on Sept. 27.
According to a news release from Finley, the sentencing was handed down by U.S. District
Judge Patricia Minaldi who ordered Tannous to serve 37 months in federal prison, three
years supervised release and to pay $909,700 in restitution.
According to court records, Tannous; Constandi Lubbat, 55, of Houston, Texas; Derrick
Weldon, 44, of Lake Charles; and Stephen Mouton, 45, of Iowa; were all charged in an
indictment filed June 22, 2011, with conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
In addition, Tannous was charged with seven separate counts of wire fraud. Tannous was
the creator of the scheme to defraud the casino. The scheme involved "rigging" roulette
games by bribing Weldon and Mouton, who were dealers employed by the casino.
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Tannous also forfeited approximately $50,000. FBI agents seized $10,000 in cash and
almost $40,000 in cashiers checks when they arrested Tannous at the Bush International
Airport, Houston, Texas, when he was attempting to flee the U.S. en route to Beirut,
Lebanon.
There is no extradition agreement between the United States and Lebanon.
Lubbat, Weldon and Mouton have all previously pleaded guilty to the same charges.
On Sept. 6, 2012, Judge Minaldi sentenced Derrick Weldon to five years probation and
ordered him to pay $831,900 in restitution. Sentencing for Stephen Mouton is scheduled
for Oct. 18, and the sentencing of Constandi Lubbat is continued without date.
"We are very pleased with the court's decision to give this defendant a significant prison
term. The casino and the citizens were victims in this case. A portion of the profits from
the casino goes to the State of Louisiana and the Calcasieu Parish School Board. We will
continue to partner with our local, state and federal law enforcement partners to
prosecute crimes of this nature and seek the maximum amount of prison time available,"
Finley said.
The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Lake Charles Resident
Agency, and the Louisiana State Police, Gaming Division, with the assistance of the
Security Division of L'Auberge du Lac Casino. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant
United States Attorney James T. McManus.
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By Jess Davis
Law360, Dallas (March 19, 2014, 3:57 PM ET) -- The Texas attorney general on Monday
secured a temporary restraining order freezing the assets of a pair of businesses offering
high school diplomas online, after filing suit alleging the “diploma mills” rip off customers
with false claims of providing valuable education.
The AG’s office claims Lincoln Academy and Rylex LLC, operating as Brownstone Academy
or American Academy, offered high school diplomas online, in violation of the Texas
Deceptive Trade Practices Act. The AG's office says the businesses made misleading claims
that the schools were “nationally accredited” and the diplomas, starting at a $299 fee,
were generally accepted for college admissions and by potential employers, but that
instead the purported schools sold diplomas and falsified transcripts without offering any
actual education or training.
“In the end, consumers pay hundreds of dollars for a worthless piece of paper that
provides none of the promised benefits of a legitimate high school education,” the AG’s
office says in the suit.
According to the suit, Lincoln Academy and Brownstone Academy required no coursework
of their students, but simply administered an easy four-hour online test that included
questions such as, “Who was the first president of the United States?” and that essay
answers were graded by a computer according to word count and other criteria irrelevant
to educational standards.
The AG's office also accuses the online schools of falsely promising to help students study
for standardized tests and to secure their general equivalency diplomas, but after selling
their services for a flat fee, charged customers more for access to online study materials.
The schools also allegedly sold customers study guides owned by the Texas Education
Agency, in violation of copyright laws, the suit claims.
To dupe consumers into thinking the schools were legitimate, the suit alleges business
owners David C. Lubbat, Charles J. Lubbat, Catherine Lubbat and Nancy Lubbat created a
fake accreditation agency called National Home School Accreditation of America, although
it would not “remotely qualify for legitimate accreditation” in Texas.
The Lubbats are named as individual defendants and as partners in the businesses, and
the state is also pursuing the recovery of alleged ill-gotten gains from Constandi Lubbat.
The Lubbats could not immediately be reached for comment on Wednesday and haven’t
yet retained counsel, according to court records.
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A temporary restraining order signed by Harris County District Judge Jaclanel McFarland
freezes a number of bank accounts owned by the Lubbets and prohibits them from
destroying evidence related to the schools, including YouTube videos and Facebook
postings. The Lubbets are also prohibited from advertising the diploma programs,
continuing to offer Lincoln Academy and Brownstone Academy services or accepting any
more payments through the online schools.
Constandi Lubbat in 2011 pled guilty to a federal charge of conspiracy to commit wire
fraud for his role in an alleged $1.2 million roulette rigging scheme at L’Auberge du Luc
Casino in Louisiana. He is currently a defendant in a federal civil suit brought by casino
owner PNK (Lake Charles) LLC seeking to recover the stolen money.
The case is Texas v. Lincoln Academy et al., case number 2014-14329, in the 295th
Judicial District Court of Harris County, Texas.
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Former Calcasieu DA candidate
accused in 'diploma mill' scheme
Last Modified: Tuesday, April 21, 2015 11:14 AM
By Johnathan Manning / American Press
A former candidate for District Attorney in Calcasieu Parish is one of
several members of his family accused of taking part in a “diploma mill”
in the Houston area, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced
in a news release Monday.
Christian Chesson, who ran for district attorney in November, said that
he has no involvement with the school.
Paxton alleges that Parkview Baptist Home School is “unlawfully
marketing and selling fraudulent high school diplomas and transcripts.”
Paxton’s office filed a lawsuit Monday claiming that the school violated the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act and the
Texas Assumed Business or Professional Name Act.
Paxton is asking for a temporary restraining order, a hearing on which will be held in Houston on Wednesday.
In addition to Christian Chesson and Parkview Home School, his father, Lilton Chesson Jr., is a defendant, as are his
sisters, Tara Rose Castellanos and Mindy Kay Ring, Chesson Family Partnership and Legal Properties LLC.
Christian Chesson said he has never heard of the Chesson Family Partnership and repeated several times that he has
no affiliation with the school.
Chesson said he may have helped with the articles of incorporation years ago, but would not have signed anything since
he is not licensed to practice law in Texas. He said his name may be listed somewhere in the school’s documents, but
that he has no stock in the company, has never made money off of it and is not the school’s legal counsel.
“I have no idea about their business,” he said.
The only knowledge he has of the company is through discussions with his family, he said.

“It always seems to be a constant struggle with them,” Chesson said. “There’s always just issues, but they’re just home
schooling. I don’t know why they give them such trouble.”
The Houston school would send students two workbooks and answer keys, Paxton’s office said. When completed,
students would be given a diploma and transcript “in as little as two days.” Students find, though, that the degrees are not
accepted by colleges, military or employers, the news release alleges.
“Parkview Home School has provided fake high school diplomas and transcripts to Texas consumers for a fee and
employs no teachers, requiring little or no coursework or educational requirements on their students,” the news release
reads. “Defendants claim to have provided services to 42,000 “students” and has obtained approximately $1.4 million
from Texas consumers.”
On its website, the Parkview says that it began in 1994 as “a ministry of Parkview Baptist Church in Louisiana,”
eventually evolving into the home schooling program it is now.
While the Parkview Christian School in Sulphur is run by an extended member of the Chesson family, it is not part of the
lawsuit. Chesson said the two schools are not affiliated with each other.
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Posted By: lisa bonham On: 8/2/2015
Title: paxton indicted
parkview is a great school!! attorney general of texas paxton indicted for fraud, ha, what goes around comes around.
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Posted By: Doug On: 5/5/2015
Title: Eye-Opening!!!
Let's see how this plays out relative to the cheating scandal in Atlanta. I guarantee the same type of punishment will not be meted out.
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Posted By: Kevin Brown On: 4/27/2015
Title: diplomas in the passed?
Wow Jessica, I can really tell that you went to Parkview!!! I see what folks are talking about.
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Posted By: Chuck Haas On: 4/27/2015
Title: diploma
Kids can't sign there own name and there chemists.
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Posted By: Lj barner On: 4/27/2015
Title: payview
We called it pay view, when I was growing up
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Posted By: Yaj Eeg On: 4/23/2015
Title: miss
So, what do 42,000 people do???
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Posted By: jessica On: 4/23/2015
Title: what about the ones who got there diplomas in the passed
What about the students who got there diplomas in the passed does that mean that we actually don't have a high school diploma? Is our diploma ligit?
What happens to us now what do we do
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Title: are they real
Are the diplomas real?
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Posted By: Connie gordo On: 4/21/2015
Title: Park view really ?
It has always been my opinion that park view was selling
High school diplomas I know
Quite a few people who "graduated" from there and maybe only five or six could read at or above the 7th grade leVel I don't claim to know it all and these
comments are just my opinion but it's no secret that park view was known as pay for your diploma type if school. Not only could individual pay for
diplomas but so did employers. I don't know Chris chess on personally but I doubt very much of this could be his fault
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T H E A T T O R N E Y G E N E R A L O F T E X A S
Wednesday, August 13, 2014
State of Texas Shuts Down Houston-area Diploma Mill
HOUSTON – Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott resolved the State’s enforcement action
against a purported “academy” that falsely claimed to be an accredited educational institution.
The agreement, which was memorialized in a final agreed judgment issued by a Harris
County state district court, requires the operators of Houston-based Lincoln Academy to
permanently shut down the so-called academy and pay all costs associated with the
shutdown.
Final judgment against Lincoln Academy and other defendants
[https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/files/epress/files/LincolnAcademyFinalJudgment.pdf]
[https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/files/epress/images/Lincoln Academy.jpg]
Among its terms, the agreement requires the defendants to take the following actions:
• Cease advertising;
• Shut down the Lincoln Academy website, social media page, and affiliated websites;
• Decline to accept new students; and
• Wind down all operations.
Restitution process
The defendants’ court-restricted assets will provide more than $1.4 million in compensation to
deceived customers. In the coming weeks, the Office of the Attorney General will review
consumer complaints and other data to determine how it will administer the resources
available for consumer restitution. Consumers with questions or who wish to file a complaint
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may call (800) 252-8011 [#] (for callers within Texas) or (512) 463-2100 [#] (for callers
outside Texas). Complaint forms are also available online at www.texasattorneygeneral.gov
[http://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov] .
Alert to educational institutions
The Texas Attorney General’s Office urges all educational institutions – especially community
colleges and universities – to be diligent in reviewing purported high school transcripts issued
by entities that may be more interested in amassing profits than preparing students for higher
education. Often these schools are only available online, lack nationally-recognized regional
accreditation, and permit students to complete degrees in a matter of hours or days with
minimal coursework. Community colleges and universities should be aware that students
receiving purported high school diplomas and transcripts from these entities are possibly
ineligible for Texas and federal financial aid.
List of defendants included in the judgment
• Lincoln Academy
• National Home School Accreditation of America
• High School Diploma Online
• Charles J. Lubbat
• David C. Lubbat
• Catherine Lubbat
• Nancy Lubbat
• Constandi Lubbat
• Momentive Group, LLC
• Nyloc Enterprises, LLC d/b/a National Home School Accreditation of America
• Rylex, LLC d/b/a Brownstone Academy
• The David Lubbat Special Trust
• The Charles Lubbat Special Trust
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Grand Jury Indicts Texas Attorney General,
Ken Paxton, on Felony Charges
By MANNY FERNANDEZ AUG. 1, 2015
HOUSTON — Ken Paxton, the Republican attorney general of Texas and a former
state legislator, has been indicted by a grand jury on charges of securities fraud and
of failing to register with the state securities board, officials said.
The grand jury in the northern Dallas suburb of McKinney handed up a threecount
indictment against Mr. Paxton on Tuesday, the officials said. The indictment is
to be unsealed on Monday, when Mr. Paxton is expected to turn himself in to the
authorities at the Collin County Jail.
The charges — two counts of first-degree securities fraud and one count of thirddegree
failure to register — are tied to Mr. Paxton’s work soliciting clients and
investors for two companies while he was a member of the Texas House of
Representatives, before he was elected attorney general in November.
In the most serious charges, first-degree securities fraud, Mr. Paxton is accused
of misleading investors in a technology company, Servergy Inc., which is based in
McKinney, his hometown. He is accused of encouraging the investors in 2011 to put
more than $600,000 into Servergy while failing to tell them he was making a
commission on their investment, and misrepresenting himself as an investor in the
company, said Kent A. Schaffer, one of the two special prosecutors handling the case.
The group of investors were Mr. Paxton’s friends and included a colleague in the
Texas House, Representative Byron Cook.
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Mr. Schaffer said Mr. Paxton’s role in misleading the investors had come to light
in an investigation by members of the Texas Ranger Division. Mr. Schaffer and the
other special prosecutor, Brian Wice, are Houston defense lawyers appointed by a
judge to act, effectively, as district attorneys in the case.
In a statement, Mr. Paxton’s lawyer, Joe Kendall, said the judge in the case has
“specifically instructed both parties to refrain from public comment on this matter,
and we are honoring the Judge’s instructions.” Before the indictment, a spokesman
for Mr. Paxton, Anthony Holm, was outspoken in defending Mr. Paxton. He
characterized the case as a political witch hunt, suggested that an anti-Paxton
blogger had engaged in jury tampering, and questioned the special prosecutors’
eagerness for news coverage and their impartiality as criminal defense lawyers.
“If society continues to overlook this witches’ brew of jury tampering, media
leaks and freshman prosecutors, we may wake up to find the office of the attorney
general of Texas at the mercy of two criminal defense attorneys who take checks
from the very drug cartel leaders and child molesters the attorney general tries to
imprison,” Mr. Holm wrote in an op-ed article in The Austin American-Statesman.
Mr. Schaffer said politics had played no part in the indictment.
“I have nothing personal against Mr. Paxton based on his politics,” he said.
“Even if you found fault with Brian Wice or myself, how do you find it with the Texas
Rangers? These are the most honest, straightforward, incorruptible police officers
you’re ever going to find. They don’t have political motivations, and they certainly
wouldn’t have any against the sitting attorney general.”
A conviction for a first-degree felony in Texas can carry a punishment of life in
prison or a sentence of five to 99 years. A third-degree felony is punishable with a
sentence of two to 10 years. Mr. Paxton helped create the possibility of such severe
punishment: As a freshman representative in the Texas House in May 2003, he
voted to amend the state securities law to make it a felony to act as an investment
adviser representative without being registered, the very crime the grand jury
accuses him of committing.
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As the state’s top lawyer and law enforcement officer, Mr. Paxton has made
headlines for challenging the Obama administration on its immigration and
environmental policies and for encouraging county clerks to refuse to issue marriage
licenses to gay and lesbian couples on religious grounds after the Supreme Court’s
ruling upholding same-sex marriage.
Mr. Paxton, 52, was elected in November as part of a Republican sweep of the
top seats in Texas government.
The case against him began in May 2014, when the Texas State Securities Board
reprimanded him for failing to register as a representative of an investment adviser.
He had solicited three clients for a friend’s investment firm, Mowery Capital
Management, in 2004, 2005 and 2012 and was paid part of the asset management
fees. At the time, he was not registered with the securities board, violating a section
of the Texas Securities Act prohibiting unregistered people from acting as
investment adviser representatives, according to the board’s disciplinary order. Mr.
Paxton signed and did not dispute the findings. He was fined $1,000 but faced no
criminal prosecution.
A nonprofit watchdog group, Texans for Public Justice, filed a complaint against
Mr. Paxton after he was reprimanded, asking the district attorney in Travis County
to prosecute him for felony criminal conduct. Prosecutors said that there was
insufficient evidence to support a prosecution in Travis County and that any
potential criminal conduct had occurred outside the county. They forwarded the
investigation to Collin County.
The Collin County district attorney recused himself because of his ties to Mr.
Paxton, and a state district judge in McKinney, Scott J. Becker, a Republican,
appointed Mr. Schaffer and Mr. Wice as prosecutors. In May, as the Texas Rangers
investigated, the judge expanded the inquiry.
Servergy has also been the subject of an investigation by the Securities and
Exchange Commission. The investigation centered on whether Servergy and its
founder, Bill Mapp, who has since resigned as chief executive, made misleading
statements about the company to induce investors to buy Servergy stock, according
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to court documents the S.E.C. filed. Mr. Paxton’s name and email address appeared
in documents Servergy filed to comply with S.E.C. subpoenas.
A spokeswoman for the S.E.C. declined to comment on the status of the
investigation or to say if Mr. Paxton was part of it.
A Servergy spokeswoman said the existence of an investigation did not mean
wrongdoing had occurred. She declined to comment on the indictment of Mr.
Paxton.
A version of this article appears in print on August 2, 2015, on page A17 of the New York edition with the
headline: Grand Jury Indicts Texas Attorney General on Felony Securities Fraud Charges.
© 2015 The New York Times Company
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Bribery of a candidate; crime defined; penalty
§1469. Bribery of a candidate; crime defined; penalty
A. Bribery of a candidate is the giving, promising or offering to give, directly or
indirectly, a campaign contribution to a candidate, political committee, or other person, or the
accepting, soliciting, offering to accept, directly or indirectly, a campaign contribution, by a
candidate, political committee or other person, with the intention that the candidate will provide
or influence another to provide the contributor or another person a position of public
employment, an appointive governmental position, a public contract, or anything of apparent
present or prospective value.
B. The definitions of terms in Chapter 11 of the Louisiana Election Code shall be
applicable to this Section.
C. Whoever commits the crime of bribery of a candidate shall be fined not more than one
thousand dollars, or imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than five years, or both.
Added by Acts 1980, No. 786, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1981.
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RS 14:118
SUBPART B. BRIBERY AND INTIMIDATION
RS 14:118
SUBPART B. BRIBERY AND INTIMIDATION
§118. Public bribery
A.(1) Public bribery is the giving or offering to give, directly or indirectly, anything of
apparent present or prospective value to any of the following persons, with the intent to influence
his conduct in relation to his position, employment, or duty:
(a) Public officer, public employee, or person in a position of public authority.
(b) Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 797, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
(c) Grand or petit juror.
(d) Witness, or person about to be called as a witness, upon a trial or other proceeding
before any court, board, or officer authorized to hear evidence or to take testimony.
(e) Any person who has been elected or appointed to public office, whether or not said
person has assumed the title or duties of such office.
(2) The acceptance of, or the offer to accept, directly or indirectly, anything of apparent
present or prospective value, under such circumstances, by any of the above named persons,
shall also constitute public bribery.
B. For purposes of this Section, "public officer", "public employee", or "person in a
position of public authority", includes those enumerated in R.S. 14:2(9), and also means any
public official, public employee, or person in a position of public authority, in other states, the
federal government, any foreign sovereign, or any subdivision, entity, or agency thereof.
C.(1) Whoever commits the crime of public bribery shall be fined not more than one
thousand dollars, or imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than five years, or both.
(2) In addition to the penalty provided for in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, a person
convicted of the provisions of this Section may be ordered to pay restitution to the state if the
state suffered a loss as a result of the offense. Restitution shall include the payment of legal
interest at the rate provided in R.S. 13:4202.
D. Property which was given, offered, or accepted during the commission of the crime of
public bribery shall be deemed to be contraband and shall be subject to seizure and forfeiture.
Upon final disposition of the case, the district attorney may petition the district court to forfeit
the property seized in connection with a violation of this Section, and such property seized under
this Section shall be forfeited upon:
(1) A showing by the district attorney of a conviction for a violation of the provisions of
this Section.
(2) A showing by the district attorney that the seizure was made incident to an arrest
with probable cause or a search under a valid search warrant pursuant to other provisions of law.
E. Property forfeited pursuant to the provisions of this Section shall be disposed of as
follows:
(1) When the property is not cash or currency, it shall be disposed of pursuant to the
provisions of R.S. 15:41.
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Corrupt influencing
§120. Corrupt influencing
A. Corrupt influencing is the giving or offering to give anything of apparent present or
prospective value to, or the accepting or offering to accept anything of apparent present or
prospective value by, any person, with the intention that the recipient shall corruptly influence
the conduct of any of the persons named in R.S. 14:118 (public bribery) in relation to such
person's position, employment, or duty.
B.(1) Whoever commits the crime of corrupt influencing shall be imprisoned for not
more than ten years with or without hard labor or shall be fined not more than ten thousand
dollars, or both.
(2) In addition to the penalty provided for in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, a person
convicted of the provisions of this Section may be ordered to pay restitution to the state if the
state suffered a loss as a result of the offense. Restitution shall include the payment of legal
interest at the rate provided in R.S. 13:4202.
Amended by Acts 1980, No. 454, §1; Acts 2008, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 21, §1, eff. March 11,
2008; Acts 2010, No. 811, §1, eff. Aug. 15, 2011.
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RS 14:134
§134. Malfeasance in office
SUBPART F. OFFICIAL MISCONDUCT AND
CORRUPT PRACTICES
§134. Malfeasance in office
A. Malfeasance in office is committed when any public officer or public employee shall:
(1) Intentionally refuse or fail to perform any duty lawfully required of him, as such
officer or employee; or
(2) Intentionally perform any such duty in an unlawful manner; or
(3) Knowingly permit any other public officer or public employee, under his authority, to
intentionally refuse or fail to perform any duty lawfully required of him, or to perform any such
duty in an unlawful manner.
B. Any duty lawfully required of a public officer or public employee when delegated by
him to a public officer or public employee shall be deemed to be a lawful duty of such public
officer or employee. The delegation of such lawful duty shall not relieve the public officer or
employee of his lawful duty.
C.(1) Whoever commits the crime of malfeasance in office shall be imprisoned for not
more than five years with or without hard labor or shall be fined not more than five thousand
dollars, or both.
(2) In addition to the penalty provided for in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, a person
convicted of the provisions of this Section may be ordered to pay restitution to the state if the
state suffered a loss as a result of the offense. Restitution shall include the payment of legal
interest at the rate provided in R.S. 13:4202.
Amended by Acts 1980, No. 454, §1; Acts 2002, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 128, §6; Acts 2010,
No. 811, §1, eff. Aug. 15, 2011.
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Lester Langley and Sid Dyer (co-owner of Dyer-Langley LLC)
Campaign Donations to John Derosier.
2005-December 31, 2014
Total = $45,000.00
Filer Filer Contributor Name Contributor Addr1 City St Zip
Contribution
Date
ContributionAmt
DeRosier John F. LANGLEY WILLIAMS & CO. 205 W. College Street Lake Charles LA 70605 11/30/2005 $2,500.00
DeRosier John F. LANGLEY WILLIAMS & CO. 205 W. College Street Lake Charles LA 70605 12/1/2005 $2,500.00
DeRosier John F. LESTER LANGLEY JR 205 W. College St Lake Charles LA 70605 9/7/2005 $2,500.00
DeRosier John F. LESTER LANGLEY JR 205 W. College St Lake Charles LA 70605 11/30/2005 $2,500.00
DeRosier John F. LESTER LANGLEY JR 205 W. College St Lake Charles LA 70605 12/1/2005 $2,500.00
DeRosier John F. ROBY DYER PO Box 738 Lake Charles LA 70602 9/7/2005 $2,500.00
DeRosier John F. SHELYA LANGLEY 2711 Nottoway Ln. Lake Charles LA 70605 9/7/2005 $2,500.00
DeRosier John F. SID DYER JR. MD. PO Box 738 Lake Charles LA 70602 9/7/2005 $2,500.00
DeRosier John F. SID DYER JR. MD. PO Box 738 Lake Charles LA 70602 12/1/2005 $2,500.00
DeRosier John F. SYD DYER JR. MD. PO Box 738 Lake Charles LA 70602 11/30/2005 $2,500.00
2005
TOTAL
$25,000.00
DeRosier John F. DYER-LANGLEY LLC 205 W College St Lake Charles LA 70605 5/10/2013 $1,000.00
DeRosier John F. DYER-LANGLEY LLC 205 W College St Lake Charles LA 70605 11/13/2014 $500.00
DeRosier John F. DYLER-LANGLEY LLC 205 W College St Lake Charles LA 70605 5/27/2011 $1,000.00
DeRosier John F. LANGLEY WILLIAMS & CO LLC P.O. Box 4690 Lake Charles LA 70606 5/10/2013 $500.00
DeRosier John F. LESTER LANGLEY JR 205 W. College St Lake Charles LA 70605 9/17/2009 $1,000.00
DeRosier John F. LESTER LANGLEY JR 205 W. College St Lake Charles LA 70605 11/13/2014 $1,000.00
DeRosier John F. LESTER LANGLEY, JR 205 W College St Lake Charles LA 70605 5/27/2011 $1,000.00
DeRosier John F. ROBY DYER PO Box 738 Lake Charles LA 70602 10/1/2008 $2,500.00
DeRosier John F. ROBY DYER PO Box 738 Lake Charles LA 70602 10/1/2008 $2,500.00
DeRosier John F. SHELYA LANGLEY 17 River Lane Lake Charles LA 70605 10/1/2008 $2,500.00
DeRosier John F. SHELYA LANGLEY 17 River Lane Lake Charles LA 70605 10/1/2008 $2,500.00
DeRosier John F. SHELYA LANGLEY 17 River Lane Lake Charles LA 70605 11/13/2014 $500.00
DeRosier John F. SYD DYER JR. MD. PO Box 738 Lake Charles LA 70602 3/9/2007 $1,000.00
DeRosier John F. SYD DYER JR. MD. PO Box 738 Lake Charles LA 70602 9/17/2009 $1,000.00
DeRosier John F. SYD DYER JR. MD. PO Box 738 Lake Charles LA 70602 5/10/2013 $1,000.00
DeRosier John F. SYD DYER JR. MD. PO Box 738 Lake Charles LA 70602 11/13/2014 $500.00
2006-2014
TOTAL
$20,000.00
2005-2014 TOTAL
$45,000.00
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RS 18:1465
Prohibited use of public funds
§1465. Prohibited use of public funds
A. No public funds shall be used to urge any elector to vote for or against any candidate
or proposition, or be appropriated to a candidate or political organization. This provision shall
not prohibit the use of public funds for dissemination of factual information relative to a
proposition appearing on an election ballot.
B. Whoever violates any provision of this Section shall be fined not more than one
thousand dollars or be imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than two years, or
both.
Acts 1976, No. 697, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1978; Acts 2010, No. 797, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
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RS 14:134
SUBPART F. OFFICIAL MISCONDUCT AND
CORRUPT PRACTICES
§134. Malfeasance in office
A. Malfeasance in office is committed when any public officer or public employee shall:
(1) Intentionally refuse or fail to perform any duty lawfully required of him, as such
officer or employee; or
(2) Intentionally perform any such duty in an unlawful manner; or
(3) Knowingly permit any other public officer or public employee, under his authority, to
intentionally refuse or fail to perform any duty lawfully required of him, or to perform any such
duty in an unlawful manner.
B. Any duty lawfully required of a public officer or public employee when delegated by
him to a public officer or public employee shall be deemed to be a lawful duty of such public
officer or employee. The delegation of such lawful duty shall not relieve the public officer or
employee of his lawful duty.
C.(1) Whoever commits the crime of malfeasance in office shall be imprisoned for not
more than five years with or without hard labor or shall be fined not more than five thousand
dollars, or both.
(2) In addition to the penalty provided for in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, a person
convicted of the provisions of this Section may be ordered to pay restitution to the state if the
state suffered a loss as a result of the offense. Restitution shall include the payment of legal
interest at the rate provided in R.S. 13:4202.
Amended by Acts 1980, No. 454, §1; Acts 2002, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 128, §6; Acts 2010,
No. 811, §1, eff. Aug. 15, 2011.

RS 14:134.3
§134.3. Abuse of office
RS 14:134.3
§134.3. Abuse of office
A. No public officer or public employee shall knowingly and intentionally use the
authority of his office or position, directly or indirectly, to compel or coerce any person to
provide the public officer, public employee or any other person with anything of apparent
present or prospective value when the public officer or employee is not entitled by the nature of
his office to the services sought or the object of his demand.
B.(1) Whoever violates the provisions of this Section shall be fined up to five thousand
dollars, or be imprisoned with or without hard labor for not less than one year nor more than five
years.
(2) In addition to the penalty provided for in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, a person
convicted of the provisions of this Section may be ordered to pay restitution to the state if the
state suffered a loss as a result of the offense. Restitution shall include the payment of legal
interest at the rate provided in R.S. 13:4202.
C. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to benefits or services rendered to a
person who is entitled to such benefits or services from the state or any political subdivision of
the state or any governmental entity when the public officer or public employee is performing his
duties as authorized by law. Nothing in this Section shall prohibit or limit the ability of a public
officer or public employee from performing his duties as authorized by law or as a condition of
his employment or office.
Acts 2008, 1 st Ex. Sess., No. 22, §1, eff. March 11, 2008; Acts 2010, No. 811, §1, eff.
Aug. 15, 2011.
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RS 14:140
140. Public contract fraud
RS 14:140
§140. Public contract fraud
A. Public contract fraud is committed:
(1) When any public officer or public employee shall use his power or position as such
officer or employee to secure any expenditure of public funds to himself, or to any partnership of
which he is a member, or to any corporation of which he is an officer, stockholder, or director.
(2) When any member of any public board, body, or commission charged with the
custody, control, or expenditure of any public funds votes for or uses his influence to secure any
expenditure of such funds to himself, or to any partnership of which he is a member, or to any
corporation of which he is an officer, director, or stockholder.
(3) When any sheriff charged with the duties of enforcing the laws of this state or any
political subdivision thereof shall enter into a contract, either written or oral, individually or as a
member or stockholder of any partnership, company, or corporation, with any such person
whereby such sheriff or partnership, company, or corporation, of which he is a member or
stockholder is to perform any services of a law enforcement nature; provided, however, a deputy
sheriff may, as an employee only, perform services of a law enforcement nature for any person,
partnership, company, or corporation, but only if the deputy sheriff fulfills his employee
performance requirements while not on official duty.
B. The fact that an expenditure has been made to any party named in Paragraphs (1) and
(2) of Subsection A of this Section, or to any partnership of which he is a member, or to any
corporation of which he is an officer, stockholder, or director, shall be presumptive evidence that
such person has used his power, position, or influence to secure such expenditure.
C.(1) Whoever commits the crime of public contract fraud shall be fined not more than
one thousand dollars, or imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than two years, or
both.
(2) In addition to the penalty provided for in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, a person
convicted of the provisions of this Section may be ordered to pay restitution to the state if the
state suffered a loss as a result of the offense. Restitution shall include the payment of legal
interest at the rate provided in R.S. 13:4202.
Amended by Acts 1968, No. 487, §1; Acts 1979, No. 562, §1; Acts 2010, No. 811, §1,
eff. Aug. 15, 2011.
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RS 18:1463
§1463. Political material; ethics; prohibitions
§1463. Political material; ethics; prohibitions
A. The Legislature of Louisiana finds that the state has a compelling interest in taking
every necessary step to assure that all elections are held in a fair and ethical manner and finds
that an election cannot be held in a fair and ethical manner when any candidate or other person is
allowed to print or distribute any material which falsely alleges that a candidate is supported by
or affiliated with another candidate, group of candidates, or other person, or a political faction, or
to publish statements that make scurrilous, false, or irresponsible adverse comments about a
candidate or a proposition. The legislature further finds that the state has a compelling interest to
protect the electoral process and that the people have an interest in knowing the identity of each
candidate whose number appears on a sample ballot in order to be fully informed and to exercise
their right to vote for a candidate of their choice. The legislature further finds that it is essential
to the protection of the electoral process that the people be able to know who is responsible for
publications in order to more properly evaluate the statements contained in them and to
informatively exercise their right to vote. The legislature further finds that it is essential to the
protection of the electoral process to prohibit misrepresentation that a person, committee, or
organization speaks, writes, or acts on behalf of a candidate, political committee, or political
party, or an agent or employee thereof.
B.(1) No person shall cause to be printed or assist in the distribution, transportation, or
transmission by any means of any facsimile of an official ballot or cause to be printed,
distributed, transported, or transmitted any unofficial sample ballot with the number of a
candidate unless the name of the candidate to whom the ballot number was assigned is correctly
listed on the ballot.
(2) No person shall cause to be printed or assist in the distribution, transportation, or
transmission by any means of any facsimile of an official ballot, or cause to be printed,
distributed, transported, or transmitted any unofficial sample ballot containing a photograph, or
likeness of any person which falsely alleges, with an intent to misrepresent, that any person or
candidate, or group of candidates in an election is endorsed by or supported by another
candidate, group of candidates or other person.
C.(1) No person shall cause to be distributed, or transmitted, any oral, visual, or written
material containing any statement which he knows or should be reasonably expected to know
makes a false statement about a candidate for election in a primary or general election or about a
proposition to be submitted to the voters.
(2) Whenever any person, political committee, entity or organization makes a
disbursement for the purpose of the financing of any electioneering communication, such
communication shall comply with the following items under the following circumstances:
(a) If the communication is paid for and authorized by a candidate, an authorized
political committee of a candidate, or its agents, it shall clearly state that the communication has
been paid for by such authorized political committee. The name of the political committee
paying for the communication shall be given in full and no acronyms shall be used.
(b) If the communication is paid for by other persons, but authorized by a candidate, an
authorized political committee of a candidate, or its agents, it shall clearly state that the
communication is paid for by such other persons and authorized by such authorized political
committee. The name of the authorized political committee shall be given in full and no
acronyms shall be used.
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RS 18:1463
§1463. Political material; ethics; prohibitions
(c) If the communication is not authorized by a candidate, a political committee of a
candidate, or its agents, it shall clearly state the (i) name, (ii) physical address (not post office
box), and (iii) telephone number and the world-wide web address if available of the person,
committee, entity or organization who paid for the communication and state that the
communication is not authorized by any candidate or candidate committee. The name of the
payer shall be given in full and no acronyms shall be used.
(3) If an individual, association, organization, committee, or corporation is responsible
for or causes the distribution or transmission of any statements relative to candidates or
propositions which do not fully disclose the name of the individual or the name of the
association, organization, committee, or corporation, and the full and correct name and address
of its chairman or other chief administrative officer and whether or not such individual,
association, organization, committee, or corporation supports or opposes such candidate or
proposition, such individual, association, organization, committee, or corporation shall report all
expenditures incurred in relation to the publication, distribution, transportation, or transmission
in accordance with R.S. 18:1491.7, 1495.5, or 1501.1.
(4)(a) No person shall misrepresent himself or any committee or organization under his
control as speaking, writing, or otherwise acting for or on behalf of any candidate, political
committee, or political party, or any employee or agent thereof.
(b) No person shall willfully and knowingly participate in or conspire to participate in a
plan, scheme, or design to misrepresent himself or any committee or organization under his
control or under the control of any other participant in the plan, scheme, or design as speaking,
writing, or otherwise acting for or on behalf of any candidate, political committee, or political
party, or any employee or agent thereof.
(c) A radio or television broadcaster who broadcasts a paid political announcement or
advertisement, the content of which the broadcaster had no input in or control over, is not subject
to the provisions of this Paragraph.
(5) For purposes of Paragraph (2) of this Subsection, the term "electioneering
communication" means any broadcast, cable, or satellite communication that refers to a legally
qualified candidate for elected office and is broadcast within sixty days before any election in
which such candidate is on the ballot.
D.(1) An affected candidate or voter shall be entitled to an injunction to restrain future
violations of Subsections B and C of this Section.
(2) In the event a permanent injunction is granted, reasonable attorney fees shall be
allowed the petitioner by the court which shall be taxed as costs to be paid by the defendant.
E. No person shall cause to be distributed or transmitted for or on behalf of a candidate
for political office any oral, visual, or written material constituting a paid political announcement
or advertisement, which is paid for by a third-party entity, without providing the name of the
third-party entity on the face of the advertisement. The name of the third-party entity shall be
included on written material, political announcements, and advertisements so that it is clear and
understandable. The name of the third-party entity in visual and oral political announcements or
advertisements shall be included so that it is clearly understandable as well as audible and visible
for not less than three seconds. If the advertisement is placed by a public relations firm,
advertising agency, media buyer, or other person who purchases media advertising or time or
space for such advertising, such person shall provide the information required by this Section.
For the purposes of this Subsection, "person" means any individual, partnership, association,
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RS 18:1463
§1463. Political material; ethics; prohibitions
labor union, political committee, corporation, or other legal entity, including its subsidiaries;
however, "person" shall not mean any radio station, television broadcast station, cable television
company, or newspaper.
F. Whoever violates any provision of this Section shall be fined not more than two
thousand dollars or be imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than two years, or
both.
Acts 1976, No. 697, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1978. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 543, §1, eff. Jan.
1, 1978; Acts 1988, No. 957, §1; Acts 1991, No. 255, §1; Acts 1993, No. 254, §1; Acts 1995,
No. 300, §1, eff. June 15, 1995; Acts 1997, No. 1223, §1, eff. July 15, 1997; Acts 1997, No.
1420, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1998; Acts 2001, No. 554, §1; Acts 2008, 1 st Ex. Sess., No. 14, §1, eff. Jan.
1, 2010; Acts 2010, No. 797, §1, eff. Jan.1, 2011.
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DA's Office Billboards
Paid for by public funds
(during DA Re-election campaign)
Public Records attempts have
not accounted for all the cost.
Example: No information provided
on any Lamar boards
Type Vendor ID# Location Information Picture
Vinyl
Hardy
Consulting,
Inc
15755
Iowa N/S I-10 mm 42 w/o
hwy 383
Vinyl
Hardy
Consulting,
Inc
9852
Moss Bluff w/s hwy 171
s/o telephone rd LOC1
Vinyl Adsource 140A
3711 Kirkman St E/s
kirkman @ E. school st /
old harrsions r/n
Vinyl Adsource 144A
421 Alamo n/w alamo
w/o hodges st.
Vinyl Adsource 307B
Cities Service @ Zacks
s/o maplewood @ zachs
f/n
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DA's Office Billboards
Paid for by public funds
(during DA Re-election campaign)
Public Records attempts have
not accounted for all the cost.
Example: No information provided
on any Lamar boards
Type Vendor ID# Location Information Picture
Vinyl Adsource 139B
1814 E. Prien Lake w/o
5th ave
Vinyl Adsource 109A s/f Kirkman @ McNeese
Vinyl Adsource 2304 Maplewood Drive
Vinyl J&J Outdoor LA00
Left hand / Eastbound
reader
Vinyl
Laberge
Casino
LA00 I-10 and I-210
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DA's Office Billboards
Paid for by public funds
(during DA Re-election campaign)
Public Records attempts have
not accounted for all the cost.
Example: No information provided
on any Lamar boards
Type Vendor ID# Location Information Picture
Vinyl
Lamar
Iowa north of I-10 mm42
west of Hwy 383
Digital
Scott
Washington
On I-10 north side of the
interstate
(east of the truck stop)
Eastbound reader
Digital
Hydrovac,
INC
On I-10 north side of the
interstate
(east of the truck stop)
Eastbound reader
Vinyl Adsource 0114A w/s kirkman @ alamo f/s
Vinyl
Vinyl
Parker
Brand
Parker
Brand
1
Hwy 171 Bobby LeFleur
motots
2 I-10 Vinton @ Wendy's
Hwy 171
Southbound/
left hand read/ 2
blocks from hwy
378
Eastboung/ righthand
read. One
mile before 1st
exit in Vinton
Digital
Unknown
1-10 North Side. Exit 23
City Services
Digital
Unknown
Located in the lot on the (right by
s/w corner on Lake Street Chateau Lafitte
and Sale Road
apartments)
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DA's Office Billboards
Paid for by public funds
(during DA Re-election campaign)
Public Records attempts have
not accounted for all the cost.
Example: No information provided
on any Lamar boards
Type Vendor ID# Location Information Picture
Digital
Unknown
On I-10 north side of the
interstate
(east of the
truck stop)
Eastbound
reader
Digital
Unknown
Corner of 18 th Street
and Ryan Street
(over Pappys)
Digital
Adsource
0102A
4
w/s hwy 14 n/o prien lake
f/s
Digital
Adsource
0102A
8
w/s hwy 14 n/o prien lake
f/s
Digital
Adsource
0103A
8
n/s prien lake @ lake st
f/w
Digital
Adsource
0104B
3
E/s Lake St n/o Hale @
carwash f/s
Digital
Adsource
0104B
8
e/s lake st n/o hale @
carwash f/s
Digital
Adsource
0105B
5
w/s country club @
nelson rd f/n
Digital
Adsource
0106B
6
ryan st at 18th st - pappys
f/s
Digital
Adsource
0106B
8
ryan st at 18th st - pappys
f/s
Digital
Adsource
0117A
8
e/s university s/o
mcneese @ heritiage sq
f/n
Digital
Adsource
0150A
8
e/s ryan n/o I-210 ryan
and prien
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DA's Office Billboards
Paid for by public funds
(during DA Re-election campaign)
Public Records attempts have
not accounted for all the cost.
Example: No information provided
on any Lamar boards
Type Vendor ID# Location Information Picture
Digital
Adsource
0301A
3
Cities Service and
Maplewood f/s
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Information from invoice copies provided from
CPDA- not from financial statements
Not complete data due to CPDA refusal
to provide financial statements
Calcasieu Parish District Attorney
Marketing Cost Summary
Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec TOTAL
2011
2012
2013
2014
$6,635.00 $1,630.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $2,317.00 $6,714.15 $17,296.15
$1,860.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $1,047.00 $1,461.00 $6,057.00 $10,425.00
$0.00 $2,052.08 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $11,738.11 $13,790.19
$110.00 $0.00 $0.00 $3,653.80 $3,524.00 $1,850.00 $1,850.00 $11,401.75 $11,772.00 $8,504.00 $9,054.00 $8,530.75 $60,250.30
** 2014 does not account for all billboards that we have evidence of
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Information from invoice copies provided from
CPDA- not from financial statements
Not complete data due to CPDA refusal to provide financial statements
Calcasieu Parish District Attorney 2014
Type Vendor ID# Description Size Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec TOTAL
Billboard
Hardy Consulting,
Inc
15755 Iowa I-10 10.6x36 $1,275.00 $1,275.00 $1,275.00 $1,275.00 $1,275.00 $6,375.00
Billboard
Hardy Consulting,
Inc
15755 Iowa I-10 Vinyl $837.00 $837.00
Billboard
Hardy Consulting,
Inc
9852 Moss Bluff 171 10.6x22.9 $575.00 $575.00 $575.00 $575.00 $575.00 $2,875.00
Billboard
Hardy Consulting,
Inc
9852 Moss Bluff 171 Vinyl $837.00 $837.00
Billboard Adsource 140A 3711 Kirkman St
e/s kirkman @ E. School St /
old harrisons f/n
12x24 $337.50 $562.50 $450.00 $450.00 $450.00 $2,250.00
Billboard Adsource 140A Vinyl $390.00 $390.00
Billboard Adsource 144A 421 Alamo
w/s kikman @ alamo f/s -
w/o hodges st
12x24 $337.50 $562.50 $450.00 $450.00 $450.00 $2,250.00
Billboard Adsource 144A Vinyl $390.00 $390.00
Billboard Adsource 307B Cities Service @ Zacks
w/s cities serv. s/o
maplewood @ zacks f/n
12x24 $337.50 $562.50 $450.00 $450.00 $450.00 $2,250.00
Billboard Adsource 307B Vinyl $390.00 $390.00
Billboard Adsource 139B 1814 E. Prien Lake
s/s E. Prien Lake w/o 5th ave
f/w
12x24 $337.50 $562.50 $450.00 $450.00 $450.00 $2,250.00
Billboard Adsource 139B Vinyl $390.00 $390.00
Billboard Adsource 109A Kirkman @ McNeese
w/s Kikman @ mcneese st
f/s
12x24 $337.50 $112.50 $450.00 $450.00 $450.00 $1,800.00
Billboard Adsource 109A Vinyl $390.00 $390.00
Billboard Adsource 0102A8 w/s hwy 14 n/o prien lake f/s Digital $100.00 $100.00
Billboard Adsource 0103A8 n/s prien lake @ lake st f/w Digital $300.00 $300.00
Billboard 0104B3
0104B8
0104B8
0105B5
Adsource Billboard Adsource Billboard Adsource Billboard Adsource E/s Lake St n/o Hale @ carwash
f/s
Digital $300.00 $300.00
e/s lake st n/o hale @ carwash
Digital $100.00 $100.00
f/s
E/s Lake St n/o Hale @ carwash
Digital $105.00 $105.00
f/s
w/s country club @ nelson rd
Digital $300.00 $300.00
f/n
Billboard Adsource 0106B6 ryan st at 18th st - pappys f/s Digital $400.00 $400.00
Billboard Adsource 0106B8 ryan st at 18th st - pappys f/s Digital $100.00 $100.00
Billboard Adsource 0117A8
e/s university s/o mcneese @
heritiage sq f/n
Digital $100.00 $100.00
Billboard Adsource 0150A8
e/s ryan n/o I-210 ryan and
prien
Digital $100.00 $100.00
Billboard Adsource 102A4 w/s hwy 14 n/o prien lake f/s Digital $450.00 $450.00
Billboard Adsource 104B3
E/s Lake St n/o Hale @ carwash
f/s
Digital $300.00 $300.00
Billboard Adsource 106B6 ryan st at 18th st - pappys f/s Digital $400.00 $400.00
Billboard Adsource 301A3
Billboard Adsource 301A3
Cities Service and Maplewood
f/s
Digital $300.00 $300.00
Cities Service and Maplewood
Digital $300.00 $300.00
f/s
Billboard Adsource 0102A8 w/s hwy 14 n/o prien lake f/s Digital $105.00 $105.00
Billboard J&J Outdoor Page 98 of LA00 410 I-10 n side, e/o w/o 210 LH/ EB Vinyl 2 of 6
$1,200.00 $1,200.00

Information from invoice copies provided from
CPDA- not from financial statements
Not complete data due to CPDA refusal to provide financial statements
Calcasieu Parish District Attorney 2014
Type Vendor ID# Description Size Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec TOTAL
Billboard Lauberge LA00 I-10 n side, e/o w/o 210 LH/ EB Vinyl $6,254.00 $6,254.00 $12,508.00
Billboard Scott Washington
Billboard Hydrovac
Billboard
Airbrush Images,
Inc
On I-10 north side of the
interstate
On I-10 north side of the
interstate
Donation Digital $0.00
Donation Digital $0.00
* 20x60 $909.30 $909.30
Billboard Parker Brand 1 Hwy 171 Bobby LeFleur motots
hwy 171 Southbound/ lefthand
read/ 2 blocks from
hwy 378
12x24 $529.00 $529.00
Billboard Parker Brand 1 (one time cost- AdSource) Vinyl $458.00 $458.00
Billboard Parker Brand 2 I-10 Vinton @ Wendy's
Eastbound/ right-hand read
(one mile before 1st exit in
Vinton
$529.00 $529.00
Billboard Parker Brand 2 (one time cost- AdSource) Vinyl $458.00 $458.00
Billboard Parker Brand 1&2 Welcome to Calcasieu Design $614.01 $614.01
Design Parker Brand $110.00 $110.00
Design Parker Brand $976.79 $976.79
Design Parker Brand $0.00
Design Parker Brand We Prosecute Campaign Design $437.75 $437.75
Design Parker Brand We Prosecute, This is all I do TV design $3,261.50 $3,261.50
Design Parker Brand Design Revisions Design $446.20 $446.20
Design Parker Brand Design $1,505.75 $1,505.75
Newpaper American Press $89.00 $89.00
Newpaper Lagnioppe $195.00 $70.00 $265.00
Newpaper Lagnioppe $150.00 $150.00
Newpaper Lagnioppe $75.00 $75.00
TV Fox 29 KVHP TV $1,755.00 $720.00 $2,475.00
TV FOX LC CW TV $455.00 $355.00 $810.00
TV KPLC $250.00 $250.00
TV KPLC $4,625.00 $4,625.00
TV KPLC $125.00 $125.00
TOTAL $110.00 $0.00 $0.00 $3,653.80 $3,524.00 $1,850.00 $1,850.00 $11,396.75 $11,768.00 $8,504.00 $9,054.00 $8,530.75 $60,241.30
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Information from invoice copies provided from
CPDA- not from financial statements
Not complete data due to CPDA refusal to provide financial statements
Calcasieu Parish District Attorney 2013
Type Vendor ID# Description Size Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec TOTAL
Billboard Adsource 104B4 $900.00 $900.00
Billboard Adsource 301A6 $400.00 $400.00
Billboard Adsource 161A6 $1,500.00 $1,500.00
Billboard Adsource 117A6 $300.00 $300.00
Billboard Adsource 104B4 $600.00 $600.00
Billboard Adsource 301A4 $400.00 $400.00
Billboard Adsource 102A3 $450.00 $450.00
Billboard Adsource 106B4 $400.00 $400.00
Parker Brand $432.00 $158.11 $590.11
Parker Brand $1,620.08 $1,620.08
TV Fox KVHP $4,060.00 $4,060.00
TV Fox KVHP $0.00
TV KPLC $1,495.00 $1,495.00
TV Fox CW $595.00 $595.00
Magazine Lagniappe $130.00 $130.00
Magazine Lagniappe $0.00
Radio KEZM $200.00 $200.00
Newspaper American Press $150.00 $150.00
$0.00 $2,052.08 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $11,738.11 $13,790.19
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Information from invoice copies provided from
CPDA- not from financial statements
Not complete data due to CPDA refusal to provide financial statements
Calcasieu Parish District Attorney 2012
Type Vendor ID# Description Size Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec TOTAL
Billboard Adsource 104B1 $350.00 $349.00 $699.00
$0.00
0117A1 $0.00
$0.00
0102A1 $350.00 $349.00 $699.00
$0.00
150A1 $0.00
$0.00
105B1 $350.00 $350.00
$0.00
104B1 $350.00 $349.00 $699.00
$0.00
0117A1 $350.00 $349.00 $699.00
$0.00
103A2 $349.00 $349.00 $349.00 $1,047.00
$0.00
105B4 $349.00 $349.00 $698.00
$0.00
150A1 $349.00 $349.00
$0.00
Parker Brand Design $110.00 $110.00
TV Fox KVHP TV $1,560.00 $1,560.00
TV Fox KVHP $0.00
TV KPLC $3,255.00 $3,255.00
Magazine Lagniappe $65.00 $65.00 $130.00
Magazine Lagniappe $130.00 $130.00
$0.00
$0.00
$1,860.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $1,047.00 $1,461.00 $6,057.00 $10,425.00
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Information from invoice copies provided from
CPDA- not from financial statements
Not complete data due to CPDA refusal to provide financial statements
Calcasieu Parish District Attorney 2011
Type Vendor ID# Description Size Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec TOTAL
Billboard Adsource 104B1 $0.00
$0.00
0117A1 $0.00
$0.00
0102A1 $0.00
$0.00
150A1 $0.00
$0.00
105B1 $0.00
$0.00
104B1 $0.00
$0.00
0117A1 $0.00
$0.00
103A2 $0.00
$0.00
105B4 $0.00
$0.00
150A1 $0.00
$0.00
Parker Brand $1,630.00 $735.00 $2,365.00
Parker Brand $1,582.00 $2,549.15 $4,131.15
TV Fox KVHP $1,015.00 $1,015.00
TV Fox KVHP $520.00 $520.00
TV KPLC $1,925.00 $1,925.00
TV KPLC $2,610.00 $2,500.00 $5,110.00
Magazine Lagniappe $130.00 $130.00
Magazine Lagniappe $0.00
Sweetspot $1,750.00 $1,750.00
CMX $350.00 $350.00
$6,635.00 $1,630.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $2,317.00 $6,714.15 $17,296.15
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John Derosier Campaign
Calcasieu Parish District Attorney
Billboard Expenses and In-kind donations
FilerLastN
ame
Filer
First
Nam
John
DeRosier O'CARROLL GROUP
F.
John
DeRosier O'CARROLL GROUP
F.
Recipient Name Address City ST Zip Description Date Amount
300 E. McNeese
St. Ste. 2-B
300 E. McNeese
St. Ste. 2-B
Lake
Charles
Lake
Charles
LA 70605
ck #2309 - agency fees $400;
digital billboards $3104.02
6/27/2008 $3,104.02
LA 70605 ck# 2439 - Digital billboards 8/18/2008 $3,576.38
2008 Total $6,680.40
DeRosier
DeRosier
John MONSOUR'S
F. PHOTOGRAPHY
John MONSOUR'S
F. PHOTOGRAPHY
929 Broad Street Lake
Charles
929 Broad Street Lake
Charles
LA 70601 Photos for billboards 10/27/2010 $975.08
LA 70601 Disk of photos for billboards 11/18/2010 $345.00
2010 Total $1,320.08
DeRosier
John
F.
HARLEQUIN STEAK
HOUSE
501 W. College
St
Lake
Charles
LA 70605
Dinner meeting - Billboard Ads -
Holly Carter & Oran Parker
11/8/2013 $82.16
2013 Total $82.16
DeRosier
DeRosier
DeRosier
John
F.
John
DIGITAL AD
F.
John
F.
ADSOURCE OUTDOOR
ADVERTISING
ADSOURCE OUTDOOR
ADVERTISING
131 State St
836 University
Drive
131 State St
Lake
Charles
Lake
Charles
Lake
Charles
LA 70605 Billboard campaign ads 9/3/2014 $1,550.00
LA 70605 Campaign Billboard Ads 9/26/2014 $1,720.00
LA 70605 Campaign Billboard Ads 10/7/2014 $2,250.00
2014 Total $5,520.00
FilerLastN
ame
Filer
First
Nam
e
Contributor Name Address City ST Zip Description Date Amount
DeRosier
John
F.
HYDROVAC
408 Product Dr.
P.O. Box 16726
Lake
Charles
LA 70616 IN-KIND Campaign billboard ads 10/19/2014 $1,000.00
DeRosier
John
F.
SCOTT WASHINGTON P.O. Box 16726
Lake
Charles
LA 70602 IN-KIND Campaign billboard ads 10/19/2014 $1,500.00
2014 Total $2,500.00
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L’Auberge’s response on being paid $12,490 in Public Funds for 1 billboard from the Calcasieu Parish District
Attorney's Office during the time of John DeRosier’s Re-Election Campaign. L’Auberge said it was “technically”
paid for by public funds of the Calcasieu District Attorney’s Office, but they felt it was supplemental to John
DeRosier's personal Re-election Campaign for District Attorney." L’Auberge invoiced the billboard because
they were just, "doing what they were told to do."
https://youtu.be/9J5wFDdEr5I
Pinnacle (L’Auberge) Director of Media Relations & Public Affairs (the authorized spokesperson for the Casino
that received $12k in public funds for one billboard) “liked” the comment.
Why would they have such an interest in keeping certain officials in power? It is has been rumored that the
casino, their landlord and other “individuals of power” held back the construction and opening of a second
casino that would of provided our community 2,000 jobs and $25-50MM each year in tax funds to for parks,
schools, roads and law enforcement. Keep in mind they are a public traded corporation whose duties is to
increase shareholder wealth. Keep in mind that our community permits them to operate here under
expectation to increase the community living.
Why would they withhold so much tax funds from a community? Why are they all the sudden trying to liquid
all Louisiana assets and sell real estate to a holding company and just become a casino operation company?
Do you think shareholders find it acceptable that before an industrial boom a company moves to liquid real
estate assets?
L’Auberge is attempting to become judgment proof by selling all their assets.
The District Attorney’s office will prosecute their bad loans to people for gambling as criminal violations like
writing bad checks. Is it appearance of impropriety that they are outside the duties and laws that protect
consumers from lending and loan companies and that debts associated with criminal violations are not
protected or dischargeable by bankruptcy laws? It appears to be extortion to misuse criminal laws and courts
to collect on their bad loans to gamblers fully understanding the probabilities and statistics about "house
edge".
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John Derosier Campaign Donations
From: Arabie General Contractors
Arabie Contracting, LLC
Arabie Environmental Solutions, Inc
ContributorName Addr1 City ST Zip Type Date Amt
ARABIE GENERAL CONTRACTORS 921 Manuel Road Lake Charles LA 70607 CONTRIB 6/28/2005 $200.00
ARABIE GENERAL CONTRACTORS 921 Manuel Road Lake Charles LA 70607 CONTRIB 8/31/2005 $100.00
ARABIE GENERAL CONTRACTORS 921 Manuel Road Lake Charles LA 70607 CONTRIB 8/31/2005 $100.00
ARABIE GENERAL CONTRACTORS 921 Manuel Road Lake Charles LA 70607 CONTRIB 4/22/2008 $1,000.00
ARABIE GENERAL CONTRACTORS 921 Manuel Road Lake Charles LA 70607 CONTRIB 9/23/2009 $250.00
ARABIE CONTRACTING LLC 921 Manuel Rd Lake Charles LA 70607 CONTRIB 4/14/2011 $1,000.00
ARABIE CONTRACTING LLC 921 Manuel Rd Lake Charles LA 70607 CONTRIB 4/4/2013 $500.00
ARABIE CONTRACTING LLC 921 Manuel Rd Lake Charles LA 70607 CONTRIB 4/17/2013 $500.00
ARABIE ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS INC 510 Clarence St Lake Charles LA 70601 CONTRIB 5/10/2013 $500.00
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Name Type City Status
PARISH DISPOSAL INDUSTRIES, LLC Limited Liability Company LAKE CHARLES Active
Previous Names
Business:
PARISH DISPOSAL INDUSTRIES, LLC
Charter Number: 40847373K
Registration Date: 5/29/2012
Domicile Address
125 W. SCHOOL STREET
LAKE CHARLES, LA 70605
Mailing Address
C/O JAMES FOSTER DEROSIER
125 W. SCHOOL STREET
LAKE CHARLES, LA 70605
Status
Status:
Active
Annual Report Status: In Good Standing
File Date: 5/29/2012
Last Report Filed: 5/13/2014
Type:
Limited Liability Company
Registered Agent(s)
Agent:
HAROLD JAMES BARBER
Address 1: 22012 CASTLEVIEW DR
City, State, Zip: FRANKLINTON, LA 70438
Appointment Date: 5/29/2012
Agent:
JAMES FOSTER DEROSIER
Address 1: 125 W. SCHOOL ST.
City, State, Zip: LAKE CHARLES, LA 70605
Appointment Date: 8/13/2012
Officer(s)
Additional Officers: No
Officer: HAROLD JAMES BARBER
Title:
Manager
Address 1: 22012 CASTLEVIEW DR
City, State, Zip: FRANKLINTON, LA 70438
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Officer: JAMES FOSTER DEROSIER
Title:
Member
Address 1: 125 W. SCHOOL ST.
City, State, Zip: LAKE CHARLES, LA 70605
Amendments on File (3)
Description
Date
Appointing, Change, or Resign of Officer 8/13/2012
Domestic LLC Agent/Domicile Change 8/13/2012
Appointing, Change, or Resign of Officer 2/4/2013
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Name Type City Status
PARISH DISPOSAL, INC. Business Corporation FRANKLINTON Inactive
Previous Names
Business:
PARISH DISPOSAL, INC.
Charter Number: 34535581D
Registration Date: 8/19/1996
Domicile Address
21164 HWY. 16
FRANKLINTON, LA 70438
Mailing Address
21164 HWY. 16
FRANKLINTON, LA 70438
Status
Status:
Inactive
Inactive Reason: Action by Secretary of State
File Date: 8/19/1996
Last Report Filed: 7/25/2011
Type:
Business Corporation
Officer(s)
Additional Officers: No
Officer: DUSTIN FORTENBERRY
Title:
Secretary
Address 1: 21164 HIGHWAY 16
City, State, Zip: FRANKLINTON, LA 70438
Officer: HAROLD J. BARBER
Title:
Director
Address 1: 22012 CASTLEVIEW DR.
City, State, Zip: FRANKLINTON, LA 70438
Amendments on File (5)
Description
Date
Domicile, Agent Change or Resign of Agent 5/2/2003
Domicile, Agent Change or Resign of Agent 5/28/2003
Domicile, Agent Change or Resign of Agent 12/4/2009
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Domicile, Agent Change or Resign of Agent 8/21/2014
Revoked 11/21/2014
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Name Type City Status
JIM BILL DISPOSAL, L.L.C. Limited Liability Company LAKE CHARLES Active
Previous Names
Business:
JIM BILL DISPOSAL, L.L.C.
Charter Number: 36036224K
Registration Date: 10/24/2005
Domicile Address
510 E. MCNEESE
LAKE CHARLES, LA 70605
Mailing Address
C/O BILL POUSSON
510 E. MCNEESE
LAKE CHARLES, LA 70605
Status
Status:
Active
Annual Report Status: Not In Good Standing for failure to file Annual Report
File Date: 10/24/2005
Last Report Filed: 2/7/2014
Type:
Limited Liability Company
Registered Agent(s)
Agent:
BILL POUSSON
Address 1: 510 E. MCNEESE
City, State, Zip: LAKE CHARLES, LA 70605
Appointment Date: 10/24/2005
Agent:
JAMES N. SCHOOLER
Address 1: 444 ASHLAND STREET
City, State, Zip: LAKE CHARLES, LA 70605
Appointment Date: 10/24/2005
Officer(s)
Additional Officers: No
Officer: BILL POUSSON
Title:
Manager
Address 1: 510 E. MCNEESE
City, State, Zip: LAKE CHARLES, LA 70605
Officer:
Title:
Address 1:
JAMES N. SCHOOLER
Manager
444 ASHLAND STREET
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City, State, Zip: LAKE CHARLES, LA 70605
Amendments on File (2)
Description
Date
Revoked 2/15/2013
Reinstatement 7/25/2013
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D.A. Candidate Challenges Incumbent on Use of Tax Dollars For Campaign
Source: Christian D. Chesson Campaign
Dated: Oct. 01, 2014
LAKE CHARLES, La. -- Calcasieu Parish District Attorney candidate Christian Chesson today sent two
Freedom of Information Act requests to the D.A.’s Office, demanding access to records of how many
taxpayer dollars incumbent John DeRosier is spending on billboards and television commercials.
In recent months, billboards have appeared at several locations throughout the Parish and television
commercials have been circulating on television and online that ostensibly promote the D.A.’s Office. But
none has a “paid for by” line as required by law for campaign expenditures, which suggests DeRosier is
using public funds to plaster his face around the parish, increasing his name recognition ahead of the Nov. 4
election.
“If John DeRosier’s campaign is paying for these ads, they’re illegal because they don’t say so,” said
James Hartman, a consultant for the Chesson Campaign. “If the D.A.’s Office is paying for them, it’s a
misuse of taxpayer dollars for political gain. At best, they’re inappropriate; at worst, they’re illegal.”
An independent news source submitted FOIA requests for the some information weeks ago, but
received no response. Today, Chesson submitted them again under his law firm’s imprimatur. DeRosier
now has until Monday to produce the information requested.
“Things like this are exactly why I’m running for D.A.,” Chesson said. “The incumbent’s blatant and
flagrant use of his office for personal and political gain – and for the benefit of his friends to the detriment
of our citizens – cannot be allowed to continue. The people of Calcasieu are ready for a change and they
deserve better than this.”
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Derosier’s Blatant Misuse of Taxpayer Funds Continues
Source: Christian D. Chesson Campaign
Dated: Oct. 06, 2014
LAKE CHARLES, La. -- In mid-August, Calcasieu Parish D.A. John Derosier posted 30-second videos
online and on television promoting his office - but what they really promote is John Derosier.
"Sixty percent of each of those videos contains John Derosier's name, voice or likeness," said James
Hartman, campaign consultant for Christian Chesson, who is challenging Derosier. "What's more, nearly
two dozen billboards have been placed around the parish, almost all featuring Derosier's stock campaign
portrait."
When an independent news source in Calcasieu submitted a Freedom of Information Act request
demanding documentation that a former first assistant D.A. turned himself in and posted bond following a
February indictment for malfeasance in office and sexual battery, the videos disappeared from YouTube -
only to reappear later with a disclaimer that they were paid for by the D.A.'s Office.
The D.A.'s Office never did respond to the initial FOIA request, so last week Chesson submitted his own -
under his law firm's imprimatur - requesting the same information and details of how much Derosier's
campaign is costing the taxpayers.
"The public needs to have confidence in its elected officials and when that confidence is eroding, then we
need to do anything we can to short stop that erosion and maintain that public confidence," DeRosier said
during a 2011 KPLC interview about a former elected official resigning from office after being charged
with malfeasance.
“It doesn't really matter at this point,” Hartman said. “If his campaign paid for them, they were illegal
because they didn't say so. If the Office used tax dollars to fund them, they are a political use of public
money, which is both unethical and illegal."
In April, voters approved Derosier's 3.6-mill Criminal Justice Tax. "It is an important tax. It funds about
one-third of the office's day-to-day operations," Derosier told the Southwest Daily News. In 2009, it was a
.75-mill increase. In 2010, it was a Local Agency Compensation Enforcement program that was formed.
"These tax increases were promoted to the public as funding to increase retention of District Attorney's staff
with appropriate compensation, but it seems some of those dollars are being used for shameless
self-promotion," Hartman said. "That's hardly in the best interests of the public."
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District Attorney Caught In Lies
Source: Christian D. Chesson Campaign
Dated: Oct. 09, 2014
LAKE CHARLES, La. -- Calcasieu Parish District Attorney John Derosier is continuing to lie about the use
of public resources for his own campaign, and hiding behind the mantra of "crime prevention."
At last night's forum, sponsored by the League of Women Voters, Derosier said having billboards on the
interstate discourages criminals from wrongdoing in Calcasieu Parish - a proposition so laughable it should
embarrass him.
"No reasonable person believes having John Derosier's picture on a billboard is going to deter crime," said
James Hartman, a political consultant for Christian Chesson, who is challenging Derosier for reelection.
"What these billboards do is promote the D.A. himself when he's in a tough reelection battle. I did law
enforcement public and community relations for nine years, and never did any reasonable crimefighter
suggest billboards as a crime prevention tool."
In response to a Freedom of Information Act request, Derosier revealed earlier this week that he has spent
$47,000 of public dollars on billboards and videos this year alone - more than three times what he spent last
year - under the guise of "public service announcements."
"There was no 'public service' in these expenditures," Hartman said. "There was nothing but a violation of
the law in the use of taxpayer dollars for blatant and shameless self-promotion."
In the same FOIA response, Assistant District Attorney Carla Sigler wrote that office policy forbids
employees from doing political work while on public time. Yet emails from Holly Carter of the D.A.'s
Office Community Relations Division show different.
On Sept. 19, Carter emailed Harold Guillory, producer of "Louisiana Zydeco Live," asking for the costs of
appearing on the show. After Guillory replied, offering Derosier the same price Chesson had paid for a
30-minute appearance on the show, Carter declined. But only hours later, Fox 29 pulled the "Zydeco"
broadcast Chesson had previously recorded, paid for and set to air on the CW affiliate.
Interestingly, Fox 29 is co-owned by Lester Langley, one of Derosier's biggest contributors and a partner at
Langley, Williams and Company, LLC, the accounting firm that has handled Derosier's public audits for
nearly a decade.
It gets better. In his "Zydeco Live" interview, Chesson talked about his desire to reduce sentencing for
those charged with small-quantity drug possession - a position Derosier opposed only six months ago when
he testified before a state Senate committee. But before Chesson's interview even aired - the one the
Langley-owned station stalled for a week - Derosier started making public statements that people charged
with simple possession of marijuana should not be treated as felons.
"It's always encouraging to see a misguided public official coming around to sensibility and good public
policy," Hartman said. "It's not encouraging to see an entrenched politician lie to his own constituents in an
effort to retain power. I was in the Senate Committee room when Derosier said he strongly opposed a bill
that would eliminate 20-year prison sentences for those offenders, and said marijuana is a 'gateway drug.'
Suddenly, he's progressive. I've been to Calcasieu Parish many times in recent years, and John Derosier's
face wasn't plastered up and down the Interstate in an ostensible effort to intimidate criminals. Suddenly, in
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an election year, he's very, very liberal with taxpayer dollars."
"Public corruption and Derosier's lies are so rampant and so blatant, they've spilled over into the media,"
Chesson said. "The people of Calcasieu Parish deserve better than this. They deserve better from their
D.A. and they deserve better from their journalists. I'm not taking contributions from anyone, and I won't
be manipulated by anyone. I won't need anyone to protect me from the truth, because the truth in my
administration will be a source of pride - not embarrassment."
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VII. Prohibited Practices (R.S. 18:1505.2)
M. Persons substantially interested in the gaming industry* are prohibited from making contributions
and loans to candidates and political committees that support or oppose candidates.
Prohibited sources* include:
• any person who, pursuant to the Louisiana Riverboat Economic Development and Gaming Control
Act, holds a license to conduct gaming activities on a riverboat, holds a license or permit as a
distributor, supplier, or manufacturer of gaming devices or equipment including slot machines, or
owns a riverboat
• any person who, pursuant to the Louisiana Economic Development and Gaming Corporation Act,
holds a license or entered into a contract to conduct casino gaming activities, holds a license or
permit as a distributor or manufacturer of gaming devices or equipment including slot machines, or
owns a casino where gaming operations are licensed
• any person who has a direct or indirect interest in any legal entity included in (1) & (2) “Interest”
means ownership by an individual or spouse, individually or collectively, of more than 10% of any
legal entity. An indirect interest is ownership through any number of layers of legal entities when
25% or more of each legal entity is owned by the legal entity ownership beneath it),
• any holding, intermediary, or subsidiary company of any person in (1) & (2) and any officer, director,
trustee or partner thereof,
• any officer, director, trustee, partner, or senior management level employee or key employee (as
defined in R.S. 4:605(19)) of any person included in (1) - (4),
• any person subject to provisions of R.S. 4:523C(4), 626C(4), or 661D, and
• the spouse of any person included in (1) - (6).
• These rules do not prohibit a candidate from using personal funds for his own campaign.
Penalties for Violations:
Upon notification of the Supervisory Committee candidates or committees who accept illegal gaming
contributions must pay those contributions over to the state within 10 days of the notification.
Contributors violating this ban are subject to civil penalties of up to $10,000, criminal penalties, and will be
rendered unsuitable to hold the license which made the contributor subject to the ban.
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John Derosier
Campaign Donations
From Sara of Washington, Inc DBA 5 Star Quick Stop
DBA Stardust Casino
DBA Silver Star Casino
Caution Areas in yellow
ContributorName Addr1 Addr2 City ST Zip
Contributio
nType
Description Date Amt
SARA OF WASHINGTON INC dba 5 Star Quick Stop PO Box 1700 DeQuincy LA 70633 CONTRIB 9/23/2008 $2,500.00
SARA OF WASHINGTON INC dba 5 Star Quick Stop PO Box 1700 DeQuincy LA 70633 CONTRIB 9/23/2008 $2,500.00
SARA OF WASHINGTON INC dba 5 Star Quick Stop PO Box 1700 DeQuincy LA 70633 CONTRIB 9/17/2009 $1,000.00
SARA OF WASHINGTON INC dba 5 Star Quick Stop PO Box 1700 DeQuincy LA 70633 CONTRIB 4/5/2013 $500.00
SARA OF WASHINGTON INC. dba 5 Star Quick Stop P.O. Box 1700 DeQuincy LA 70633 CONTRIB Check#30280 11/4/2005 $2,500.00
SARA OF WASHINGTON INC. dba 5 Star Quick Stop P.O. Box 1700 DeQuincy LA 70633 CONTRIB Check#30280 11/4/2005 $2,500.00
SARA OF WASHINGTON INC. Total $11,500.00
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RS 18:1463
§1463. Political material; ethics; prohibitions
§1463. Political material; ethics; prohibitions
A. The Legislature of Louisiana finds that the state has a compelling interest in taking
every necessary step to assure that all elections are held in a fair and ethical manner and finds
that an election cannot be held in a fair and ethical manner when any candidate or other person is
allowed to print or distribute any material which falsely alleges that a candidate is supported by
or affiliated with another candidate, group of candidates, or other person, or a political faction, or
to publish statements that make scurrilous, false, or irresponsible adverse comments about a
candidate or a proposition. The legislature further finds that the state has a compelling interest to
protect the electoral process and that the people have an interest in knowing the identity of each
candidate whose number appears on a sample ballot in order to be fully informed and to exercise
their right to vote for a candidate of their choice. The legislature further finds that it is essential
to the protection of the electoral process that the people be able to know who is responsible for
publications in order to more properly evaluate the statements contained in them and to
informatively exercise their right to vote. The legislature further finds that it is essential to the
protection of the electoral process to prohibit misrepresentation that a person, committee, or
organization speaks, writes, or acts on behalf of a candidate, political committee, or political
party, or an agent or employee thereof.
B.(1) No person shall cause to be printed or assist in the distribution, transportation, or
transmission by any means of any facsimile of an official ballot or cause to be printed,
distributed, transported, or transmitted any unofficial sample ballot with the number of a
candidate unless the name of the candidate to whom the ballot number was assigned is correctly
listed on the ballot.
(2) No person shall cause to be printed or assist in the distribution, transportation, or
transmission by any means of any facsimile of an official ballot, or cause to be printed,
distributed, transported, or transmitted any unofficial sample ballot containing a photograph, or
likeness of any person which falsely alleges, with an intent to misrepresent, that any person or
candidate, or group of candidates in an election is endorsed by or supported by another
candidate, group of candidates or other person.
C.(1) No person shall cause to be distributed, or transmitted, any oral, visual, or written
material containing any statement which he knows or should be reasonably expected to know
makes a false statement about a candidate for election in a primary or general election or about a
proposition to be submitted to the voters.
(2) Whenever any person, political committee, entity or organization makes a
disbursement for the purpose of the financing of any electioneering communication, such
communication shall comply with the following items under the following circumstances:
(a) If the communication is paid for and authorized by a candidate, an authorized
political committee of a candidate, or its agents, it shall clearly state that the communication has
been paid for by such authorized political committee. The name of the political committee
paying for the communication shall be given in full and no acronyms shall be used.
(b) If the communication is paid for by other persons, but authorized by a candidate, an
authorized political committee of a candidate, or its agents, it shall clearly state that the
communication is paid for by such other persons and authorized by such authorized political
committee. The name of the authorized political committee shall be given in full and no
acronyms shall be used.
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§1463. Political material; ethics; prohibitions
(c) If the communication is not authorized by a candidate, a political committee of a
candidate, or its agents, it shall clearly state the (i) name, (ii) physical address (not post office
box), and (iii) telephone number and the world-wide web address if available of the person,
committee, entity or organization who paid for the communication and state that the
communication is not authorized by any candidate or candidate committee. The name of the
payer shall be given in full and no acronyms shall be used.
(3) If an individual, association, organization, committee, or corporation is responsible
for or causes the distribution or transmission of any statements relative to candidates or
propositions which do not fully disclose the name of the individual or the name of the
association, organization, committee, or corporation, and the full and correct name and address
of its chairman or other chief administrative officer and whether or not such individual,
association, organization, committee, or corporation supports or opposes such candidate or
proposition, such individual, association, organization, committee, or corporation shall report all
expenditures incurred in relation to the publication, distribution, transportation, or transmission
in accordance with R.S. 18:1491.7, 1495.5, or 1501.1.
(4)(a) No person shall misrepresent himself or any committee or organization under his
control as speaking, writing, or otherwise acting for or on behalf of any candidate, political
committee, or political party, or any employee or agent thereof.
(b) No person shall willfully and knowingly participate in or conspire to participate in a
plan, scheme, or design to misrepresent himself or any committee or organization under his
control or under the control of any other participant in the plan, scheme, or design as speaking,
writing, or otherwise acting for or on behalf of any candidate, political committee, or political
party, or any employee or agent thereof.
(c) A radio or television broadcaster who broadcasts a paid political announcement or
advertisement, the content of which the broadcaster had no input in or control over, is not subject
to the provisions of this Paragraph.
(5) For purposes of Paragraph (2) of this Subsection, the term "electioneering
communication" means any broadcast, cable, or satellite communication that refers to a legally
qualified candidate for elected office and is broadcast within sixty days before any election in
which such candidate is on the ballot.
D.(1) An affected candidate or voter shall be entitled to an injunction to restrain future
violations of Subsections B and C of this Section.
(2) In the event a permanent injunction is granted, reasonable attorney fees shall be
allowed the petitioner by the court which shall be taxed as costs to be paid by the defendant.
E. No person shall cause to be distributed or transmitted for or on behalf of a candidate
for political office any oral, visual, or written material constituting a paid political announcement
or advertisement, which is paid for by a third-party entity, without providing the name of the
third-party entity on the face of the advertisement. The name of the third-party entity shall be
included on written material, political announcements, and advertisements so that it is clear and
understandable. The name of the third-party entity in visual and oral political announcements or
advertisements shall be included so that it is clearly understandable as well as audible and visible
for not less than three seconds. If the advertisement is placed by a public relations firm,
advertising agency, media buyer, or other person who purchases media advertising or time or
space for such advertising, such person shall provide the information required by this Section.
For the purposes of this Subsection, "person" means any individual, partnership, association,
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§1463. Political material; ethics; prohibitions
labor union, political committee, corporation, or other legal entity, including its subsidiaries;
however, "person" shall not mean any radio station, television broadcast station, cable television
company, or newspaper.
F. Whoever violates any provision of this Section shall be fined not more than two
thousand dollars or be imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than two years, or
both.
Acts 1976, No. 697, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1978. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 543, §1, eff. Jan.
1, 1978; Acts 1988, No. 957, §1; Acts 1991, No. 255, §1; Acts 1993, No. 254, §1; Acts 1995,
No. 300, §1, eff. June 15, 1995; Acts 1997, No. 1223, §1, eff. July 15, 1997; Acts 1997, No.
1420, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1998; Acts 2001, No. 554, §1; Acts 2008, 1 st Ex. Sess., No. 14, §1, eff. Jan.
1, 2010; Acts 2010, No. 797, §1, eff. Jan.1, 2011.
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Digital Billboard Screen (on left) was donated to the Calcasieu Parish District Attorney’s Office from Scott Washington
and Hydrovac, Inc.
Digital Billboard Screen (on right) was in-kind donated to John Derosier Campaign.
Contributor Name Address City ST Zip Description Date Amount
HYDROVAC
408 Product Dr.
P.O. Box 16726
SCOTT WASHINGTON P.O. Box 16726
Lake
Charles
Lake
Charles
LA 70616
LA 70602
IN-KIND Campaign
billboard ads
IN-KIND Campaign
billboard ads
10/19/2014 $1,000.00
10/19/2014 $1,500.00
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CYNTHIA KILLINGSWORTH
FIRST ASSISTANT
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
RONALD A. ROSSITTO
ADMINISTRATIVE FIRST ASSISTANT
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
JOHN F. DEROSIER
District Attorney
FOURTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
CALCASIEU PARISH
P.O. BOX 3206
LAKE CHARLES, LA 70602
PHONE (337) 437-3400
FAX (337) 437-3325
March 20, 2015
Re:
Public Records Request
Dear Mr. Chesson:
I recently received a $75.00 payment for the additional public service
announcement information that you requested. Please note that I have attached 16 pages
of billing information that you sought. You should be aware that two different electronic
billboard spots have been utilized by the Calcasieu Parish District Attorney's Office for
public service announcements. They are owned by Scott Washington, who is with
Hydrovac, Inc. Mr. Washington wanted to give space to our office and other law
enforcement agencies, so there are no written records or agreement for these billboards,
which are located off ofl-10.
Please also note that our office does not exercise control over when any billboards
come down, as some agencies tend to leave our public service announcements up even
when our contract with them has expired until another party purchases those spaces.
I herein certify that this letter satisfies our legal ob · 10n under
Records Law, LSA-R.S. 44:1 et seq. If you need anything fm er in the future, lease do
not hesitate to contact me for assistance.
Carla S. Sigle
Assistant Dis · ttorney
Public Records Custodian
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VI. Contribution Limits (R.S. 18:1505.2 H, K)
A. Contributions, in-kind contributions, loans, endorsements or guarantees on loans and transfers
of funds are all counted towards the contribution limits.
B. Exceptions:
1. A candidate's personal funds are not subject to the limits.
2. Loans obtained by the candidate made in the ordinary course of business, on a basis
which assures repayment, at the usual and customary interest rate from a state bank, a
federally chartered depository institution, a depository institution with insured accounts,
a licensed lender or an insurance company do not count towards the limits. However, a
loan from such an institution shall be considered a "loan" by each endorser or guarantor
in the proportion of their liability, and the endorsement or guarantee is subject to the
contribution limit.
The contribution limits are detailed in the following chart:
To a major office
candidate or
candidate
committee per
election (#1)
To a district office
candidate or
candidate committee
per election (#1)
To an any other
office candidate or
candidate
committee per
election (#1)
To a PAC between
1/1/15 and 12/31/18
Individual may give (#2) $5,000 $2,500 $1,000 $100,0008
Family Member of Candidate
may give
$5,000 $2,500 $1,000 $100,0008
Legal Entity may give (#3) $5,000 $2,500 $1,000 $100,0008
PAC may give (#4) $5,000 $2,500 $1,000
Big PAC (#5) may give (#4) $10,000 $5,000 $2,000
$5,000/2,500/1,000 6
($100,000 Party PAC=s 7 )
$10,000/5,000/2,000 6
($100,000 Party PAC=s 7 )
Democratic or Republican
Party or committees may
give
no limits no limits no limits no limits
1.) The primary and general elections are considered as two separate elections. A candidate may accept contributions for the general election only if he is in the general election
and only after the primary election.
2.) A husband and wife may each make contributions to the same candidate up to the limit. However, separate checks should be used.
If a single check is signed by one spouse, the other must provide an affidavit as to their intent to share in the contribution.
3.) Includes legal entities owned wholly or partially by candidates, except Internal Revenue Code Sub-chapter S corporations and limited liability companies wholly owned by the
candidate. Parent corporations and their subsidiaries are subject to a single limit. A corporation is a parent if it owns 50% of another corporation.
4.) Candidates are also subject to an aggregate limit on the contributions they may accept from all PACs combined for both the primary and general elections. The aggregate must
be calculated beginning with the first report filed for the election through the current reporting period for that election. Those limits are: $80,000 - major office, $60,000 - district
office, and $20,000 - any other office.
5.) A PAC with over 250 members who contributed over $50 to the PAC during the preceding calendar year and has been certified by the Ethics Administration as meeting that
membership requirement.
6.) The applicable limit is determined by the level of office sought by the candidates supported/opposed by the recipient PAC, e.g., a
contribution by a PAC to another PAC supporting only major office candidates is subject to the $5,000 limit (or the $10,000 limit if the contributor is a Big PAC). If the PAC receiving
the contribution supports candidates for more than one type of office, then the highest limits shall apply. See website www.ethics.la.gov for additional information.
7.) Contributions made by a political committee to a recognized political party or any committee thereof is $100,000.
8.) In The Fund for Louisiana’s Future v. Louisiana Board of Ethics, et al., USDC, Eastern District of Louisiana No. 14-0368 (May 2, 2014), the Court concluded that the limit did not
apply to contributions received by an independent expenditure-only political committee.
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2005
Primary: Nov 12, 2005
General: Dec 10, 2005
Campaign Donations Exceeding $2,500 per Election
2008
Primary: Oct 4, 2008
General: n/a
Caution Areas in yellow
2014
Primary: Nov 4, 2014
General: n/a
ContributorName Addr1 Addr2 City ST Zip
Contributio
nType
Description Date Amt
AMERICAN CITADEL INC. PO Box 1827 Lake Charles LA 70602 CONTRIB Check#35972 8/31/2005 $500.00
AMERICAN CITADEL INC. PO Box 1827 Lake Charles LA 70602 CONTRIB check #36795 11/30/2005 $2,500.00
AMERICAN CITADEL INC. PO Box 1827 Lake Charles LA 70602 CONTRIB check#36795 12/1/2005 $2,500.00
AMERICAN CITADEL INC. PO Box 1827 Lake Charles LA 70602 CONTRIB 3/14/2007 $1,000.00
AMERICAN CITADEL INC. PO Box 1827 Lake Charles LA 70602 CONTRIB ck #44621 - donation 4/17/2008 $500.00
AMERICAN CITADEL INC. PO Box 1827 Lake Charles LA 70602 CONTRIB 10/1/2008 $1,000.00
AMERICAN CITADEL INC. PO Box 1827 Lake Charles LA 70602 CONTRIB 10/1/2008 $1,000.00
AMERICAN CITADEL INC. PO Box 1827 Lake Charles LA 70602 CONTRIB 9/22/2009 $1,000.00
AMERICAN CITADEL INC. PO Box 1827 Lake Charles LA 70602 CONTRIB 4/12/2011 $1,000.00
AMERICAN CITADEL INC. PO Box 1827 Lake Charles LA 70602 CONTRIB 5/10/2013 $500.00
AMERICAN CITADEL INC. Total $11,500.00
WALTER LEE 4102 Woodside Drive Lake Charles LA 70605 CONTRIB check # 2006 11/29/2005 $2,500.00
WALTER LEE 4102 Woodside Drive Lake Charles LA 70605 CONTRIB check # 2006 11/29/2005 $2,500.00
WALTER LEE Total $5,000.00
BONNIE LEE 4102 Woodside Drive Lake Charles LA 70605 CONTRIB Check#1997 11/3/2005 $2,000.00
BONNIE LEE 4102 Woodside Drive Lake Charles LA 70605 CONTRIB Check#1997 11/3/2005 $2,000.00
BONNIE LEE 4102 Woodside Drive Lake Charles LA 70605 CONTRIB Ck# 2067 7/13/2006 $1,000.00
BONNIE LEE 4102 Woodside Drive Lake Charles LA 70605 CONTRIB Ck #1967 7/28/2006 $500.00
BONNIE LEE 4102 Woodside Drive Lake Charles LA 70605 CONTRIB 2/13/2007 $1,000.00
BONNIE LEE 4102 Woodside Drive Lake Charles LA 70605 CONTRIB ck #2236 - donation 3/20/2008 $1,000.00
BONNIE LEE Total $7,500.00
CAM-PAC P.O. Box 430 Cameron LA 70631 CONTRIB Ck# 251 3/9/2006 $2,500.00
CAM-PAC P.O. Box 430 Cameron LA 70631 CONTRIB Ck# 257 6/14/2006 $2,500.00
CAM-PAC P.O. Box 430 Cameron LA 70631 CONTRIB 2/14/2007 $2,500.00
CAM-PAC P.O. Box 430 Cameron LA 70631 CONTRIB 10/21/2009 $2,500.00
CAM-PAC Total $10,000.00
CHARLEY QUIENALTY CAMPAIGN 1337 W. Jefferson Dr Lake Charles LA 70605 CONTRIB ck# 314994 8/26/2008 $2,500.00
CHARLEY QUIENALTY CAMPAIGN 1337 W. Jefferson Dr Lake Charles LA 70605 CONTRIB 10/22/2014 $2,500.00
CHARLEY QUIENALTY CAMPAIGN 1337 W. Jefferson Dr Lake Charles LA 70605 CONTRIB 10/22/2014 $2,500.00
CHARLEY QUIENALTY CAMPAIGN Total $7,500.00
CLAUDE LEACH, JR PO Box 997 Lake Charles LA 70602 CONTRIB check #2750 12/10/2005 $1,000.00
CLAUDE LEACH, JR PO Box 997 Lake Charles LA 70602 CONTRIB check #2750 12/10/2005 $1,000.00
CLAUDE LEACH, JR PO Box 997 Lake Charles LA 70602 CONTRIB 3/7/2007 $1,000.00
CLAUDE LEACH, JR PO Box 997 Lake Charles LA 70602 CONTRIB ck #3177 - donation 3/31/2008 $1,500.00
CLAUDE LEACH, JR PO Box 997 Lake Charles LA 70602 CONTRIB 9/17/2009 $1,000.00
CLAUDE LEACH, JR PO Box 997 Lake Charles LA 70602 CONTRIB 4/5/2013 $1,000.00
CLAUDE LEACH, JR Total $6,500.00
LAURA LEACH PO Box 997 Lake Charles LA 70602 CONTRIB 3/31/2008 $1,000.00
LAURA LEACH PO Box 997 Lake Charles LA 70602 CONTRIB 9/9/2008 $100.00
LAURA LEACH PO Box 997 Lake Charles LA 70602 CONTRIB 10/3/2008 $1,000.00
LAURA LEACH PO Box 997 Lake Charles LA 70602 CONTRIB 10/3/2008 $1,000.00
LAURA LEACH PO Box 997 Lake Charles LA 70602 CONTRIB 4/12/2011 $2,000.00
LAURA LEACH PO Box 997 Lake Charles LA 70602 CONTRIB 3/13/2014 $500.00
LAURA LEACH Total $5,600.00
COX COX FILO CAMEL & WILSON 723 Broad Street Lake Charles LA 70601 CONTRIB check #30241 11/17/2005 $2,500.00
LA 70601
Lake Charles Presort -
mailing of campaign
COX COX FILO CAMEL & WILSON 723 Broad Street Lake Charles
IN-KIND support letter 12/14/2005 $1,287.91
COX COX FILO CAMEL & WILSON 723 Broad Street Lake Charles LA 70601 CONTRIB Ck# 31218 6/14/2006 $1,000.00
COX COX FILO CAMEL & WILSON 723 Broad Street Lake Charles LA 70601 CONTRIB 4/1/2007 $2,500.00
COX COX FILO CAMEL & WILSON 723 Broad Street Lake Charles LA 70601 CONTRIB 3/11/2011 $1,000.00
COX COX FILO CAMEL & WILSON 723 Broad Street Lake Charles LA 70601 CONTRIB 4/22/2013 $500.00
COX COX FILO CAMEL & WILSON Total $8,787.91
COWBOYS NIGHT LIFE INC 5329 Common St Lake Charles LA 70607 CONTRIB check # 13491 11/29/2005 $2,500.00
COWBOYS NIGHT LIFE INC 5329 Common St Lake Charles LA 70607 CONTRIB check # 13491 11/29/2005 $2,500.00
COWBOYS NIGHT LIFE INC 5329 Common St Lake Charles LA 70607 CONTRIB 4/23/2007 $1,000.00
COWBOYS NIGHT LIFE INC 5329 Common St Lake Charles LA 70607 CONTRIB ck #17739 - donation 3/18/2008 $1,000.00
COWBOYS NIGHT LIFE INC 5329 Common St Lake Charles LA 70607 CONTRIB 9/23/2009 $1,000.00
COWBOYS NIGHT LIFE INC Total $8,000.00
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2005
Primary: Nov 12, 2005
General: Dec 10, 2005
Campaign Donations Exceeding $2,500 per Election
2008
Primary: Oct 4, 2008
General: n/a
Caution Areas in yellow
2014
Primary: Nov 4, 2014
General: n/a
ContributorName Addr1 Addr2 City ST Zip
Contributio
nType
Description Date Amt
DON'S ALL CLOTH CAR WASH INC. 3700 Ryan Street Lake Charles LA 70605 CONTRIB 11849 5/4/2005 $2,500.00
DON'S ALL CLOTH CAR WASH INC. 3700 Ryan Street Lake Charles LA 70605 CONTRIB check#12359 11/22/2005 $1,500.00
DON'S ALL CLOTH CAR WASH INC. 3700 Ryan Street Lake Charles LA 70605 CONTRIB Check#12359 11/22/2005 $1,500.00
DON'S ALL CLOTH CAR WASH INC. 3700 Ryan Street Lake Charles LA 70605 CONTRIB 3/23/2007 $1,000.00
DON'S ALL CLOTH CAR WASH INC. Total $6,500.00
DON'S EXPRESS CARWASH & LUBE LLC 3700 Ryan Street Lake Charles LA 70605 CONTRIB 1553 5/4/2005 $2,500.00
DON'S EXPRESS CARWASH & LUBE LLC 3700 Ryan Street Lake Charles LA 70605 CONTRIB Check#1865 11/22/2005 $1,500.00
DON'S EXPRESS CARWASH & LUBE LLC 3700 Ryan Street Lake Charles LA 70605 CONTRIB Check#1865 11/22/2005 $1,500.00
DON'S EXPRESS CARWASH & LUBE LLC 3700 Ryan Street Lake Charles LA 70605 CONTRIB Ck#2019 7/7/2006 $750.00
DON'S EXPRESS CARWASH & LUBE LLC 3700 Ryan Street Lake Charles LA 70605 CONTRIB 9/22/2009 $1,000.00
DON'S EXPRESS CARWASH & LUBE LLC 3700 Ryan Street Lake Charles LA 70605 CONTRIB 3/24/2011 $1,000.00
DON'S EXPRESS CARWASH & LUBE LLC Total $8,250.00
JAMES H CURETON P.O. BOX 430 Cameron LA 70631 CONTRIB 4482245219 4/22/2005 $2,500.00
JAMES H CURETON P.O. BOX 430 Cameron
LA 70631 CONTRIB cashiers check #8017087 11/29/2005 $2,500.00
JAMES H CURETON P.O. BOX 430 Cameron LA 70631 CONTRIB 11/30/2005 $2,500.00
JAMES H CURETON P.O. BOX 430 Cameron LA 70631 CONTRIB ck #4861 - donation 4/7/2008 $1,000.00
JAMES H CURETON PO Box 7940 Lake Charles LA 70606 CONTRIB 3/24/2011 $1,000.00
JAMES H CURETON PO Box 7940 Lake Charles LA 70606 CONTRIB 4/10/2013 $500.00
JAMES H CURETON PO Box 7940 Lake Charles LA 70606 CONTRIB 4/22/2014 $500.00
JAMES H CURETON P.O. Box 7940 Lake Charles LA 70606 CONTRIB 5/8/2014 $500.00
JAMES H CURETON Total $11,000.00
LARRY A. ROACH 2917 Ryan Street Lake Charles LA 70601 CONTRIB Check#19531 11/23/2005 $2,500.00
LARRY A. ROACH 2917 Ryan Street Lake Charles LA 70601 CONTRIB Check#19531 11/23/2005 $2,500.00
LARRY A. ROACH 2917 Ryan Street Lake Charles LA 70601 CONTRIB Ck# 20348 6/9/2006 $500.00
LARRY A. ROACH 2917 Ryan Street Lake Charles LA 70601 CONTRIB 10/30/2007 $2,500.00
LARRY A. ROACH 2917 Ryan Street Lake Charles LA 70601 CONTRIB 9/17/2009 $1,000.00
LARRY A. ROACH 2917 Ryan Street Lake Charles LA 70601 CONTRIB 4/15/2011 $1,000.00
LARRY A. ROACH Total $10,000.00
LARRY A. ROACH ATTORNEY 2917 Ryan Street Lake Charles LA 70601 CONTRIB ck #23274 4/18/2008 $1,000.00
LARRY A. ROACH ATTORNEY 2917 Ryan Street Lake Charles LA 70601 CONTRIB 4/17/2013 $500.00
LARRY A. ROACH ATTORNEY 2917 Ryan Street Lake Charles LA 70601 CONTRIB 3/13/2014 $1,000.00
LARRY A. ROACH ATTORNEY 2917 Ryan Street Lake Charles LA 70601 CONTRIB 3/19/2014 $1,000.00
LARRY A. ROACH ATTORNEY Total $3,500.00
LEE MALLETT P. O. BOX 16195 Lake Charles LA 70616 CONTRIB 101 3/11/2005 $2,500.00
LEE MALLETT PO Box 16195 Lake Charles LA 70616 CONTRIB check #110 11/16/2005 $2,500.00
LEE MALLETT P.O. Box 16195 Lake Charles LA 70616 CONTRIB Ck# 126 6/27/2006 $500.00
LEE MALLETT Total $5,500.00
MALLETT INC. P. O. Box 16195 Lake Charles LA 70616 CONTRIB
donation 4213 Lee
Mallett 8/10/2005 $2,500.00
MALLETT INC. P. O. Box 16195 Lake Charles LA 70616 CONTRIB Ck# 5190 6/20/2006 $500.00
MALLETT INC. P. O. Box 16195 Lake Charles LA 70616 CONTRIB 3/29/2007 $2,500.00
MALLETT INC. Total $5,500.00
NINA F DOHERTY 2120 Broad Street Lake Charles LA 70601 CONTRIB 10/19/2014 $2,500.00
NINA F DOHERTY 2120 Broad Street Lake Charles LA 70601 CONTRIB 10/19/2014 $2,500.00
NINA F DOHERTY Total $5,000.00
R & R AUTO SALES 101 W. Prien Lake Road Lake Charles LA 70601 CONTRIB 31811 5/4/2005 $2,500.00
R & R AUTO SALES 101 W. Prien Lake Road Lake Charles LA 70601 CONTRIB Check#33396 11/23/2005 $1,500.00
R & R AUTO SALES 101 W. Prien Lake Road Lake Charles LA 70601 CONTRIB Check#33396 11/23/2005 $1,500.00
R & R AUTO SALES 101 W. Prien Lake Road Lake Charles LA 70601 CONTRIB 3/20/2007 $1,000.00
R & R AUTO SALES 101 W. Prien Lake Road Lake Charles LA 70601 CONTRIB 3/15/2011 $1,000.00
R & R AUTO SALES 101 W. Prien Lake Road Lake Charles LA 70601 CONTRIB 3/28/2014 $500.00
R & R AUTO SALES 101 W. Prien Lake Road Lake Charles LA 70601 CONTRIB 10/16/2014 $500.00
R & R AUTO SALES Total $8,500.00
ROGER BURGESS 3006 Country Club Rd Lake Charles LA 70605 CONTRIB Check#47770 9/16/2005 $2,500.00
ROGER BURGESS 3006 Country Club Rd Lake Charles LA 70605 CONTRIB check#48707 12/1/2005 $2,500.00
ROGER BURGESS 3006 Country Club Rd Lake Charles LA 70605 CONTRIB Check#48707 12/1/2005 $2,500.00
ROGER BURGESS 3006 Country Club Rd Lake Charles LA 70605 CONTRIB 4/28/2014 $2,500.00
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ROGER BURGESS Total $10,000.00
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John Derosier
2005
Primary: Nov 12, 2005
General: Dec 10, 2005
Campaign Donations Exceeding $2,500 per Election
2008
Primary: Oct 4, 2008
General: n/a
ContributorName Addr1 Addr2 City ST Zip
Contributio
nType
Caution Areas in yellow
2014
Primary: Nov 4, 2014
General: n/a
Description Date Amt
SARA OF WASHINGTON INC dba 5 Star Quick Stop PO Box 1700 DeQuincy LA 70633 CONTRIB 9/23/2008 $2,500.00
SARA OF WASHINGTON INC dba 5 Star Quick Stop PO Box 1700 DeQuincy LA 70633 CONTRIB 9/23/2008 $2,500.00
SARA OF WASHINGTON INC dba 5 Star Quick Stop PO Box 1700 DeQuincy LA 70633 CONTRIB 9/17/2009 $1,000.00
SARA OF WASHINGTON INC dba 5 Star Quick Stop PO Box 1700 DeQuincy LA 70633 CONTRIB 4/5/2013 $500.00
SARA OF WASHINGTON INC. dba 5 Star Quick Stop P.O. Box 1700 DeQuincy LA 70633 CONTRIB Check#30280 11/4/2005 $2,500.00
SARA OF WASHINGTON INC. dba 5 Star Quick Stop P.O. Box 1700 DeQuincy LA 70633 CONTRIB Check#30280 11/4/2005 $2,500.00
SARA OF WASHINGTON INC. Total $11,500.00
TADLOCK PIPE & RENTALS PO Box 16990 Lake Charles LA 70616 CONTRIB 36909 6/20/2005 $1,000.00
TADLOCK PIPE & RENTALS PO Box 16990 Lake Charles LA 70616 CONTRIB Check#37923 11/23/2005 $1,000.00
TADLOCK PIPE & RENTALS PO Box 16990 Lake Charles LA 70616 CONTRIB Check#37923 11/23/2005 $1,000.00
TADLOCK PIPE & RENTALS PO Box 16990 Lake Charles LA 70616 CONTRIB Ck# 039255 6/13/2006 $100.00
TADLOCK PIPE & RENTALS PO Box 16990 Lake Charles LA 70616 CONTRIB 3/14/2007 $1,000.00
TADLOCK PIPE & RENTALS PO Box 16990 Lake Charles LA 70616 CONTRIB ck #043570 - donation 3/31/2008 $1,000.00
TADLOCK PIPE & RENTALS PO Box 16990 Lake Charles LA 70616 IN-KIND
donated chicken for
fundraiser 8/30/2008 $650.00
TADLOCK PIPE & RENTALS PO Box 16990 Lake Charles LA 70616 CONTRIB 9/17/2009 $200.00
TADLOCK PIPE & RENTALS PO Box 16990 Lake Charles LA 70616 CONTRIB 3/27/2013 $400.00
TADLOCK PIPE & RENTALS PO Box 16990 Lake Charles LA 70616 CONTRIB 3/13/2014 $400.00
TADLOCK PIPE & RENTALS PO Box 16990 Lake Charles LA 70616 CONTRIB 10/9/2014 $250.00
TADLOCK PIPE & RENTALS Total $7,000.00
THE LONGHORN TRUCK & CAR PLAZA 2374 INC. Hwy 109 South Vinton LA 70668 CONTRIB 21807 6/9/2005 $2,400.00
THE LONGHORN TRUCK & CAR PLAZA 2374 INC. Hwy 109 South Vinton LA 70668 CONTRIB check #23462 12/8/2005 $2,500.00
THE LONGHORN TRUCK & CAR PLAZA 2374 INC. Hwy 109 South Vinton LA 70668 CONTRIB check #23462 12/8/2005 $2,500.00
THE LONGHORN TRUCK & CAR PLAZA 2374 INC. Hwy 109 South Vinton LA 70668 CONTRIB 4/14/2011 $250.00
THE LONGHORN TRUCK & CAR PLAZA INC. Total $7,650.00
TJWSR/SKW PROPERTIES Tom Watts PO Box 580426 Houston TX 77258 CONTRIB 10/25/2005 $2,500.00
TJWSR/SKW PROPERTIES Tom Watts PO Box 580426 Houston TX 77258 CONTRIB Check#8921 10/25/2005 $2,500.00
TJWSR/SKW PROPERTIES Tom Watts PO Box 580426 Houston TX 77258 CONTRIB check # 8983 11/29/2005 $2,500.00
TJWSR/SKW PROPERTIES Tom Watts PO Box 580426 Houston TX 77258 CONTRIB check # 8983 11/29/2005 $2,500.00
TJWSR/SKW PROPERTIES LTD PO Box 580426 Houston TX 77258 CONTRIB ck# 9826 8/13/2008 $2,500.00
TJWSR/SKW PROPERTIES Total $12,500.00
UNITED INSURANCE SPECIALISTS LLCOne Lakeshore Dr Suite 1485 Lake Charles LA 70629 CONTRIB 10/27/2014 $2,500.00
UNITED INSURANCE SPECIALISTS LLCOne Lakeshore Dr Suite 1485 Lake Charles LA 70629 CONTRIB 10/27/2014 $2,500.00
UNITED INSURANCE SPECIALISTS LLC Total $5,000.00
WELLS WATSON 3006 Country Club Rd Lake Charles LA 70605 CONTRIB Check#47770 9/16/2005 $2,500.00
WELLS WATSON 3006 Country Club Rd Lake Charles LA 70605 CONTRIB check#48707 12/1/2005 $2,500.00
WELLS WATSON 3006 Country Club Rd Lake Charles LA 70605 CONTRIB Check#47807 12/1/2005 $2,500.00
WELLS WATSON 3006 Country Club Rd Lake Charles LA 70605 CONTRIB 12/2/2014 $2,500.00
WELLS WATSON Total $10,000.00
WILLIAM BAGGETT 3006 Country Club Rd Lake Charles LA 70605 CONTRIB Check#47770 9/16/2005 $2,500.00
WILLIAM BAGGETT 3006 Country Club Rd Lake Charles LA 70605 CONTRIB check#48707 12/1/2005 $2,500.00
WILLIAM BAGGETT 3006 Country Club Rd Lake Charles LA 70605 CONTRIB check#48707 12/1/2005 $2,500.00
WILLIAM BAGGETT Total $7,500.00
WILLIAM J DORE, SR P.O. BOX 67 Sulphur LA70664-0067CONTRIB 1649 3/29/2005 $2,500.00
WILLIAM J DORE, SR P.O. BOX 67 Sulphur LA70664-0067CONTRIB ck# 6125 8/15/2008 $2,500.00
WILLIAM J DORE, SR P.O. BOX 67 Sulphur LA70664-0067CONTRIB 2/28/2011 $2,500.00
WILLIAM J DORE, SR 120 W. Pujo St Ste 300 Lake Charles LA 70601 CONTRIB 4/19/2013 $1,000.00
WILLIAM J DORE, SR 120 W Pujo St Ste 300 Lake Charles LA 70601 CONTRIB 10/9/2014 $2,500.00
WILLIAM J DORE, SR Total $11,000.00
LESTER LANGLEY JR 205 W. College St Lake Charles LA 70605 CONTRIB Check# 1239 9/7/2005 $2,500.00
LESTER LANGLEY JR 205 W. College St Lake Charles LA 70605 CONTRIB check #1005 11/30/2005 $2,500.00
LESTER LANGLEY JR 205 W. College St Lake Charles LA 70605 CONTRIB check#1005 12/1/2005 $2,500.00
LESTER LANGLEY JR 205 W. College St Lake Charles LA 70605 CONTRIB 9/17/2009 $1,000.00
LESTER LANGLEY JR 205 W. College St Lake Charles LA 70605 CONTRIB 11/13/2014 $1,000.00
LESTER LANGLEY, JR 205 W College St Lake Charles LA 70605 CONTRIB 5/27/2011 $1,000.00
LESTER LANGLEY, JR Total $10,500.00
SHELYA LANGLEY Page 146 of 410 2711 Nottoway Ln. Lake Charles LA 70605 CONTRIB Check# 1240 9/7/2005 $2,500.00
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John Derosier
2005
Primary: Nov 12, 2005
General: Dec 10, 2005
Campaign Donations Exceeding $2,500 per Election
2008
Primary: Oct 4, 2008
General: n/a
Caution Areas in yellow
2014
Primary: Nov 4, 2014
General: n/a
ContributorName Addr1 Addr2 City ST Zip
Contributio
nType
Description Date Amt
SHELYA LANGLEY 17 River Lane Lake Charles LA 70605 CONTRIB 10/1/2008 $2,500.00
SHELYA LANGLEY 17 River Lane Lake Charles LA 70605 CONTRIB 10/1/2008 $2,500.00
SHELYA LANGLEY 17 River Lane Lake Charles LA 70605 CONTRIB 11/13/2014 $500.00
SHELYA LANGLEY Total $8,000.00
SID DYER JR. MD. PO Box 738 Lake Charles LA 70602 CONTRIB Check# 1368 9/7/2005 $2,500.00
SYD DYER JR. MD. PO Box 738 Lake Charles LA 70602 CONTRIB check #1004 11/30/2005 $2,500.00
SID DYER JR. MD. PO Box 738 Lake Charles LA 70602 CONTRIB check#1004 12/1/2005 $2,500.00
SYD DYER JR. MD. PO Box 738 Lake Charles LA 70602 CONTRIB 3/9/2007 $1,000.00
SYD DYER JR. MD. PO Box 738 Lake Charles LA 70602 CONTRIB 9/17/2009 $1,000.00
SYD DYER JR. MD. PO Box 738 Lake Charles LA 70602 CONTRIB 5/10/2013 $1,000.00
SYD DYER JR. MD. PO Box 738 Lake Charles LA 70602 CONTRIB 11/13/2014 $500.00
SYD DYER JR. MD. Total $11,000.00
ROBY DYER PO Box 738 Lake Charles LA 70602 CONTRIB Check# 1369 9/7/2005 $2,500.00
ROBY DYER PO Box 738 Lake Charles LA 70602 CONTRIB 10/1/2008 $2,500.00
ROBY DYER PO Box 738 Lake Charles LA 70602 CONTRIB 10/1/2008 $2,500.00
ROBY DYER Total $7,500.00
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VII. Prohibited Practices (R.S. 18:1505.2)
A. Failure to file or failure to timely file a required report. Automatic penalties of at least $100, $60 or $40
per day for “Major,” “District,” and “Any Other” office, respectively, will be assessed for late reports.
NOTE: Unpaid campaign finance fines, fees or penalties may have an adverse effect on a candidate’s ability
to run for public office in the future, as the Board of Ethics will object to the candidacy of a person who has
an outstanding fine, fee or penalty equal to or in excess of $250 assessed for a violation of the Campaign
Finance Disclosure Act for which all appeals have been exhausted. Also a candidate or a candidate=s
committee which owes outstanding fines or late fees may not expend campaign contributions until all such
fines are paid.
B. Making contributions or loans through or in the name of another.
C. Using funds from an anonymous source. Anonymous contributions must be transmitted to the State.
D. Making or receiving cash contributions in excess of $100 in a calendar year per source. Any cash
contribution must be evidenced by a receipt containing the name, address, social security number and
signature (or mark) of the contributor.
E. Making or receiving payments, including reimbursements of costs, for the transportation of any voter to a
polling place or for absentee voting unless the payment is to a licensed bus, taxi, or transportation service.
(R.S. 18:1531) Medical transportation services do not qualify to receive payments for transporting
voters.
F. Making expenditures in excess of $100 from a petty cash fund or making cash payments for personal
services, except for tips for serving food or drink.
G. Contributions or expenditures made by a corporation, labor organization, or trade, business, or professional
association unless specifically authorized by either (1) a vote of the board of directors or executive board, or
(2) any person whom the board has specifically empowered to authorize such contributions or expenditures,
or (3) a vote of the membership of the labor organization. Cash contributions in any amount by a
corporation, labor organization, or trade, business or professional organization are prohibited.
H. Financial activity over $500 in a calendar year by a political committee that has failed to file a statement of
organization and contributions by a candidate to any political committee which should have filed a
statement of organization but failed to do so. Committees that have filed statements of organization
are issued certificates of registration by the Supervisory Committee on an annual basis.
I. Campaign funds may not be used for any personal use unrelated to a political campaign or the holding of
public office. Campaign funds may not be used to pay a fine for penalties imposed pursuant to the Code of
Governmental Ethics. Also, campaign funds may not be used to purchase immovable property or a
motor vehicle. The expenditure disclosed on the campaign finance report should fully disclose the
purpose of the expenditure as it relates to the campaign or holding of public office. Excess funds may be:
(1) returned to contributors on a pro rata basis, (2) given as an IRS approved charitable donation, (3)
expended in support of or opposition to another candidate, a proposition, or a political party, or (4)
maintained for future campaigns.
J. Only the candidate assessed a campaign finance fine can pay the fine using funds of the campaign or his
personal funds (Third parties cannot pay campaign finance fines or penalties.). The Supervisory Committee
may prohibit the use of campaign funds to pay fines or penalties for intentional or egregious violations of
the Campaign Finance Disclosure Act. Also, campaign funds cannot be used to pay for fines or
penalties of the Code of Governmental Ethics.
K. Coercing or attempting to coerce a person to make or withhold a contribution or affecting an individual’s
employment based on a contribution or the failure to make a contribution.
L. A candidate’s immediate family member may not be paid for services provided to that candidate's campaign
unless (1) the business is a bona fide business registered with the Secretary of State that has been doing
business regularly in the state for at least 12 months prior to the time of the payment, and (2) that provides
services related to the payment; and, (3) the payment is made through an arm=s length transaction in which
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the value of the goods or services furnished is commensurate with the consideration provided. AImmediate
family member@ is a candidate=s children, his brothers and their spouses, his sisters and their spouses, his
parents, his spouse, and the parents of his spouse.
M. Persons substantially interested in the gaming industry* are prohibited from making contributions and loans
to candidates and political committees that support or oppose candidates. Prohibited sources* include:
• any person who, pursuant to the Louisiana Riverboat Economic Development and Gaming Control
Act, holds a license to conduct gaming activities on a riverboat, holds a license or permit as a
distributor, supplier, or manufacturer of gaming devices or equipment including slot machines, or
owns a riverboat
• any person who, pursuant to the Louisiana Economic Development and Gaming Corporation Act,
holds a license or entered into a contract to conduct casino gaming activities, holds a license or
permit as a distributor or manufacturer of gaming devices or equipment including slot machines, or
owns a casino where gaming operations are licensed
• any person who has a direct or indirect interest in any legal entity included in (1) & (2) “Interest”
means ownership by an individual or spouse, individually or collectively, of more than 10% of any
legal entity. An indirect interest is ownership through any number of layers of legal entities when
25% or more of each legal entity is owned by the legal entity ownership beneath it),
• any holding, intermediary, or subsidiary company of any person in (1) & (2) and any officer, director,
trustee or partner thereof,
• any officer, director, trustee, partner, or senior management level employee or key employee (as
defined in R.S. 4:605(19)) of any person included in (1) - (4),
• any person subject to provisions of R.S. 4:523C(4), 626C(4), or 661D, and
• the spouse of any person included in (1) - (6).
• These rules do not prohibit a candidate from using personal funds for his own campaign.
Penalties for Violations:
Upon notification of the Supervisory Committee candidates or committees who accept illegal gaming
contributions must pay those contributions over to the state within 10 days of the notification.
Contributors violating this ban are subject to civil penalties of up to $10,000, criminal penalties, and will be
rendered unsuitable to hold the license which made the contributor subject to the ban.
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John Derosier Campaign Expenses
to family members = $10,207.03
RecipientName Description Date Amt
ALEXANDER MILES Reimbursement from Stine's 6/6/2005 $97.96
ALEXANDER MILES Reimbursement for sign materials from Stines 6/13/2005 $80.71
ALEXANDER MILES Check#1157 - Contract Labor 7/29/2005 $155.00
ALEXANDER MILES Contract Labor-Check #1170 8/15/2005 $250.00
ALEXANDER MILES Check #1191-Contract Labor 8/31/2005 $250.00
ALEXANDER MILES Check#1211-Contract Labor 9/16/2005 $200.00
ALEXANDER MILES check #1240 - contract labor 11/1/2005 $200.00
ALEXANDER MILES check #1255 - contract labor 11/17/2005 $200.00
ALEXANDER MILES check #1275 - contract labor 12/1/2005 $500.00
ALEXANDER MILES check #1444 - contract labor 12/15/2005 $500.00
ALEXANDER MILES check #1464 - contract labor 12/30/2005 $500.00
ALEXANDER MILES ck #2283 - install signs-campaign worker 6/10/2008 $150.00
ALEXANDER MILES ck #2302 - campaign work (installing signs) 6/23/2008 $150.00
ALEXANDER MILES campaign worker 6/26/2008 $150.00
ALEXANDER MILES campaign worker 6/30/2008 $300.00
ALEXANDER MILES campaign worker 7/2/2008 $300.00
ALEXANDER MILES campaign worker 7/14/2008 $300.00
ALEXANDER MILES campaign worker 7/18/2008 $300.00
ALEXANDER MILES campaign worker 7/21/2008 $300.00
ALEXANDER MILES campaign worker 7/31/2008 $300.00
ALEXANDER MILES campaign worker 8/7/2008 $300.00
ALEXANDER MILES campaign worker 8/14/2008 $300.00
ALEXANDER MILES campaign worker 8/21/2008 $300.00
ALEXANDER MILES campaign worker 8/29/2008 $300.00
ALEXANDER MILES campaign worker 9/5/2008 $300.00
ALEXANDER MILES campaign worker 9/11/2008 $300.00
ALEXANDER MILES contract labor campaign worker 9/18/2008 $300.00
ALEXANDER MILES contract labor - signs 9/25/2008 $300.00
ALEXANDER MILES contract labor - campaign work 10/1/2008 $300.00
TOTAL STEP SON ALEXANDER MILES $7,883.67
JIMMY DEROSIER Reimbursement for sign materials from Stines 5/10/2005 $98.93
JIMMY DEROSIER rent for campaign office 8/27/2008 $600.00
JIMMY DEROSIER Rent for S LC office 9/29/2008 $600.00
JIMMY DEROSIER ck #2774 - campaign storage 12/29/2008 $1,000.00
JIMMY DEROSIER
Reimb for lunch at Mr. Bills's for D.A.'s Office Weapon
training
4/27/2010 $24.53
TOTAL SON JIMMY DEROSIER $2,323.46
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Plea Deal System
Elected Official John Derosier campaign has made payments totaling $10,207.13 to his sons.
The campaign has paid $7,883.67 to Derosier’s step-son Alexander Miles. $2,323.46 was paid to
Derosier’s son from the campaign account. Additionally, Jimmy Derosier is a licensed Louisiana
attorney.
Additionally, there are appearances of impropriety surrounding the prosecution of District
Attorney John Derosier’s step-son Alexander Miles. It is not clear at what point the John Derosier
recused himself and the Calcasieu Parish District Attorney’s office from his step-son’s
prosecution. The Attorney General prosecuted the cases after CPDA recusal.
An investigation by ABC News Lafayette KATC
(channel 3) of John Derosier’s son was started after an
incident involving Derosier’s son that failed to yield,
going into the opposite direction causing a vehicle with
2 women to flip. The report attempted to uncover
incidents and results. The detailed text from the KATC
report is included in this complaint because it was saved
when it was originally published. However, the report
has since been removed from the internet for some
reason unknown.
Investigators were able to uncover 9 arrests and charges of DUI (driving under the influence),
DWI (driving while intoxicated), OWI (operating while intoxicated) and public intoxication. The
investigation also uncovered that prosecutors dismissed 4 cases at least 3 cases were dismissed
and that there are several open cases still waiting for trial. It is unclear which incident John
Derosier recused himself and the Calcasieu Parish District Attorney’s office from his step-son’s
prosecution.
Criminal Charges
Result
Incident
Date
Parish
Candidate
Family
Member
Family
Member
Notes
DUI (driving under
influence)
Case
Dismissed
12/28/2005 Calcasieu
John
Derosier
Alexander
Miles
Step-Son
Public Intoxication
DUI (driving under
influence)
Case
Dismissed
Case
Dismissed
10/13/2009 Calcasieu
3/4/2010 Calcasieu
John
Derosier
John
Derosier
Alexander
Miles
Alexander
Miles
Step-Son
Step-Son
OWI (operating while
intoxicated)
Guilty DWI
1st
2/10/2012 Calcasieu
John
Derosier
Alexander
Miles
Step-Son
Probation Violation Unknown unknown Calcasieu
John
Derosier
Alexander
Miles
Step-Son
DWI (driving while
intoxicated)
DWI (driving while
intoxicated)
Not went to
trial yet
Not went to
trial yet
Public Intoxication Unknown 12/11/2013
DWI (driving while
intoxicated)
3/23/2013 Calcasieu
3/23/2013 Calcasieu
San
Angelo
Unknown 1/21/2014 Lafayette
John
Derosier
John
Derosier
John
Derosier
John
Derosier
Alexander
Miles
Alexander
Miles
Alexander
Miles
Alexander
Miles
Step-Son
Step-Son
Step-Son
Step-Son
"The Attorney General's Office said
anyone who could answer the
question was unavailable."
Traveling in opposite direction of
traffic, failed to yield causing a
vechile with 2 women passangers
to flip over. Miles blew a .312 into
a intoxilyzer 5000.
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KATC.com | Continuous News Coverage | Acadiana-Lafayette - Attorney General's Offic...
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Posted: Jan 23, 2014 6:54 PM CST
Updated: Mar 23, 2015 1:29 PM CDT
Attorney General's Office clarifies
charges against Miles
We have a clarification tonight from the Attorney General's
Office after a Lake Charles man was charged with his 4th
offense DWI in Lafayette.
29-year-old Alexander Miles remains in jail tonight in
Lafayette on a $100,000 bond after police say he caused an
accident Tuesday afternoon on Johnston Street. His blood
alcohol level was allegedly .312, and he was on his way to
rehab.
Our investigative team began pulling court records and
questioned why 29-year-old Alexander Miles was charged
with both a 2nd offense DWI and a 3rd offense DWI for the
same traffic incident in March of 2013. The Attorney
General's office is prosecuting this arrest because the
District Attorney's Office recused themselves from the case (Miles is related to the
Calcasieu Parish District Attorney). The Attorney General's Office responded today, saying
both of those charges do stem from the same incident.
Essentially, Miles was charged for a 3rd offense because it was his 3rd DWI arrest.
However, he pled down to a misdemeanor charge for the first arrest, so he's only
convicted of one DWI. This means the March 2013 case is being tried as a 2nd offense
DWI case, not a 3rd offense as he was initially charged.
He's scheduled to go to trial for the 2nd offense DWI charge in Lake Charles next week. If
convicted in that case, it would mean he would face a 3rd offense charge in Lafayette, not
the 4th offense as initially charged.
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LAFAYETTE, LA (KATC) - A 29-year-old Lake Charles man remains in a Lafayette jail
following his arrest on charges of fourth-offense DWI and failure to yield.
Alexander Miles was arrested Tuesday afternoon following a crash in the 5800 block of
Johnston Street in Lafayette.
Lafayette Police said Miles failed to yield while making a left turn and struck a vehicle that
was traveling in the opposite direction. The other vehicle flipped, but none of the
occupants were injured.
Police said Miles drove a block away, and they found him sitting against a light pole.
Police said they asked Miles to stand, but twice he fell backwards. The officer said he
attempted to help, but Miles LSU pushed rolls him past away saying, "Don't touch me, dude."
South
At the police station, officers Carolina, performed 45-24 a field sobriety test on Miles. After beginning the
test, Miles allegedly said, "I'll save you some time because I'm (expletive) up."
Police said Miles' blew a .312 blood-alcohol content level.
Our investigative team looked into Miles' record after police indicated he had prior
charges of operating a vehicle while intoxicated. We found several criminal records in
Calcasieu Parish, but we also discovered that the Attorney General's Office had to
prosecute them, because of Miles' relationship to Calcasieu Parish District Attorney John
DeRosier. Court records indicate they are related, and DeRosier asked to be recused from
the case.
According to online documents, Miles' first DWI charge was dismissed, and he pled to a
misdemeanor charge of careless operation for a March 2010 incident.
For Miles' second first-offense DWI charge, he pled guilty using Article 894, which typically
keeps the charge off the suspect's record, if they follow the rules set forth in their
probation.
However, Miles was brought back to court in July 2012 for allegedly violating his
probation. It's unclear from the online records why. He was sentenced to spend 30 days
at a substance abuse treatment center.
Miles was charged with a second- and third-offense DWI, in connection with an incident in
March 2013 in Calcasieu. It is unclear why both charges are connected to the same
incident. This case has not yet gone to trial.
We do plan on reviewing more court records, because of the limited online access at the
Clerk of Court's website.
As for the current DWI charge in Lafayette, no bond has been set. Miles is scheduled to
appear in court Friday morning.
This story was reported by KATC. You can read their original story HERE.
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VII. Prohibited Practices (R.S. 18:1505.2)
A. Failure to file or failure to timely file a required report. Automatic penalties of at least $100, $60 or $40
per day for “Major,” “District,” and “Any Other” office, respectively, will be assessed for late reports.
NOTE: Unpaid campaign finance fines, fees or penalties may have an adverse effect on a candidate’s ability
to run for public office in the future, as the Board of Ethics will object to the candidacy of a person who has
an outstanding fine, fee or penalty equal to or in excess of $250 assessed for a violation of the Campaign
Finance Disclosure Act for which all appeals have been exhausted.
Also a candidate or a candidate=s
committee which owes outstanding fines or late fees may not expend campaign contributions until all such
fines are paid.
B. Making contributions or loans through or in the name of another.
C. Using funds from an anonymous source. Anonymous contributions must be transmitted to the State.
D. Making or receiving cash contributions in excess of $100 in a calendar year per source. Any cash
contribution must be evidenced by a receipt containing the name, address, social security number and
signature (or mark) of the contributor.
E. Making or receiving payments, including reimbursements of costs, for the transportation of any voter to a
polling place or for absentee voting unless the payment is to a licensed bus, taxi, or transportation service.
(R.S. 18:1531) Medical transportation services do not qualify to receive payments for transporting
voters.
F. Making expenditures in excess of $100 from a petty cash fund or making cash payments for personal
services, except for tips for serving food or drink.
G. Contributions or expenditures made by a corporation, labor organization, or trade, business, or professional
association unless specifically authorized by either (1) a vote of the board of directors or executive board, or
(2) any person whom the board has specifically empowered to authorize such contributions or expenditures,
or (3) a vote of the membership of the labor organization. Cash contributions in any amount by a
corporation, labor organization, or trade, business or professional organization are prohibited.
H. Financial activity over $500 in a calendar year by a political committee that has failed to file a statement of
organization and contributions by a candidate to any political committee which should have filed a
statement of organization but failed to do so. Committees that have filed statements of organization
are issued certificates of registration by the Supervisory Committee on an annual basis.
I. Campaign funds may not be used for any personal use unrelated to a political campaign or the holding of
public office. Campaign funds may not be used to pay a fine for penalties imposed pursuant to the Code of
Governmental Ethics. Also, campaign funds may not be used to purchase immovable property or a
motor vehicle. The expenditure disclosed on the campaign finance report should fully disclose the
purpose of the expenditure as it relates to the campaign or holding of public office. Excess funds may be:
(1) returned to contributors on a pro rata basis, (2) given as an IRS approved charitable donation, (3)
expended in support of or opposition to another candidate, a proposition, or a political party, or (4)
maintained for future campaigns.
J. Only the candidate assessed a campaign finance fine can pay the fine using funds of the campaign or his
personal funds (Third parties cannot pay campaign finance fines or penalties.). The Supervisory Committee
may prohibit the use of campaign funds to pay fines or penalties for intentional or egregious violations of
the Campaign Finance Disclosure Act. Also, campaign funds cannot be used to pay for fines or
penalties of the Code of Governmental Ethics.
K. Coercing or attempting to coerce a person to make or withhold a contribution or affecting an individual’s
employment based on a contribution or the failure to make a contribution.
L. A candidate’s immediate family member may not be paid for services provided to that candidate's campaign
unless (1) the business is a bona fide business registered with the Secretary of State that has been doing
business regularly in the state for at least 12 months prior to the time of the payment, and (2) that provides
services related to the payment; and, (3) the payment is made through an arm=s length transaction in which
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the value of the goods or services furnished is commensurate with the consideration provided. AImmediate
family member@ is a candidate=s children, his brothers and their spouses, his sisters and their spouses, his
parents, his spouse, and the parents of his spouse.
M. Persons substantially interested in the gaming industry* are prohibited from making contributions and loans
to candidates and political committees that support or oppose candidates. Prohibited sources* include:
• any person who, pursuant to the Louisiana Riverboat Economic Development and Gaming Control
Act, holds a license to conduct gaming activities on a riverboat, holds a license or permit as a
distributor, supplier, or manufacturer of gaming devices or equipment including slot machines, or
owns a riverboat
• any person who, pursuant to the Louisiana Economic Development and Gaming Corporation Act,
holds a license or entered into a contract to conduct casino gaming activities, holds a license or
permit as a distributor or manufacturer of gaming devices or equipment including slot machines, or
owns a casino where gaming operations are licensed
• any person who has a direct or indirect interest in any legal entity included in (1) & (2) “Interest”
means ownership by an individual or spouse, individually or collectively, of more than 10% of any
legal entity. An indirect interest is ownership through any number of layers of legal entities when
25% or more of each legal entity is owned by the legal entity ownership beneath it),
• any holding, intermediary, or subsidiary company of any person in (1) & (2) and any officer, director,
trustee or partner thereof,
• any officer, director, trustee, partner, or senior management level employee or key employee (as
defined in R.S. 4:605(19)) of any person included in (1) - (4),
• any person subject to provisions of R.S. 4:523C(4), 626C(4), or 661D, and
• the spouse of any person included in (1) - (6).
• These rules do not prohibit a candidate from using personal funds for his own campaign.
Penalties for Violations:
Upon notification of the Supervisory Committee candidates or committees who accept illegal gaming
contributions must pay those contributions over to the state within 10 days of the notification.
Contributors violating this ban are subject to civil penalties of up to $10,000, criminal penalties, and will be
rendered unsuitable to hold the license which made the contributor subject to the ban.
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John Derosier Campaign Expenses
Fire Truck = $18,883.72
RecipientName Description Date Amt
MR. STEVE DORAN Purchase fire truck for parades 2/6/2009 $515.00
MR. STEVE DORAN Repair on fire truck 7/15/2009 $1,500.00
MR. STEVE DORAN Purchased fire truck 7/15/2009 $500.00
DAGO'S CUSTOM CYCLES LLC Fire Truck painting 3/15/2011 $918.00
COLLEGE STREET T & I Painting of fire truck 11/17/2009 $100.00
ACME SIGN COMPANY LLC Decals for Fire Truck 3/10/2011 $65.40
MR. FRED LEGER Fire truck repair 7/24/2009 $561.75
TRUCK & TRAILER EQUIPMENT
CO
parts & labor for firetruck 7/23/2010 $1,534.27
CALCASIEU PARISH DISTRICT ATTReimbursement for Fire Truck battery & gas: Wholesale Battery $149.90; 10/17/2012 $293.87
TRUCK 'N TRAILER EQUIPMENT
CO. INC.
Fire truck repairs & labor 7/26/2010 $5,000.00
TURNER REPAIR SERVICE LLC Repairs to Fire Truck 2/3/2014 $991.33
DAVID COOK TRUCKS &
EQUIPMENT
Parts for fire truck for parades 9/21/2010 $317.91
STINE'S OF LAKE CHARLES parts for Fire Truck 3/14/2011 $141.49
STINE'S OF LAKE CHARLES parts for Fire Truck 4/4/2011 $45.76
STINE'S OF LAKE CHARLES Fire Truck items 8/7/2011 $104.39
HARBOR FREIGHT TOOLS Parts for Fire Truck 4/22/2014 $6.53
JUSTIN'S IRON WORKS Aluminum tank for Fire Truck 3/15/2011 $250.00
MR. EDWIN HOUSE Siren for fire truck 8/4/2009 $25.00
FERRARA FIRE APPARATUS Horns for Fire Truck 4/11/2011 $353.24
ADVANCE AUTO PARTS Parts for fire truck 7/20/2009 $109.86
ADVANCE AUTO PARTS Parts for fire truck for parades 6/7/2010 $31.47
ADVANCE AUTO PARTS Parts for fire truck 6/8/2010 $42.24
ADVANCE AUTO PARTS Parts for fire truck 6/21/2010 $40.96
ADVANCE AUTO PARTS Parts for Fire Truck 6/5/2014 $59.92
ADVANCE AUTO PARTS Parts for Fire Truck 6/16/2014 $20.15
AUTOZONE Parts for fire truck 10/22/2009 $99.76
TRUCK & TRAILER EQUIPMENT
CO
Parts for Fire Truck 3/10/2011 $267.66
TRUCK 'N TRAILER EQUIPMENT
CO. INC.
Parts for fire truck 1/27/2010 $104.07
DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR
VEHICLES
Fire truck registration 3/2/2009 $83.92
DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR
VEHICLES
New fire truck registration renewal 5/12/2010 $24.50
DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR
VEHICLES
Old fire truck registration renewal 5/12/2010 $24.50
OFFICE OF MOTOR VEHICLES Registration on fire truck 5/29/2009 $24.50
OFFICE OF MOTOR VEHICLES Registration on fire truck 9/4/2009 $93.47
OFFICE OF MOTOR VEHICLES Fire Truck renewal 9/16/2011 $24.50
OFFICE OF MOTOR VEHICLES Fire Truck renewal 9/22/2011 $66.50
OFFICE OF MOTOR VEHICLES Fire truck license renewal 5/10/2012 $112.00
O'REILLY AUTO PARTS Supplies for Fire Truck 5/5/2014 $45.52
O'REILLY AUTO PARTS Supplies for Fire Truck 5/19/2014 $83.15
PAPA MURPHY'S PIZZA Pizza for T&I students working on fire truck 5/10/2010 $44.03
PAUL BAROUSSE Gas & labor to pick up fire truck parts 9/22/2010 $117.00
SAM'S CLUB Cleaning supplies for Fire Truck 3/14/2011 $570.18
KROGER Cokes & T&I students working on fire truck 5/6/2010 $12.60
MSU BOOKSTORE Decorations for firetruck for MSU parade 10/15/2013 $22.98
DEMARIE INSURANCE AGENCY
INC.
Insurance on fire truck 2/27/2009 $185.00
PROGRESSIVE INSURANCE Insurance on fire truck 8/24/2009 $190.00
PROGRESSIVE INSURANCE Insurance on fire truck 2/2/2010 $210.00
PROGRESSIVE INSURANCE Insurance on fire truck 8/3/2010 $210.00
PROGRESSIVE INSURANCE Insurance on Fire Truck 2/11/2011 $288.00
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Fire Truck = $18,883.72
RecipientName Description Date Amt
PROGRESSIVE INSURANCE Insurance on Fire Truck 8/18/2011 $317.00
PROGRESSIVE INSURANCE Insurance on Fire Truck 2/2/2012 $304.00
PROGRESSIVE INSURANCE Insurance on fire truck 8/1/2012 $274.00
PROGRESSIVE INSURANCE Insurance for Fire Truck 2/5/2013 $247.00
PROGRESSIVE INSURANCE Insurance for Fire Truck 8/26/2013 $245.00
PROGRESSIVE INSURANCE Insurance for Fire Truck 1/31/2014 $270.00
PROGRESSIVE INSURANCE Insurance for Fire Truck 8/4/2014 $298.00
TOBACCO PLUS Fuel for Fire Truck 6/16/2014 $24.08
EXXON Fuel for Fire Truck 3/28/2011 $84.30
FIFTH WHEEL TRUCK STOP Fuel for Fire Truck 3/3/2014 $67.05
TOBACCO PLUS Fuel for Fire Truck 9/26/2014 $48.44
WAYNE SENSAT Reimbursement for gas in fire truck 2/26/2009 $31.30
WAYNE SENSAT Gas for fire truck & fundraiser errands 10/1/2009 $81.13
WAYNE SENSAT Reimbursement for gas in fire truck 5/10/2010 $30.00
WAYNE SENSAT Reimbursement - Gas for fire truck 8/10/2010 $24.47
WAYNE SENSAT Reimburse - fuel for firetruck. 5th Wheel Plaza 65.15; Shell 40.42 10/21/2013 $105.57
Motor Vehicle TOTAL $18,883.72
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John Derosier Campaign Expenses
Mr. Bill's Seafood = $46,299.86
RecipientName Description Date Amt
MR. BILL'S SEAFOOD check #1446 - food for Victory Party 12/10/2005 $400.00
MR. BILL'S SEAFOOD check #1446 - food for Victory Party 12/15/2005 $400.00
MR. BILL'S SEAFOOD ck# 1785- food for June 19th Cook-off 6/26/2006 $29.12
MR. BILL'S SEAFOOD Check #1821 - food & butane for July 4th 8/14/2006 $2,100.65
MR. BILL'S SEAFOOD food for campaign meeting 7/17/2008 $490.50
MR. BILL'S SEAFOOD ck #2700 - gumbo for victory party 10/16/2008 $1,090.00
MR. BILL'S SEAFOOD ck #2702 - gumbo for Quarterback Club 10/16/2008 $588.60
MR. BILL'S SEAFOOD ck #2748 - employee Thanksgiving 12/1/2008 $658.50
MR. BILL'S SEAFOOD ck #2775 - gumbo for DWI checkpoint 12/17/2008 $776.63
MR. BILL'S SEAFOOD Toys for Tots delivers lunch 12/18/2008 $268.65
MR. BILL'S SEAFOOD Vineyard Christian Fellowship fundraiser 8/22/2009 $140.00
MR. BILL'S SEAFOOD Food for fundraiser 9/21/2009 $6,900.00
MR. BILL'S SEAFOOD Employee Thanksgiving lunch 11/17/2009 $332.45
MR. BILL'S SEAFOOD Drug Court Graduation 12/21/2009 $120.00
MR. BILL'S SEAFOOD DA's Office employees' weapons training 5/4/2010 $65.00
MR. BILL'S SEAFOOD Drug Court Graduation 6/23/2010 $300.00
MR. BILL'S SEAFOOD Lunch for Sleigh of Toys riders 12/14/2010 $204.48
MR. BILL'S SEAFOOD Gumbo for Drug Court graduation 12/21/2010 $600.00
MR. BILL'S SEAFOOD Food for Vietnam Veterans Memorial Dedication 5/2/2011 $420.90
MR. BILL'S SEAFOOD Food for Drug Court Graduation 6/22/2011 $200.00
MR. BILL'S SEAFOOD Quarterback Club Luncheon 9/15/2011 $600.00
MR. BILL'S SEAFOOD Rolls for MSU Foundation Fundraiser 9/30/2011 $26.04
MR. BILL'S SEAFOOD Thanksgiving gumbo for employees 11/22/2011 $682.81
MR. BILL'S SEAFOOD Seafood trays for Christmas party 11/30/2011 $200.00
MR. BILL'S SEAFOOD Crawfish Boil for constituents 6/19/2012 $434.82
MR. BILL'S SEAFOOD Quarterback lunch catering 10/18/2012 $731.98
MR. BILL'S SEAFOOD Food for DA's Sleigh of Toys riders 12/12/2012 $290.98
MR. BILL'S SEAFOOD Catering for Christmas Party 12/21/2012 $2,620.91
MR. BILL'S SEAFOOD Catering for Constituent Turtle Supper 1/31/2013 $589.18
MR. BILL'S SEAFOOD Catering - Crawfish for Fundraiser 4/20/2013 $5,325.93
MR. BILL'S SEAFOOD Sponsor Quarterback Club Lunch 11/5/2013 $750.00
MR. BILL'S SEAFOOD Employee Thanksgiving Lunch 11/21/2013 $1,491.26
MR. BILL'S SEAFOOD Food for Sleigh of Toys volunteers 12/13/2013 $321.13
MR. BILL'S SEAFOOD Fried turkeys for Rev. Sam Tolbert's Party 12/17/2013 $98.32
MR. BILL'S SEAFOOD Food for Employee Christmas Lunch 12/18/2013 $1,320.00
MR. BILL'S SEAFOOD Food for Campaign Committee Meeting 3/31/2014 $120.00
MR. BILL'S SEAFOOD Lunch for Campaign volunteers 4/22/2014 $33.48
MR. BILL'S SEAFOOD Crawfish & supplies for fundraiser 4/29/2014 $8,691.77
MR. BILL'S SEAFOOD Employee lunch 6/10/2014 $393.00
MR. BILL'S SEAFOOD Food for Juneteenth Celebration 6/30/2014 $601.00
MR. BILL'S SEAFOOD Lunch for campaign volunteers 9/29/2014 $27.50
MR. BILL'S SEAFOOD MSU Quarterback Club Lunch Sponsor 10/7/2014 $655.50
MR. BILL'S SEAFOOD Food for Meet & Greet 10/11/2014 $239.80
MR. BILL'S SEAFOOD Lunch for campaign volunteers 11/3/2014 $67.81
MR. BILL'S SEAFOOD BBQ dinners for campaign workers 11/10/2014 $871.82
MR. BILL'S SEAFOOD Food for Election Party 11/11/2014 $871.82
MR. BILL'S SEAFOOD Employee's Thanksgiving Lunch 11/24/2014 $1,802.63
MR. BILL'S SEAFOOD Food for Sleigh of Toys Volunteers 12/12/2014 $354.89
Mr. Bill's Seafood TOTAL $46,299.86
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John Derosier Campaign Expenses
Gifts= $20,243.05
RecipientName Description Date Amt
AMAZON.COM Kindle: Amazon's Wireless Reading Device & Bookcover 11/7/2008 $391.96
AMAZON.COM Kindle book for reader 11/26/2008 $8.00
AMAZON.COM Leather case for iPad 8/9/2013 $54.98
ANDREW OGEA Graduation Gift 4/30/2013 $50.00
ANNE-CLAIRE BABINEAUX Constituent's gift - Graduation 5/18/2012 $100.00
ANTHONY PALERMO III Graduation gift 5/15/2009 $50.00
ANTHONY ROSSITTO Graduation gift 5/27/2009 $50.00
BEAU KILLINGSWORTH Graduation gift 12/1/2010 $100.00
BECKA BOGGAN Graduation gift 5/3/2010 $50.00
BREN CANADAY Constituent Graduation Gift 5/13/2014 $50.00
BRIAN BOREL Graduation gift 5/15/2009 $50.00
BRITTANY POUSSON Graduation gift 5/17/2010 $50.00
BROOKE POUSSON Constituent Graduation Gift 5/13/2014 $50.00
CALCASIEU PARISH DISTRICT ATTORNEY reimbursement for Marine Coins for constituents 12/10/2007 $171.95
CALCASIEU PARISH DISTRICT ATTORNEY Reimbursement for Christmas cards 7/22/2009 $1,426.75
CALCASIEU PARISH DISTRICT ATTORNEY
Reimbursement for Fire Truck battery & gas: Wholesale
Battery $149.90; Exxon $143.97
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10/17/2012 $293.87
CALCASIEU PARISH DISTRICT ATTORNEY Reimbursement for Christmas Cards - Office Depot 55.98 11/19/2013 $55.98
CALCASIEU PARISH POLICE JURY ck #2149 - Banner for Mardi Gras float 2/28/2008 $70.00
CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF'S DEPT.
Check #1506 - hole sponsorship (Tony Mancuso LHSAA Golf
Tournament)
3/24/2006 $100.00
CAMP FIRE USA Donation 5/15/2009 $50.00
CENTRAL AVE CHURCH OF GOD
Donation in lieu of flowers for Ruth Maynard for funeral
expenses
2/22/2011 $50.00
CHARLOTTE IEYOUB Employee of the Month 7/8/2010 $100.00
CHRIS SENSAT Employee of the Month 12/3/2009 $100.00
DEVANEY CLAYTON Graduation gift 5/17/2010 $50.00
ELAINE VIDRINE Employee of the Month 3/30/2009 $100.00
FRAME HOUSE & GALLERY Constituent's gifts - Framed Photos 6/12/2012 $252.50
GATOR GUNS Gun for constituent who helped on fundraisers 9/28/2010 $731.92
HARLEQUIN STEAK HOUSE Trial prep lunch 1/7/2009 $41.26
HARLEQUIN STEAK HOUSE Dinner meeting - Billboard Ads - Holly Carter & Oran Parker 11/8/2013 $82.16
HARLEY DAVIDSON Flashlights - Gifts for constituents 11/17/2014 $292.67
JEREMIAH GUILLORY Graduation Gift 5/10/2013 $50.00
JODY TROSCLAIR Graduation gift 5/15/2009 $50.00
JOEY ALCEDE CAMPAIGN FUND ck #2178 - donation 4/1/2008 $200.00
JOHN IEYOUB Band for fundraiser 9/17/2009 $300.00
JO'S PARTY HOUSE Cake for Russ Haman 11/22/2011 $42.00
KATHERINE CONGLETON Graduation gift 5/19/2010 $50.00
LA BOLT LITTLE LEAGUE TEAM Christmas Gift Card Raffle 11/12/2013 $100.00
LINDSEY FELTY Graduation gift 6/9/2010 $50.00
LYDIA CROCHET Reimb - Kroger - Flowers & cake for DFY Conference 2/23/2011 $19.35
MARCUS DUHON Graduation Gift 5/8/2013 $50.00
MARKET BASKET Employee incentives 8/11/2009 $64.01
MARKET BASKET Cake & ice cream for employees 9/8/2009 $57.74
MARKET BASKET Cake & ice cream for employee birthdays 10/7/2009 $64.01
MARKET BASKET Birthday cake & ice cream for employees 11/10/2009 $64.01
MARKET BASKET Birthday cake & ice cream for employees 12/8/2009 $64.01
MARKET BASKET Birthday cake & ice cream for employees 1/12/2010 $59.31
MARKET BASKET Birthday cake & ice cream for employees 3/9/2010 $59.31
MARKET BASKET Cake & ice cream for employees 4/13/2010 $64.01
MARKET BASKET Cake & ice cream for employees 5/11/2010 $57.74
MARKET BASKET Cake & ice cream for employees 6/8/2010 $64.01
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John Derosier Campaign Expenses
Gifts= $20,243.05
RecipientName Description Date Amt
MARKET BASKET Cake for employees 7/7/2010 $45.14
MARKET BASKET Ice cream for employee birthdays 7/13/2010 $18.87
MARKET BASKET Cake & ice cream for employees 8/10/2010 $64.01
MARKET BASKET Cake & Ice cream for employee birthdays 9/14/2010 $64.01
MARKET BASKET Cake & ice cream for employees 10/12/2010 $59.31
MARKET BASKET Cake & Ice cream for employees bithdays 10/12/2010 $59.31
MARKET BASKET Cake and ice cream for employees 11/9/2010 $57.74
MARKET BASKET Soft drinks for Thanksgiving lunch 11/19/2010 $41.96
MARKET BASKET Cake & ice cream for employees 12/14/2010 $65.06
MARKET BASKET Cake & ice cream for employees 1/11/2011 $59.31
MARKET BASKET Cake & ice cream for employees 2/8/2011 $59.31
MARKET BASKET Cake & ice cream for employees 4/12/2011 $65.06
MARKET BASKET Cake & ice cream for employees 5/10/2011 $57.74
MARKET BASKET Cake & ice cream for employees 6/14/2011 $59.31
MARKET BASKET Cake & ice cream for employees 7/12/2011 $65.69
MARKET BASKET Cake & ice cream for employees 8/9/2011 $65.69
MARKET BASKET Cake & ice cream for employees 9/13/2011 $66.95
MARKET BASKET Cake & ice cream for employees 9/30/2011 $66.95
MARKET BASKET Cake & ice cream for employees 10/11/2011 $66.95
MARKET BASKET Cake & ice cream for employees 11/8/2011 $59.31
MARKET BASKET cake & ice-cream for office 4/3/2012 $69.99
MARKET BASKET cake & ice-cream for office 5/7/2012 $66.95
MARKET BASKET Cake and Ice-cream for employees 6/1/2012 $66.95
MARKET BASKET Cake & Ice-cream for employees 7/10/2012 $59.31
MARKET BASKET Cake & Ice-cream for employees 8/14/2012 $66.95
MARKET BASKET Cake & ice-cream for employees 9/11/2012 $66.95
MARKET BASKET Cake & icre-cream for employees 10/9/2012 $59.31
MARKET BASKET Cake & ice-cream for employees 11/13/2012 $66.95
MARKET BASKET Cake & icre-cream for employees 12/11/2012 $60.86
MARKET BASKET Cake & icre-cream for employees 1/8/2013 $68.42
MARKET BASKET Cake & ice cream for employees 2/13/2013 $68.42
MARKET BASKET Cake & ice cream for employees 3/12/2013 $68.42
MARKET BASKET Cake & ice cream for employees 4/9/2013 $68.42
MARKET BASKET Cake & ice cream for employees 5/14/2013 $60.18
MARKET BASKET Cake & ice cream for employees 6/11/2013 $61.91
MARKET BASKET Cake & ice cream for employees 7/8/2013 $60.18
MARKET BASKET Cake & ice cream for employees 8/13/2013 $68.21
MARKET BASKET Cake & ice cream for employees 9/10/2013 $68.42
MARKET BASKET Cake & ice cream for employees 10/8/2013 $61.59
MARKET BASKET Cake & ice cream for employees 11/12/2013 $60.89
MARKET BASKET Cake & ice cream for employees 12/10/2013 $60.89
MARKET BASKET Cake & ice cream for employees 1/14/2014 $68.42
MARKET BASKET Cake & ice cream for employees 2/11/2014 $75.97
MARKET BASKET Cake & ice cream for employees 3/11/2014 $75.97
MARKET BASKET Cake & ice cream for employees 4/8/2014 $65.79
MARKET BASKET Cake & ice cream for employees 5/13/2014 $65.09
MARKET BASKET Cake & ice cream for employees 6/10/2014 $46.19
MARKET BASKET Cake & ice cream for employees 7/9/2014 $65.79
MARKET BASKET Cake & ice cream for employees 8/12/2014 $74.29
MARKET BASKET Cake & ice cream for employees 9/8/2014 $81.21
MARKET BASKET Cake & ice cream for employees 10/14/2014 $74.08
MARKET BASKET Cake & ice cream for employees 10/23/2014 $46.36
MARKET BASKET Cake & ice cream for employees 11/12/2014 $74.08
MARKET BASKET Cake & ice cream for employees 12/9/2014 $66.73
MARY MANCUSO Constituents gift - Graduation Gift 12/5/2012 $50.00
MAZEN'S Lunch with constituent to discuss case 2/8/2010 $60.82
MCMANUS ICE & RESTAURANT SUPPLY INC Repairs to ice machine. (Ice given to constituents as gifts) 7/1/2013 $471.22
MELVIN JONES Graduation Gift 5/20/2013 $50.00
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John Derosier Campaign Expenses
Gifts= $20,243.05
RecipientName Description Date Amt
MICHAEL POUSSON Graduation gift 5/27/2009 $50.00
MORGAN MANCUSO Graduation Gift 4/30/2013 $50.00
MORGAN RHORER Graduation gift 5/10/2010 $50.00
MORGAN RHORER Constituent Graduation Gift 12/2/2014 $50.00
MR. BILL'S SEAFOOD DA's Office employees' weapons training 5/4/2010 $65.00
NAOMI CONNER Graduation gift 5/11/2012 $100.00
NATALIE IEYOUB Graduation gift 5/15/2009 $50.00
NAVARRA'S Flowers & wedding gifts for constituents 5/15/2009 $1,251.87
NAVARRA'S Wedding gift for Daigles 7/28/2009 $76.30
NAVARRA'S Wedding gift for constituents 8/27/2009 $55.59
NAVARRA'S Wedding gift for constituents 9/28/2009 $65.59
NAVARRA'S Wedding gift for constituents 2/17/2010 $71.94
NAVARRA'S Wedding gifts for constituents 4/5/2010 $153.90
NAVARRA'S Wedding gift for constituents 4/5/2010 $67.60
NAVARRA'S Constituent wedding 6/21/2010 $71.94
NAVARRA'S Constituent's wedding gift 6/28/2010 $69.76
NAVARRA'S Henry/Broussard Wedding gift 1/27/2011 $71.94
NAVARRA'S Brittney & Kyle wedding gift 3/4/2011 $76.30
NAVARRA'S Lauren Dunn/Brice Perrin wedding gift 5/31/2011 $71.94
NAVARRA'S Jonathan Blake wedding gift 7/12/2011 $71.94
NAVARRA'S Marcus Myers' wedding gift 9/26/2011 $71.94
NAVARRA'S Cody Boggan wedding gift 10/28/2011 $88.03
NAVARRA'S Logan Toups/Lindsey Laviolette wedding gift 11/18/2011 $71.94
NAVARRA'S Conner wedding gift 11/30/2011 $86.00
NAVARRA'S Molly Flavin/Samuel LaHaye Wedding Gift 1/30/2012 $71.94
NAVARRA'S Gift for Earl Rachel Wedding 3/28/2012 $86.94
NAVARRA'S Constituent Gift - Katie Soileau's wedding 5/14/2012 $71.94
NAVARRA'S Constituent gift - Daniella Mayer's wedding 10/10/2012 $71.94
NET10 WIRELESS Campaign cell phone minutes 10/16/2014 $45.08
NET10 WIRELESS Cell phone minutes for campaign phone 11/17/2014 $45.08
NET10 WIRELESS Cell phone minutes for campaign phone 12/3/2014 $45.08
NICHOLAS GEYMANN Graduation gift 5/12/2010 $50.00
OUTBACK STEAKHOUSE Employee of the month gift certificates 5/19/2010 $400.00
PATSY LEBATO Cake for Cindy Killingsworth promotion 5/11/2009 $39.75
PRECIOUS BRIGNAC Brother's funeral expenses 5/17/2012 $100.00
RICKY SHETLER Graduation gift 4/26/2010 $50.00
RYAN ROBERTSON Graduation gift 5/15/2009 $50.00
SAM'S CLUB ck #2170 - cake/icecream 3/18/2008 $40.51
SAM'S CLUB ck #2197 - cake/icecream for employees' lunch 4/8/2008 $35.99
SAM'S CLUB ck #2246 - birthday cake for employees 5/13/2008 $35.99
SAM'S CLUB ck #2263 - employee food 5/28/2008 $40.51
SAM'S CLUB ck #2281 - cake/icecream for employees 6/10/2008 $47.19
SAM'S CLUB ck# 2320 - cake & ice cream 6/30/2008 $55.89
SAM'S CLUB cookies for office birthdays 7/8/2008 $48.68
SAM'S CLUB ck# 2421 - ice cream for birthdays 8/12/2008 $48.91
SAM'S CLUB ck# 2440 - cake flowers & paper products for birthdays 8/19/2008 $139.66
SAM'S CLUB cake & icecream for office birthdays 9/9/2008 $46.00
SAM'S CLUB cake & icecream for birthdays 10/14/2008 $46.00
SAM'S CLUB ck #2720 - cake & icecream for office 11/10/2008 $46.67
SAM'S CLUB ck #2759 - birthday cake for office 12/9/2008 $46.42
SAM'S CLUB ck #2776 - desserts for Christmas party 12/19/2008 $77.78
SAM'S CLUB Cake & ice cream for employees 1/13/2009 $46.42
SAM'S CLUB Cake & ice cream for employees 2/10/2009 $46.67
SAM'S CLUB Cake & ice cream for employees 3/10/2009 $44.45
SAM'S CLUB Cake & ice cream for employees 4/14/2009 $46.67
SAM'S CLUB Cake & ice cream for employees 5/12/2009 $53.18
SAM'S CLUB Employee incentives 6/9/2009 $53.18
SAM'S CLUB Employee incentives 6/12/2009 $53.18
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John Derosier Campaign Expenses
Gifts= $20,243.05
RecipientName Description Date Amt
SAM'S CLUB Employee incentives 7/14/2009 $53.18
SARAH COOLEY Constituent Graduation Gift 5/13/2014 $50.00
SCHLESINGER'S WHOLESALERS Hershey bars for employee birthdays 4/8/2014 $70.88
SCHLESINGER'S WHOLESALERS Candy for employee birthdays 10/24/2014 $107.69
SGT GRIT MARINE SPECIALITIES marine coins for gifts 10/16/2008 $436.45
SHAWNNA HARRINGTON Graduation gift 5/15/2009 $50.00
SURROGATE SANTA Duane Dalton's family's Christmas gifts 2/9/2010 $60.00
THE CABBAGE PATCH FLOWER SHOP ck #2132 - flowers for Johnny Fenetz 2/1/2008 $54.63
TONY MALLETT
reimbursement for Meet & Greet in Sulphur: Kroger 154.71;
LC Poultry $40.95; Sam's $270.22
9/26/2008 $465.88
VOLUNTEER CENTER OF SWLA Papa Noel Gift Bags 9/2/2009 $50.00
WALMART Gift Certificates 6/7/2005 $100.00
WALMART Gift Certificate 6/8/2005 $25.00
WAL-MART Gift cards - Sheriff's Senior Citizens Bingo 7/23/2013 $100.00
WENDI'S FLOWER CART ck #2191 - flowers for Carla Sigler 4/3/2008 $65.90
WENDI'S FLOWER CART Flowers for sick constituent 3/24/2009 $61.45
WENDI'S FLOWER CART Funeral plant for constituent 8/27/2009 $66.90
WENDI'S FLOWER CART Birthday & funeral plants for constituents 9/10/2009 $128.35
WENDI'S FLOWER CART flowers for constituent 10/7/2009 $94.15
WENDI'S FLOWER CART Funeral plant for constituent 10/20/2009 $66.90
WENDI'S FLOWER CART Flowers for constituent's funeral 2/2/2010 $82.79
WENDI'S FLOWER CART Flowers for employee in the hospital 3/2/2010 $61.45
WENDI'S FLOWER CART Flowers for constituent's funeral 3/18/2010 $66.90
WENDI'S FLOWER CART Constituents' funeral flowers 4/5/2010 $220.77
WENDI'S FLOWER CART Constituent's funeral 4/19/2010 $81.70
WENDI'S FLOWER CART Constituent funeral plants 5/19/2010 $347.40
WENDI'S FLOWER CART Constituent's funeral 6/18/2010 $61.45
WENDI'S FLOWER CART Constituent funerals 7/20/2010 $140.25
WENDI'S FLOWER CART Constituent funerals 8/17/2010 $416.96
WENDI'S FLOWER CART Birthday flowers for constituents 9/1/2010 $135.93
WENDI'S FLOWER CART Birthday & funeral flowers for constituents 9/16/2010 $122.90
WENDI'S FLOWER CART Constituent's funeral 10/28/2010 $66.90
WENDI'S FLOWER CART Constituent in hospital 11/15/2010 $63.45
WENDI'S FLOWER CART Funeral 1/24/2012 $67.90
WENDI'S FLOWER CART Constituent's flowers - Kyle Fudge 5/17/2012 $87.15
WENDI'S FLOWER CART Constituent's flowers - Mercedes Fenetz 6/19/2012 $74.90
WENDI'S FLOWER CART Thank you flowers for Dianne Anderson 10/4/2012 $73.35
WENDI'S FLOWER CART Constituent flowers - Christy Mitchell Birthday 10/17/2012 $62.45
WENDI'S FLOWER CART Henry Pugh Funeral 11/20/2012 $78.80
WENDI'S FLOWER CART Flowers for Wayne Hollier in hospital 9/22/2014 $91.70
GIFT TOTAL $20,243.05
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John Derosier Campaign Expenses
Flowers = $15,435.91
RecipientName Description Date Amt
MARILYN FLOWERS &
Check #2052 - media luncheon 10/10/2007 $486.19
CATERING MARILYN FLOWERS &
ck #2752 - Christmas party food & decorations 12/2/2008 $1,650.00
CATERING MARILYN FLOWERS &
ck #2771 - Christmas party food & decorations 12/17/2008 $1,650.00
CATERING MARILYN FLOWERS &
Food for campaign volunteers' meeting 1/5/2009 $104.64
CATERING MARILYN S FLOWERS &
Thanksgiving lunch for employees 11/19/2010 $1,575.00
CATERING MARILYN S FLOWERS &
Dip shrimp molds & chafing dishes for Christmas Party 11/30/2011 $283.40
CATERING
WENDI'S FLOWER CART check #1451 - Steering member committee 12/16/2005 $125.81
WENDI'S FLOWER CART ck #2191 - flowers for Carla Sigler 4/3/2008 $65.90
WENDI'S FLOWER CART Flowers for sick constituent 3/24/2009 $61.45
WENDI'S FLOWER CART Funeral plant for constituent 8/27/2009 $66.90
WENDI'S FLOWER CART Birthday & funeral plants for constituents 9/10/2009 $128.35
WENDI'S FLOWER CART flowers for constituent 10/7/2009 $94.15
WENDI'S FLOWER CART Funeral plant for constituent 10/20/2009 $66.90
WENDI'S FLOWER CART check 3162 12/23/2009 $66.90
WENDI'S FLOWER CART Flowers for constituent's funeral 2/2/2010 $82.79
WENDI'S FLOWER CART Flowers for employee in the hospital 3/2/2010 $61.45
WENDI'S FLOWER CART Flowers for constituent's funeral 3/18/2010 $66.90
WENDI'S FLOWER CART Constituents' funeral flowers 4/5/2010 $220.77
WENDI'S FLOWER CART Constituent's funeral 4/19/2010 $81.70
WENDI'S FLOWER CART Secretary's Day & Funeral 5/3/2010 $157.60
WENDI'S FLOWER CART Constituent funeral plants 5/19/2010 $347.40
WENDI'S FLOWER CART Louis Monlezun Funeral 6/4/2010 $66.90
WENDI'S FLOWER CART Constituent's funeral 6/18/2010 $61.45
WENDI'S FLOWER CART Guillory funeral 7/6/2010 $65.72
WENDI'S FLOWER CART Constituent funerals 7/20/2010 $140.25
WENDI'S FLOWER CART Constituent funerals 8/17/2010 $416.96
WENDI'S FLOWER CART Birthday flowers for constituents 9/1/2010 $135.93
WENDI'S FLOWER CART Birthday & funeral flowers for constituents 9/16/2010 $122.90
WENDI'S FLOWER CART Constituent's funeral 10/28/2010 $66.90
WENDI'S FLOWER CART Constituent in hospital 11/15/2010 $63.45
WENDI'S FLOWER CART Mancuso funeral 12/2/2010 $94.15
WENDI'S FLOWER CART Osey McGee Funeral 1/3/2011 $56.00
WENDI'S FLOWER CART Murrell Ewing & Hawk Herford Funerals 1/19/2011 $133.80
WENDI'S FLOWER CART Tommasi & Elliot funerals 3/4/2011 $133.80
WENDI'S FLOWER CART Flowers for Verret funeral 4/5/2011 $89.70
WENDI'S FLOWER CART Thank you flowers for fundraiser workers 5/9/2011 $116.95
WENDI'S FLOWER CART Trudy Bertrand Funeral 5/9/2011 $67.90
WENDI'S FLOWER CART Klein Cox & Rossitto funerals 5/19/2011 $203.70
WENDI'S FLOWER CART Skip Raimer Funeral 6/3/2011 $67.90
WENDI'S FLOWER CART Don Shelter/Nancy Clausen funerals; Cindy Killingsworth illness 6/20/2011 $198.25
WENDI'S FLOWER CART Richard Marriner funeral 7/5/2011 $100.60
WENDI'S FLOWER CART Ciambotti/Dardone/Bergeron & Tynes funerals 7/20/2011 $271.60
WENDI'S FLOWER CART Charlotte Sibley funeral 8/1/2011 $67.90
WENDI'S FLOWER CART Fosberg funeral 8/18/2011 $62.45
WENDI'S FLOWER CART Employee illness & Corbello funeral 10/6/2011 $110.10
WENDI'S FLOWER CART Agnes Broussard funeral 10/18/2011 $74.95
WENDI'S FLOWER CART Griffin/Harrington/Beglis/Mesh/Gregory & Bullard funerals 11/2/2011 $411.40
WENDI'S FLOWER CART Landry/Cardone & Sonnier funerals 11/30/2011 $203.70
WENDI'S FLOWER CART Funeral 1/24/2012 $67.90
WENDI'S FLOWER CART Arnold LeBlanc Funeral 2/23/2012 $67.90
WENDI'S FLOWER CART Flowers for Guinn & Bachrack Funeral 3/22/2012 $168.50
WENDI'S FLOWER CART Derouen & Boudreax Funeral 5/9/2012 $130.35
WENDI'S FLOWER CART
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Constituent's flowers - Kyle Fudge 5/17/2012 $87.15
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John Derosier Campaign Expenses
Flowers = $15,435.91
RecipientName Description Date Amt
WENDI'S FLOWER CART Constituent's flowers - Mercedes Fenetz 6/19/2012 $74.90
WENDI'S FLOWER CART Brunet & O'Conner Funerals 7/6/2012 $135.80
WENDI'S FLOWER CART Doris Blanchard Funeral 8/3/2012 $78.80
WENDI'S FLOWER CART Henry Randle - Get Well / Sanchez Funeral 8/22/2012 $128.35
WENDI'S FLOWER CART T.E. Lundy Funeral 9/24/2012 $67.90
WENDI'S FLOWER CART Thank you flowers for Dianne Anderson 10/4/2012 $73.35
WENDI'S FLOWER CART Constituent flowers - Christy Mitchell Birthday 10/17/2012 $62.45
WENDI'S FLOWER CART Henry Pugh Funeral 11/20/2012 $78.80
WENDI'S FLOWER CART Kathleen Hilliard Funeral 12/3/2012 $69.90
WENDI'S FLOWER CART Mildred Manuel Funeral; Carol Meaux Funeral 1/7/2013 $95.10
WENDI'S FLOWER CART L.C. Welch Funeral 1/17/2013 $67.90
WENDI'S FLOWER CART Bob Pumpelly Funeral 1/31/2013 $67.90
WENDI'S FLOWER CART Charles Hebert/Doug Hebert/Evelyn McQuiston Funerals 3/4/2013 $209.70
WENDI'S FLOWER CART Bobby Monroe/Bruce Jones Funerals 3/19/2013 $139.80
WENDI'S FLOWER CART Jeaneal Godwin Funeral 4/2/2013 $69.90
WENDI'S FLOWER CART John Grove/Ronald Sample Funerals 4/18/2013 $170.70
WENDI'S FLOWER CART Janet Niel Funeral 5/3/2013 $69.90
WENDI'S FLOWER CART Harold Herman Funeral/Chris Sensat in hospital 5/17/2013 $145.25
WENDI'S FLOWER CART Myrtle Hollier Funeral 6/17/2013 $69.90
WENDI'S FLOWER CART John Andrepont Funeral 7/22/2013 $134.35
WENDI'S FLOWER CART Authement/Kleckley/Gunnell Funerals 3/17/2014 $219.70
WENDI'S FLOWER CART Butch Zaunbrecher Funeral 4/7/2014 $69.90
WENDI'S FLOWER CART Isaac Abshire funeral 6/4/2014 $69.90
WENDI'S FLOWER CART Beverly DeSonier funeral 6/18/2014 $96.25
WENDI'S FLOWER CART Elijah Navarre & Willie Landry funerals 7/1/2014 $139.80
WENDI'S FLOWER CART Kenneth Sweeney & Bobby Dower funerals 7/15/2014 $139.80
WENDI'S FLOWER CART Flowers for Butch Sigler Funeral 8/4/2014 $96.25
WENDI'S FLOWER CART Flowers for Henry Randle Funeral 8/18/2014 $69.90
WENDI'S FLOWER CART Lebert / Collins / Abell funerals 9/3/2014 $219.75
WENDI'S FLOWER CART Flowers for Wayne Hollier in hospital 9/22/2014 $91.70
WENDI'S FLOWER CART Birdie Mallet & William Flavin Funerals 10/2/2014 $139.80
WENDI'S FLOWER CART Funerals - Calvin Michell Hugo Holland Murrel Precht 10/17/2014 $230.60
WENDI'S FLOWER CART Flowers for Election Party 11/2/2014 $27.25
WENDI'S FLOWER CART Flowers for Election Party 11/3/2014 $27.25
WENDI'S FLOWER CART Flowers for Election Party 11/19/2014 $146.20
WENDI'S FLOWER CART Plant for Eric Authement's funeral 12/2/2014 $69.90
Flowers TOTAL $15,435.91
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2 of 2

FBI launches campaign to root out public
corruption
Brandi Cummings
Published: March 30, 2015, 6:48 pm
CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — The FBI says many public corruption investigations start with
tips from the public. So, on Monday, the FBI’s Norfolk Division announced a new effort to
have the community help agents keep close tabs on our publicly elected officials.
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John Adams, Special Agent in Charge (SAC) of local FBI, said the initiative revolves around
a new toll-free tip line, a billboard campaign and a free informational seminar for the
public.
“Based on what we’re seeing across the country, we believe that there is likely corrupt
activity going on that we are unaware of,” Adams said at a news conference Monday.
Just months ago, former Gov. Bob McDonnell was found guilty and sentenced on public
corruption charges. The FBI helped investigate the relationship between McDonnell and
businessman Jonnie Williams. He’s the man from whom McDonnell was convicted of
accepting gifts and loans in exchange for promoting his products.
Adams said that case is exactly the type of activity the FBI is trying to uncover and stop.
“Public officials who are entrusted with authority are expected to serve their constituents
and communities with integrity and honor. Greed and self interest have no place in
public service,” Adams said.
Although he wouldn’t talk about them specifically, Adams said there are several public
corruption investigations underway right now. The FBI is getting some tips now, but they
are trying to get more on anything from bribery, fraud, extortion, conflict of interest,
nepotism, influence peddling and corrupt influence from foreign investors.
“While most of our elected and appointed officials are hardworking, honest people who
truly have the best interest of their community at heart, the FBI has investigated a
number of significant corruption cases in the past few years in Hampton Roads and
other areas of Virginia,” Adams said.
The FBI says the new initiative is not directly related to any current cases. However, 10
On Your Side has reported about two Virginia Beach politicians under investigation for
possible conflicts of interest.
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Mayor Will Sessoms is under investigation by a special prosecutor for votes he made on
city council. Virginia Beach Councilman John Uhrin confirmed to 10 On Your Side that the
city received a federal subpoena concerning his vote on the Cavalier Hotel project.
“The FBI is uniquely positioned to rude out pubic corruption and we will continue to
expose public officials who undermine the integrity of our government, but we cannot
do it alone,” SAC Adams said.
Here are two ways you can submit tips to the FBI confidentially:
• Phone: 1-844-FIGHTPC (1-844-344-4872)
• Internet: https://tips.fbi.gov/ (https://tips.fbi.gov/)
If you want to learn more about how to be on the lookout for public corruption, you can
go to the FBI’s “Aware.Prepare.Prevent” seminar on April 23. It starts at 4 p.m. at the
Chesapeake Conference Center. For more info or to register in advance, call (757) 609-
2595 or e-mail vanessa.torres@ic.fbi.gov (mailto:vanessa.torres@ic.fbi.gov).
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Laws and Regulations concerning the media in
elections
Laws and Regulations concerning the media in elections campaign may define:
• If parties and candidates are allowed free political advertisement
• How time or space will be allocated to candidates and political parties
• Whether paid political advertising is to be permitted
• If election expenditures that affect advertising campaigns are limited
• Whether time and content of electoral broadcasts is to be restricted
• What duty the media has to carry voter education material (Link to Regulation of
Content of Direct Access Material)
• Whether there is to be a right of reply to factual misrepresentation in the media
• If opinion poll findings are to be published.
• What the regulations should be about policies on "hate speech" and defamation.
The public media are thought to have a special duty to publish or broadcast election statements
by competing parties. It is generally accepted that the publicly funded media have some
obligation to allow parties and candidates to communicate directly with the electorate on an
equal basis, whereas the private media have the right to publish or broadcast more often
statements of the parties and candidates they prefer.
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Media Manipulation law and legal definition
Media manipulation refers to the act of creating an image or argument that favors their particular
interests. It includes the use of logical fallacies and propaganda techniques, suppression of information
or points of view by pushing them out, by making other people or groups of people to stop listening to
certain arguments, or by simply deviating attention elsewhere. Further, media manipulation involves
utilizing staff news specialists, self-serving handouts, programmed appearances, and positive and
negative reinforcement in dealing with reporters and news media. It is often used as a powerful tool to
manipulate masses through modern technologies.
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KPLC went off air beginning of September
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§ 1986
TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Page 4374
ties thereof; or to induce by like means any officer
of the United States to leave any State, district,
or place, where his duties as an officer are
required to be performed, or to injure him in his
person or property on account of his lawful discharge
of the duties of his office, or while engaged
in the lawful discharge thereof, or to injure
his property so as to molest, interrupt,
hinder, or impede him in the discharge of his official
duties;
(2) Obstructing justice; intimidating party, witness,
or juror
If two or more persons in any State or Territory
conspire to deter, by force, intimidation, or
threat, any party or witness in any court of the
United States from attending such court, or
from testifying to any matter pending therein,
freely, fully, and truthfully, or to injure such
party or witness in his person or property on account
of his having so attended or testified, or
to influence the verdict, presentment, or indictment
of any grand or petit juror in any such
court, or to injure such juror in his person or
property on account of any verdict, presentment,
or indictment lawfully assented to by
him, or of his being or having been such juror;
or if two or more persons conspire for the purpose
of impeding, hindering, obstructing, or defeating,
in any manner, the due course of justice
in any State or Territory, with intent to deny to
any citizen the equal protection of the laws, or
to injure him or his property for lawfully enforcing,
or attempting to enforce, the right of any
person, or class of persons, to the equal protection
of the laws;
(3) Depriving persons of rights or privileges
If two or more persons in any State or Territory
conspire or go in disguise on the highway
or on the premises of another, for the purpose of
depriving, either directly or indirectly, any person
or class of persons of the equal protection of
the laws, or of equal privileges and immunities
under the laws; or for the purpose of preventing
or hindering the constituted authorities of any
State or Territory from giving or securing to all
persons within such State or Territory the equal
protection of the laws; or if two or more persons
conspire to prevent by force, intimidation, or
threat, any citizen who is lawfully entitled to
vote, from giving his support or advocacy in a
legal manner, toward or in favor of the election
of any lawfully qualified person as an elector for
President or Vice President, or as a Member of
Congress of the United States; or to injure any
citizen in person or property on account of such
support or advocacy; in any case of conspiracy
set forth in this section, if one or more persons
engaged therein do, or cause to be done, any act
in furtherance of the object of such conspiracy,
whereby another is injured in his person or property,
or deprived of having and exercising any
right or privilege of a citizen of the United
States, the party so injured or deprived may
have an action for the recovery of damages occasioned
by such injury or deprivation, against
any one or more of the conspirators.
(R.S. § 1980.)
CODIFICATION
R.S. § 1980 derived from acts July 31, 1861, ch. 33, 12
Stat. 284; Apr. 20, 1871, ch. 22, § 2, 17 Stat. 13.
Section was formerly classified to section 47 of Title
8, Aliens and Nationality.
§ 1986. Action for neglect to prevent
Every person who, having knowledge that any
of the wrongs conspired to be done, and mentioned
in section 1985 of this title, are about to
be committed, and having power to prevent or
aid in preventing the commission of the same,
neglects or refuses so to do, if such wrongful act
be committed, shall be liable to the party injured,
or his legal representatives, for all damages
caused by such wrongful act, which such
person by reasonable diligence could have prevented;
and such damages may be recovered in
an action on the case; and any number of persons
guilty of such wrongful neglect or refusal
may be joined as defendants in the action; and if
the death of any party be caused by any such
wrongful act and neglect, the legal representatives
of the deceased shall have such action
therefor, and may recover not exceeding $5,000
damages therein, for the benefit of the widow of
the deceased, if there be one, and if there be no
widow, then for the benefit of the next of kin of
the deceased. But no action under the provisions
of this section shall be sustained which is not
commenced within one year after the cause of
action has accrued.
(R.S. § 1981.)
CODIFICATION
R.S. § 1981 derived from act Apr. 20, 1871, ch. 22, § 6, 17
Stat. 15.
Section was formerly classified to section 48 of Title
8, Aliens and Nationality.
§ 1987. Prosecution of violation of certain laws
The United States attorneys, marshals, and
deputy marshals, the United States magistrate
judges appointed by the district and territorial
courts, with power to arrest, imprison, or bail
offenders, and every other officer who is especially
empowered by the President, are authorized
and required, at the expense of the United
States, to institute prosecutions against all persons
violating any of the provisions of section
1990 of this title or of sections 5506 to 5516 and
5518 to 5532 of the Revised Statutes, and to cause
such persons to be arrested, and imprisoned or
bailed, for trial before the court of the United
States or the territorial court having cognizance
of the offense.
(R.S. § 1982; Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 231, § 291, 36 Stat.
1167; June 25, 1948, ch. 646, § 1, 62 Stat. 909; Pub.
L. 90–578, title IV, § 402(b)(2), Oct. 17, 1968, 82
Stat. 1118; Pub. L. 101–650, title III, § 321, Dec. 1,
1990, 104 Stat. 5117.)
REFERENCES IN TEXT
Sections 5506 to 5510, 5516 to 5519 and 5524 to 5535 of
the Revised Statutes, referred to in text, were repealed
by act Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, § 341, 35 Stat. 1153; section
5506, 5511 to 5515, and 5520 to 5523, also referred to in
text, were repealed by act Feb. 8, 1894, ch. 25, § 1, 28
Stat. 37. The provisions of sections 5508, 5510, 5516, 5518
and 5524 to 5532 of the Revised Statutes were reenacted
by act Mar. 4, 1909, and classified to sections 51, 52, 54
to 59, 246, 428 and 443 to 445 of former Title 18, Criminal
Code and Criminal Procedure. Those sections were repealed
and reenacted as sections 241, 242, 372, 592, 593,

AMERICAN PRESS
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2009
AMERICAN PRESS
B1
METRO • STATE
IN SULPHUR
Ready with the wreaths
BRAD PUCKETT / AMERICAN PRESS
Sulphur city workers, from left, Joesph McManus, Scott Domingue and Marcus Chassion hang a large
Christmas wreath on the front of the new Sulphur City Hall on Wednesday.
Edwards’ biography hits stores Dec. 14
BATON ROUGE (AP) —
The official biography of
imprisoned former Louisiana
Gov. Edwin Edwards goes on
sale this month, after five
years of work that included
jailhouse interviews with the
polarizing political figure and
a research dig through
decades of archives.
Once topping 1,800 pages,
“Edwin Edwards: An
Authorized Biography” was
whittled to 641 pages by
author Leo Honeycutt, a former
television reporter who
Taxpayers can pay their
2009 property taxes by credit
card online via the Calcasieu
Parish Sheriff’s Office Web
site, www.cpso.com.
To pay in person, visit the
sheriff’s tax office in the
Magnolia building, 1011
Lakeshore Drive, Suite 100,
8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday-
Friday.
Those who want to pay
their taxes in west Calcasieu
can do so 8:30-11 a.m. and
Carlyss school’s
heating unit
catches on fire
CARLYSS — A heating
unit at Vincent Settlement
Elementary School caught
fire early Thursday morning,
said a Calcasieu Parish school
system official.
Students were moved to a
safe location, and normal
school activities resumed
quickly, said system spokeswoman
Charlene Chiasson.
Other heating units in the
school were checked to
ensure they were operating
properly, she said.
Chiasson described the
fire’s duration as “brief.”
met Edwards in 1973 and covered
him for years.
The book hits Louisiana
store shelves on Dec. 14, and
Honeycutt promises the biography,
though sanctioned by
Edwards, won’t whitewash
the former governor’s life.
“I strongly admonished
him it would serve no purpose
to sugarcoat anything, not
now. He would look at me
from his blue prison jumpsuit,
brown eyes as cool as ice
cubes, and say, ’I’m too far
from the womb and too close
noon-4 p.m. Monday-Friday
at the Sulphur Law
Enforcement Center, 1525
Cypress St. Payment is by
check or money order only;
no cash will be accepted at
this location. Payments can
also be mailed to the
Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s
Tax Division, P.O. Box 1450,
Lake Charles, LA 70602.
To find out how much is
due before you mail your payment,
visit www.cpso.com or
to the tomb for any of it to
make any difference now,”’
Honeycutt writes in the preface
to the book, available on
the tome’s promotional Web
site.
Edwards, 82, a Democrat, is
serving a 10-year sentence for
a bribery and extortion
scheme to rig the riverboat
casino licensing process during
his fourth and final term,
which ended in 1996. He has
maintained his innocence and
blamed his conviction on former
friends who he said
call the tax office at 491-3680.
The office will be closed for
the Christmas holiday on
Thursday-Friday, Dec. 24-25.
Parish taxes may also be
paid 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Tuesday,
Dec. 8, at the DeQuincy Law
Enforcement Center, 618 E.
Center St.; 9 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Dec. 9, at
Westlake City Hall, 1001
Mulberry; 9 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
Thursday, Dec. 10, at the
Vinton Law Enforcement
turned against him and lied in
their testimony.
Edwards is scheduled to be
released from prison in July
2011.
The former governor
worked with Honeycutt on the
book, which covers everything
from Edwards’ entrance
into politics to his entrance
into prison.
“The information was
dizzying. There was little that
happened in Louisiana for a
quarter century without his
imprint,” the author says.
Calcasieu property tax payments due Dec. 31
Center, 1302 Center St.; and 9
a.m.-1:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 11,
at the Iowa Law Enforcement
Center, 203 U.S. 90 West.
For information on payment
of taxes, call 491-3680.
For information on assessment
changes and homestead
exemptions, call the
Calcasieu Tax Assessor’s
Office at 721-3000. Deadline to
make payments for the 2009
tax notices without paying
interest or penalty is Dec. 31.
BRAD PUCKETT / AMERICAN PRESS
La. 14 accident scene
Lake Charles police Sgt. Brian Mattison looks over the damage after a two-vehicle
accident on La. 14 Thursday afternoon. Acadian Ambulance also responded
to the scene.
Funding
called into
question
Top Republican on oversight
committee asking if La. will be
‘permanent ward of government’
WASHINGTON (AP) —
The top Republican on the
House Oversight committee
on Thursday challenged
Louisiana officials about what
the state is doing to financially
help itself and asked
whether the state is becoming
a “permanent ward of the federal
government” in the wake
of Hurricane Katrina.
Rep. Darrell Issa noted
Louisiana’s top income tax
rate is 6 percent compared
with 10.5 percent in his home
state of California. He said
California taxpayers deserve
to know what Louisiana is
doing to generate other revenue.
“Are you going to be a permanent
ward of the federal
government?” he asked
Louisiana health care leaders
at a hearing on Capitol Hill.
“What are you doing besides
coming to us?”
Alan Levine, health secretary
under Republican Gov.
Bobby Jindal, said the state is
facing unprecedented challenges,
particularly from a
looming cut in federal matching
funds for its Medicaid program.
Louisiana officials say the
huge infusion of recovery
funding in recent years has
skewed the federal matching
rate for Medicaid so that
Louisiana will see a historic
drop in funding next year.
The change could lead to a
nearly $1 billion shortfall, possibly
pushing the program
into insolvency, Levine said.
“This is something that
only Congress can resolve,”
Levine said.
Jindal has refused to support
tax increases to raise dollars
for the state’s budget and
instead supported the largest
‘What are you doing
besides coming to us.’
Rep. Darrell Issa
R-Calif.
personal income tax cut in
Louisiana history, which took
effect this year.
The governor has said
Washington should fix the
Medicaid problem because it
is unfair to include disaster
relief aid in calculating the
federal matching rate.
Louisiana also will see a
$100 million grant expire next
fall that helped shore up frontline
clinics after hurricanes
Katrina and Rita. Local health
officials say that could lead to
significant cutbacks in services.
At Thursday’s hearing,
Republican Rep. Anh
“Joseph” Cao, R-La., said the
region’s needs “are tremendous,
and we will continue to
require federal assistance to
help us move forward.”
Other lawmakers took
exception to Issa’s comments,
which the Californian characterized
as “tough love.”
Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-
Md., said research shows
thousands of people die per
year because they lack health
insurance.
“The question is how far do
you go with the tough love, if
people are dead,” said
Cummings.
Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-
Ohio, called it “disgraceful”
that the nation is spending billions
on war and Wall Street
bailouts but “New Orleans
has to come here with a tin
cup to beg for money for clinics.”
16-year-old cleared of
charges in death of
19-year-old brother
Calcasieu Parish Coroner
BY VINCENT LUPO
AMERICAN PRESS Dr. Terry Welke determined
later that Quinton Thomas
A 16-year-old on Thursday died from strangulation. No
was cleared of criminal other information was ever
charges stemming from the released on the fight, which
March 2 strangulation death occurred inside the home.
of his 19-year-old brother. Also on Thursday grand
Calcasieu Parish grand jurors indicted Hardy
jurors declined to indict Thornhill, 46, on two counts of
Quinn Anthony Thomas on a aggravated rape of a child
charge of second-degree murder
in connection with the molestation of juveniles.
under 13 and four counts of
death of Quinton Thomas. At The rape charges and two
the time of the incident, of the molestation counts
Quinn Thomas was 15. refer to alleged illegal activity
His brother’s death with a child who was 7 when
stemmed from a fight at their the activity began June 23,
home at 3518 Polk St. The two 2001. It ended June 23, 2006,
were taken to a local hospital according to the indictment.
at about 4:30 p.m. with severe The other two molestation
injuries. Quinton Thomas counts refer to alleged illegal
was pronounced dead shortly activity with a child who was
afterward.
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By kara carrier
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By Johnathan Manning tinuing to investigate to find
MOSS BLUFF — Rainy
jmanning@americanpress.com the right person,” Parker’s
weather didn’t deter students
attorney, Andrew Casanave,
A woman accused of murdering
her aunt in Sulphur wonder why (Sarah Parker’s
at First Baptist Christian
said. “Personally, I have to
Academy from participating
in the school’s first Color Fun
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Run on Friday.
Sarah Florence Parker, 55, before the DA’s election when
The school’s 295 students in
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Calcasieu Correctional Center, evidence against this woman,
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after running a short distance
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Janet Simmons, school
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Calcasieu Sheriff Tony
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She said the funds will be
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“I feel that Miss (Sarah) only a person involved in this
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Prohibitions Against Political Activities
§9. Prohibitions Against Political Activities
Section 9.(A) Party Membership; Elections. No member of a civil service commission
and no officer or employee in the classified service shall participate or engage in political
activity; be a candidate for nomination or election to public office except to seek election as the
classified state employee serving on the State Civil Service Commission; or be a member of any
national, state, or local committee of a political party or faction; make or solicit contributions for
any political party, faction, or candidate; or take active part in the management of the affairs of a
political party, faction, candidate, or any political campaign, except to exercise his right as a
citizen to express his opinion privately, to serve as a commissioner or official watcher at the
polls, and to cast his vote as he desires.
(B) Contributions. No person shall solicit contributions for political purposes from any
classified employee or official or use or attempt to use his position in the state or city service to
punish or coerce the political action of a classified employee.
(C) Political Activity Defined. As used in this Part, "political activity" means an effort
to support or oppose the election of a candidate for political office or to support a particular
political party in an election. The support of issues involving bonded indebtedness, tax
referenda, or constitutional amendments shall not be prohibited.
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FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT REQUEST LETTER
September 30, 2014
TO: Freedom of Information Act Officers
John Derosier
District Attorney
Calcasieu Parish District Attorney's Office
1020 Ryan St, Lake Charles, LA 70601
337-437-3290 (office)
337-437-3325 (fax)
jderosier@cpda.org
Holly Carter
Community Relations Release Person
Calcasieu Parish District Attorney's Office
1020 Ryan St, Lake Charles, LA 70601
337-437-3290 (office)
337-437-3325 (fax)
hcarter@cpda.org
Lester Langley
Langley, Williams & Company, L.L.C.
Certified Public Accountants
205 W. College Street
Lake Charles, LA 70605
(337) 477-2827 (office)
(337) 478-8418 (fax)
llangley@lwcpafirm.com
Re: Freedom of Information Act Request
Dear Freedom of Information Act Officers,
This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act.
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FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT REQUEST LETTER
September 30, 2014
I request that a copy of the following documents [ or documents containing the following
information] be provided:
1. Cost reports showing the Calcasieu Parish District Attorney's office marketing, advertising
and public service announcements for 2009 to present.
2. Accounting report for 2014 that details the marketing, advertising and public service
announcement cost by vendor with monthly totals.
3. Copies of the contracts showing the beginning and end dates of advertising campaigns with
vendors for billboards, production companies, television and radio
4. The settlement details of the suit KMS vs. No. 2013-5410 Div. "F" RONALD A.
ROS SITTO, and JOHN DEROSIER, IN HIS OFFICAL CAPACITY AS DISTRICT
ATTORNEY OF CALCASIEU PARISH,· STATE OF LOUISIANA. Specifically, stating
where the funds came from and detail any tax funded sources.
5. Please provide the office policy in regards to District Attorney Office staffs eligibility to
work on political campaigns and to raise funds for political campaigns.
6. Please provide the policy in regards to accounting for cost associated with staff hours while
working on political campaigns during the open business hours. Please detail if employees
working in a dual capacity as District Attorney Office staff and on political campaigns are
permitted to utilize equipment, resources and offices from the District Attorney's Office.
In order to help to determine my status to assess fees, you should know that I am an individual
seeking information, and this request is made as part of news gathering, campaign and not for
commercial use.
I request a waiver of all fees for this request. Disclosure of the requested information to me is in the
public interest because it is likely to contribute significantly to public understanding of the
operations or activities of the government and is not primarily in my commercial interest.
I am willing to pay fees for this request up to a maximum of $75. If you estimate that the fees will
exceed this limit, please inform me first
Thank you for your consideration of this request.
Sincerely yours,
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John Derosier Campaign Expense Disclosures
Holly Carter District Attorney Community Relations Person Not supposed to be engaging in political campaigns
Vendor Disclosure Addr1 City ST Zip ExpenditureDescription Date Amt
HARLEQUIN STEAK HOUSE 501 W. College St Lake Charles LA 70605
Dinner meeting - Billboard Ads -
Holly Carter & Oran Parker
11/8/2013 $82.16
HOLLY CARTER P.O. Box 3206 Lake Charles LA 70602
Reimburse - photo processing -
Walgreens 17.27
8/13/2013 $17.27
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Common knowledge that District Attorney
staff have incentives and
forced participation in selling
$100 tickets to campaign
fundraiser
Fundraiser Expenses
Only shown as an example due to the limited
information available as public records
RecipientName Description Date Amt
LAKE CHARLES RIVER CATS Check #1951 - minor leaugue football crawfish boil 4/26/2007 $100.00
MCNEESE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION ck #2220 - crawfish boil tickets 4/21/2008 $100.00
MR. BILL'S SEAFOOD Food for fundraiser 9/21/2009 $6,900.00
ELJAY FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON
AWARENESS
Crawfish Fest sponsorship 2/10/2010 $100.00
MR. BILL'S SEAFOOD Crawfish Boil for constituents 6/19/2012 $434.82
ELJAY FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON
AWARENESS
Crawfish Festival 2/13/2013 $50.00
AMERICAN PRESS Crawfish Boil Fundraiser Ads 3/25/2013 $792.00
FRESHKO FOODSERVICE INC. Food for Crawfish Boil Fundraiser 4/9/2013 $548.75
SOUTHWEST BAR NEEDS INC. Plates etc for Crawfish Boil Fundraiser 4/16/2013 $388.00
CAJUN COWBOYS Crawfish for Fundraiser 4/20/2013 $5,325.93
COUNTRY CLUB CRAWFISH Crawfish for Fundraiser 4/20/2013 $5,325.93
MAX CALDARERA Catering - Crawfish for Fundraiser 4/20/2013 $5,362.50
MR. BILL'S SEAFOOD Catering - Crawfish for Fundraiser 4/20/2013 $5,325.93
CFMA LAKE CHARLES CHAPTER Crawfish Boil tickets 5/21/2013 $100.00
AMERICAN PRESS Campaign Ad for Crawfish Boil Fundraiser 4/1/2014 $975.00
LAGNIAPPE MAGAZINE Campaign Ad for Crawfish Boil Fundraiser 4/1/2014 $305.00
DEEP SOUTH PRODUCTIONS LLC D.J. for Fundraiser Crawfish Boil 4/7/2014 $625.00
DEMARIE INSURANCE AGENCY INC. Insurance policy for Crawfish Boil 4/7/2014 $1,050.00
SOUTHWEST BAR NEEDS INC. Crawfish trays & paper towels for fundraiser 4/22/2014 $388.00
COUNTRY CLUB CRAWFISH Crawfish for fundraiser 4/28/2014 $5,625.00
MAX CALDARERA Crawfish for fundraiser 4/28/2014 $5,625.00
MR. BILL'S SEAFOOD Crawfish & supplies for fundraiser 4/29/2014 $8,691.77
CAJUN COWBOYS Crawfish for fundraiser 5/9/2014 $5,748.75
TOTAL CRAWFISH FUNDRAISER EXAMPLE COST $59,887.38
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Election Day (November 4, 2014) at Mr. Bill’s Seafood.
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Common knowledge that District Attorney
staff have incentives and
forced participation in selling
$100 tickets to campaign
fundraiser
Fundraiser Example only due to the
limited information
available from public records
ContributorName Type Date Amt
ADSOURCE OUTDOOR ADVERTISING CONTRIB 4/28/2014 $100.00
ALFRED P COCHRAN CONTRIB 4/28/2014 $100.00
BART YAKUPZACK CONTRIB 4/28/2014 $100.00
CAROLYN O BABINEAUX CONTRIB 4/28/2014 $100.00
CECIL MORGAN CONTRIB 4/28/2014 $100.00
CHARLES R PARIS CONTRIB 4/28/2014 $100.00
CONCHO CATTLE COOPERATIVE LLC CONTRIB 4/28/2014 $100.00
D E BOUDREAUX CONTRIB 4/28/2014 $100.00
DALE DESONIER CONTRIB 4/28/2014 $100.00
DAVID MCCARTY CONTRIB 4/28/2014 $100.00
DIRTY RICE SALOON CONTRIB 4/28/2014 $100.00
DOUG RAGUSA CONTRIB 4/28/2014 $100.00
EMILY PETTAWAY CONTRIB 4/28/2014 $100.00
ESTHER MONLEZUN CONTRIB 4/28/2014 $100.00
GARY HARTER, M.D. CONTRIB 4/28/2014 $100.00
HENRY ROCK HARDY, JR CONTRIB 4/28/2014 $100.00
JOHN E CARDONE, JR CONTRIB 4/28/2014 $100.00
JOHNNY JANESE INSURANCE AGENCY INC. CONTRIB 4/28/2014 $100.00
JOSEPH ALCEDE, III CONTRIB 4/28/2014 $100.00
JOYCE HAYES CONTRIB 4/28/2014 $100.00
KENNETH W J GUILLORY CONTRIB 4/28/2014 $100.00
KRISTI TUGWELL CONTRIB 4/28/2014 $100.00
LINDA B PETTAWAY CONTRIB 4/28/2014 $100.00
MARK PEDERSEN EQUIPMENT CO LLC CONTRIB 4/28/2014 $100.00
MATTHEW R TUGWELL CONTRIB 4/28/2014 $100.00
MICHAEL PAPANIA CONTRIB 4/28/2014 $100.00
PAMELA L MULVEY CONTRIB 4/28/2014 $100.00
PAUL PETTEFER CONTRIB 4/28/2014 $100.00
PERCY P MCCRANEY CONTRIB 4/28/2014 $100.00
ROBERT PIPER CONTRIB 4/28/2014 $100.00
ROBERT S. KLEINSCHMIDT JR. ATTY AT LAW CONTRIB 4/28/2014 $100.00
RYAN PAUL WILKINSON PATIN CONTRIB 4/28/2014 $100.00
SCOTTY MATHEWS INSURANCE AGENCY INC CONTRIB 4/28/2014 $100.00
SHAYNE LAUGHLIN INSURANCE AGENCY CONTRIB 4/28/2014 $100.00
STEVEN L RICE CONTRIB 4/28/2014 $100.00
TOMMASI BROTHERS INC. CONTRIB 4/28/2014 $100.00
W M MORENO CONTRIB 4/28/2014 $100.00
WAYNE GABBERT CONTRIB 4/28/2014 $100.00
A L WILLIS ENTERPRIES CONTRIB 4/28/2014 $150.00
LAKE AREA SAFE LOCK & KEY CO CONTRIB 4/28/2014 $150.00
ELCIE J. GUILLORY CAMPAIGN FUND CONTRIB 4/28/2014 $200.00
FRED CLEVELAND LEBLEU III ATTORNEY AT LAW LC CONTRIB 4/28/2014 $200.00
HOLLY CARTER CONTRIB 4/28/2014 $200.00
IQBAL MOHAMMAD CONTRIB 4/28/2014 $200.00
KIM D VAUGHAN CONTRIB 4/28/2014 $200.00
MRS. HENRY L YELVERTON CONTRIB 4/28/2014 $200.00
R. REED MENDELSON CONTRIB 4/28/2014 $200.00
THE PATHOLOGY LABORATORY CONTRIB 4/28/2014 $200.00
WRANGLER CONSTRUCTION COMPANY LLC CONTRIB 4/28/2014 $200.00
BILLY D CARNAHAN CONTRIB 4/28/2014 $300.00
DUPONT SEWER & CONSULTING LLC CONTRIB 4/28/2014 $300.00
FERGUSON ROOFING COMPANY INC. CONTRIB 4/28/2014 $300.00
LAKE CHARLES ELECTRIC COMPANY LLC CONTRIB 4/28/2014 $300.00
LUNDY LUNDY SOILEAU & SOUTH LLP CONTRIB 4/28/2014 $300.00
R HOOD CONSTRUCTION LLC CONTRIB 4/28/2014 $300.00
SIDNEY J. ROSTEET ATTY AT LAW CONTRIB 4/28/2014 $300.00
THE NEWMAN LAW FIRM LLC CONTRIB 4/28/2014 $300.00
DON'S CAR WASH CONTRIB 4/28/2014 $400.00
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Common knowledge that District Attorney
staff have incentives and
forced participation in selling
$100 tickets to campaign
fundraiser
Fundraiser Example only due to the
limited information
available from public records
ContributorName Type Date Amt
SCHLAMP FAMILY MEDICAL CLINIC CONTRIB 4/28/2014 $400.00
CORBELLO INVESTORS CONTRIB 4/28/2014 $500.00
DEMARIE INSURANCE AGENCY INC. CONTRIB 4/28/2014 $500.00
JAMES B BEL CONTRIB 4/28/2014 $500.00
JOHNNIES PAINT & BODY SHOP INC. CONTRIB 4/28/2014 $500.00
KD'S CONTRIB 4/28/2014 $500.00
R E ODOM CONTRIB 4/28/2014 $500.00
SPEARS AND GARY LLC CONTRIB 4/28/2014 $500.00
TELCOM RENTALS CONTRIB 4/28/2014 $500.00
UNITED HOMES INC. CONTRIB 4/28/2014 $500.00
JOHN C HIXON, JR CONTRIB 4/24/2014 $100.00
ROBERT J DUHON CONTRIB 4/24/2014 $100.00
TERI HUNGERFORD CONTRIB 4/24/2014 $100.00
MCDONALD & ASSOCIATES LLC CONTRIB 4/24/2014 $300.00
BIG EASY FOODS OF LOUISIANA CONTRIB 4/22/2014 $200.00
BOBBY TEZENO CONTRIB 4/22/2014 $200.00
RANDY'S VINTON HARDWARE INC CONTRIB 4/22/2014 $200.00
CENTURY 21 MIKE D. BONO & CO CONTRIB 4/22/2014 $500.00
JAMES H CURETON CONTRIB 4/22/2014 $500.00
MORRISON SURVEYING INC. CONTRIB 4/22/2014 $500.00
TONY L CORNNER CONTRIB 4/22/2014 $500.00
DAVID B. GREEN LAW FIRM LLC CONTRIB 4/21/2014 $100.00
HAROLD THIBODEAUX CONTRIB 4/21/2014 $100.00
HUNT LAW FIRM LLC CONTRIB 4/21/2014 $100.00
CHAD CARTER INC CONTRIB 4/21/2014 $200.00
SHONDA DARDEAU CONTRIB 4/19/2014 $100.00
C-CASH CONTRIB 4/17/2014 $100.00
GARY FILTRATION INC CONTRIB 4/17/2014 $100.00
PERFECTION INSPECTIONS CONTRIB 4/17/2014 $100.00
SEVEN-O-ELECTRIC CONTRIB 4/17/2014 $100.00
SPORTS PRODUCTIONS OF LOUISIANA LLC CONTRIB 4/17/2014 $100.00
WEDAD ABRUSLEY CONTRIB 4/17/2014 $100.00
J & J EXTERMINATING COMPANY CONTRIB 4/17/2014 $200.00
RODDY WATSON & EVERETT CONTRIB 4/17/2014 $200.00
SCHLESINGER'S WHOLESALERS CONTRIB 4/17/2014 $200.00
WORLD OF WHEELS INC. CONTRIB 4/17/2014 $200.00
BENTON'S EQUIPMENT & CONSTRUCTION INC. CONTRIB 4/17/2014 $500.00
STEVEN DWIGHT CONTRIB 4/17/2014 $500.00
FRANK L BRIDGES CONTRIB 4/17/2014 $600.00
INDULGENCE CONTRIB 4/9/2014 $100.00
JAMES W. MORRIS ATTORNEY AT LAW CONTRIB 4/9/2014 $100.00
KAY BARNETT CONSULTING LLC CONTRIB 4/9/2014 $100.00
PHILIP B PORCHE CONTRIB 4/9/2014 $100.00
R W PETREE CONTRIB 4/9/2014 $100.00
KRISTLE NATALI FRUGE CONTRIB 4/9/2014 $200.00
LYDIA HOLLAND CONTRIB 4/9/2014 $200.00
NEDERLAND JEWELERS LLC CONTRIB 4/9/2014 $200.00
VERNON CHRISTOPHER MEYER CONTRIB 4/9/2014 $200.00
BROSSETT ARCHITECT LLC CONTRIB 4/4/2014 $100.00
CHARMAGNE TURPEAU CONTRIB 4/4/2014 $100.00
CLIFTON HARMON CONTRIB 4/4/2014 $100.00
GAGNEAUX PROPERTIES LLC CONTRIB 4/4/2014 $100.00
HENRY C MISSE CONTRIB 4/4/2014 $100.00
JACOB COLONNA CONTRIB 4/4/2014 $100.00
PORT AGGREGATES INC. CONTRIB 4/4/2014 $100.00
THE INVESTOR'S GROUP OF LOUISIANA LLC CONTRIB 4/4/2014 $100.00
DAVID ABSHIRE LLC CONTRIB 4/4/2014 $200.00
DOUGLAS GEHRIG CONTRIB 4/4/2014 $200.00
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Common knowledge that District Attorney
staff have incentives and
forced participation in selling
$100 tickets to campaign
fundraiser
Fundraiser Example only due to the
limited information
available from public records
ContributorName Type Date Amt
FLORENCE FUSELIER CONTRIB 4/4/2014 $200.00
GAVIN D ABSHIRE CONTRIB 4/4/2014 $200.00
JOSEPH (DICK) KENNISON CONTRIB 4/4/2014 $200.00
KJ'S SERVICES CONTRIB 4/4/2014 $200.00
LITTLETON CLAIMS SERVICE LLC CONTRIB 4/4/2014 $200.00
SOUTHLAND CAPITAL LLC CONTRIB 4/4/2014 $200.00
WHITNEY CAPITAL LLC CONTRIB 4/4/2014 $200.00
SOUTHLAND COINS & COLLECTIBLES INC. CONTRIB 4/4/2014 $300.00
LLOYD LAUW CONTRIB 4/4/2014 $400.00
CIVIL CONSTRUCTION COMPANY CONTRIB 4/4/2014 $500.00
JAMES W BRUCE CONTRIB 4/4/2014 $500.00
LEE FOGLEMAN CONTRIB 4/4/2014 $500.00
SD OILFIELD SUPPLY LLC CONTRIB 4/4/2014 $600.00
GREGORY G WISE CONTRIB 4/1/2014 $100.00
MITCHELL W CHOLLY CONTRIB 4/1/2014 $100.00
KAREN THIBODEAUX CONTRIB 4/1/2014 $200.00
THE FIRM OF LOUISIANA CONTRIB 4/1/2014 $200.00
DIAMOND PAINT AND SUPPLY INC. CONTRIB 3/26/2014 $400.00
R.E. HEIDTCONSTRUCTION CO CONTRIB 3/13/2014 $400.00
ROLAND GRANGER CONTRIB 3/13/2014 $400.00
TADLOCK PIPE & RENTALS CONTRIB 3/13/2014 $400.00
BOTTOM LINE EQUIPMENT LLC CONTRIB 3/7/2014 $400.00
$29,700.00
AMANDA M COURVILLE CONTRIB 4/30/2013 $100.00
BOBBY LETARD CONTRIB 4/30/2013 $100.00
BONNIE & JOHN COLEMAN CONTRIB 4/30/2013 $100.00
CAROLYN O BABINEAUX CONTRIB 4/30/2013 $100.00
DALE (BUTCH) W FERDINANDSEN, II CONTRIB 4/30/2013 $100.00
DAN CUPIT CAMPAIGN FUND CONTRIB 4/30/2013 $100.00
DENNY PRIMEAUX CONTRIB 4/30/2013 $100.00
EMILY PETTAWAY CONTRIB 4/30/2013 $100.00
GAGNEAUX PROPERTIES LLC CONTRIB 4/30/2013 $100.00
GERALD LEBLANC CONTRIB 4/30/2013 $100.00
KIM D VAUGHAN CONTRIB 4/30/2013 $100.00
LARRY BOUDREAUX CONTRIB 4/30/2013 $100.00
MAX CALDARERA CONTRIB 4/30/2013 $100.00
MICHAEL L BERGERON, SR CONTRIB 4/30/2013 $100.00
MICHAEL P NED CONTRIB 4/30/2013 $100.00
OLEN CLARK CONTRIB 4/30/2013 $100.00
STEPHEN T PETTAWAY CONTRIB 4/30/2013 $100.00
EDWIN M OLMSTED CONTRIB 4/30/2013 $200.00
ERA MOFFETT REALTY INC CONTRIB 4/30/2013 $200.00
KING ARCHITECTS CONTRIB 4/30/2013 $200.00
PORCHE PLUMBING AND PIPING CO. INC. CONTRIB 4/30/2013 $200.00
THOMAS W SANDERS CONTRIB 4/30/2013 $200.00
FOURNERAT CATTLE CO LLC CONTRIB 4/30/2013 $300.00
FOURNERAT FARMS PARTNERSHIP CONTRIB 4/30/2013 $300.00
DALE A HERNANDEZ CONTRIB 4/30/2013 $500.00
E. MIKE GRANGER CONTRIB 4/30/2013 $500.00
JACQUE BOURGEOIS ELECTRIC LLC CONTRIB 4/30/2013 $500.00
JOHNNIES PAINT & BODY SHOP INC. CONTRIB 4/30/2013 $500.00
LOUISIANA CRANE COMPANY LLC CONTRIB 4/30/2013 $500.00
MICHAEL G KILE CONTRIB 4/30/2013 $500.00
MILO NICKEL CONTRIB 4/30/2013 $500.00
SUE GRANGER CONTRIB 4/30/2013 $500.00
WALTER LEDOUX CONTRIB 4/30/2013 $500.00
ALAN HEISSER FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC CONTRIB 4/22/2013 $100.00
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Common knowledge that District Attorney
staff have incentives and
forced participation in selling
$100 tickets to campaign
fundraiser
Fundraiser Example only due to the
limited information
available from public records
ContributorName Type Date Amt
ANN H KNAPP CONTRIB 4/22/2013 $100.00
BRYAN VINCENT CONTRIB 4/22/2013 $100.00
EUGENE M LOUVIERE CONTRIB 4/22/2013 $100.00
FAYEZ K SHAMIEH, MD CONTRIB 4/22/2013 $100.00
HENRY R. LILES APLC CONTRIB 4/22/2013 $100.00
JOHN THIELEN CONTRIB 4/22/2013 $100.00
JOHN W NOBLE, JR. MD CONTRIB 4/22/2013 $100.00
M.L. VINCENT JR. & ASSOCIATES CONTRIB 4/22/2013 $100.00
M.L. VINCENT JR. & ASSOCIATES CONTRIB 4/22/2013 $100.00
MR. FRED R GODWIN CONTRIB 4/22/2013 $100.00
ROBERT E GUILLORY, JR CONTRIB 4/22/2013 $100.00
ROSELYN B HARRY CONTRIB 4/22/2013 $100.00
SAM HEBERT BUSINESS CONTRIB 4/22/2013 $100.00
SCOTT L WORLEY CONTRIB 4/22/2013 $100.00
ANTHONY MALLETT CONTRIB 4/22/2013 $200.00
GENERATOR POWER SOURCE CONTRIB 4/22/2013 $200.00
SOUTHWEST CAREGIVERS LLC CONTRIB 4/22/2013 $200.00
STOCKWELL SIEVERT VICCELLIO CLEMENTS & CONTRIB 4/22/2013 $200.00
VANGUARD CONSULTING LLC CONTRIB 4/22/2013 $200.00
EVA B ABATE CONTRIB 4/22/2013 $300.00
BILLY NAVARRE CHEVROLET-HYUNDAI CONTRIB 4/22/2013 $400.00
CHRISTOPHER F BAGGETT CONTRIB 4/22/2013 $500.00
COX COX FILO CAMEL & WILSON CONTRIB 4/22/2013 $500.00
LUNDY LUNDY SOILEAU & SOUTH LLP CONTRIB 4/22/2013 $500.00
MATTHEW E LUNDY CONTRIB 4/22/2013 $500.00
RODDY WATSON & EVERETT CONTRIB 4/22/2013 $500.00
MURPHY J CORMIER CONTRIB 4/22/2013 $600.00
ABELL & SON INC. CONTRIB 4/19/2013 $100.00
BEARD'S AIRCRAFT SERVICES LLC CONTRIB 4/19/2013 $100.00
BROSSETT ARCHITECT LLC CONTRIB 4/19/2013 $100.00
DEROSIER LAW FIRM CONTRIB 4/19/2013 $100.00
EMMETT C SOLE CONTRIB 4/19/2013 $100.00
FLORENCE FUSELIER CONTRIB 4/19/2013 $100.00
GUY DEROUEN CONTRIB 4/19/2013 $100.00
H E CALDWELL, III CONTRIB 4/19/2013 $100.00
LJSM LLC CONTRIB 4/19/2013 $100.00
MB DEVELOPMENT ENTERPRISES LLC CONTRIB 4/19/2013 $100.00
MICHAEL RIDER CONTRIB 4/19/2013 $100.00
RICHARD L SAVOY CONTRIB 4/19/2013 $100.00
WAYNE GABBERT CONTRIB 4/19/2013 $100.00
PHILLIP DALEY CONTRIB 4/19/2013 $150.00
ALLIED GLASS & MIRROR CO. INC. CONTRIB 4/19/2013 $200.00
EDWIN K HUNTER CONTRIB 4/19/2013 $200.00
FERGUSON ROOFING COMPANY INC. CONTRIB 4/19/2013 $200.00
FINLEY HILLIARD CONTRIB 4/19/2013 $200.00
JAMES H. FONTENOT CONSTRUCTION INC CONTRIB 4/19/2013 $200.00
OSEY MCGEE, JR CONTRIB 4/19/2013 $200.00
RODDY WATSON & EVERETT CONTRIB 4/19/2013 $200.00
JAPER LLC CONTRIB 4/19/2013 $300.00
SCOFIELD GERARD SINGLETARY & POHORELSKY CONTRIB 4/19/2013 $400.00
SD OILFILD SUPPLY LLC CONTRIB 4/19/2013 $400.00
GEORGE HARDY VINCENT CONTRIB 4/19/2013 $500.00
MATT VINCENT CONTRIB 4/19/2013 $500.00
BLAKE D. HINES INC CONTRIB 4/19/2013 $600.00
JOSEPH C DUHON CONTRIB 4/17/2013 $100.00
MUDD AND BRUCHHAUS LLC CONTRIB 4/17/2013 $200.00
KEITH'S PAINT & BODY CONTRIB 4/17/2013 $300.00
ARABIE CONTRACTING LLC CONTRIB 4/17/2013 $500.00
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Common knowledge that District Attorney
staff have incentives and
forced participation in selling
$100 tickets to campaign
fundraiser
Fundraiser Example only due to the
limited information
available from public records
ContributorName Type Date Amt
BT& J INC CONTRIB 4/17/2013 $500.00
LARRY A. ROACH ATTORNEY CONTRIB 4/17/2013 $500.00
YESTERDAYS OF LAKE CHARLES INC CONTRIB 4/17/2013 $500.00
GERALD A GUILLORY CONTRIB 4/16/2013 $100.00
M. BLAKE HALE CONTRIB 4/16/2013 $200.00
DELTA J VANICOR CONTRIB 4/12/2013 $100.00
GERALD GUIDRY CONTRIB 4/12/2013 $100.00
GERALD W SHERRICK CONTRIB 4/12/2013 $100.00
JOHN BERRY REED CONTRIB 4/12/2013 $100.00
JOHNSON & BROWN FUNERAL HOME CONTRIB 4/12/2013 $100.00
MASSE CHIROPRACTIC CLINIC CONTRIB 4/12/2013 $100.00
RABIDEAUX'S CONTRIB 4/12/2013 $100.00
TORA FONTENOT CONTRIB 4/12/2013 $100.00
TOWAWAYS LLC CONTRIB 4/12/2013 $100.00
HELEN CUROL CONTRIB 4/12/2013 $200.00
WALTER GOTREAUX CONTRIB 4/12/2013 $200.00
WRIGHT'S PLUMBING SERVICE CONTRIB 4/12/2013 $300.00
DEEP SOUTH OILFIELD & INDUSTRIAL SUPPLY LLC CONTRIB 4/12/2013 $500.00
FRIENDLY BUILDERS INC. CONTRIB 4/12/2013 $600.00
ALFRED P COCHRAN CONTRIB 4/10/2013 $100.00
JAMES DONOVAN MULVEY CONTRIB 4/10/2013 $100.00
KEN LANZALACO, USA RET CONTRIB 4/10/2013 $100.00
KENNETH B MARTIN CONTRIB 4/10/2013 $100.00
PAMELA MULVEY CONTRIB 4/10/2013 $100.00
T. H. DELAUREAL JR. CONTRIB 4/10/2013 $100.00
TIMOTHY WOODS CONTRIB 4/10/2013 $100.00
ASHLEY L HOFFPAUIR CONTRIB 4/10/2013 $200.00
FRED CLEVELAND LEBLEU III ATTORNEY AT LAW LC CONTRIB 4/10/2013 $200.00
GLENN'S MART GRILL & DELI INC CONTRIB 4/10/2013 $200.00
KD'S CONTRIB 4/10/2013 $200.00
LITTLETON CLAIMS SERVICE LLC CONTRIB 4/10/2013 $200.00
QUENTON A WILLIS, JR CONTRIB 4/10/2013 $200.00
JAMES MANUEL CONTRIB 4/10/2013 $300.00
RALPH LEWING REAL ESTATE CONTRIB 4/10/2013 $300.00
THE NEWMAN LAW FIRM LLC CONTRIB 4/10/2013 $300.00
SCHLAMP FAMILY MEDICAL CLINIC CONTRIB 4/10/2013 $400.00
FRANK L BRIDGES CONTRIB 4/10/2013 $500.00
HOME BUILDING MATERIALS INC CONTRIB 4/10/2013 $500.00
JAMES H CURETON CONTRIB 4/10/2013 $500.00
MCMANUS CONSTRUCTION CONTRIB 4/10/2013 $500.00
PATRICIA PREBULA CONTRIB 4/10/2013 $500.00
RANDY GOODLOE CONTRIB 4/10/2013 $500.00
SPEARS & GARY LLC CONTRIB 4/10/2013 $500.00
TOWNSLEY LAW FIRM LLP CONTRIB 4/10/2013 $500.00
WILLIAM CORBELLO CONTRIB 4/10/2013 $500.00
CARL VINCENT CONTRIB 4/8/2013 $100.00
COASTAL PIPE OF LOUISIANA INC. CONTRIB 4/8/2013 $100.00
COLONNA LAW FIRM CONTRIB 4/8/2013 $100.00
D & L PAINTING & INDUSTRIAL SERVICES LLC CONTRIB 4/8/2013 $100.00
DISTRIBUTION INTERNATIONAL INC CONTRIB 4/8/2013 $100.00
HARRY P FONTENOT, JR CONTRIB 4/8/2013 $100.00
J & J EXTERMINATING CO OF DERIDDER INC CONTRIB 4/8/2013 $100.00
J & J EXTERMINATING COMPANY CONTRIB 4/8/2013 $100.00
SHANE HINCH CONTRIB 4/8/2013 $100.00
SOLAR AIR CONDITIONING HEATING & REFRIGERATIO CONTRIB 4/8/2013 $100.00
TODD & ASSOCIATES LLC CONTRIB 4/8/2013 $100.00
D & L PAINTING & INDUSTRIAL SERVICES LLC CONTRIB 4/8/2013 $200.00
HUNTER PERRIN INSURANCE AGENCY INC CONTRIB 4/8/2013 $200.00
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Common knowledge that District Attorney
staff have incentives and
forced participation in selling
$100 tickets to campaign
fundraiser
Fundraiser Example only due to the
limited information
available from public records
ContributorName Type Date Amt
ADAM P JOHNSON CONTRIB 4/8/2013 $300.00
BRASK INC. CONTRIB 4/8/2013 $400.00
CHAD CARTER INC CONTRIB 4/8/2013 $400.00
DIOTE INVESTMENT LLC CONTRIB 4/8/2013 $400.00
BAGGETT MCCALL BURGESS WATSON & GAUGHAN L CONTRIB 4/8/2013 $500.00
BROUSSARD & HART LLC CONTRIB 4/8/2013 $500.00
MEDICAL AND DIAGNOSTIC CLINIC CONTRIB 4/8/2013 $500.00
LANDRY SUPPLY INC CONTRIB 4/5/2013 $100.00
LOUIE BARBE III CONTRIB 4/5/2013 $100.00
RONNIE J BREAUX CONTRIB 4/5/2013 $100.00
SCOTT HARRINGTON CONTRIB 4/5/2013 $100.00
SHEILA SCHULTZ CONTRIB 4/5/2013 $100.00
SUSAN DEROUEN CONTRIB 4/5/2013 $100.00
UTEC A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF GUZZINO LEA CONTRIB 4/5/2013 $100.00
AAJ ANDREPONT PROPERTIES LLC CONTRIB 4/5/2013 $150.00
ALBERT ANDREPORT CONTRIB 4/5/2013 $150.00
ALEX & JOEL PROPERTIES LLC CONTRIB 4/5/2013 $150.00
PONT PROPERTIES LLC CONTRIB 4/5/2013 $150.00
108 DISPOSAL CONTRIB 4/5/2013 $200.00
DEEP SOUTH PRODUCTIONS LLC CONTRIB 4/5/2013 $200.00
GRANGER'S SEAFOOD RESTAURANT & LOUNGE CONTRIB 4/5/2013 $200.00
HARRINGTON BROTHERS FARM INC. CONTRIB 4/5/2013 $200.00
JENNIFER T PAGE CONTRIB 4/5/2013 $200.00
SEAFOOD PALACE INC. CONTRIB 4/5/2013 $200.00
SERVICE GLASS & DOOR COMPANY CONTRIB 4/5/2013 $200.00
CIVIL CONSTRUCTION COMPANY CONTRIB 4/5/2013 $500.00
JAMES MISTRETTA CONTRIB 4/5/2013 $500.00
KHRISTINE HEBERT CONTRIB 4/5/2013 $500.00
KING'S FUNERAL HOME CONTRIB 4/5/2013 $500.00
SARA OF WASHINGTON INC CONTRIB 4/5/2013 $500.00
U.S. FENCE & GATE INC. CONTRIB 4/5/2013 $500.00
RONALD J DEROUEN CONTRIB 4/4/2013 $100.00
RIVERS FENCE CO. INC. CONTRIB 4/4/2013 $400.00
ARABIE CONTRACTING LLC CONTRIB 4/4/2013 $500.00
JERRY JONES CONTRIB 4/4/2013 $500.00
FRED BADEN PLUMBING LLC CONTRIB 4/2/2013 $100.00
JOSEPH ALCEDE, III CONTRIB 4/2/2013 $100.00
PETER & MARY ANN ROMERO CONTRIB 4/2/2013 $100.00
RANDY'S VINTON HARDWARE INC CONTRIB 4/2/2013 $200.00
$45,150.00
ALLIED GLASS & MIRROR CO. INC. CONTRIB 9/23/2009 $100.00
ANDREW J ARDOIN CONTRIB 9/23/2009 $100.00
CHARLES & LINDA DESSOMMES CONTRIB 9/23/2009 $100.00
MR. AND MR CALVIN BENOIT CONTRIB 9/23/2009 $100.00
RODNEY L. WILLIAMS CONTRIB 9/23/2009 $100.00
HELEN CUROL CONTRIB 9/22/2009 $100.00
JERRID SMEAL CONTRIB 9/22/2009 $100.00
MARK A DELPHIN CONTRIB 9/22/2009 $100.00
MR. CARL BABINEAUX CONTRIB 9/22/2009 $100.00
VAMVORAS & SCHWARTZBERG LLC CONTRIB 9/22/2009 $100.00
JOHNNY JANESE INSURANCE AGENCY INC. CONTRIB 9/17/2009 $100.00
LARRY BOUDREAUX CONTRIB 9/17/2009 $100.00
LEWING CONSTRUCTION CO. INC. CONTRIB 9/17/2009 $100.00
MELANIE P PERRY CONTRIB 9/17/2009 $100.00
MR. GARY G GUILLORY CONTRIB 9/17/2009 $100.00
SEAFOOD PALACE INC CONTRIB 9/17/2009 $100.00
SPOT BAR AND GRILL CONTRIB 9/17/2009 $100.00
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Common knowledge that District Attorney
staff have incentives and
forced participation in selling
$100 tickets to campaign
fundraiser
Fundraiser Example only due to the
limited information
available from public records
ContributorName Type Date Amt
TONY MANCUSO CONTRIB 9/17/2009 $100.00
RONALD D PIATT JR. CONTRIB 9/8/2009 $100.00
ELMO SARTIN CONTRIB 4/22/2008 $100.00
GAIL BRAME CONTRIB 4/22/2008 $100.00
MARY WILLIAMS CONTRIB 4/22/2008 $100.00
PEGGY MCGINNIS CONTRIB 4/22/2008 $100.00
PEPE VASQUEZ CONTRIB 4/22/2008 $100.00
RENEE BROUSSARD CONTRIB 4/22/2008 $100.00
SHIVELY VERRETTE CONTRIB 4/22/2008 $100.00
BRAUD GLASS & MIRROR INC. CONTRIB 4/21/2008 $100.00
MICHAEL CAGLE CONTRIB 4/21/2008 $100.00
DAVID LEGER CONTRIB 6/30/2005 $100.00
DAVID PRIMEAUX CONTRIB 6/30/2005 $100.00
POWER HYDRAULICS CONTRIB 6/30/2005 $100.00
RICHARD COLE JR. CONTRIB 6/30/2005 $100.00
RONALD CARNAHAN CONTRIB 6/30/2005 $100.00
WILKERSON TRANSPORTATION INC. CONTRIB 6/30/2005 $100.00
BOOK & BEVERUNG LAW OFFICE CONTRIB 6/29/2005 $100.00
LAKE CHARLES SLING CO. CONTRIB 6/29/2005 $100.00
RADFORD BUICK MAZDA CONTRIB 6/29/2005 $100.00
WILSON COURVILLE CONTRIB 6/29/2005 $100.00
PORCHE PLUMBING AND PIPING CO. INC. CONTRIB 6/28/2005 $100.00
HENRY & SHERRY DINGER CONTRIB 6/27/2005 $100.00
REGGIE MURPHY CONTRIB 6/27/2005 $100.00
RIDO INC. CONTRIB 6/27/2005 $100.00
JERRY THERIOT CONTRIB 6/26/2005 $100.00
ANTHONY MALLETT CONTRIB 6/24/2005 $100.00
J. G. ENTERPRISES CONTRIB 6/24/2005 $100.00
JACK JARNAGIN CONTRIB 6/24/2005 $100.00
JAMES JARNAGIN CONTRIB 6/24/2005 $100.00
WENDELL MURPHY CONTRIB 6/24/2005 $100.00
AUTO ELECTRIC & MAGNETO SHOP CONTRIB 6/23/2005 $100.00
FOUR SEASONS EQUIPMENT CONTRIB 6/23/2005 $100.00
MASSE CHIROPRACTIC CLINIC CONTRIB 6/23/2005 $100.00
POUSSON'S TOOL & FASTENERS CO. CONTRIB 6/23/2005 $100.00
SERVICE GLASS & DOOR COMPANY CONTRIB 6/23/2005 $100.00
MECH-TECH INC. CONTRIB 6/22/2005 $100.00
MOJO INC. CONTRIB 6/22/2005 $100.00
CHARLES BUCKIE LEBOUEF CONTRIB 6/21/2005 $100.00
SOUTHWEST MANUFACTURED HOUSING CONTRIB 6/21/2005 $100.00
LAKE CHARLES MACHINERY INC. CONTRIB 6/20/2005 $100.00
MARTIN AUTOMOTIVE GROUP INC. CONTRIB 6/17/2005 $100.00
RAYMOND PRICE CONTRIB 6/17/2005 $100.00
SYDNEY HORN CONTRIB 6/14/2005 $100.00
ALUMINUM SPECIALTIES & SUN ROOMS INC. CONTRIB 6/13/2005 $100.00
ELMER CONNER CONTRIB 6/13/2005 $100.00
SCOTT POUSSON CONTRIB 6/13/2005 $100.00
GOOD EARTH INC CONTRIB 6/9/2005 $100.00
BILLY CARNAHAN CONTRIB 6/1/2005 $100.00
ROLLAND J LEBLANC CONTRIB 6/1/2005 $100.00
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Ronnie Rossitto Timeline
First Assistant District Attorney (Former)
Date Location Action Description
1979 Calcasieu
2008 Calcasieu
2009 Calcasieu
CPDA Employment
Begins
Civil Suit Plaintiff charges
dismissed
Retires First Assistant
District Attorney
Employment Begins at CPDA
Civil Suit Plaintiff, then 17 met with Rossitto about a charge of possession of stolen things
Retires from First Assistant District Attorney
2009 Calcasieu
1/2/2010 Calcasieu
2/10/2010 Calcasieu
Hired Administrative
First Assistant District
Attorney
Civil suit Plaintiff
arrested for drug
possession
Civil Suit Plaintiff charges
dismissed
Hired as Administrative First Assistant District Attorney
Civil suit Plaintiff arrested for drug possession
Civil Suit Plaintiff and Plaintiff's Uncle met with Rossitto and then the pending drug possession charges were
dismissed.
1/3/2013 Calcasieu Incident
The lawsuit alleges that the man, who had dealt with Rossitto several times before, drove to Lake Charles on Jan. 3,
2013 to see if Rossitto could help him clear up outstanding traffic tickets so that he could gain employment. Rossitto
told the man, then 22, that he would have to pay court costs, but that he would draft a letter ¬— stating the tickets
were dismissed — which the man could take with him to the Department of Motor Vehicles so he could have his
license reinstated, the lawsuit said. When the man found out he would have to pay $100 in administrative fees, he
returned to the DA’s office to ask Rossitto to borrow the $100, the lawsuit alleged. Rossitto got up from his desk,
closed the door, and told the man he could borrow the money but would have to pay it back, the lawsuit said.
Rossitto sat sideways on the front of his desk in front of the man and handed him $100, the lawsuit said. When the
man stood up to leave, Rossitto asked for a hug, the lawsuit said. Rossitto told the man “it’s going to be alright,
baby,” then firmly squeezed the man’s buttocks, the lawsuit alleged. As the man pulled away, Rossitto “grabbed
(the man’s) penis and rubbed his groin area. Mr. Rossitto then placed his fingers in a cupped configuration over
pursed lips and said ‘Oops,’ ” the lawsuit alleged. Rossitto then tried to give the man another hug, the lawsuit
alleged. The man eventually reported the incident to an uncle who was a state trooper and an investigation began,
the lawsuit said. Rossitto’s actions constituted sexual battery, the lawsuit claims.
4/4/2013 Orleans Incident Obscenity and Purchasing Alcohol for under 21 year old.
Sep-13 Calcasieu Resigns Rossitto Resigned from Administrative First Assistant District Attorney
9/27/2013 Orleans Bond Set (None) Bill of information filed. Charge: Obscenity. Bond set (None).
9/27/2013 Orleans Bond Set (None) Filed bill of information. Charge: Alcohol Purchase under 21. Bond set (None)
9/30/2013 Orleans Plea and Sentence
Guilty Obscenity: waived delays, $1,000 fine, > 2 years at doc hard labor, > 2 years suspended, > 2 years active
probation, concurrent
9/30/2013 Orleans Plea and Sentence
Guilty Alcohol Purchase Under 21: waived delays, $1,576.50 fine, > 6 months at OPP, > 6 months suspended, > 6
months inactive probation, stay away, concurrent
10/11/2013 Orleans Paid all fines All fines paid
12/11/2013 Calcasieu Civil Suit Filed Sexual battery from 1/3/2013 incident where Rossitto grouped a then 22 year old in his office
02/20/14 Calcasieu
Calcasieu Parish Grand
Jury Indictment
1 count felony sexual battery 1 count felony malfeasance in office
2/21/2014 Calcasieu Arrest Date Bond set $10k obscenity and $15k malfeasance
3/17/2014 Calcasieu Not guilty plea Rossito pleads not guilty to Sexual Battery and Malfeasance in Office
6/30/2014
Supreme
Court of Bar suspension interim Bar suspension interim
Louisiana
2014 Calcasieu Civil Suit Settled
KMS v Ronald A. Rossitto settled for $20,000 to the plaintiff KMS out of the Calcasieu Parish District Attorney's Office
General Fund
2/25/2015
Attorney
General
Guilty Plea and
Sentenced
1 count felony malfeasance in office and 1 count misdemeanor simple battery. Sentenced to 2 year suspended
prison with 2 years active probation. As condition of plea deal does not have to register as sex offender
2/25/2015
Attorney
General
Bar suspension
indefinitely
Bar suspension indefinitely
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LAKE CHARLES, LA (KPLC) - Ronnie Rossitto, a former first assistant district attorney in
Calcasieu Parish, has been banned from practicing law.
The move comes months after Rossitto pleaded guilty to felony malfeasance in office and
misdemeanor simple battery in Calcasieu Parish.
The Associated Press reported the Supreme Court issued its ruling last week following a
request from Rossitto.
Rossitto had asked to "permanently resign from the practice of law in lieu of discipline,"
according to the Associated Press.
In February 2015, Rossitto was given a two-year suspended sentence with two years of
supervised probation for the malfeasance and simple battery charges. His law license was
also suspended indefinitely.
The 64-year-old Rossitto was accused of groping a man in his office in January 2013.
Save money,
The state Attorney General's thrift Office your said Rossitto offered to help the victim get his driver's
license reinstated. Halloween ...
Rossitto retired as first assistant district attorney in 2009. He stayed on part-time as an
administrative first assistant until resigning in July 2013, two months before pleading
guilty to unrelated but similar charges in Orleans Parish.
In that case, Rossitto was accused of improper touching and giving alcohol to a person
under 21. Rossitto received a two-year suspended sentence and two years probation.
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Ex-prosecutor admits to malfeasance, battery
By By Johnathan Manning / American Press
A former first assistant district attorney of Calcasieu Parish pleaded guilty in state district court
Wednesday to malfeasance in office and simple battery.
Judge H. Ward Fontenot sentenced Ronnie Rossitto to a two-year suspended sentence and two years’
probation.
Rossitto’s law license has been revoked indefinitely, according to the state Attorney General’s Office,
which prosecuted the case.
Rossitto pleaded guilty in October 2013 to obscenity and buying alcohol for a person under 21 in
Orleans Parish. He was also sentenced to a two-year suspended term and two years of probation in
that case, which involved a 20-year-old man.
A lawsuit filed on behalf of the man by local attorney Glen Vamvoras has already been settled.
Rossitto’s portion of the settlement is confidential. The District Attorney’s Office paid $20,000,
spokeswoman Holly Carter said. The money was paid from the office’s general fund and did not
involve any tax proceeds, she said.
“As a public servant and an administrator of justice, Rossitto was expected to uphold the highest
moral and ethical standards,” Attorney General Buddy Caldwell said in the news release. “Rossitto
instead used his position of power to erode public trust and compromise the integrity of the justice
system.”
The incident happened in Rossitto’s office at the Calcasieu Parish District Attorney’s Office on Jan. 3,
2013. A 22-year-old man who was asking Rossitto to help him get his driver’s license reinstated said
Rossitto groped him more than once. Rossitto was originally charged with sexual battery.
Rossitto worked at the DA’s office for more than 30 years. He retired as first assistant district attorney
in 2009, but stayed with the office as administrative first assistant until he retired in September 2013
after the allegations came out.
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CYNTHIA KILLINGSWORTH
FIRST ASSISTANT
DISTRICT ATIORNEY
JOHN F. DEROSIER
District Attorney
FOURTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
CALCASIEU PARISH
October 6, 2015
P.O. BOX 3206
LAKE CHARLES, LA 70602
PHONE (337) 437-3400
FAX (337) 437-3325
Re:
Public Record Request
Ronald Rossitto & Langley, Williams, & Company, L.L.C.
I am the Public Records Custodian for the Calcasieu Parish District Attorney's
Office. I have received your letter regarding a public records inquiry. A search of our
records reveals that the cost of reproducing the public records portion of the requested
information will be a minimum of $500.00. Your extensive request requires employees to
work after hol\rS, and they must be compensated for that time. Please send a money order
made payable to the Calcasieu Parish District Attorney's Office to the attention of Mrs.
Kaitlyn Abshire, my legal secretary. Due to your voluminous request of records, it will
take our office at least three weeks to compile the public records you are requesting once
our office has received these funds.
This letter satisfies our legal obligation under the Public Records Law, LSA-R.S.
44: 1 et seq. If you need anything further in this case, or in the future, please do not
hesitate to contact me for assistance.
Sincerely,
J
Assistant District Attorney
Public Records Custodian
CSS/kra

JMlfS D. "Buoov" CAI l)IVI 11
ATTORN[Y Cl NI KAI
tate of 1flouisiana
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
P.O. BOX 94005
BATON ROUGE
70804-9005
October 6, 2015
RE: Public Records Request, 15-0100
Thank you for your recent correspondence regarding a public records request.
We have received your request, and our office is in the process of determining
what, if any, records are subject to this request.
If our office can be of any further assistance, please let us know.
With Best Regards,
JAMES D. "BUDDY" CALDWELL
ATTORNEY GENERAL

SECOND ATTEMPT
RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST
November 30, 2015
Office of Attorney General
Attn: Amanda Larkins
Public Records Coordinator
PO Box 94005
Baton Rouge, LA 70804
Dear Public Records Request Officers,
Please note that this is a second attempt because the requested information was not received
from your office in regards to the first request sent on September 23, 2015. The only response
received from your office (attached) states that your office is in the “process of determining what, if
any records are subject to this request.” To clarify we are requesting all public records which is
detailed below.
Louisiana Public Records Act. Section 44:32(D) of the Louisiana Public Records Act requires
a response within three business days.
I request that a copy of the following documents [or documents containing the following
information] be provided:
a. Any and all emails, documents, letters, text messages, reports, notes, and any and all
other documents, between January 1, 2013 to the present, regarding Ronald Rossitto
either internally at the Louisiana Attorney General’s Office or with the Calcasieu
Parish District Attorney’s Office.
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In order to help to determine my status to assess fees, you should know that I am an individual
seeking information, and this request is made as part of news gathering and not for commercial use.
I request a waiver of all fees for this request. Disclosure of the requested information to me is
in the public interest because it is likely to contribute significantly to public understanding of the
operations or activities of the government and is not primarily in my commercial interest.
Thank you for your consideration of this request.
Sincerely yours,
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I. Employment information regarding Ronald Rossitto. Mr. Rossitto has reported his address to be
20 I 8 Lacache Dr. Lake Charles, LA 7060 I and date of bi 1th 5/13/1950.
a. Please state his previous or current position and dates of employment.
b. Please provide documents showing all monies paid to Mr. Rossitto personally or any
business entity affiliated with him such as ROSSITTO ENTERPRISES, INC or AUSTIN
ENTERPRISES, INC.
c. Please provide any and all emails, documents, letters, text messages, reports, notes, and any
and all other documents, between January I, 2013 to the present, regarding Ronald Rossitto
between both internally at the Calcasieu Parish District Attorney's Office or externally to the
Calcasieu Parish Police Jury.
d. Please provide any and all emails, documents, letters, text messages, reports, notes, and any
and al I other documents, between January I, 2013 to the present, regarding Ronald Rossitto
between Calcasieu Parish District Attorney's Office and the Louisiana Attorney General's
Office.
2. Information regarding Langley, Williams & Company, LLC
a. Please state the relationship between Calcasieu Parish District Attorney's office and
LANGLEY, WILLIAMS & COMPANY LLC and dates of employment.
b. Please provide documents showing all monies paid to LANGLEY, WILLIAMS &
COMPANY LLC f r om 1/1/2006 - 12/31/2014
In order to help to determine my status to assess fees, you should know that I am an individual seeking
information, and this request is made as part of news gathering and not for commercial use.
I request a waiver of all fees for this request. Disclosure of the requested information to me is in the public
interest because it is likely to contribute significantly to public understanding of the operations or activities
of the government and is not primarily in my commercial interest.
Thank you for your consideration of this request.
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Palermo Timeline Summary.xlsx
Prosecutor Misconduct Motion
CPDA attempts to sell immunity for $5 Million
Date Article Title Description
5/23/2014
Sulphur businessman Palermo arrested on
charge of intimidation of a witness
5/20/2014
DA rejects intimidation
charges against Palermo
Karl Koch, Palermo's attorney, says DA John DeRosier knows
that Palermo did not intimidate a witness and that DeRosier
wanted to embarrass Palermo.
5/20/2014
8/27/2014
7/16/2014
8/20/2014
DA rejects intimidation
charges against Palermo
Prosecutors call Palermo Allegations
Outrageous
Palermo pleads not guilty to
charges
State Police, AG investigators search Palermo
businesses
"The witness intimidation charge was a baseless matter. This
arrest of Mr. Palermo was nothing but harassment," said Koch
"We knew that this case was going to end the way it did, which
is with the district attorney dropping the charges."
The defense alleges that DeRosier initially asked for $5 million,
then $1 million. A copy of an unsigned plea agreement, under
which Palermo would have paid a $1 million fine, was included
in its motion. Attorneys for Joe Palermo filed a prosecutorial
misconduct claim, which said Palermo was prosecuted only
after refusing to pay millions of dollars.
State police and officials with the Louisiana Attorney General's
office and Calcasieu DA were up with with the sun and
simultaneously executing search warrants at two businesses
associated with Sulphur businessman Joe Palermo. In Lake
Charles they were at LP Gaming. In Sulphur, they were at
Palermo Real Estate.
Assistant District Attorney Hugo Holland confirms what they're
doing but is tight lipped about the details: The Calcasieu DA's
office ha ere providing legal advice to the police, who were
doing the search. They won' he investigation is about, but they
confirm it doesn't deal with the current chtewirroll darger
..fe.eat s pending against Palermo.
8/20/2014
8/21/2014
State Police, AG investigators search Palermo
businesses
Palermo in court fighting criminal charges &
seizures
"The prosecution of Joe Palermo is in just utter disarray at this
point. The state is scrambling around to try to salvage what's
left of this prosecution. John DeRosier spent more time in the
courtroom on this case than he has on any other. You've seen
him present for every hearing,all the time on, what, on its face,
is a minor set of charges. This is a personality driven case and a
vendetta by John DeRosier," said Koch..
Palermo attorney Karl Koch says the seizure of computers and
files interfered with preparations for today's hearing and may
have violated attorney client privilege.
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Palermo Timeline Summary.xlsx
Prosecutor Misconduct Motion
CPDA attempts to sell immunity for $5 Million
Date Article Title Description
8/21/2014
8/21/2014
8/21/2014
8/22/2014
8/22/2014
Palermo attorneys and
district attorney exchange
fiery words
Palermo attorneys and
district attorney exchange
fiery words
"In my client's office, of course he kept all the materials relating
to this case, all those emails back and forth to his attorneys and
his copies of our papers and things and unfortunately those
have all en by the state. You feel like those people invaded your
trial preparation and it' us matter," said Koch.
Palermo attorneys also tried to get the lead prosecutor, Hugo
Holland, held in contempt of court for not showing up in court
July 16th, even though a subpoena was issued. But the judge
ruled in Holland's favor because he was never personally served
with the subpoena.
Even though another motion aimed at holding Holland in
contempt was dismissed, Koch asked him about the incident at
issue, involving a conversation Holland had at a cocktail part.
The defense was trying to suggest Holland broke the rule of
grand jury secrecy by
What defense attorneys describe as an illegal scheme to make
Palermo pay millions, the D.A. says was a legitimate offer of a
plea agreement.
Attorneys for the Sulphur businessman portray Palermo as the
victim in court papers that accuse District Attorney John
DeRosier of trying to force Palermo to pay penalties for crimes
they say he didn't commit‐‐ crimes related to prohibited gaming
business activity.
The search warrant was really nothing more than the fulfillment
of a threat that was made several months ago. The district
attorney, John DeRosier, came to Mr. Palermo's attorneys, and
demanded that Mr. Palermo pay millions of dollars, initially five
million dollars, eventually one million dollars, and threatened
that if he didn't, that he would go forward with allegations such
as those that were made. We refused to pay the ransom and he
fulfilled the threat," said Koch.
"This has always been about how do we get Joe Palermo to pay
several million dollars to the district attorneys office, even
though we have no legal way to demand that payment. And it's
only when we refused to make that payment and, in fact, called
the state police to report what was happening, the next day
that's when this all started happening," he said.
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Palermo Timeline Summary.xlsx
Prosecutor Misconduct Motion
CPDA attempts to sell immunity for $5 Million
Date Article Title Description
8/22/2014
"John DeRosier made it very clear, if you'll pay me this money,
then we can work out some great plea bargain and
misdemeanors and everything will go away. And, he said, I'll sell
you protection from these charges, any further charges,
particularly any racketeering charges or other things. But if you
don't pay it, then I'm going to go forward with something like
this," said Koch.
8/25/2014
State waits to examine seized
material from Palermo's
businesses
Judge Ron Ware ruled that a Special Master, someone who will
obtain evidence and decide whether client‐attorney privilege
exInvestigatorsists, will be appointed before the state can
examine the material. uncover
8/27/2014
State calls defense allegations 'outrageous' and
'deceitful'
Palermo's attorneys filed a motion to quash the indictment
against their client last week, alleging prosecutorial misconduct.
9/10/2014
Judge throws out four
charges against Palermo
Judge Ron Ware granted a defense motion to quash four counts
of possession of stolen heavy equipment. That leaves three
charges pending‐‐ forgery, and two counts of obliterating serial
numbers on a motor vehicle. Todd Clemons is one of five
defense attorneys representing Palermo.
"They had four years to bring those cases to charge him and in
that case those four years expired so we filed a motion to quash
and Judge Ware agreed that they didn't initiate the prosecution
in time. We want to commend him for having the courage of his
convictions to do the right thing under the law. He didn't do us
any favors, he just applied the law," said Clemons.
9/10/2014
Judge throws out four
charges against Palermo
"I think the public and the court is starting to see clearly that
this prosecution is very vindictive, it's not fact based it's not law
based. It's a personal prosecution. And we feel very,very
strongly in the end, Mr. Palermo will prevail," said Clemons.
11/17/2014 Appellate court rules against Palermo, attorneys
1/6/2015
DA's office wants judge
recused from Palermo case
"The trial court's stay of grand jury proceedings was
erroneous," said the Third Circuit Court of Appeal. "A grand jury
is free to meet on its own initiative and does not require
permission of a court to investigate crime."
District Attorney John DeRosier testified in court that a grand
jury investigating Palermo wants to hear from the judge ‐‐ and
that's why they want Ware recused.
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Palermo Timeline Summary.xlsx
Prosecutor Misconduct Motion
CPDA attempts to sell immunity for $5 Million
Date Article Title Description
2/19/2015
2/27/2015
Man indicted in connection
with Palermo investigation
Palermo pleads guilty to
misdemeanor charges, gets
probation
Calvin Broussard, 69, was indicted on two counts of perjury on
Thursday.
According to court documents, Broussard intentionally made
false statements before the grand jury on Oct. 9, 2014 and Nov.
21, 2014.
A Calcasieu Parish District Attorney's Office spokesperson said
the perjury charges are directly related to the grand jury's
investigation of Palermo.
Palermo pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor charges on Friday.
He was sentenced to two years unsupervised probation and
must forfeit $1.2 million to reimburse the state for the costs of
the investigation and prosecution.
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Prosecutors call Palermo allegations
'outrageous'
Last Modified: Wednesday, August 27, 2014 9:59 AM
By Johnathan Manning / American Press
The Calcasieu Parish District Attorney’s Office claims defense
attorneys for an indicted Sulphur businessman are alleging misconduct
in an effort to keep prosecutors from pursuing charges.
Last week, attorneys for Joe Palermo filed a prosecutorial misconduct
claim, which said Palermo was prosecuted only after refusing to pay
millions of dollars.
The allegation is “outrageous,” prosecutors said in a response penned
by Carla Sigler and filed Monday in state district court.
The accusation is “no more than a libelous and unsuccessful attempt to intimidate the State into dismissing a valid
prosecution against this defendant,” the response reads.
Palermo, 70, has been indicted on charges of being in possession of stolen heavy equipment, forgery, and altering and
removing identifying numbers of a motor vehicle.
Members of the District Attorney’s Office, the state Attorney General’s Office and state police raided businesses related
to Palermo in Sulphur and Lake Charles on Aug. 20 as part of a separate investigation. Video poker violations are part of
the crimes being investigated, District Attorney John DeRosier said.
The case has been heated, as defense attorneys claim DeRosier’s prosecution of Palermo is a personal vendetta.
“The State has grown weary of repeated and unfounded claims of wrongdoing being deceitfully alleged by the
defendant,” the prosecution’s response reads.
It was the defense that sought a plea deal, the response reads.
The defense alleges that DeRosier initially asked for $5 million, then $1 million. A copy of an unsigned plea agreement,
under which Palermo would have paid a $1 million fine, was included in its motion requesting the indictment be thrown
out. DeRosier estimated that Palermo had received $5 million in ill-gotten gains, the defense motion reads.
“The parties appeared to have a meeting of the minds until the last minute,” the prosecution’s response reads, “hence
the instant prosecution and an ongoing criminal investigation into other offenses committed by this defendant.”
Prosecutors say they were within the law to seek a large fine.
“Such monetary amends are lawfully authorized and indeed required under several involved statutes, and are undeniably
appropriate given the extensive criminal activity for which this restitution was to give recompense,” the response reads.

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Posted: May 23, 2014 5:17 PM CDT
Updated: Jul 22, 2014 5:28 PM CDT
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LAKE CHARLES, LA (KPLC) - Sulphur businessman Joseph R. Palermo Jr. was arrested
Friday on a charge of intimidation of a witness, state police said.
He was arrested at 2:20 p.m. Friday, and state police did not say where he was arrested.
He was released after posting a $25,000 bond.
The charge comes on the heels other legal trouble for 70-year-old Palermo.
A five-count indictment was unsealed against Palermo in April. The indictment included
charges of forgery, three counts of possession of stolen things and altering or removing
identifying numbers of a motor vehicle.
Calcasieu Parish District Attorney John DeRosier said the charges stem from an
investigation by state police. Lawmakers in
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"This indictment alleges that Crimea: the defendant ... was, in fact, in possession for a long period of
time, of numerous items of stolen heavy equipment and utilized that equipment and did
some activity to try and cover up the fact that this equipment was stolen," DeRosier said.
Palermo was released after posting a $75,000 bond.
On May 9, Palermo pleaded not guilty to the charges.
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Posted: Jun 20, 2014 6:10 PM CDT
Updated: Aug 19, 2014 6:26 PM CDT
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CALCASIEU PARISH, LA (KPLC) - Attorneys for Sulphur businessman Joe Palermo say the
Calcasieu Parish District Attorney's Office is dropping witness intimidation charges against
him.
Palermo, 70, was indicted earlier this year on various charges, including forgery,
possession of stolen things and altering and removing the ID numbers on a motor vehicle.
Palermo was also arrested recently on charges of intimidating a witness.
Karl Koch, Palermo's attorney, says DA John DeRosier knows that Palermo did not
intimidate a witness and that DeRosier wanted to embarrass Palermo.
"The witness intimidation charge was a baseless matter. This arrest of Mr. Palermo was
nothing but harassment," said Koch "We knew that this case was going to end the way it
did, which is with the district attorney dropping the charges."
"John DeRosier from the start was afraid to face Mr. Palermo in court on these charges.
That's why the DA fought us on something so basic as Sulphur getting access kicks to the arrest warrant
affidavit," Koch said.
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DeRosier disputes this and says that just because they are not filing charges now, it does
not mean they will not be in the future.
"The Calcasieu Parish District Attorney's office does not file criminal charges to embarrass
or to hurt or injure anyone. We file complaints based on reports given to us by law
enforcement that are based on the evidence and every decision we make is evidenced
based," DeRosier said.
"This defendant and his platoon of lawyers will have many opportunities to visit with Mr.
Holland and I in the courtroom," DeRosier said.
Palermo's attorneys are expected to file various motions in the case next month.
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Posted: Jul 16, 2014 3:40 PM CDT
Updated: Sep 14, 2014 3:40 PM CDT
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LAKE CHARLES, LA (KPLC) - Sulphur businessman Joe Palermo pleaded not guilty
Wednesday to several criminal charges.
Palermo was first indicted in late April following an investigation by state police.
The 70-year-old Palermo has been accused of possessing stolen heavy equipment and
trying to cover it up.
He has been charged with one count of forgery, four counts of illegal possession of stolen
things and two counts of altering and removing motor vehicle identification numbers.
Attorneys for Palermo also filed multiple motions Wednesday, including a request to
quash a subpoena.
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Posted: Aug 20, 2014 7:48 PM CDT
Updated: Oct 19, 2014 7:49 PM CDT
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Joe Palermo's legal problems may escalate. Investigators today searched two businesses
connected to Palermo as part of an ongoing investigation separate from the criminal case
already in progress.
State police and officials with the Louisiana Attorney General's office and Calcasieu DA
were up with with the sun and simultaneously executing search warrants at two
businesses associated with Sulphur businessman Joe Palermo. In Lake Charles they were
at LP Gaming. In Sulphur, they were at Palermo Real Estate.
Assistant District Attorney Hugo Holland confirms what they're doing but is tight lipped
about the details:
"The attorney general and the state police have been working jointly on this investigation
for some time. All I can say is it's an ongoing investigation and it's obviously being taken
very seriously by State Police, the attorney general," said Holland.
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"Nothing's been removed. What I can tell you is the judge signed the order to remove
certain items if we find them and that's what the state police are doing right now is
looking for the items that the judge ordered us to find and seize," said Holland.
Attorneys for Palermo are gearing up for the current pending case against him. Karl Koch,
one of his attorneys, has this reaction to the search:
"The prosecution of Joe Palermo is in just utter disarray at this point. The state is
scrambling around to try to salvage what's left of this prosecution. John DeRosier spent
more time in the courtroom on this case than he has on any other. You've seen him
present for every hearing,all the time on, what, on its face, is a minor set of charges. This
is a personality driven case and a vendetta by John DeRosier," said Koch..
We contacted DeRosier who says he has no vendetta against anyone he prosecutes.
DeRosier says he's just trying to do his job.
The Calcasieu District Attorney's Office and Palermo and his lawyers face off in court
tomorrow on various issues in the criminal case involving alleged forgery and possession
of stolen things.
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Posted: Aug 21, 2014 6:20 PM CDT
Updated: Oct 20, 2014 7:01 PM CDT
By Theresa Schmidt
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There's a hotly contested court battle underway between Sulphur businessman Joe
Palermo and the state. And it now, partly deals with an investigation that has yet to result
in criminal charges.
Palermo was due in court on defense motions fighting pending criminal charges against
him, including forgery and possession of stolen things. His trial is set for September 29
before Judge Ron Ware.
But first off Thursday morning, the defense filed a motion asking to secure and examine
items seized yesterday, including Palermo's computer.
Palermo attorney Karl Koch says the seizure of computers and files interfered with
preparations for today's hearing and may have violated attorney client privilege.
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"In my client's office, of course he kept all the materials relating to this case, all those
emails back and forth to his attorneys and his copies of our papers and things and
unfortunately those have all been taken by the state. You feel like those people invaded
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Prosecutors say between six to ten computers were seized, and that they have technical
people to image items from the computers in order to return them. Also boxes of files
were removed from the two businesses searched. But all that's on hold right now.
Defense attorneys say items seized were also creating problems for family members
trying to conduct normal business activity.
District attorney John DeRosier says there's nothing wrong with the timing of the
searches.
"It is a very active investigation and is pending right now. And that's why the search
warrant was done yesterday. And that investigation is continuing and will continue over
the next several months. The timing has nothing to do with today's hearing and what this
is really all about is when criminal defense lawyers cannot dazzle you with brilliance they
will try and baffle you with something other than brilliance," said DeRosier.
The handling of items seized will be resolved in a hearing Monday.
Meanwhile much of today's hearing dealt with whether certain charges involving
possession of stolen heavy equipment should be thrown out.
"The state still has to prove that when they brought the charge it was within four years of
when the offense was committed. And there's no evidence now from which the court
could find that," said Koch.
However, DeRosier expects the state to prevail.
"The defendant has asserted through his attorneys that he kept the equipment long
enough, whether it was stolen or not, that it became his by acquisitive prescription,
therefore it was no longer illegal for him to possess it," said DeRosier.
Judge Ware will likely decide that issue September 8th.
Palermo attorneys also tried to get the lead prosecutor, Hugo Holland, held in contempt
of court for not showing up in court July 16th, even though a subpoena was issued. But
the judge ruled in Holland's favor because he was never personally served with the
subpoena.
Even though another motion aimed at holding Holland in contempt was dismissed, Koch
asked him about the incident at issue, involving a conversation Holland had at a cocktail
part. The defense was trying to suggest Holland broke the rule of grand jury secrecy by

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Posted: Aug 22, 2014 6:26 PM CDT
Updated: Apr 16, 2015 11:42 AM CDT
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A fierce exchange of fiery words continues between defense lawyers for Joe Palermo and
the Calcasieu district attorney, as more is revealed about behind the scenes investigations
and proposed plea deals.
What defense attorneys describe as an illegal scheme to make Palermo pay millions, the
D.A. says was a legitimate offer of a plea agreement.
Attorneys for the Sulphur businessman portray Palermo as the victim in court papers that
accuse District Attorney John DeRosier of trying to force Palermo to pay penalties for
crimes they say he didn't commit-- crimes related to prohibited gaming business activity.
Palermo attorney Karl Koch says searches of two business this week make good on a
threat DeRosier made-- to pursue a racketeering investigation if Palermo did not accept a
costly plea deal.
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The search warrant was really nothing more than the fulfillment of a threat that was
made several months ago. The district attorney, John DeRosier, came to Mr. Palermo's
attorneys, and demanded that Mr. Palermo pay millions of dollars, initially five million
dollars, eventually one million dollars, and threatened that if he didn't, that he would go
forward with allegations such as those that were made. We refused to pay the ransom
and he fulfilled the threat," said Koch.
"This has always been about how do we get Joe Palermo to pay several million dollars to
the district attorneys office, even though we have no legal way to demand that payment.
And it's only when we refused to make that payment and, in fact, called the state police to
report what was happening, the next day that's when this all started happening," he said.
Yet DeRosier denies anything improper. He says he offered a legitimate plea deal...
"There have been plea discussions with many defendants' lawyers, in this case. And those
involve a number of factors, and I'm not going to go into those factors, but they did
involve the payment of significant amounts of restitution that we categorize as ill-gotten
gains, that restitution being paid to the state of Louisiana," said DeRosier.
And he says, the search of two businesses and seizure of computers and files this week
are part of a legitimate investigation into allegations of white collar crime. He adds other
defense motions aim to stifle their investigation.
"We effected a valid search warrant signed by a state district judge and pursuant to that
seized a number of items just as we do in any other criminal case of that type," said
DeRosier.
Still, Koch disputes the legitimacy of the investigation.
"John DeRosier made it very clear, if you'll pay me this money, then we can work out some
great plea bargain and misdemeanors and everything will go away. And, he said, I'll sell
you protection from these charges, any further charges, particularly any racketeering
charges or other things. But if you don't pay it, then I'm going to go forward with
something like this," said Koch.
DeRosier responded, "No amount of attempted intimidation by any defendant or his
defense team will ever prevent me from doing the job the people of Calcasieu parish
elected me to do."

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possession of stolen things and one count of altering or removing identifying numbers
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Pictured is the stolen 1999 Takeuchi Model TB3175 excavator that was reportedly in the possession of Sulphur
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was on the 32' Bourg Gooseneck trailer at the time of its theft.
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Well-known Sulphur businessman Joseph R. Palermo, Jr., 70, turned himself over to authorities
Monday after an arrest warrant was issued for him following the unsealing of a five-count
indictment earlier that morning. The indictment, handed down after an investigation by the
Louisiana State Police Bureau of Investigations, charges Palermo with one count of forgery, three
counts of possession of stolen things and one count of altering or removing identifying numbers of
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According to the indictment, Palermo allegedly committed forgery in November 2012 when he
issued and transferred a knowingly forged bill of sale for a 2004 John Deere 650H bulldozer. The
three counts of possession of stolen things stem from a period of 2002 to 2013 when Palermo
allegedly possessed, procured, received and concealed a 1996 John Deere bulldozer, a 1999
Takeuchi Model TB3175 excavator and a 32’ Bourg Gooseneck trailer, all reportedly stolen items. It
is also alleged that Palermo removed, defaced, altered and destroyed the manufacturer’s number
on the Bourg Gooseneck Trailer.
The indictment was issued March 13 but was not unsealed in open court until April 21. Calcasieu
Parish District Attorney John DeRosier stated in a phone interview with Southwest Daily News that
doing so was not unheard of and that it was done so because “we wanted to complete the
investigation of this matter.”
The district attorney did not eliminate the possibility that Palermo may face additional charges or
that others may be charged in connection to these alleged crimes as well.
“We are all accountable for our actions,” said DeRosier, “No one is above the law.”
Judge Ron Ware set Palermo’s bond at $75,000 total for all five counts per DeRosier’s
recommendation.
“Although the charges are significant, we do not have reason to believe that he will not show up for
trial,” he said in regards to the bond.
Through arrangements made by his attorneys, Palermo turned himself over to officials at the
Calcasieu Correctional Center early Monday evening and then immediately bonded out.
The next step, said DeRosier, will be Palermo’s arraignment. No date as yet been set for that
hearing.
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Posted: Aug 25, 2014 4:25 PM CDT
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Another court hearing was held Monday regarding the ongoing investigation into Sulphur
businessman Joe Palermo by Calcasieu District Attorney John DeRosier.
Discussion became heated at times as the two sides battled over computers and files that
were seized from Palermo's businesses by the state after a search warrant was issued.
"We certainly want to protect the rights of any defendant in any criminal case to communicate
privately with his lawyer," said DeRosier, "That, however, does not mean that we should not be
entitled to use search warrants and use the material we derive from search warrants in
criminal investigations."
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Defense Attorney Karl Koch said, "We're very pleased with the way things turned out today.
The judge took unusual measures to prevent what otherwise would have been a very serious
problem here. This was clearly an attempt by the district attorney to spy on the defense, right
before an important hearing."
The next hearing is set for September 10.
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Posted: Aug 27, 2014 11:07 AM CDT
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"Outrageous" and "deceitful" are among the words prosecutors used in response to a
motion filed by attorneys for Sulphur businessman Joe Palermo.
Palermo's attorneys filed a motion to quash the indictment against their client last week,
alleging prosecutorial misconduct.
In its response, the state claims the defense falsely accused it of wrongdoing throughout
plea negotiations. The state also claims the plea negotiations "began at the prompting of
the defendant, his counsel, and representatives."
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The response calls the motion no more than a "libelous and unsuccessful attempt to
intimidate the state into dismissing a valid prosecution" against the 70-year-old Palermo.
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altering or removing identification America's numbers ... of vehicles. The charges came out of an
investigation by state police. Palermo has been accused of possessing stolen heavy
equipment and trying to cover it up.
To read the state's nine-page response go to http://bit.ly/1C32ZKY. To read the 51-page
motion to quash, go to http://bit.ly/1C32j8v.
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Posted: Sep 10, 2014 6:44 PM CDT
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A victory for Sulphur businessman Joe Palermo in State District Court today where a judge
rules to throw out four charges against him. The state plans to appeal.
Judge Ron Ware granted a defense motion to quash four counts of possession of stolen
heavy equipment. That leaves three charges pending-- forgery, and two counts of
obliterating serial numbers on a motor vehicle. Todd Clemons is one of five defense
attorneys representing Palermo.
"They had four years to bring those cases to charge him and in that case those four years
expired so we filed a motion to quash and Judge Ware agreed that they didn't initiate the
prosecution in time. We want to commend him for having the courage of his convictions
to do the right thing under the law. He didn't do us any favors, he just applied the law,"
said Clemons.
However District Attorney John DeRosier predicts the state will win on appeal.
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"We do not agree with the judge's ruling. We do not think that's the law. The trial on the
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merits is what this case is all about and it is our full intention when trial on the merits
for mother, 3
does come up that we will put that into evidence when we caught the defendant with
children ...
each piece of stolen equipment," said DeRosier.
Meanwhile, both sides are haggling over various records and computers seized during a
search of Palermo businesses a few weeks ago, related to what state police and
prosecutors describe as a separate investigation.
"I think the public and the court is starting to see clearly that this prosecution is very
vindictive, it's not fact based it's not law based. It's a personal prosecution. And we feel
very,very strongly in the end, Mr. Palermo will prevail," said Clemons.
"If you pay criminal defense lawyers enough money they'll get up on tv and say anything
to influence the judge, the jury or whatever they think may be in their advantage," said
DeRosier.
Both sides are expected to be back in court next Friday, September 19, about the return
of items seized. A motion alleging prosecutorial misconduct is still pending.
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Posted: Nov 17, 2014 5:38 PM CST
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The Third Circuit Court of Appeal has ruled against Sulphur businessman Joe Palermo and
his attorneys, who previously had the investigation against Palermo put on hold.
A Calcasieu grand jury is now free to move forward in the investigation, and the state is
free to examine items seized by state police and investigators with the Attorney General's
Office in a search of Palermo's businesses in Lake Charles and Sulphur earlier this year.
Prosecutors and police had not been allowed to look at the items, due to a series of
rulings by Judge Ron Ware that also put the grand jury proceedings on hold.
"The trial court's stay of grand jury proceedings was erroneous," said the Third Circuit
Court of Appeal. "A grand jury is free to meet on its own initiative and does not require
permission of a court to investigate crime."
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Sheriff's
Office ...
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warrants to the direction of the attorney general, the district attorney or the investigating
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Calcasieu Parish District Attorney John DeRosier said the state was confident in its appeal.
"The tenor of the Third Circuit ruling is that a trial court judge should not interfere with
the grand jury process," said DeRosier. "The numerous orders issued by the trial court
have caused us problems with the grand jury investigation and held us up for three to
four months and now we're free to move forward with that again which is the way it
should be."
Monday's ruling also said that the search warrant affidavit the defense wanted is not
public record and does not have to be provided unless Palermo is charged with a crime.
DeRosier confirms the searches and seizures are unrelated to charges dealing with
alleged forgery and obliteration of vehicle identification numbers on heavy equipment.
KPLC reached out to Palermo's attorneys for comment but has not yet heard back from
them.
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LAKE CHARLES, LA (KPLC) - The Calcasieu Parish District Attorney's Office said it wants
Judge Ron Ware recused from the case involving Sulphur businessman Joe Palermo.
District Attorney John DeRosier testified in court that a grand jury investigating Palermo
wants to hear from the judge -- and that's why they want Ware recused.
The investigation reportedly involves allegations of racketeering and money laundering.
Ware has declined to step away from the case.
The DA's office is appealing to the Third Circuit Court.
A hearing will be held before another judge on the issue of whether Ware will have to
testify before the grand jury.
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RS 18:402
Dates of primary and general elections
§402. Dates of primary and general elections
A. Gubernatorial elections. Elections for governor and officers elected at the same time
as the governor shall be held every four years, beginning in 1983.
(1) Gubernatorial primary elections shall be held on the second to last Saturday in
October of an election year.
(2) Gubernatorial general elections shall be held on the fourth Saturday after the second
to last Saturday in October of an election year.
B. Congressional elections. Elections for members of congress and officers elected at the
same time as members of congress shall be held every two years, beginning in 1982.
(1) Primary elections for members of congress and officers elected at the same time as
members of congress shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of an
election year.
(2) General elections for members of congress and officers elected at the same time as
members of congress shall be held on the fifth Saturday after the first Tuesday after the first
Monday in November of an election year.
C. Municipal and ward elections. In all municipalities with a population of less than three
hundred thousand, elections for municipal and ward officers who are not elected at the same time
as the governor or members of congress shall be held every four years.
(1) Primary elections for municipal and ward officers who are not elected at the same
time as the governor or members of congress shall be held on the first Saturday in April of an
election year, or on the first Saturday in March of the presidential election year.
(2) General elections for municipal and ward officers who are not elected at the same
time as the governor or members of congress shall be held on the fourth Saturday after the first
Saturday in April of an election year unless the primary election for such officers is held on the
first Saturday in March; in such case, the general election shall be held on the fourth Saturday
after the first Saturday after the first Tuesday in March of an election year.
D. Parochial and municipal elections in a parish containing a municipality with a
population of three hundred thousand or more. Elections for parochial and municipal officers in a
parish containing a municipality with a population of three hundred thousand or more shall be
held every four years, beginning in 2017, as follows:
(1) Primary elections for parochial and municipal officers shall be held on the third
Saturday in October of an election year.
(2) General elections for parochial and municipal officers shall be held on the fourth
Saturday after the third Saturday in October of an election year.
E. Special elections to fill newly created office or vacancy in office. An election to fill a
newly created office or vacancy in an existing office, except the office of representative in
congress, shall be held on the dates fixed by the appropriate authority in the proclamation
ordering a special election as follows:
(1) A special primary election shall be held on the first of the following days that is after
the date on which the proclamation calling the special primary election was issued, provided that
the proclamation was issued at least four weeks prior to the opening of the qualifying period for
the special primary election:
(a) The second to last Saturday in October, when the special general election is held on
the fourth Saturday after the second to last Saturday in October.
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Dates of primary and general elections
(b) The first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, when the special general
election is held on the fifth Saturday after the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November.
(c) The first Saturday in April, when the special general election is held on the fourth
Saturday after the first Saturday in April or on the first Saturday in March during the presidential
election year; however, commencing in 1986 and every fourth year thereafter, this date shall not
be applicable in a parish containing a municipality with a population of three hundred thousand
or more.
(d) The third Saturday in October, when the special general election is held on the fourth
Saturday after the third Saturday in October of 1985 and every fourth year thereafter.
(e) The third Saturday in October of an election year for parish and municipal officers in
a parish containing a municipality with a population of three hundred thousand or more.
(2) A special general election shall be held on one of the following days:
(a) The fourth Saturday after the second to last Saturday in October of 1983 and every
fourth year thereafter.
(b) The fifth Saturday after the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of evennumbered
years.
(c) The fourth Saturday after the first Saturday in April of any year unless the primary
election is held on the first Saturday in March; in such case, the general election shall be held on
the fourth Saturday after the first Saturday after the first Tuesday in March; however,
commencing in 1986 and every fourth year thereafter, this date shall not be applicable in a parish
containing a municipality with a population of three hundred thousand or more.
(d) The fourth Saturday after the third Saturday in October of 1985 and every fourth year
thereafter.
(e) The fourth Saturday after the third Saturday in October in a parish containing a
municipality with a population of three hundred thousand or more, when the special primary
election in such parish and municipality is held on the third Saturday in October of an election
year for parish and municipal officers.
(3) The secretary of state shall not include the name of any candidate on any ballot for a
special election to fill a vacancy in any office to which this Subsection is applicable unless such
special election has been called in accordance with the provisions of this Subsection and
scheduled on one of the dates provided herein. Any elector who is eligible to vote in any such
special election may apply for injunctive relief to prohibit the placing of the name of any
candidate in an improperly called election on the ballot. Venue for such application shall be in
any parish in which the election is called, and the secretary of state shall be the proper party
defendant.
F. Bond, tax, or other elections. Every bond, tax, or other election at which a proposition
or question is to be submitted to the voters shall be held only on one of the following dates:
(1) The second to last Saturday in October or the fourth Saturday after the second to last
Saturday in October of 1983 and every fourth year thereafter.
(2)(a) The first Tuesday after the first Monday in November or the fifth Saturday after the
first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of even-numbered years.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph, the fifth
Saturday after the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November shall not be applicable in a
parish containing a municipality with a population of three hundred thousand or more for an
election relative to a parcel fee imposed within a security or neighborhood improvement district.
For purposes of this Subparagraph, "security or neighborhood improvement district" means a
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Dates of primary and general elections
special district one of the primary purposes of which is aiding in crime prevention and adding to
the security of district residents by providing for an increased presence of law enforcement
personnel in the district or otherwise promoting and encouraging security in the district.
(3) The first Saturday in April or the fourth Saturday after the first Saturday in April of
any year or on the first Saturday in March or the fourth Saturday after the first Saturday in March
during the presidential election year; however, commencing in 1994 and every fourth year
thereafter, the first Saturday in April shall not be applicable in a parish containing a municipality
with a population of three hundred thousand or more.
(4) The third Saturday in October or the fourth Saturday after the third Saturday in
October of 1985 and every fourth year thereafter.
(5) Repealed by Acts 2008, No. 134, §1.
(6) For a parish containing a municipality with a population of three hundred thousand or
more, the third Saturday in October or the fourth Saturday after the third Saturday in October in
2017 and every fourth year thereafter.
(7) In case of an emergency, upon application to and approval by the State Bond
Commission by two-thirds vote of its total membership, and with approval of the governor, the
governing authority of a parish, of a municipality, or of a parish or city school board may
conduct a bond or tax election on a Saturday which is not provided for in this Subsection.
G.(1) Prohibited days. No election of any kind shall be held in this state on any of the
days of Rosh Hashana, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, Shemini Atzeret, Simchat Torah, the first two days
and the last two days of Passover, Shavuot, Tish'a B'Av, the two days preceding Labor Day or
the three days preceding Easter. If the date of any election falls on any of the above-named days,
the election shall be held on the same weekday of the preceding week.
(2) If the date for the general election is advanced in accordance with the provisions of
Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, the primary election shall be advanced the same number of
weeks as the general election.
Acts 1976, No. 697, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1978. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 333, §1, eff. Jan.
1, 1978; Acts 1977, No. 545, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1978; Acts 1978, No. 38, §1, eff. May 31, 1978;
Acts 1978, No. 720, §1, eff. July 17, 1978; Acts 1979, No. 229, §1, eff. July 13, 1979; Acts
1980, No. 43, §1, eff. June 5, 1980; Acts 1980, No. 664, §1, eff. July 24, 1980; Acts 1981, No.
77, §1, eff. June 26, 1981; Acts 1982, No. 10, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1983; Acts 1982, No. 778, §1, eff.
Aug. 4, 1982; Acts 1983, No. 519, §1, eff. July 8, 1983; Acts 1984, No. 672, §1; Acts 1986, No.
669, §1; Acts 1987, No. 831, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1988; Acts 1989, No. 727, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1990; Acts
1990, No. 107, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1991; Acts 1991, No. 277, §1; Acts 1994, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 42,
§1, eff. July 7, 1994; Acts 1997, No. 1420, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1998 (R.S. 18:402(E)(4) eff. July 1,
1997); Acts 1999, No. 254, §§1, 3, eff. Jan. 1, 2000; Acts 2001, No. 542, §1; Acts 2006, No.
560, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2007; Acts 2006, No. 621, §3; Acts 2006, No. 705, §1; Acts 2006, No. 845,
§1, eff. Jan. 1, 2007; Acts 2008, No. 134, §1; Acts 2010, No. 570, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2011; Acts
2011, 1 st Ex. Sess., No. 22, §1; Acts 2011, No. 201, §1, eff. Jan.1, 2012; Acts 2011, No. 293, §1;
Acts 2012, No. 138, §1, eff. May 14, 2012; Acts 2012, No. 139, §1, eff. May 14, 2012; Acts
2013, No. 95, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2015; Acts 2013, No. 318, §1; Acts 2014, No. 792, §1.
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CONST 10 9
Prohibitions Against Political Activities
§9. Prohibitions Against Political Activities
Section 9.(A) Party Membership; Elections. No member of a civil service commission
and no officer or employee in the classified service shall participate or engage in political
activity; be a candidate for nomination or election to public office except to seek election as the
classified state employee serving on the State Civil Service Commission; or be a member of any
national, state, or local committee of a political party or faction; make or solicit contributions for
any political party, faction, or candidate; or take active part in the management of the affairs of a
political party, faction, candidate, or any political campaign, except to exercise his right as a
citizen to express his opinion privately, to serve as a commissioner or official watcher at the
polls, and to cast his vote as he desires.
(B) Contributions. No person shall solicit contributions for political purposes from any
classified employee or official or use or attempt to use his position in the state or city service to
punish or coerce the political action of a classified employee.
(C) Political Activity Defined. As used in this Part, "political activity" means an effort
to support or oppose the election of a candidate for political office or to support a particular
political party in an election. The support of issues involving bonded indebtedness, tax
referenda, or constitutional amendments shall not be prohibited.
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RS 18:49.1
PART V. ELECTIONS COMPLIANCE UNIT
§49.1. Elections compliance unit; powers and duties
A. An elections compliance unit is created in the Department of State. The purposes of
the unit shall be to:
(1) Initiate independent inquiries and conduct independent investigations into allegations
of election irregularities in any municipality or parish of the state.
(2) Respond to notifications or complaints alleging election irregularities generated by
election officials or any other person.
(3) Review notices and reports of election irregularities and conduct investigations of
any incidents that it determines require further investigation.
B. For purposes of investigation, the elections compliance unit shall have the authority
to:
(1) Issue subpoenas to compel the production of records and other documents from any
registrar of voters.
(2) Receive sworn statements.
C. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, a member of the Elections
Compliance Unit, upon the receipt of a complaint of any election irregularity, may enter a
polling place during early voting or on election day for the purposes of checking the overall
operations of the polling place or investigating any potential violation of the Louisiana Election
Code.
D. If during the course of investigation, the elections compliance unit determines that
there may be a violation of any criminal law or provision of the Louisiana Election Code, the
findings of the investigation shall be turned over to the appropriate prosecutorial agency for
further investigation or prosecution.
Acts 2004, No. 517, §2, eff. June 25, 2004; Acts 2010, No. 797, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
Please provide copies of all Notice of Election and Ballots in compliance with Louisiana Revised
Statute 33:4344, in regards to the election on March 28, 2015. Please provide copies of all
notifications published in the “Calcasieu Parish Official Journal.” If there is no “Official
Journal,” then provide copies of all newspaper published election notices for the March 28, 2015
election.
Please provide copies of the Petition for Election in compliance with Louisiana Revised
Statute 3:3008 in regards to the March 28, 2015 election. In addition, please provide copies of
other public notices of elections in compliance with Louisiana Revised Statute 3:3008.
Please provide a copy of the written notice of the election and the certificate that is required by
Louisiana Revised Statute 18:1285 Subparagraph (b). In addition, please include the date it was
transmitted to the Secretary of State and Registrar of Voters Office.
Please include any Calcasieu Parish written policies and procedures in regards to public election
notices. Please include when information such as a sample ballot is made available on the
Calcasieu Parish Clerk of Court website.

RS 33:4344
§4344. Notice of election; ballots
Thirty days' notice of the election shall be given in the official journal of the
municipality or parish where the election is to be held, which notice shall include a
reproduction of the proposition or a summary thereof. If the municipality or parish has
no official journal then the notice shall be given in any newspaper published in the
municipality or parish, and if there is no newspaper published in the parish then by
posting at three conspicuous places within the municipality or parish. As far as
practicable the elections shall be held in accordance with the general election law, and at
the voting precincts established for holding elections. The form of ballot to be used in
holding elections hereunder shall be substantially as follows:
"Shall the (city, town, village or parish) of ______________ (sell or lease as the
case may be) its (mention utility to be sold or leased) and grant franchise to operate same
to __________ as per written proposal of date __________, on file in the office of the
clerk of said (city, town, village or parish)?"
To vote in favor of the proposition the
voter
YES ____
will make a cross mark (X) in the square
opposite the word "Yes," and to vote
against
it he will make a cross mark (X) in the
square opposite the word "No."
NO ____
Amended by Acts 1972, No. 111, §4.

RS 3:3008
§3008. Petition for elections; notice of election
Upon the petition of twenty-five percent of the qualified electors in any ward of
any parish of the state, the governing authority of the parish in which the ward is situated
shall, within sixty days after the date on which the petition is filed, order and set the date
for an election. The election shall be held not more than sixty days after the date on
which it is ordered. Notice of the election shall be published in the official journal of the
parish in which the ward is located at least once a week for four consecutive weeks. The
first publication shall be not less than thirty days prior to the date of the election. All
elections provided for in this Part shall be at the expense of the parish in which the ward
calling the election is situated.
Added by Acts 1958, No. 399, §1. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 258, §1.
RS 18:1284
§1284. Resolution calling election; proposition
A. The election shall be ordered by a resolution of the governing authority of the
political subdivision which shall state the purpose for which it is called.
B. If the purpose of the election is to authorize the issuance of bonds, the resolution and
the proposition submitted to the voters shall state the purpose for which the bonds are to be
issued and, if required by the law pursuant to which the bonds are issued, the estimated millage
rate to be levied in the first year of issue, the maximum amount of the bonds to be issued, the
number of years for which the bonds are to run, and the maximum rate of interest on the bonds.
C. If the purpose of the election is to authorize the levy or increase of a special tax, the
resolution and the proposition submitted to the voters shall state the rate, object, and purpose for
which the tax is to be levied or increased; the estimated amount reasonably expected to be
collected from the levy or increase of the tax for one entire year at the time it is proposed; and, if
it is to be limited as to duration, the number of years it is to run. If the purpose of the election is
to authorize an increase of a tax, the resolution and the proposition shall also state the rate
increase. The contents of any proposition or resolution relative to the issuance of general
obligation bonds shall be as provided in Subsection B of this Section.
D. If the purpose of the election is to authorize the assumption of indebtedness, the
resolution and the proposition submitted to the voters shall state the amount and nature of the
debt to be assumed.
E. In each election ordered by a governing authority of a political subdivision for the
purpose of authorizing the issuance of bonds, the proposition on the ballot submitted to the
voters shall state the kind and source of revenues which are pledged to retire the bonds.
F.(1) The preparation of the proposition to be submitted to the voters at an election shall
be the responsibility of the governing authority of the political subdivision ordering the
election. The proposition shall include the information required by this Section in simple,
unbiased, concise, and easily understood language and be in the form of a question. The

proposition shall not exceed two hundred words in length and shall not include words that are
struck through, underscored, or in boldface type.
(2) The secretary of state shall be responsible for ensuring that the proposition complies
with the requirements of this Section.
Added by Acts 1977, No. 545, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1978. Amended by Acts 1978, No. 292,
§1, eff. July 6, 1978; Acts 1983, No. 519, §1, eff. July 8, 1983; Acts 1993, No. 426, §1, eff. Jan.
1, 1994; Acts 2003, No. 1220, §1, eff. Jan.1, 2004; Acts 2006, No. 768, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2007;
Acts 2008, No. 136, §1, eff. June 6, 2008; Acts 2010, No. 591, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2011; Acts 2012,
No. 138, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2013; Acts 2014, No. 60, §1, eff. May 16, 2014.
RS 18:1285
§1285. Notice of election
A.(1)(a)(i) Notice of the election shall be given and shall embrace substantially all
matters required to be set forth in the resolution ordering the election, including a list of precincts
where the proposition will be voted on and an indication for each precinct as to whether or not all
registered voters in the precinct will be eligible to vote on the proposition, unless the proposition
is to be voted on parishwide.
(ii) If the notice is relative to the increase of a special tax, the notice shall also state the
proposed increase in the millage rate of a property tax or percentage rate of sales tax.
(iii) If the notice is relative to an election which affects ad valorem taxation, the notice
shall also state that a portion of the monies collected shall be remitted to certain state and
statewide retirement systems in the manner required by law.
(iv) The notice shall also state that the governing authority of the political subdivision
ordering the election will, in open session, at the hour and place named, proceed to canvass the
returns and declare the result of the election.
(b) The list of commissioners for an election called in accordance with R.S. 18:1286(A)
is not required to be set forth in the notice of election.
(2) The notice shall be published once a week for four consecutive weeks in the official
journal of the political subdivision, or, if there is none, then in a newspaper of general circulation
in the parish or, if there is no newspaper of general circulation in the parish, then in a newspaper
of general circulation in an adjoining parish. Not less than forty-five days nor more than ninety
days shall intervene between the date of the first publication and the date of the election.
B.(1)(a) Written notice of the election and the certificate required by Subparagraph (b) of
this Paragraph shall be transmitted to the secretary of state and each clerk of court and registrar
of voters in the area affected by the election. If the election is to be held on a primary election
date, then such notice and certificate shall be received by the secretary of state at least four
weeks prior to the opening of the qualifying period for the primary election. If the election is not
to be held on a primary election date, then the notice and certificate shall be received by the
secretary of state on or before the forty-sixth day prior to the election. The secretary of state
shall not accept any revisions to propositions, including but not limited to changes in title, text,
or numerical designations, after the last day for submission of the notice and certificate to the
secretary of state.

(b) The secretary of state shall not prepare or certify the ballot with respect to any
election for bond, debt, or tax propositions, conducted pursuant to this Chapter, or in respect to
any other election where the proposition is subject to approval by the Louisiana State Bond
Commission, including but not limited to any proposition to adopt, amend, or repeal a home rule
charter which is subject to such approval, until he receives certification in writing from the
chairman of that commission that the commission has considered and approved the proposition.
(2) The secretary of state shall not include any proposition on any ballot of any election
if such notice and certificate required by Subparagraph (1)(b) of this Subsection are not timely
received by the secretary of state. The failure of the clerk of court or registrar of voters to timely
receive notice and the certificate, as provided for herein, shall not prevent the secretary of state
from including the proposition on the ballot. Any elector who is eligible to vote in the election
may apply for injunctive relief to prohibit the placing of a proposition on the ballot if notice and
the certificate are not timely received by the secretary of state. Venue for such application shall
be in any parish in which the election is called, and the secretary of state shall be a proper party
defendant.
Added by Acts 1977, No. 545, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1978. Amended by Acts 1979, No. 229,
§1, eff. July 13, 1979; Acts 1980, No. 792, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1981; Acts 1981, No. 76, §1, eff. June
26, 1981; S.C.R. No. 8 of 1981 1st Ex. Sess; Acts 1984, No. 589, §1, eff. July 12, 1984; Acts
1986, No. 669, §1; Acts 1987, No. 831, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1988; Acts 1988, No. 909, §1, eff. Jan. 1,
1989, Acts 1989, No. 179, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1990; Acts 1992, No. 949, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1993; Acts
1993, No. 418, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1994; Acts 1995, No. 1114, §1; Acts 1997, No. 1420, §1, eff. Jan.
1, 1998; Acts 1999, No. 254, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2000; Acts 2001, No. 451, §6, eff. Jan. 12, 2004;
Acts 2006, No. 560, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2007; Acts 2010, No. 570, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2011; Acts 2010,
No. 591, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2011; Acts 2012, No. 139, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2013; Acts 2012, No. 283, §1,
eff. Jan. 1, 2013.

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2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Revenue
Charges for bonds, services and fines $7,554,909.00 $9,895,291.00 $9,936,469.00 $9,792,989.00 $11,020,594.00 $11,761,407.00 $14,200,194.00 $14,781,047.00 $15,210,955.00 $15,235,625.00 $15,138,451.00 $15,729,779.00 $15,597,500.00 $15,704,591.00
Operating grants and contributions $3,045,383.00 $3,166,828.00 $2,860,587.00 $3,442,536.00 $2,079,820.00 $5,093,954.00 $1,504,972.00 $1,734,738.00 $4,804,196.00 $1,106,796.00 $2,065,229.00 $2,519,410.00 $5,582,233.00 $1,457,394.00
Sales Tax $7,555,414.00 $7,888,414.00 $7,512,108.00 $8,062,524.00 $8,733,340.00 $10,398,142.00 $24,627,364.00 $33,380,169.00 $32,989,290.00 $29,437,989.00 $30,159,077.00 $33,301,495.00 $34,533,741.00 $35,183,294.00
Property Tax $12,455,811.00 $13,076,763.00 $13,384,288.00 $13,847,836.00 $14,779,126.00 $16,183,457.00 $16,387,771.00 $18,200,452.00 $19,192,635.00 $11,501,580.00 $11,922,025.00 $12,238,527.00 $16,166,314.00 $16,849,184.00
State Supplemental Pay $1,575,664.00 $1,782,489.00 $1,855,817.00 $2,861,299.00 $3,018,273.00 $3,708,077.00 $3,843,524.00 $3,861,898.00 $3,784,126.00 $3,811,245.00
Unrestricted state grants $379,188.00 $242,512.00 $207,978.00 $667,936.00
State revenue sharing $447,986.00 $379,498.00 $379,601.00 $378,957.00 $378,682.00 $390,263.00 $394,718.00 $382,987.00 $385,650.00 $3,887,309.00 $386,526.00 $383,727.00
Interest $644,042.00 $236,678.00 $181,797.00 $216,305.00 $370,103.00 $680,582.00 $1,300,467.00 $1,243,726.00 $528,383.00 $206,226.00 $238,139.00 $158,111.00 $255,451.00 $191,438.00
Loss on sale of assets -$112,083.00 -$648.00
Miscellaneous $927,623.00 $1,312,086.00 $1,146,523.00 $2,394,954.00 $1,449,577.00 $1,052,772.00 $309,943.00 $648,356.00 $494,213.00 $340,170.00 $338,660.00 $383,251.00 $495,259.00 $492,668.00
Total Revenue $32,183,182.00 $35,576,060.00 $35,848,946.00 $38,379,154.00 $40,595,803.00 $47,999,696.00 $60,565,210.00 $73,240,050.00 $76,632,663.00 $61,919,450.00 $64,090,755.00 $72,079,780.00 $76,689,067.00 $74,072,893.00
Expenses
Wages, Salaries and expenses $32,006,202.00 $35,407,445.00 $32,326,722.00 $32,343,724.00 $36,445,428.00 $40,239,724.00 $46,602,435.00 $33,315,643.00 $46,036,972.00 $47,137,725.00 $48,864,904.00 $50,318,210.00 $52,585,178.00 $55,644,967.00
Other Expenses $1,817,412.00 $2,120,645.00 $2,772,630.00 $2,485,313.00 $2,433,682.00 $2,480,886.00 $3,379,330.00 $25,048,930.00 $19,507,879.00 $20,907,918.00 $21,135,916.00 $22,172,927.00 $25,446,869.00 $24,073,294.00
Total Expenses $33,823,614.00 $37,528,090.00 $35,099,352.00 $34,829,037.00 $38,879,110.00 $42,720,610.00 $49,981,765.00 $58,364,573.00 $65,544,851.00 $68,045,643.00 $70,000,820.00 $72,491,137.00 $78,032,047.00 $79,718,261.00
Deficient -$1,640,432.00 -$1,952,030.00 $749,594.00 $3,550,117.00 $1,716,693.00 $5,279,086.00 $10,583,445.00 $14,875,477.00 $11,087,812.00 -$6,126,193.00 -$5,910,065.00 -$411,357.00 -$1,342,980.00 -$5,645,368.00
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents $11,193,919.00 $13,286,859.00 $14,176,553.00 $16,181,753.00 $18,768,638.00 $20,322,414.00 $21,121,476.00 $18,420,314.00 $15,894,045.00 $44,398,311.00 $48,173,978.00 $53,548,363.00 $56,878,183.00 $57,721,318.00
Receivables $2,251,737.00 $2,781,935.00 $1,569,320.00 $3,092,361.00 $2,718,329.00 $4,055,999.00 $3,073,678.00 $2,932,785.00 $9,016,823.00 $7,129,363.00 $6,503,040.00 $7,051,921.00 $8,325,653.00 $4,102,391.00
Investments $865,872.00 $8,356,699.00 $23,673,152.00 $35,057,463.00 $7,084,342.00 $4,093,666.00 $97,108.00 $97,207.00 $97,235.00
Prepaid Items $115,376.00 $480,773.00 $340.00 $145,627.00 $153,124.00 $38,751.00 $162,865.00 $421,817.00 $471,778.00 $26,296.00 $29,921.00 $377,263.00 $446,605.00
Inventory $118,864.00 $65,213.00 $33,881.00 $20,348.00 $46,932.00 $41,128.00 $34,820.00 $52,515.00 $46,165.00 $30,354.00 $36,732.00 $39,229.00 $36,677.00 $32,242.00
Total Current Assets $13,679,896.00 $17,480,652.00 $15,779,754.00 $19,294,802.00 $21,679,526.00 $24,572,665.00 $32,625,424.00 $45,241,631.00 $60,436,313.00 $59,114,148.00 $58,833,712.00 $60,766,542.00 $65,714,983.00 $62,399,791.00
Capital Assets
Land $698,962.00 $698,962.00 $698,962.00 $723,962.00 $723,962.00 $723,962.00 $726,133.00 $726,133.00 $726,133.00 $726,133.00 $726,133.00 $726,133.00
Capital Assets $23,263,506.00 $21,605,099.00 $20,937,895.00 $22,112,900.00 $25,789,815.00 $28,615,378.00 $28,979,428.00 $27,328,708.00 $28,873,530.00 $24,440,512.00 $25,263,281.00 $25,173,997.00
Due from other governmental units $65,929.00 $219,425.00 $1,511,992.00
Total Capital Assets $65,929.00 $219,425.00 $25,474,460.00 $22,304,061.00 $21,636,857.00 $22,836,862.00 $26,513,777.00 $29,339,340.00 $29,705,561.00 $28,054,841.00 $29,599,663.00 $25,166,645.00 $25,989,414.00 $25,900,130.00
Total Assets $13,745,825.00 $17,700,077.00 $41,254,214.00 $41,598,863.00 $43,316,383.00 $47,409,527.00 $59,139,201.00 $74,580,971.00 $90,141,874.00 $87,168,989.00 $88,433,375.00 $85,933,187.00 $91,704,397.00 $88,299,921.00
Assets
Current assets $17,291,746.00 $19,294,802.00 $21,679,526.00 $24,572,665.00 $32,606,951.00 $45,241,631.00 $60,436,313.00 $59,114,153.00 $58,833,712.00 $60,766,542.00 $65,714,983.00 $62,399,791.00
Capital Assets $23,962,468.00 $22,304,061.00 $21,636,857.00 $22,836,862.00 $26,513,777.00 $29,339,340.00 $29,705,561.00 $28,054,841.00 $26,599,663.00 $25,166,645.00 $25,989,414.00 $25,900,130.00
Total Assets $0.00 $0.00 $41,254,214.00 $41,598,863.00 $43,316,383.00 $47,409,527.00 $59,120,728.00 $74,580,971.00 $90,141,874.00 $87,168,994.00 $85,433,375.00 $85,933,187.00 $91,704,397.00 $88,299,921.00
Liabilities
Accounts Payable and accrued liabilities $13,745,825.00 $321,922.00 $248,439.00 $164,176.00 $613,248.00 $1,475,157.00 $1,933,553.00 $2,816,291.00 $2,187,220.00 $2,233,857.00 $2,880,572.00 $5,061,151.00 $2,843,296.00
Interest Payable $25,193.00
Long-term liabilites
Due within one year $471,419.00 $935,934.00 $208,590.00 $170,278.00 $174,558.00 $237,241.00 $335,379.00 $322,403.00 $300,666.00 $352,545.00 $304,898.00 $382,486.00 $349,281.00
Due after one year $3,395,600.00 $1,016,152.00 $1,139,554.00 $1,168,196.00 $1,341,732.00 $1,369,970.00 $4,973,413.00 $8,777,414.00 $12,853,344.00 $16,665,445.00 $21,521,468.00 $26,013,422.00
Total Liabilities $14,217,244.00 $0.00 $4,678,649.00 $1,473,181.00 $1,474,008.00 $1,956,002.00 $3,054,130.00 $3,638,902.00 $8,112,107.00 $11,265,300.00 $15,439,746.00 $19,850,915.00 $26,965,105.00 $29,205,999.00
Liabilities
Current Liabilities $1,283,049.00 $457,029.00 $334,454.00 $787,806.00 $1,712,398.00 $2,268,931.00 $3,138,579.00 $2,187,220.00 $2,233,857.00 $3,185,470.00 $5,443,637.00 $3,192,577.00
Long-Term Liabilities $3,395,600.00 $1,016,152.00 $1,139,554.00 $1,168,196.00 $1,341,732.00 $1,369,970.00 $4,973,413.00 $9,078,080.00 $13,205,889.00 $1,665,445.00 $21,521,468.00 $26,013,422.00
Total Liabilities $0.00 $0.00 $4,678,649.00 $1,473,181.00 $1,474,008.00 $1,956,002.00 $3,054,130.00 $3,638,901.00 $8,111,992.00 $11,265,300.00 $15,439,746.00 $4,850,915.00 $26,965,105.00 $29,205,999.00
Expenditures $32,006,202.00 $35,407,445.00 $32,326,722.00 $32,343,724.00 $36,445,428.00 $40,239,724.00 $46,602,435.00
Personnel services and related benefits $33,315,643.00 $46,036,972.00 $47,137,725.00 $48,864,904.00 $50,318,210.00 $52,585,178.00 $55,644,967.00
Operating services $14,863,991.00 $5,765,664.00 $7,506,013.00 $6,789,217.00 $7,616,466.00 $11,335,981.00 $8,847,612.00
Materials and supplies $5,641,991.00 $4,629,445.00 $4,878,439.00 $5,034,851.00 $5,104,164.00 $5,418,693.00 $5,466,482.00
Travel and other charges $196,427.00 $226,902.00 $269,740.00 $235,279.00 $209,926.00 $226,094.00 $310,746.00
Capital outlay $1,790,876.00 $2,046,716.00 $3,280,983.00 $680,463.00 $1,631,387.00 $3,567,069.00 $6,771,925.00 $7,046,445.00 $5,661,623.00 $2,820,741.00 $3,493,582.00 $3,178,158.00 $4,539,684.00 $3,845,730.00
Principal $61,567.00 $98,580.00 $3,177,040.00
Interest $12,362.00 $36,600.00 $151,407.00
Total Expenditures $33,797,078.00 $37,528,090.00 $35,742,885.00 $36,352,634.00 $38,076,815.00 $43,806,793.00 $53,374,360.00 $61,064,497.00 $62,320,606.00 $62,612,658.00 $64,417,833.00 $66,426,924.00 $74,105,630.00 $74,115,537.00
Net Position
investment in capital assets $20,785,428.00 $22,304,061.00 $21,636,857.00 $22,836,862.00 $26,513,777.00 $29,339,340.00 $29,705,561.00 $28,054,841.00 $26,599,663.00 $26,166,645.00 $25,989,413.00 $25,900,130.00
Unrestricted $15,790,137.00 $17,821,621.00 $20,205,518.00 $22,616,663.00 $29,571,294.00 $41,602,730.00 $52,324,321.00 $47,848,848.00 $43,393,966.00 $40,915,627.00 $38,749,879.00 $33,193,792.00
Total Net Assets $0.00 $0.00 $36,575,565.00 $40,125,682.00 $41,842,375.00 $45,453,525.00 $56,085,071.00 $70,942,070.00 $82,029,882.00 $75,903,689.00 $69,993,629.00 $67,082,272.00 $64,739,292.00 $59,093,922.00
Capital Assets
Nondepreciable assets
Land $773,762.00 $698,962.00 $698,962.00 $698,962.00 $698,962.00 $723,962.00 $723,962.00 $726,133.00 $726,133.00 $726,133.00 $726,133.00 $726,133.00 $726,133.00
Work in progress $236,431.00 $45,959.00 $45,959.00 $45,959.00 $67,758.00 $0.00
Total non-depreciable asset $773,762.00 $698,962.00 $698,962.00 $698,962.00 $698,962.00 $723,962.00 $723,962.00 $0.00 $962,564.00 $772,092.00 $772,092.00 $772,092.00 $793,891.00 $726,133.00
Depreciable assets
Building and improvements $20,106,934.00 $19,871,747.00 $19,876,189.00 $19,891,681.00 $19,894,831.00 $20,326,734.00 $20,685,396.00 $21,511,942.00 $21,558,794.00 $21,951,251.00 $22,362,847.00 $22,694,436.00 $22,920,020.00 $23,500,835.00
Equipment and furniture $7,303,992.00 $8,617,580.00 $8,669,019.00 $8,989,650.00 $9,783,755.00 $11,869,058.00 $15,670,233.00 $19,074,195.00 $21,873,867.00 $23,133,620.00 $24,427,965.00 $25,679,818.00 $28,072,267.00 $29,008,265.00
Vehicles $5,257,369.00 $5,780,710.00 $8,158,095.00 $6,425,297.00 $7,216,636.00 $7,481,976.00 $8,968,066.00 $10,511,704.00 $11,684,254.00 $12,298,514.00 $13,301,193.00 $14,481,241.00 $9,839,321.00 $11,849,403.00
Total Depreciable assets $32,668,295.00 $34,270,037.00 $36,703,303.00 $35,306,628.00 $36,895,222.00 $39,677,768.00 $45,323,695.00 $51,097,841.00 $55,116,915.00 $57,383,385.00 $60,092,005.00 $62,855,495.00 $60,831,608.00 $64,358,503.00
Less accumulated deprecation $22,060,715.00 $13,439,797.00 $13,701,529.00 $15,957,327.00 $17,564,868.00 $19,533,880.00 $22,482,463.00 $26,403,828.00 $30,100,636.00 $34,264,434.00 $38,460,942.00 $35,636,085.00 $39,184,505.00
Book Value-depreciable assets $22,759,677.00 $23,263,506.00 $21,605,099.00 $20,937,895.00 $22,112,900.00 $25,789,815.00 $28,615,378.00 $28,743,087.00 $27,282,749.00 $25,827,571.00 $24,394,553.00 $25,195,523.00 $25,173,998.00
Percentage depreciated 36.00% 37.00% 39.00% 43.00% 44.00% 43.00% 44.00% 48.00% 52.00% 61.19% 58.58% 60.88%
Book Value-all assets $33,442,057.00 $12,908,284.00 $23,962,468.00 $22,304,061.00 $21,636,857.00 $22,836,862.00 $26,513,777.00 $28,615,378.00 $29,675,651.00 $28,054,841.00 $26,599,663.00 $25,166,645.00 $25,989,414.00 $25,900,131.00
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1. Call to order and roll call.
PRELIMINARY NOTICE AND AGENDA
STATE BOND COMMISSION
MEETING OF NOVEMBER 20, 2014
10:00 A.M. - SENATE COMMITTEE ROOM A
STATE CAPITOL BUILDING
2. Approval of the minutes of the October 16, 2014 meeting.
TAB 3 - LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL UNITS - ELECTIONS (March 28, 2015)
3. L14-393 - Calcasieu Parish Law Enforcement District - ½% sales tax, 10 years, beginning
October 1, 2016, (1) maintenance of the salary schedule for deputies; (2) providing for future cost
of living salary adjustments; (3) continued funding of the Patrol and Corrections Divisions and
related law enforcement functions; (4) maintenance of Emergency Fund Balance or Reserve to be
utilized in the event of an emergency; (5) provide continuity in operations.
TAB 5 - LOCAL POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS - BONDS - FINAL APPROVAL
4. L14-392 - Beauregard Parish Police Jury - Not exceeding $2,000,000 Limited Tax Bonds, not
exceeding 4.5%, mature no later than March 1, 2027, constructing, expanding, improving and
renovating the Beauregard Parish Courthouse, including acquiring, fixtures and furnishings.
5. L14-400 - Caddo Parish School Board, Parishwide School District - Not exceeding $17,000,000
General Obligation School Refunding Bonds, not exceeding 5%, mature no later than March 1,
2032, refunding all or a portion of General Obligation School Bonds, Series 2007.
6. L14-399 - Claiborne Parish, Town of Homer, Claiborne Memorial Medical Center - Not
exceeding $500,000 Hospital Revenue Bonds, Series 2014, in one or more series, not exceeding
5%, not exceeding 10 years, renovations and improvements, including ten new patient rooms for a
geriatric psychic unit on the campus of Claiborne Memorial Medical Center.
7. L14-395 - East Baton Rouge Parish, East Baton Rouge Sewerage Commission - (1) Not
exceeding $140,000,000 Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 2014 (Taxable), not exceeding 6%,
mature no later than February 1, 2031, refunding or defeasing all or a portion of Revenue
Refunding Bonds, Series 2006A; (2) not exceeding $240,000,000 Revenue Refunding Bonds,
Series 2014B (Tax-Exempt), not exceeding 6%, mature no later than February 1, 2039, refunding
or defeasing all or portion of Revenue Bonds, Series 2006B and 2009A.
8. L14-390 - Franklin Parish, Hospital Service District No. 1 - Not exceeding $4,000,000 Limited
Tax Revenue Bonds, Series 2014, not exceeding 4%, not exceeding 20 years, acquire, construct
and improve public improvements, including acquisition of equipment.
9. L14-397 - Livingston Parish, Juban Crossing Economic Development District - Not exceeding
$41,000,000 TIF Revenue Refunding Bonds, in one or more series, not exceeding 9%, not
exceeding 29 years, (1) Series A, refunding Revenue Bonds (Road Projects), Series 2013A; (2)
Series B, refunding Revenue Bonds (Drainage Projects), Series 2013B; (3) Series C, refunding
Revenue Bonds (General Infrastructure Projects), Series 2013C; and (4) Series A, B and C include
funding debt service reserve funds
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Bond set in oakdale case
Death penalty a possibility for woman accused in slaying
By doris maricle
dmaricle@americanpress.com
OBERLIN — A district
judge has set bond at $780,000
for an Oakdale woman accused
of killing a pregnant
woman and her unborn baby,
then burning and burying the
body in a wooded area.
Pamela Causey-Fregia, 32,
is charged with first-degree
murder and first-degree feticide
in the death of Victoria
Marie Perez, 22, who was
eight months pregnant when
she disappeared in March
2011 after leaving a doctor’s
appointment at an Alexandria
hospital.
Causey-Fregia is also
charged with accessory after
the fact, aggravated battery
and obstruction of justice in
the case.
Allen Parish Sheriff Doug
Hebert said Causey-Fregia allegedly
burned a blanket and a
ready for the rodeo
plastic storage tote that could
have been used as evidence.
During a brief court appearance
Monday, Judge Joel
Davis set Causey-Fregia’s
bond at $500,000 for first-degree
murder; $250,000 for firstdegree
feticide and $10,000
each for accessory after the
fact, aggravated battery and
obstruction of justice.
She remains in the Allen
Parish Jail on bond.
She was represented by
attorney John Demoruelle,
who also represents her in an
unrelated matter.
Authorities believe Causey-
A fire that destroyed a
historic building in downtown
DeRidder and caused minor
damage to another nearby is
believed to have been started
by a person, according to a
spokesperson with the Louisiana
Fire Marshall’s Office.
“We do believe human
intervention was involved
with this, whether intentional
or accidental,” said Chief
Deputy Brant Thompson with
the Louisiana Fire Marshall’s
Office.
Thompson did not offer
additional details as to why
Fregia killed Perez to take her
baby and raise it as her own,
then burned and buried the
body.
Perez’s remains are believed
to have been found last
week at a residence on Matthew
Street in Oakdale.
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Chief: DeRidder
fire was likely
started by person
By Lauren manary
lmanary@americanpress.com
‘We do believe
human intervention
was involved with
this, whether
intentional or
accidental.’
Chief deputy
Brant thompson
Louisiana Fire Marshall’s Office
historic structure to collapse
into itself, prompting officials
to order what remained of its

wednesday february 18, 2015 aMerICan Press D5
LEGALS
NOTICE OF SEIZURE
US Treasury
Department of Internal
Revenue Service
On December 4,
2014 US Currency in the
amount of $7,000 (AF-
TRAK No. 72150001) was
seized by the Internal
Revenue Service Criminal
Investigation. This
property is subject to
administrative forfeiture
under the provisions
of 18 U.S.C § 981
(a) (1) (A) due to the
properties involvement
in a transaction or attempted
transaction in
violation of 18 U.S.C §
1956. Any person claiming
an ownership interest
in this asset must
file a claim no later than
30 days following the
last publication of this
notice, in accordance
with 18 U.S.C. § 982 (2)
(B). The final claim
date will be March 20,
2015. The claim must be
delivered to the Internal
Revenue Service,
Criminal Investigation,
Attention: Asset Forfeiture
Coordinator, P.O.
Box 2230, New Orleans,
Louisiana, 70176-2230.
Otherwise the property
will be forfeited and disposed
of according to
the law. Call the IRS Asset
Forfeiture Coordinator,
Darren Mayer at
(228) 213-5045 for further
information in regards
to the above reference
seizures.
Feb. 4,11,18
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Public Notice
In accordance with
Chapter 13 (Junk and
Abandoned Vehicles) of
the Code of Ordinances
of Calcasieu Parish,
Louisiana, it shall be unlawful
for any person to
cause or maintain a public
nuisance by wrecking,
dismantling,
abandoning or discarding
any junked item on
the real property of another,
or to suffer, permit
or allow any junked
item to be parked, left or
maintained on his own
real property.
If the property owner(s)
listed below should
fail to remove the following
junked item (s)
from the described property
by the expiration,
the Police Jury shall
proceed as authorized
by the aforementioned
parish ordinance. In the
event the public nuisance
is not abated in
compliance with the order
and no hearing has
been requested in writing
by the expiration
date, the parish may
enter the premises in
question and remove or
cause to be removed the
junk items. All related
costs for abatement will
be assessed to the owner.
Should the owner fail
to pay the fees, a lien
and privilege will be
filed against the property
and shall be added
to the next ad valorem
tax bill.
A violation in the
form of junk and/or
abandoned vehicles
(specifically red Chevy
Z71 truck, brown Z71
Chevy truck, white
Chevy truck, white GMC
truck, red Toyota car,
Ford Galaxie 500, two
(2) four wheelers, gray
truck cab, automobile
axles, engines, automobile
accessories, a/c
units, engine parts, flatbed
trailer full of debris,
wheels and tires, utility
trailer upside down
without tires, as well as
any associated junk) exists
on property located
at 2590 Leblanc Avenue,
more specifically, Lot 19
and Lot 20 Seal, Ward
One, Calcasieu Parish,
Louisiana. The final
date for removal is
March 12, 2015.
The owner of the
above referred to property
and property owner’s
last known address
listed in the records of
the Tax Assessor of the
Parish of Calcasieu
is/are Kameron C
Richard, 1030 Iroquain
Drive, Lake Charles,
Louisiana. (26829)
A violation in the
form of junk and/or
abandoned vehicles
(specifically hurricane
fence, metal posts, aluminum
cans, milk
crates, Craftsman riding
lawnmower, mattress
springs, chicken
wire, PVC pipe, construction
debris, buckets,
skirting, bag of
trash, gas tank, blue
tarp, as well as any associated
junk) exists on
property located at 2516
Leblanc Avenue, more
specifically, Lot 16 Seal,
Ward One, Calcasieu
Parish, Louisiana. The
final date for removal is
March 12, 2015.
The owner of the
above referred to property
and property owner’s
last known address
listed in the records of
the Tax Assessor of the
Parish of Calcasieu
is/are Joel Lee
Kendrick, 2516 Leblanc
Avenue, Lake Charles,
Louisiana. (26839)
/s/ David Robinson,
Code Enforcement
Supervisor
Feb. 18,25
2t
00903294
NOTICE TO BIDDERS
THE CALCASIEU
PARISH SCHOOL
BOARD WILL ISSUE A
SEALED BID FOR LIB-
RARY BOOKS FOR
ALL CPSB LOCA-
TIONS, LIBRARY SER-
VICES DEPARTMENT,
GENERAL FUNDS BID
2016-03
DATES AS FOL-
LOWS:
*ISSUANCE OF BID
2/18/2015
*BID CLOSES 3/18/2015
@ 10:00 A.M. CST
*FINAL AWARD NOTI-
FICATION 4/14/2015
CPSB BOARD MEET-
ING
A COMPLETE
LIST OF ITEMS TO BE
PURCHASED AND
SPECIFICATIONS
MAY BE OBTAINED
FROM THE PURCHAS-
ING DEPARTMENT,
3310 BROAD STREET,
LAKE CHARLES, LA
70615 OR BY VISITING
THE FOLLOWING
WEBSITES:
WWW.CENTRALBID-
DING.COM OR
WWW.CPSB.ORG
KARL BRUCHHAUS,
SUPERINTENDENT
CALCASIEU PARISH
SCHOOL SYSTEM
Feb. 18,26
2t
00902949
Anyone knowing the
whereabouts of Amanda
Nicole Bilbo Williams,
please contact
Becky with Myers Law
Firm, LLC at
becky@337law.com or
(337) 429-5222.
Feb. 18,19,20
3t
00902866
LEGALS
ADVERTISEMENT
The Lake Charles
Recreation District 1 of
Ward 3 does hereby advertise
for sealed bids
and will open same on:
1. Wednesday,
March 11, 2015.
2. At the Office of
the Lake Charles Recreation
District 1 of Ward
3, 3210 Power Centre
Parkway, Lake Charles,
LA, 70607 at the hour of
2:00 p.m. CST.
3. For the Addition
to Skate Park, 3210
Power Centre Parkway,
Lake Charles, LA 70607.
4. Contract documents,
including drawings
and technical specifications,
are on file at
the office of H. Curtis
Vincent-Steven D.
Shows, Architects, A
Professional Corporation.
Complete documents
may be obtained
from the Project Architect
upon deposit of
$50.00 for each set of
documents. Deposit is
fully refundable for the
first set of documents to
all bona fide prime* bidders
upon return of the
documents in good condition
no later than ten
(10) days after receipt
of bids. The deposit of
all other set of documents
will be refunded
fifty percent (50%) upon
return of documents as
stated above.
*Prime bidders is
defined as licensed
Building Contractors
bidding this job as such.
5. Preference is given
to materials, supplies,
and provisions
that are produced, manufactured,
or grown in
Louisiana, quality being
equal to articles offered
by competitors outside
the State.
6. All bids must be
accompanied by bid security
equal to five percent
(5%) of the sum of
the base bid and all alternates,
and must be in
the form of a certified
check or cashier’s check
drawn on a bank insured
by the FDIC, or a
Calcasieu Parish Police
Jury Bid Bond Form
contained in contract
documents, shall be
written by a surety or insurance
company currently
on the U.S. Department
of the Treasury
Financial Management
Service list of approved
bonding companies
which is published
annually in the Federal
Register, or by a Louisiana
domiciled insurance
company with at
least an A- rating in the
latest printing of the
A.M. Best's Key Rating
Guide to write individual
bonds up to ten percent
of policyholders'
surplus as shown in the
A.M. Best's Key Rating
Guide or by an insurance
company in good
standing licensed to
write bid bonds which is
either domiciled in
Louisiana or owned by
Louisiana residents, all
in accordance with
LSA?R.S. 38:2218. No
Bid Bond indicating an
obligation of less than
five percent (5%) by
any method is acceptable.
If bid is submitted
electronically, an electronic
bid bond as described
in Act No. 590
per the standards adopted
by the Office of the
Governor, Division of
Administration and the
Office of the Information
Technology as
provided for in LAC
4:XV.701 will be required.
7. The successful
bidder shall be required
to furnish a Performance
and Payment Bond
in an amount equal to
100% of the Contract
amount, shall be written
by a surety or insurance
company currently
on the U.S. Department
of the Treasury
Financial Management
Service list of approved
bonding companies
which is published
annually in the Federal
Register, or by a Louisiana
domiciled insurance
company with at
least an A- rating in the
latest printing of the
A.M. Best's Key Rating
Guide to write individual
bonds up to ten percent
of policyholders'
surplus as shown in the
A.M. Best's Key Rating
Guide or by an insurance
company in good
standing licensed to
write bid bonds which is
either domiciled in
Louisiana or owned by
Louisiana residents, all
in accordance with
LSA? R.S. 38:2219.
8. Bids shall be accepted
only from contractors
who are licensed
under LSA?R.S.
37:2150-2163 for the classification
of “Building
Construction.” No bid
may be withdrawn for a
period of forty-five (45)
days after receipt of
bids, except under the
provisions of LSA?R.S.
38:2214.
9. The Owner reserves
the right to reject
any and all bids for
just cause as permitted
by LA R.S. 38:2214 (B).
The ability of an Entity
to reject any bid is applicable
only when administered
in accordance
with the Public Bid
Law (LA R.S. 38:2212
(A)(1)(a) and LA R.S.
38:2214(A)(B). In accordance
with LSA?R.S.
38:2212(A)(1)(b), the
provisions and requirements
of this Section,
those stated in the advertisement
for bids,
and those required on
the Bid Form shall not
be considered as informalities
and shall not be
waived by any public entity.
10. The public shall
incur no obligation to
the Contractor until the
Contract between the
Recreation District 1 of
Ward 3 and the Contractor
is fully executed.
11. Official action on
this bid will be taken
within forty-five (45)
days by the Recreation
District 1 of Ward 3, except
as may be extended
by mutual written
consent with the lowest
responsible bidder.
12. All bids must be
plainly marked and
should contain the following
on the outside of
the envelope:
BID FOR “Addition to
Skate Park
VS Project No. 1496
Kip Texada, Executive
Director
Recreation District 1 of
Ward 3”
Feb. 11,18,25
3t
00902347
Anyone having any
knowledge of the whereabouts
of NANCY
MICHELLE EISKINA
(now ZERANGUE),
please contact C.A. Guilbeaux,
Guilbeaux Law
Firm, L.L.C., 1512 Common
Street, Lake
Charles, Louisiana,
70601 or by phone at
(337) 433-7858.
Feb. 16,17,18
3t
00902951
LEGALS
PUBLIC NOTICE
LOUISIANA
DEPARTMENT OF
ENVIRONMENTAL
QUALITY (LDEQ)
DRAFT OF
REISSUANCE OF
SEWAGE SLUDGE
AND BIOSOLIDS
PERMIT
MASTER GENERAL
PERMIT FOR
DISPOSAL OF
SEWAGE SLUDGE IN
PERMITTED
LANDFILL
The LDEQ, Office
of Environmental Services,
is accepting written
comments on a draft
Louisiana Sewage
Sludge and Biosolids
Use or Disposal General
Permit for the disposal
of sewage sludge in a
permitted landfill.
Coverage under this
general permit shall be
limited to persons who
prepare sewage sludge
for disposal in a landfill
permitted to accept
sewage sludge.
Existing facilities
conducting activities
that are eligible for this
general permit, but
which are not permitted
by LDEQ, should submit
a Notice of Intent
(NOI) immediately.
Proposed facilities desiring
coverage under
this general permit
must submit an NOI at
least sixty (60) days prior
to conducting activities
covered by this general
permit.
Any facility covered
under the prior version
of the Sewage Sludge
and Biosolids Use or
Disposal General Permit
will automatically
receive coverage under
this renewal. If a renewal
NOI was submitted,
the Department will review
the NOI and ensure
that the facility
meets the applicability
requirements. Upon
reauthorization of coverage,
those NOIs will
be withdrawn.
Any permittee
covered by an individual
sewage sludge permit
may submit an NOI
and request that the individual
sewage sludge
permit be canceled if
the permitted source or
activity is also eligible
for coverage under this
general permit.
After review of the
submitted NOI, this Office
will issue written
notification to those applicants
who are accepted
for coverage under
the general permit.
Comments and requests
for a public hearing
or notification of the
final decision can be
submitted via personal
delivery, U.S. mail,
email, or fax. Comments
and requests for
public hearings must be
received by 4:30 pm
CST, Wednesday, March
25, 2015. Delivery may
be made to the drop-box
at 602 N. 5th St., Baton
Rouge, LA 70802. U.S.
Mail may be sent to LD-
EQ, Public Participation
Group, P.O. Box
4313, Baton Rouge, LA
70821-4313. Emails may
be submitted to
D E Q . P U B -
LICNOTICES@LA.GOV
and faxes sent to (225)
219-3309.
If LDEQ finds a significant
degree of public
interest, a public
hearing will be held. LD-
EQ will send notification
of the Final Permit
decision to the applicant
and to each person
who has submitted written
comments or a written
request for notification
of the final decision.
The draft permit,
fact sheet, and notice of
intent are available for
review at the LDEQ,
Public Records Center,
Room 127, 602 North 5th
Street, Baton Rouge,
LA. Viewing hours are
from 8:30 AM to 4:30
PM, Monday through
Friday (except holidays).
The available information
can also be
accessed electronically
on the Electronic Document
Management System
(EDMS) on the
DEQ public website at
www.deq.louisiana.gov.
Inquiries or requests
for additional information
regarding
this permit action
should be directed to
Ms. Suzanne Rohli, LD-
EQ, Water Permits Division,
P.O. Box 4313,
Baton Rouge, LA 70821-
4313, telephone number
(225) 219-3223, Ms.
Ronda Burtch by telephone
at (225) 219-3213,
or Mr. Todd Franklin by
telephone at (225) 219-
3209.
Persons wishing to
be included on the LD-
EQ permit public notice
mailing list or for other
public participation related
questions should
contact the Public Participation
Group in writing
at LDEQ, P.O. Box
4313, Baton Rouge, LA
70821-4313, by email at
deqmaillistrequest@la.g
ov or contact the LDEQ
Customer Service Center
at (225) 219-LDEQ
(219-5337).
Permit public notices
including electronic
access to the draft
permit and fact sheet
can be viewed at the LD-
EQ permits public notice
webpage at
www.deq.louisiana.gov/
apps/pubNotice/default.
asp and general information
related to the public
participation in permitting
activities can be
v i e w e d a t
www.deq.louisiana.gov/
portal/tabid/2198/Default.aspx.
Alternatively, individuals
may elect to receive
the permit public
notices via email by subscribing
to the LDEQ
permits public notice
List Server at
http://louisiana.gov/Services/Email_Notifications_DEQ_PN/.
All correspondence
should specify AI Number
166433, Louisiana
Sewage Sludge and
Biosolids Use or Disposal
Permit Number
LAJ650000, and Activity
Number PER20140001.
Feb. 18
1t
00902604
Anyone knowing the
whereabouts of Rebecca
Smith, please contact
Becky with Myers
Law Firm, LLC at
becky@337law.com
or (337) 429-5222.
Feb. 18,19,20
3t
00902867
Shirley Flo Kelley
A/K/A Shirley Flo Baggett
or anyone knowing
her whereabouts, please
contact Kendrick J.
Guidry, Attorney, 337-
436-0522.
Feb. 17,18,19
3t
00903166
LEGALS
PUBLIC NOTICE
LOUISIANA
DEPARTMENT OF
ENVIRONMENTAL
QUALITY (LDEQ)
PRAXAIR, INC. /
WESTLAKE PPG
FACILITY
DRAFT WATER
DISCHARGE PERMIT
The LDEQ, Office
of Environmental Services,
is accepting written
comments on a draft
Louisiana Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System
(LPDES) permit
prepared for Praxair,
Inc., Westlake PPG Facility,
P.O. Box 670,
Westlake, La 70669. The
facility is located at 3210
Pete Manena Road in
Westlake, Calcasieu
Parish. Upon the effective
date of the final permit,
the LPDES permit
shall replace the previously
issued LPDES
permit.
The principal discharge
from this existing
source is made into
Calcasieu River via a
ditch and the PPG
Canal, waters of the
state classified for
primary contact recreation,
secondary contact
recreation, and
propagation of fish and
wildlife. Under the SIC
Code 2813, the applicant
proposes to discharge
chiller condensate, hydrogen
compressor condensate,
compressor
foundation stormwater,
non-contact cooling
tower blowdown, and
DeOxo condensate from
an existing hydrogen
purification and compression
facility.
During the preparation
of this permit, it has
been determined that
the discharge will have
no adverse impact on
the existing uses of the
receiving waterbody. As
with any discharge,
however, some change
in existing water quality
may occur.
Comments and requests
for a public hearing
or notification of the
final decision can be
submitted via personal
delivery, U.S. mail,
email, or fax. Comments
and requests for
public hearings must be
received by 4:30 pm
CST, Wednesday, March
25, 2015. Delivery may
be made to the drop-box
at 602 N. 5th St., Baton
Rouge, LA 70802. U.S.
Mail may be sent to LD-
EQ, Public Participation
Group, P.O. Box
4313, Baton Rouge, LA
70821-4313. Emails may
be submitted to
D E Q . P U B -
LICNOTICES@LA.GOV
and faxes sent to (225)
219-3309.
Please see additional
instructions for comment
submission, hand
delivery and information
regarding electronic
submission at
http://www.deq.louisiana.gov/portal/Default.a
spx?tabid=2256 or call
(225) 219-3276. Emails
should follow the
statewide email
policies. For more information
regarding
statewide email
policies, go to
http://doa.louisiana.gov/
ocs/email/policies.htm.
If LDEQ finds a significant
degree of public
interest, a public
hearing will be held. LD-
EQ will send notification
of the final permit
decision to the applicant
and to each person
who has submitted written
comments or a written
request for notification
of the final decision.
The application,
draft permit, and statement
of basis are available
for review at the
LDEQ, Public Records
Center, Room 127, 602
North 5th Street, Baton
Rouge, LA. Viewing
hours are from 8:00 a.m.
to 4:30 p.m., Monday
through Friday (except
holidays). The available
information can
also be accessed electronically
on the Electronic
Document Management
System
(EDMS) on the DEQ
public website at
www.deq.louisiana.gov.
Inquiries or requests
for additional information
regarding
this permit action
should be directed to
Christy Clark, LDEQ,
Water Permits Division,
P.O. Box 4313, Baton
Rouge, LA 70821-4313,
phone (225) 219-3528.
Persons wishing to
be included on the LD-
EQ permit public notice
mailing list or for other
public participation related
questions should
contact the Public Participation
Group in writing
at LDEQ, P.O. Box
4313, Baton Rouge, LA
70821-4313, by email at
D E Q . P U B -
LICNOTICES@LA.GOV
or contact the LDEQ
Customer Service Center
at (225) 219-LDEQ
(219-5337).
Permit public notices
including electronic
access to the draft
permit and statement of
basis can be viewed at
the LDEQ permits public
notice webpage at
www.deq.louisiana.gov/
apps/pubNotice/default.
asp and general information
related to the public
participation in permitting
activities can be
v i e w e d a t
www.deq.louisiana.gov/
portal/tabid/2198/Default.aspx.
Alternatively, individuals
may elect to receive
the permit public
notices via email by subscribing
to the LDEQ
permits public notice
List Server at
http://louisiana.gov/Services/Email_Notifications_DEQ_PN/.
All correspondence
should specify AI Number
42892, Permit Number
LA0107182, and
Activity Number
PER20140001.
Feb. 18
1t
00903172
NOTICE OF
INTENTION TO SELL
OR DONATE
ADJUDICATED TAX
PROPERTY
Notice is hereby
given that the Calcasieu
Parish Police Jury has
received a request to initiate
or has initiated the
sale or donation of the
following adjudicated
properties in Calcasieu
Parish, Louisiana. The
properties have previously
been adjudicated
to the parish of Calcasieu
for unpaid taxes.
Anyone wanting to place
an offer for the property
or wanting to oppose the
sale or donation must
file a written offer or opposition
with the Division
of Planning and Development
c/o Calcasieu
Parish Police Jury at
1015 Pithon Street, 3rd
floor, or P.O. Drawer
3287, Lake Charles,
Louisiana 70602 by 12:00
p.m. on Friday, February
20, 2015. Anyone
wanting to make an offer
on a piece of property
shall submit with
their offer a certified
LEGALS LEGALS LEGALS
sion of Planning and Development
c/o Calcasieu
Parish Police Jury at
1015 Pithon Street, 3rd
floor, or P.O. Drawer
3287, Lake Charles,
Louisiana 70602 by 12:00
p.m. on Friday, February
20, 2015. Anyone
wanting to make an offer
on a piece of property
shall submit with
their offer a certified
check or money order in
the amount of $75.00 per
property payable to the
Calcasieu Parish Police
Jury by 12:00 p.m. on
Friday, February 20,
2015. No minimum bid
will be set and the properties
will be sold to the
highest bidder, without
requiring an appraisal.
The Director of
Planning and Development
will conduct a public
sale on Tuesday,
February 24, 2015 at 2:00
p.m. in the Calcasieu
Parish Government
Building located at 1015
Pithon Street in Lake
Charles, Louisiana. If
more than one (1) offer
for any particular piece
of property is received,
only parties who have
submitted an offer with
the required deposit
shall be allowed to submit
additional verbal
bids. The Director of
Planning and Development
will submit the offers
as well as oppositions
to the Calcasieu
Parish Police Jury for
consideration of adopting
an ordinance authorizing
acceptance of the
highest bid at their
meeting on Thursday,
March 5, 2015 at 5:30
p.m. in the Calcasieu
Parish Government
Building located at 1015
Pithon Street in Lake
Charles, Louisiana.
A request to declare
the following described
property as for
sale or donation:
AP03-724-13 (506
Contour Drive in Lake
Charles, LA in Ward 3);
2% INT IN: LOT 2 BLK
10 UNIVERSITY
PLACE PART M (LESS
98% INT SOLD '06
TAXES); Assessment
No.: 328855; Deposit
Amount: $75.00; Offered
Amount: Pending
AP03-834-15 (506
Contour Drive in Lake
Charles, LA in Ward 3);
98% INT IN: LOT 2
BLK 10 UNIVERSITY
PLACE PART M; Assessment
No.: 328855A;
Deposit Amount: $75.00;
Offered Amount:
Pending
AP03-835-15 (South
of Luke Powers Road in
Lake Charles, LA in
Ward 3);
LOT 4 TRIPLETT SUB
OF LOT 2 SUB OF NW
NW 23.9.8; Assessment
No.: 84085; Deposit
Amount: $75.00; Offered
Amount: $100.00
AP06-836-15 (100
Block of Peggy Lane in
DeQuincy, LA in Ward
6);
LOTS 56, 57 BLK 1
NORA HEIGHTS SUB;
Assessment No.: 219800;
Deposit Amount: $75.00;
Offered Amount: $100.00
AP03-837-15 (3605 W.
Roosevelt in Lake
Charles, LA in Ward 3);
LOT 14 BLK J GREIN-
WICH VILLAGE; Assessment
No.: 276774;
Deposit Amount: $75.00;
Offered Amount: $100.00
AP03-838-15 (2402
Rose Street in Lake
Charles, LA in Ward 3);
LT 16 BLK 20 OAK
PARK #4; Assessment
No.: 411043; Deposit
Amount: $75.00; Offered
Amount: $100.00
AP03-839-15 (2018
20th Street in Lake
Charles, LA in Ward 3);
W 76 FT LOT 10, E 4 FT
LOT 11 BLK 81 OAK
PARK #6; Assessment
No.: 416010; Deposit
Amount: $75.00; Offered
Amount: $100.00
AP04-840-15 (2317
Timberlane Drive in
Sulphur, LA in Ward 4);
COM 270 FT E OF SW
COR NW SEC 1.10.10,
TH E 80 FT, N 140 FT
TO S R/W LINE TIM-
BERLANE ETC; Assessment
No.: 635286;
Deposit Amount: $75.00;
Offered Amount: $100.00
AP04-841-15 (1400
Blk of S. Huntington St
in Sulphur, LA in Ward
4);
LOT 2 BLK 6 J T HEN-
NING ADD; Assessment
No.: 637513; Deposit
Amount: $75.00;
Offered Amount:
Pending
AP04-842-15 (308
Bryan Street in Sulphur,
LA in Ward 4);
LOTS 5, 8 BLK 9 D S
PERKINS ADD; Assessment
No.: 652180;
Deposit Amount: $75.00;
Offered Amount: $100.00
AP04-843-15 (1403 S.
Huntington Street in Sulphur,
LA in Ward 4);
LOT 1 BLK 6 J T HEN-
NING ADD; Assessment
No.: 658030; Deposit
Amount: $75.00;
Offered Amount:
Pending
AP07-844-15 (1200
Blk of Stevenson Street
in Vinton, LA in Ward
7);
W 174.5 FT OF LTS
17,18 BLK 10 VINTON O
T S; Assessment No.:
712167; Deposit
Amount: $75.00; Offered
Amount: Pending
AP01-845-15 (N. of
475 N. Perkins Ferry Rd
in Lake Charles, LA in
Ward 1);
W/2 OF COM SE COR
NE 1.9.9, TH W 335 FT N
18 FT ETC; Assessment
No.: 833061; Deposit
Amount: $75.00; Offered
Amount: $500.00
AP04-846-15 (111 N.
Crocker Street in Sulphur,
LA in Ward 4);
COM SE COR BLK D
TOWN OF SULPHUR
TH N 75 FT W 100 FT
ETC.; Assessment No.:
941409; Deposit
Amount: $75.00; Offered
Amount: $100.00
AP03-847-15 (7538
Debbie Lane in Lake
Charles, LA in Ward 3);
COM NE COR LOT 62
GARDEN HEIGHTS
PART 3, TH S 65 FT, W
150 FT ETC (R3); LOT
62 GARDEN HEIGHTS
PART 3 LESS COM NE
COR LOT 62, TH S 65
FT, W 150 FT ETC
(R1,2,3); Assessment
No.: 1168703; Deposit
Amount: $75.00; Offered
Amount: $1,200.00
Jan. 24, Feb. 4,11,18
4t
00899853
REQUEST FOR
PROPOSALS
The Coastal Protection
and Restoration Authority
(the CPRA)
gives public notice that
it is requesting proposals
from interested,
qualified persons or
firms (including public
agencies and institutions)
for “Waterway
Debris Removal Project
Support and Monitoring”.
Copies of the Request
for Proposals
(RFP) No. 2529-15-02 are
available at the Department
of Natural Resources,
12th floor,
Room 1262, LaSalle Office
Building, 617 North
Third Street, Baton
Rouge, Louisiana. They
also may be obtained by
1) accessing DNR Contracts
& Grants
w e b p a g e :
www.dnr.louisiana.gov/
contracts, 2) calling Mr.
David Guidry at (225)
219-1360, 3) E-Mail request
to DNRprocurement@la.gov,
or 4) fax
at (225) 342-8700. Please
note that all requests
must include a contact
name, company name,
mailing address, and
telephone number.
RFP's will be mailed im-
LEGALS LEGALS LEGALS
w e b p a g e :
www.dnr.louisiana.gov/
contracts, 2) calling Mr.
David Guidry at (225)
219-1360, 3) E-Mail request
to DNRprocurement@la.gov,
or 4) fax
at (225) 342-8700. Please
note that all requests
must include a contact
name, company name,
mailing address, and
telephone number.
RFP's will be mailed immediately
upon request
via email or U.S. Postal
Service.
Proposals may be
sent to the Department
of Natural Resources,
Post Office Box 94396,
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
70804-9396, ATTN: Mr.
David Guidry, or delivered
to the Department
at the 12th floor,
Room 1262, LaSalle Office
Building, 617 North
Third Street, Baton
Rouge, Louisiana 70802.
Proposals must be received
no later than 3:00
p.m. on March 23, 2015
(closing date) after
which time and date
they will not be accepted.
Proposals will be
evaluated according to
criteria defined in the
RFP, and all proposers
will be notified by U. S.
mail of any contract
awarded after such
evaluation.
Feb. 18,25,Mar. 4
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NOTICE TO BIDDERS
THE CALCASIEU
PARISH SCHOOL
BOARD WILL ISSUE A
SEALED BID FOR
FIRE ALARM INSPEC-
TIONS FOR MAINTEN-
ANCE DEPARTMENT,
GENERAL FUNDS BID
2016-10
DATES AS FOL-
LOWS:
*ISSUANCE OF BID
2/18/2015
*BID CLOSES 3/17/2015
@ 10:00 A.M. CST
*FINAL AWARD NOTI-
FICATION 4/14/2015
CPSB BOARD MEET-
ING
A COMPLETE
LIST OF ITEMS TO BE
PURCHASED AND
SPECIFICATIONS
MAY BE OBTAINED
FROM THE PURCHAS-
ING DEPARTMENT,
3310 BROAD STREET,
LAKE CHARLES, LA
70615 OR BY VISITING
THE FOLLOWING
WEBSITES:
WWW.CENTRALBID-
DING.COM OR
WWW.CPSB.ORG
KARL BRUCHHAUS,
SUPERINTENDENT
CALCASIEU PARISH
SCHOOL SYSTEM
Feb. 18,26
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CALCASIEU PARISH
LOUISIANA
October 14, 2014
The Calcasieu Parish
Law Enforcement District,
met in session pursuant
to notice at the
Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s
Office, Administration
Building, 5400 E.
Broad Street, Calcasieu
Parish, Louisiana at 9:30
o’clock A.M. on October
14, 2014 with the following
member present:
Tony Mancuso, Sheriff
of Calcasieu Parish,
Louisiana, the ex-officio
Chief Executive Officer
of the Calcasieu Parish
Law Enforcement District.
Absent: NONE
The meeting was
called to order and the
roll called with the above
result.
At approximately 9:45
o’clock A.M., after the
approval of the previous
meeting minutes, the following
resolution was introduced
and the vote
was as follows:
YEAS: Sheriff Tony
Mancuso
NAYS:
NONE
RESOLUTION
A RESOLUTION OR-
DERING AND CALL-
ING FOR THE RENEW-
AL OF AN EXISTING
SPECIAL SALES AND
USE TAX ELECTION
TO BE HELD IN CAL-
CASIEU PARISH AND
BROUGHT
BEFORE
THE VOTERS ON
MARCH 28, 2015. SAID
ELECTION TO BE
HELD IN ACCOR-
DANCE WITH APPLI-
CABLE STATE LAW
AND
REGULATIONS
TO AUTHORIZE THE
CONTINUED
AND
LEVY
COLLECTION
OF A ONE-HALF (1/2%)
PERCENT SALES AND
USE TAX THEREIN,
AND MAKING APPLI-
CATION TO THE
STATE BOND COMMIS-
SION AND THE UNIT-
ED STATES ATTOR-
NEY GENERAL IN
CONNECTION THERE-
WITH.
BE IT RESOLVED BY
THE CALCASIEU PAR-
ISH LAW ENFORCE-
MENT DISTRICT, Tony
Mancuso, Sheriff of Calcasieu
Parish, Louisiana,
the ex-officio Chief
Executive Officer of the
Calcasieu Parish Law
Enforcement
District,
(“The District”):
Section 1. That, subject
to the approval of the
State Bond Commission
and under the authority
conferred by Article VI
Sections, 22 and 30 of the
1974 Louisiana Constitution,
Chapter 6A of Title
18, Sections 301 through
317, inclusive, of Title 47,
and Section 5903 of Title
13 of the Louisiana Revised
Statutes of 1950, as
amended, and other constitutional
and statutory
authority supplemental
thereto, a special election
be and the same is
hereby called and ordered
to be held in Calcasieu
Parish, Louisiana
(the “Parish”), on Saturday,
March 28, 2015, between
the hours of seven
(7:00) o’clock A.M. and
eight (8:00) o’clock
P.M., in compliance with
the provisions of the Louisiana
Election Code,
and that at said election
there shall be submitted
to all registered voters of
the Parish qualified and
entitled to vote at said
election under the Constitution
and Laws of the
State and the Constitution
of the United States,
the following Proposition:
Shall the Calcasieu
Parish Law Enforcement
District, (“The
District”), be authorized
to continue to levy, collect
and adopt an ordinance
providing for such
levy and collection of a
tax of one-half (1/2%)
percent (“the tax”) upon
the sale at retail, the use,
the lease or rental, the
consumption and the
storage for use or consumption
of tangible personal
property and on
sales of services, all as
defined in L.R.S. 47:301
through L.R.S. 47:317,
inclusive, for a period of
ten (10) years from the
date of the first levy of
the tax renewal, with
proceeds of the tax, after
paying reasonable and
necessary costs and expenses
for collecting and
administering the tax, to
be dedicated and used
for: the maintenance of
the salary schedule for
deputies; providing for
future cost of living salary
adjustments; continued
funding of the Patrol
and Corrections Divisions
and related law enforcement
functions;
maintenance of Emergency
Fund Balance or
Reserve to be utilized in
the event of an emergency
and provide continuity
in operations; and if
approved, the renewal of
this tax to commence on
October 1, 2016, and expire
on September 30,
2026, with estimated annual
proceeds of
$23,843,000.00?
Section 2. That there
shall be published in the
“Lake Charles American
Press,” a daily
newspaper of general
circulation within the
District, published in
Lake Charles, Louisiana,
and being the official
journal of the District,
once a week for
four consecutive weeks,
with the first publication
to be made not less that
forty-five (45) days nor
more than ninety (90)
days prior to the date
fixed for the election, notice
of said election,
which notice shall be
substantially in accordance
with the Notice of
Special Election annexed
hereto as “Exhibit
A” and incorporated
herein by reference the
same as if it were set
forth herein in full.
Section 3. That the Calcasieu
Parish Law Enforcement
District, shall
meet at its regular meeting
place, the Calcasieu
Parish Sheriff’s Office,
Administration
Building,
5400 E. Broad Street,
Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana,
on Thursday,
April 2, 2015, at 9:00
A.M., and shall then and
there in open and public
session proceed to examine
and count the votes,
examine and canvass
the returns and declare
the results of said special
election.
Section 4. That the
polling places set forth in
the aforesaid Notice of
Special Election and situated
within the corporate
limits of the District,
be and the same
are hereby designated as
the polling places at
which to hold the said
election, and the Commissioners
and Commissioners-in-Charge
shall
be those persons referred
to in the said Notice
of Special Election.
Section 5. That the officers
designated to serve
as Commissioners and
Commissioners-in-
Charge, or such substitutes
therefore as may
be selected and designated
in compliance with
the Louisiana Election
Code, shall hold the said
special election as herein
provided, shall make
due returns of said election
for the meeting of
the District to be held on
Thursday, April 2, 2015,
and that the compensation
of said officers be
and the same is hereby
fixed at the sum prescribed
by law. All registered
voters in the District
are entitled to vote
at said special election,
and voting machines
shall be used in said special
election.
Section 6. That the Secretary
of the District be
and he/she is hereby empowered,
authorized and
directed to arrange for
and to furnish to said
election officers in ample
time for the holding of
said election the necessary
equipment, forms
and other paraphernalia
essential to the proper
holding of said election.
Section 7. That certified
copies of this resolution
shall be forwarded
to the Secretary of State,
the Commissioner of
Elections, the Clerk of
Court and Ex-Officio
Parish Custodian of Voting
Machines in and for
the District of Calcasieu,
Louisiana, and the Register
of Voters in and for
said District, as notification
of the special election
herein called in order
that each may
prepare for said election
and perform their respective
functions as required
by law.
Section 8. That application
be and the same is
hereby formally made to
the State Bond Commission
for consent and authority
to hold the aforesaid
election as herein
provided and in the
event the aforesaid Renewal
Proposition is carried,
for authority to
levy and collect and
adopt an ordinance providing
for such levy and
collection of the Tax as
authorized by said Renewal
Proposition; and
that a certified copy of
this resolution shall be
forwarded to the State
Bond Commission on behalf
of the District, together
with a letter requesting
the prompt
consideration and approval
of this application.
Section 9. That a certified
copy of this resolution,
together with other
showings required by
Section 5 of the Voting
Rights Act and regulations
pertaining thereto
be submitted to the United
States Attorney General
for approval, should
such submission be required.
Section 10. If any provision
or item of this resolution
or the application
thereof is held invalid,
such invalidity shall not
affect other provisions,
items, or applications of
this resolution which can
be given effect without
the invalid provisions,
items, or applications,
and to this end, the provisions
of this resolution
are hereby declared severable.
Section 11. All resolutions,
ordinances or
parts thereof in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed.
THUS DONE AND
SIGNED at Lake
Charles, Louisiana, on
this 14th day of October,
2014.
/s/ Tony Mancuso
TONY MANCUSO,
SHERIFF
ATTEST:
/s/ Stephanie Williams
SECRETARY
****************
Upon motion duly
made and unanimously
carried, this portion of
the meeting was adjourned.
/s/ Tony Mancuso
TONY MANCUSO,
SHERIFF
/s/ Stephanie Williams
SECRETARY
STATE OF
LOUISIANA
PARISH OF
CALCASIEU
I, Stephanie Williams,
certify that I am the duly
qualified and acting Secretary
of the Calcasieu
Parish Law Enforcement
District of Calcasieu,
Louisiana.
I further certify that
the above and foregoing
is a true and correct
copy of an excerpt from
the minutes of the meeting
of said District held
on October 14, 2014, and
of the resolution adopted
at said meeting, as said
minutes and resolution
appear officially of record
in my possession.
IN FAITH WHERE-
OF, witness my official
signature and the impress
of the official seal
of the District of Calcasieu,
Louisiana, on this
14th day of October, 2014.
/s/ Stephanie Williams
STEPHANIE
WILLIAMS
SECRETARY
(SEAL)
EXHIBIT A
NOTICE OF SPECIAL
ELECTION
Pursuant to the provisions
of a Resolution adopted
by the Calcasieu
Parish Law Enforcement
District, Tony
Mancuso, Sheriff of Calcasieu
Parish, Louisiana,
the ex-officio Chief
Executive Officer of the
Calcasieu Parish Law
Enforcement
District,
(“The District”), on October
14, 2014, NOTICE
IS HEREBY GIVEN
that a special election
will be held in the District
on Saturday, March
28, 2015, and that at the
said special election
there will be submitted
to all registered voters of
the District qualified and
entitled to vote at the
said election under the
Constitution and Laws of
the State of Louisiana
and the Constitution of
the United States, the
following Proposition, to
wit:
Shall the Calcasieu
Parish Law Enforcement
District, (“The
District”), be authorized
to continue to levy, collect
and adopt an ordinance
providing for such
levy and collection of a
tax of one-half (1/2%)
percent (“the tax”) upon
the sale at retail, the use,
the lease or rental, the
consumption and the
storage for use or consumption
of tangible personal
property and on
sales of services, all as
defined in L.R.S. 47:301
through L.R.S. 47:317,
inclusive, for a period of
ten (10) years from the
date of the first levy of
the tax renewal, with
proceeds of the tax, after
paying reasonable and
necessary costs and expenses
for collecting and
administering the tax, to
be dedicated and used
for: the maintenance of
the salary schedule for
deputies; providing for
future cost of living salary
adjustments; continued
funding of the Patrol
and Corrections Divisions
and related law enforcement
functions;
maintenance of Emergency
Fund Balance or
Reserve to be utilized in
the event of an emergency
and provide continuity
in operations; and if
approved, the renewal of
this tax to commence on
October 1, 2016, and expire
on September 30,
2026, with estimated annual
proceeds of
$23,843,000.00?
That the said special
election will be held at
the following polling
places, which are all of
the current regular voting
precincts in the Parish,
and the election officials
appointed to serve
at the following places in
the Parish in accordance
with Section 1286 of Title
18 of the Louisiana Revised
Statutes of 1950
(L.R.S. 18:1286) shall be
and are hereby appointed
to serve as the election
officials for this special
election:
PRECINCT/POLLING
PLACE
160E Gillis Elementary
School, 916 Topsy
Road, Gillis
160W Gillis Elementary
School, 916 Topsy
Road, Gillis
161 Gillis Elementary
School, 916 Topsy
Road, Gillis
162E Moss Bluff
Middle School, 1104 Recreation
Boulevard, Moss
Bluff
162W Moss Bluff
Middle School, 1104 Recreation
Boulevard, Moss
Bluff
163 Sam Houston
High School, 880 Sam
Houston Jones Parkway,
Moss Bluff
164 Moss Bluff
Elementary School, 481
Sam Houston Jones
Parkway, Moss Bluff
165 Sam Houston
High School, 880 Sam
Houston Jones Parkway,
Moss Bluff
166E Moss Bluff
Elementary School, 481
Sam Houston Jones
Parkway, Moss
Bluff
166W Moss Bluff
Elementary School, 481
Sam Houston Jones
Parkway, Moss Bluff
167 Sam Houston
High School, 880 Sam
Houston Jones Parkway,
Moss Bluff
260 Holmwood
Fire Station, 5599 Highway
14 East, Holmwood
261 Sheriff Sub
Stat - Bell City, 7085
Highway 14 East, Bell
City
262 Hayes Fire
Station, 8141 Galley
Road, Hayes
300 Ray D Molo
Middle School, 2300 Medora
Street, Lake
Charles
301 Washington/
Marion High School, 2802
Pineview Street, Lake
Charles
302 Chateau Du
Lac, 333 Mill Street,
Lake Charles
303 Ralph F. Wilson
Elementary School,
1400 Opelousas Street,
Lake Charles
304 Allen P August
Multi-Purpose Annex,
2000 Moeling Street,
Lake Charles
305 Jessie D Clifton
Elem School, 100 N
Prater Street, Lake
Charles
306 Drew Park
Pavilion, 416 S Ryan
Street, Lake Charles
307 Chateau Du
Lac, 333 Mill Street,
Lake Charles
308 Cal Par Sch
Bd Curric-Inst Off, 600 S.
Shattuck Street, Lake
Charles
309E
Foreman-
Reynaud YMCA, 215 Albert
Street, Lake
Charles
309W
Foreman-
Reynaud YMCA, 215 Albert
Street, Lake
Charles
310 Calcasieu
Par Courthse – 1st Floor,
1000 Ryan Street, Lake
Charles
311 Pearl Watson
Elementary School, 1300
5th Street, Lake Charles
312 Calcasieu
Parish Sch Board Office,
2423 6th Street, Lake
Charles
313E
John F Kennedy
Elem School, 2001
Russell Street, Lake
Charles
313W
John F Kennedy
Elem School, 2001
Russell Street, Lake
Charles
314 St. Louis
High School, 1620 Bank
Street, Lake Charles
315E
Lake
Charles–Boston
High
School, 1509 Enterprise
Boulevard,
Lake
Charles
315W
Lake Charles
–Boston High School,
1509 Enterprise Boulevard,
Lake Charles
316E Barbe Elementary
School, 400
Penn Street, Lake
Charles
316W Barbe Elementary
School, 400
Penn Street, Lake
Charles
317 Barbe Elementary
School, 400
Penn Street, Lake
Charles
318 T S Cooley
Elem School, 2711 Common
Street, Lake
Charles
319N
St. Margaret
School, 2510 Enterprise
Boulevard, Lake Charles
319S
St. Margaret
School, 2510 Enterprise
Boulevard, Lake Charles
320E
Oak Park Elementary
School, 2001
18th Street, Lake Charles
320W
Oak Park Elementary
School, 2001
18th Street, Lake Charles
321 T H Watkins
Elementary School, 2501
7th Avenue, Lake
Charles
322 Oak Park
Middle School, 2200 Oak
Park Boulevard, Lake
Charles
323 T H Watkins
Elementary School, 2501
7th Avenue, Lake
Charles
324 Fairview Elementary
School, 3955
Highway 14, Lake
Charles
325 Prien Lake
Elementary School 3741
Nelson Road, Lake
Charles
326 College Oaks
Elementary School, 3618
Ernest Street, Lake
Charles
327 Henry
Heights Elem School,
3600 Louisiana Avenue,
Lake Charles
328 Brentwood
Elementary School, 3825
Brentwood
Avenue,
Lake Charles
329 Brentwood
Elementary School, 3825
Brentwood
Avenue,
Lake Charles
330 Fairview Elementary
School, 3955
Highway 14, Lake
Charles
331 College Oaks
Elementary School, 3618
Ernest Street, Lake
Charles
332N Gayle Hall –
MSU Campus, 4380 Ryan
Street, Lake Charles
332S Gayle Hall –
MSU Campus, 4380 Ryan
Street, Lake Charles
333 S J Welsh
Middle School, 1500 W.
McNeese Street, Lake
Charles
334 S J Welsh
Middle School, 1500 W.
McNeese Street, Lake
Charles
335 Gayle Hall –
MSU Campus, 4380 Ryan
Street, Lake Charles
336 A A Nelson
Elementary School, 1001
Country Club Road,
Lake Charles
337 Dolby Elementary
School, 817 Jefferson
Drive, Lake
Charles
338 F K White
Middle School, 1000 E
McNeese Street, Lake
Charles
339 Dolby Elementary
School, 817 Jefferson
Drive, Lake
Charles
340 Positive Connection,
5282 Weaver
Road, Lake Charles
360 WD 3 Fire
Pro District #2 Fire Sta,
3088 Old Town Road,
Lake
Charles
361 Calcasieu PR
Pub Works E Maint Facility,
5500B Swift Plant
Road,
Charles
362 Prien Lake
Park Pavilion, 3700
Prien Lake Road, Lake
Charles
363 Prien Lake
Park Pavilion, 3700
Prien Lake Road, Lake
Charles
364 Fairview Elementary
School, 3955
Highway 14, Lake
Charles
365 New St. John
Elementary School, 5566
Elliott Road, Lake
Charles
366 New St. John
Elementary School, 5566
Elliott Road, Lake
Charles
367 New St. John
Elementary School, 5566
Elliott Road, Lake
Charles
368 A A Nelson
Elementary
School,
1001Country Club Road,
Lake Charles
369 M J Kaufman
Elementary School, 301
Tekel Road, Lake
Charles
370 Calcasieu
Par Agriculture Ctr, 7101
Gulf Highway, Lake
Charles
371N
Calcasieu
Par Agriculture Ctr, 7101
Gulf Highway, Lake
Charles
371S
Calcasieu
Par Agriculture Ctr, 7101
Gulf Highway, Lake
Charles
372 New St. John
Elementary School, 5566
Elliott Road, Lake
Charles
400 D S Perkins
Elementary School, 565
N. Crocker Street, Sulphur
401 Calcasieu
Par Health Unit – Sulphur,
201 Edgar Street,
Sulphur
402 Frasch Park
Recreation Center, 400
Picard Road, Sulphur
403 Frasch Elementary
School, 540 S.
Huntington Street, Sulphur
404 R W Vincent
Elementary Sch, 1634
Beglis Parkway, Sulphur
405 Center Crcl
Recreation Building, 80
Center Circle, Maplewood
406 W T Henning
Elementary School, 774
Henning Drive, Sulphur
407 R W Vincent
Elementary Sch, 1634
Beglis Parkway, Sulphur
408 T D McMurry
Park Gymnasium, 300
S. Hazel Street, Maplewood
440 Westlake
High School, 1000 Garden
Drive, Westlake
441 S P Arnett
Middle School, 400 Sulphur
Avenue, Westlake
460E WD 4 Fire
Prot Dist 4 Fire Sta, 789
W. Houston River Road,
Sulphur
460W WD 4 Fire
Prot Dist 4 Fire Sta, 789
W. Houston River Road,
Sulphur
461 Mossville
Recreation Center, 3825
Old Spanish Trail, Mossville
463 Westlake
High School, 1000 Garden
Drive, Westlake
464 S P Arnett
Middle School, 400 Sulphur
Avenue, Westlake
465 Frasch Park
Recreation Center, 400
Picard Road, Sulphur
466E
Cypress Cove
Elem, 700 Currie Drive,
Carlyss
466W
Cypress Cove
Elem, 700 Currie Drive,
Carlyss
467 Cypress Cove
Elem, 700 Currie Drive,
Carlyss
468 Ward 4 Rec
Carlyss Complex, 6043
Carlyss Drive, Carlyss
469 Ward 4 Rec
Carlyss Complex, 6043
Carlyss Drive, Carlyss
560 Starks
School, 137 Highway 109
South, Starks
561 Starks
School, 137 Highway 109
South, Starks
562 Edgerly Fire
Station, 2205 Edgerly
Road, Vinton
600 DeQuincy
High School, 207 N. Overton
Street, DeQuincy
601 DeQuincy
City Hall, 300 Holly
Street, DeQuincy
602 DeQuincy
Branch Library, 102 W.
Harrison Street, De-
Quincy
603 Sheriff’s Sub-
Sta/DeQuincy Br, 618
Center Street, DeQuincy
660 WD 6 Fire
Dist 1 CO 1 Fire Sta, 1271
Highway 27 North,
DeQuincy
661 WD 6 Fire
Dist 1 CO 2 Fire Sta, 4775
Highway 27, DeQuincy
662 WD 6 Fire
Dist 1 CO 2 Fire Sta, 4775
Highway 27, DeQuincy
663 WD 6 Fire
Dist1 CO 3 Fire Sta, 3533
Highway 27, Sulphur
664 WD 6 Fire
District 1 CO 3 Fire Sta,
3533 Highway 27, Sulphur
700 Vinton City
Hall, 1201 Horridge
Street, Vinton
701 Vinton Northside
Middle School, 900
Horridge Street, Vinton
702 Vinton High
School, 1603 Grace Avenue,
Vinton
703 Shaw Park
Recreation
Building,
1615 Horridge Street,
Vinton
760 Ward 7 Fire
Station, 2815 Foreman
Road, Vinton
761 Ward 7 Fire
Station, 2815 Foreman
Road, Vinton
762 Edgerly Fire
Station, 2205 Edgerly
Road, Vinton
800 Iowa High
School, 401 Miller Street,
Iowa
801 J I Watson
Elementary School, 221
East First Street, Iowa
860N LeBleu Settlement
Elem Sch, 6509
Hwy 3059, Iowa
860S LeBleu Settlement
Elem Sch, 6509
Hwy 3059, Iowa
861E
Ward 8 Fire
Protection #2, 3395 Manchester
Road, Manchester
Community
861W
Ward 8 Fire
Protection #2, 3395 Manchester
Road, Manchester
Community
The polls will open at
7:00 o’clock A.M. and
close at 8:00 o’clock
P.M., in compliance with
the provisions of Title 18
of the Louisiana Revised
Statutes of 1950. Voting
machines will be used to
conduct the election.
That the special election
will be held in accordance
with the provisions
of the Louisiana
Election Code, and the
officers appointed to hold
the said election, pursuant
to L.R.S. 18:1286, or
such substitutes therefore
as may be selected
and designated in compliance
with the Louisiana
Election Code, will
make due returns thereof
to the District and NO-
TICE IS HEREBY FUR-
THER GIVEN that said
District, will meet at its
regular meeting place,
at the Calcasieu Parish
Sheriff’s Office, Administration
Building, 5400
E. Broad Street, Lake
Charles, Louisiana, on
April 2, 2015, at 9:00
A.M., and will then and
there in open and public
session examine and
count the votes, examine
and canvass the returns
and declare the majority
of the votes of the qualified
electors of the District
voting in and said
election. All registered
voters in the District are
entitled to vote at said
special election and assessed
valuations shall
not be voted.
THUS DONE AND
SIGNED at Lake
Charles, Louisiana, on
this the 14th day of October,
2014.
/s/ Tony Mancuso
TONY MANCUSO,
SHERIFF
ATTEST:
/s/ Stephanie Williams
SECRETARY
STATE OF
LOUISIANA
PARISH OF
CALCASIEU
I, TONY MANCUSO,
Sheriff of Calcasieu Parish,
and Ex-Officio Chief
Executive Officer of the
Calcasieu Parish Law
Enforcement
District,
(‘The District”), certify
that I am the duly qualified
and only member of
the Calcasieu Parish
Law Enforcement District
and, as such, governing
authority of said
District, of Calcasieu
Parish, Louisiana; and
I FURTHER CERTI-
FY that the above and
foregoing is a true and
correct copy of the Resolution
adopted by me and
the Renewal of a One-
Half (1/2%) Percent
Sales and Use Tax for a
Period of Ten (10) Years
Election Call issued by
me at a public meeting
of the Calcasieu Parish
Law Enforcement District
held on the 14th day
of October, 2014, and that
said resolution and election
call appear officially
of record in my possession.
IN FAITH WHERE-
OF, witness my official
signature on this the 14th
day of October, 2014.
TONY MANCUSO,
SHERIFF, AND
EX-OFFICIO CHIEF
EXECUTIVE
OFFICER,
CALCASIEU PARISH
LAW ENFORCEMENT
DISTRICT
BY: /s/ Tony Mancuso
TONY MANCUSO
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By Kara Carrier
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During an anti-Common
Core rally Thursday evening,
Lake Area parents had the
opportunity to pick up forms
to opt their children out of the
Partnership for Assessment
of Readiness for College and
Careers test, which will be
administered to students in
grades 3-8 next week.
The rally was hosted by the
local activist group Calcasieu
Against Common Core. The
number of parents opting
their children out of the test
Friday, March 13, 2015
HHH No. 43,893 Lake Charles, Louisiana 50 Cents
Core opponents rally
PARCC opt-out forms distributed to attendees
Two officers shot
in Ferguson
Police trying to calm tensions
By The Associated Press
FERGUSON, Mo. — With
measured remarks and a conciliatory
tone, police, political
leaders and civil-rights activists
on Thursday sought to
tamp down tensions after two
police officers were shot in
front of the Ferguson Police
Department during a protest.
The officers were quickly
released from the hospital,
but St. Louis County Police
Chief Jon Belmar said they
could have easily been killed
and called the attack “an
ambush.” Several people
were taken in for questioning
after a SWAT team converged
on a Ferguson home near the
shooting site, but they were
later released, and no arrests
were made.
The shootings marked the
first time in eight months
of tension in Ferguson that
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Eight people were indicted
on racketeering charges in
connection with a string of
burglaries in which people
inside
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Barack Obama took to Twitter
to relay his prayers to
the officers and to denounce
were reportedly robbed of
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Monica Hebert, one of the
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are well-versed in what you
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Fontenot, 34, and Alex Jamal
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By Frank diCesare
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State Treasurer John Kennedy
wants to get spending
under control in Baton Rouge.
But raising taxes, he says, is not
the answer.
Kennedy, one of five state
officials who took part in a panel
discussion Thursday at the Louisiana
Oil & Gas Association 2015
Annual Meeting at L’Auberge,
said lawmakers need to look at
the state’s budget the same way
they look at their own family’s
finances.
“What we don’t do a good job
of is prioritizing,” he said. “The
people of this state don’t need or
want tax increases. They need
Early voting
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By doris Maricle
dmaricle@americanpress.com
Early voting begins Saturday
for the March 28 election
in voter registrar offices in
Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu
and Jeff Davis parishes.
There are no elections in
Cameron or Vernon parishes.
More inside
See the full ballot, B6
The ballot will include
millage renewals and continuances
for roads and bridges in
Allen Parish and a renewal of
a drainage maintenance millage
in Jeff Davis Parish.
Beauregard Parish will
hold a special election to fill a
Merryville alderman’s seat.
In Calcasieu Parish voters
will decide on the renewal of
a law enforcement tax for salaries,
cost-of-living increases,
and patrol and corrections
operations.
Voters can cast ballots 8:30
a.m.-6 p.m. through March 21,
except for Sunday, March 15.
In Calcasieu Parish, voting
will be at the parish courthouse,
1000 Ryan St.; the Moss
Bluff Library, 261 Parish Road;
and the West Calcasieu Business
Center, 500 A N. Huntington
St. in Sulphur.
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Kennedy: People don’t
want tax increases
More inside
Kennedy talks budget with
editorial board, a8
some spending discipline.”
Kennedy said the state’s
budget was at $12 billion during
Gov. Mike Foster’s administration
and rose to $19 billion under
Gov. Kathleen Blanco. Today,
Kennedy said, it’s at $25 billion.
“Unless you’re an Alabama
graduate, that direction is up,”
he said.
Gov. Bobby Jindal’s proposal
to increase the state’s inventory
tax on businesses drew particular
criticism from Kennedy.
Calling the inventory tax “the
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By Lauren manary
lmanary@americanpress.com
A Beauregard Parish school
bus slid off the road Tuesday
morning, injuring several students,
and some parents have
said the driver was texting
while driving.
The accident, reported at
7 a.m. as students were on
their way to school, occurred
on Wingate Cemetery Road
in Merryville. The school bus
exited the road after slipping
on mud and hit a tree and a
power line.
Kevin Collins’ three
children were on the bus. His
two daughters — ages 17 and
15 — suffered injuries during
the accident. He said the girls
were walking on crutches at
school on Thursday and that
one had left the crash in an
ambulance.
“It’s been two or three
DeATHS
continued from A2
Junious “Bubby” Woods
ELTON — Junious “Bubby”
Woods, 84, entered into
eternal rest Saturday, March
7, 2015, in Jennings American
Legion Hospital.
He was a native and lifelong
resident of Elton and
the son of the late Elnora
and Ernest Woods. He was
employed as a laborer for
Local 207. He received an
Honorable discharge from
the U.S. Army, where he recieved
numerous medals including
the Korean Service
Medal, the Bronze Service
Star, the United Nations Service
Medal and the National
Defense Service Medal.
He was a member of Mt.
Pilgrim Baptist Church.
Survivors include his loving
and devoted wife of 63
years, Mrs. Alice Jack Woods
of Elton; five sons, Marvin
Woods Sr., Kevin Ray (Jennifer)
Woods, Gary (Debra)
Woods, all of Lake Charles,
the Rev. Darrell Lee (Karon)
Woods and Carlas John (Kim)
Woods of Elton; two sisters,
Elzena Cole and Ida Woods
of Lake Charles; 18 grandchildren
and 30 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death
by his parents; four brothers;
three sisters; one daughter,
and one son.
His funeral will be at 11
a.m. Saturday, March 14,
2015, in Mt. Pilgrim Baptist
Church. The Rev. Freddie
Jack will officiate. Burial
will be in Chretien Cemetery,
with Military Honors by a
Squad from Ft. Polk, La.,
under direction of Semien-
Lewis Mortuary of Jennings.
Visitation is from 8 a.m.
Saturday in the church, with
Military Honors by the Jennings
American Legion Post
#19, at 10:30 a.m. Saturday
in the Church. The Patriots
Honor Guards will post
Honor Flags and escorts at
the church and cemetery.
Words of comfort may be
expressed to the family at
www.semien-lewismortuary.
com.
days, and they’re just getting
worse,” he said. “They have an
appointment set up with their
primary care doctor, but that’s
not until next week, so I’m
thinking I might have to take
them to the emergency room
again.”
Collins said parents were
not informed of the accident
until about an hour after it
occurred. He said other children
were hurt and that his
daughters and other students
submitted reports indicating
the driver had been texting at
the time of the accident.
School Superintendent Tim
Cooley said weather conditions
and a slippery road led to
the crash.
“I just would like to simply
say the road conditions were
really muddy and slippery that
morning, which caused the accident,”
Cooley said. “I would
certainly like to issue thanks
VoTe
continued from A1
Voters should bring a
driver’s license, a Louisiana
special ID or some other generally
recognized picture ID.
A parish-by-parish overview
of the ballot:
Allen Parish
continuation of a 10-year, 22.03-
mill property tax for roads and
bridges in road district 1 in
the Oberlin area. it represents a
0.57-mill increase and will generate
$225,740 a year.
renewal of a 10-year, 8.03-mill
property tax for roads and
bridges in Sub-road district 1
of road district 1, including areas
in Oberlin and Grant. it will
generate $17,100 annually.
continuation of a 10-year, 35.79-
mill property tax for roads and
bridges in road district 3 in the
reeves and LeBlanc area. it represents
a 1.02-mill increase. it
will generate $457,680 annually.
renewal of a 10-year, 30.19-mill
property tax for roads and
bridges in road district 4 —
areas of Oberlin, Grant, Mittie,
Elizabeth and Oakdale. it will
generate $153,970 annually.
Core
continued from A1
can and cannot do,” Hebert
said. “This is an opportunity
to inform teachers and
parents of their rights, show
them how to stand up for
those rights and do what they
consider is in the best interest
of their child in this school
system.”
Tressy Bergeron, a parent
with two school-age children,
said she attended the event to
pick up a form. Bergeron said
it was important for her to opt
her children out of PARCC
because she opposes Common
Core.
“I’m hoping enough
parents will opt out, that
it will make the state go to
an educational system that
makes sense and that actually
teaches our kids,” she
said. “I don’t think it teaches
the child. I think it relies too
much on the child teaching
themselves.”
Teddy Nall, another parent,
agreed with Bergeron.
Nall said he chose to opt his
child out of the test because
Common Core isn’t in the best
interest of children.
“We are just trying to destroy
our kids all for political
gain and for money,” he said.
“By opting out, I’m hoping the
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A school bus rests against a
tree after an accident that
occurred Tuesday morning as
students were on their way
to Merryville High School.
According to one parent,
several students were injured
in the accident, and the
driver was speeding and
texting while driving.
to Beauregard Parish Sheriff ’s
Office and Beauregard Electric
for assisting us at the scene.”
No charges have been filed
against the bus driver, according
to authorities.
renewal of a separate 10-year,
21.14-mill property tax for roads
and bridges in road district 4. it
will generate $107,810 a year.
renewal of a 10-year, 2.79-mill
property tax for roads and
bridges in Sub-road district
5a — areas of Soileau, Grant,
Elizabeth and Oakdale. it will
generate $89,280 annually.
Beauregard Parish
Sheila Brown and Jackie M.
Womack will vie for the Merryville
alderman seat vacated by
Mance M. Stark, who resigned
in december and moved to
Texas.
Calcasieu Parish
renewal of a 10-year, half-cent
sales tax for the calcasieu Parish
Law Enforcement district for
salaries; cost-of-living increases;
patrol and corrections operations;
and maintenance of an
emergency fund. it will generate
$23 million a year.
Jeff Davis Parish
renewal of a 10-year, 10.99-mill
property tax for gravity drainage
works in Gravity drainage
district 5, north of Lacassine.
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powers that be will see that we
are taking the politics out and
making our kids the priority.”
The rally also gave parents
a chance to sign a petition
asking the Calcasieu Parish
School Board to remove the
Eureka Math and English
Core Knowledge curricula
from classrooms. Hebert said
the petition will show School
Board members who in each
district isn’t happy with the
curricula.
“A lot of people won’t go
to a board meeting or write
an email, but they will sign a
petition,” she said. “There’s
an implied trust between
citizens and our public education
system, and that trust has
been trampled upon by some
leadership — both state and
local.”
Hebert said the petition
will be presented to the full
board during a special called
meeting set for 5 p.m. March
26 at the Central Office. During
the meeting, the board will
vote on curriculum choices for
the 2015-2016 school year.
Kirby Smith, district
spokeswoman, said she
expects a large crowd for the
meeting. She said doors will
open at 3:45 p.m. for seating.
Those who can’t get a seat will
be able to watch the meeting
via a live feed in the lobby, she
said.
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NORMAN, Okla. — Investigations
into racism at Sigma
Alpha Epsilon fraternity
chapters have extended to
college campuses in Louisiana
and Texas, the organization
said Thursday, after its
national office received word
that members in those places
had direct knowledge of a racist
chant caught on video in
Oklahoma last weekend.
Spokesman Brandon Weghorst
said the chapter at the
University of Texas at Austin
was being “fully cooperative”
and that a probe at Louisiana
Tech in Ruston was in its
early stages. He said no new
allegations had been substantiated.
“We had no idea of this
type of behavior was going on
underground,” Weghorst said
Thursday. “This is the type of
stuff (the chant), it goes underground
and it goes under
the radar.
“It’s dangerous because —
if we don’t know about it, we
can’t stop it.”
A nine-second video recorded
last weekend caught
members of the fraternity’s
University of Oklahoma
chapter singing a song that
used a derogatory term for
black people and referenced
lynching. University president
David Boren ordered the
SAE house shuttered, expelled
two students identified
as ringleaders, and said an
INDICT
continued from A1
Police Chief Lewis Coats acted
as a mark, leaving a bank
with an envelope of money,
then leaving the envelope on
the seat of his vehicle, Dixon
said.
The indictment lists two
robberies in November 2012,
then picks up again in February
2014. Dixon said when the
men were arrested that the
pause was because Walker,
the ringleader, was picked up
on a probation violation.
The dates and the amounts
stolen, according to the indictment:
Nov. 26, 2012 — $1,827;
Nov. 28, 2012 — $20,289; Feb.
28, 2014 — bag and deposit
book stolen; April 25 — $100;
July 3 — $18,000; Aug. 7 —
$1,000; Oct. 9 — undetermined
amount; Dec. 12 — $440; Dec.
12 — $329; Dec. 13 — $646; Dec.
15 — $16,832; Dec. 18 — $650;
Dec. 22 — $2,500; Dec. 24 —
$2,655; Dec. 30 — $35,000; Dec.
31 — $2,605; Jan. 2 — $100.
The grand jury considered
seven cases, returning
six true bills and declining
Friday, March 13, 2015 aMEricaN PrESS A3
Fraternity probe broadens
amid more claims of racism
man pleads guilty
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investigation into the involvement
of other members was
proceeding.
The SAE chapter at Louisiana
Tech did not immediately
respond to an email seeking
comment Thursday, but a university
spokesman said it has
been unable to substantiate
an allegation that a former
member participated in the
chant in 2010.
“Once we learned that,
we immediately got with the
current chapter president and
the leadership of that chapter
to ensure this activity wasn’t
taking place here at Louisiana
Tech,” said spokesman
Dave Guerin. “They assured
us that it wasn’t.
“We can’t really attest to
back in 2010.”
The board of trustees and
alumni of the University of
Oklahoma’s SAE chapter
released a statement Wednesday
night acknowledging the
chant surfaced at the chapter
“three to four years ago and
was not immediately and
totally stopped. It should have
been.”
At the University of Texas
in Austin, the president of
the local SAE had previously
issued a statement denying
that his chapter had ever performed
a similar chant. Luke
Cone said he could “speak on
the behalf of my fraternity
brothers that we are all profoundly
distressed” about the
language in the video.
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conspiring to distribute more
than $1.5 million worth of
cocaine and $75,000 worth of
methamphetamine, authorities
said.
Jose Gabriel Mendez, 35,
was stopped on Oct. 15 while
driving a 1996 Dodge Dakota
pickup in Calcasieu Parish,
Finley said.
Officials found 516 grams
of methamphetamine and 15
kilograms of cocaine hidden
in the four door panels and
tire jack compartment of the
vehicle, she said. Mendez will
be sentenced June 29.
Brownsville man Jack Edward
Lane, 67, a co-defendant
of Mendez’s, pleaded guilty
to drug conspiracy on Jan.
20, Finley said. He will be
sentenced April 15.
charges on one.
Kacen Lee Gragg, 21, was
indicted on one count of negligent
homicide in the March
20, 2014, death of Torrie
Jeaneé Granger.
Perkins LaFleur II, 26, was
indicted on one count of indecent
behavior with a juvenile
in connection with a Sept. 29
incident.
Christopher James Soileau,
27, was indicted on one
count of oral sexual battery
in connection with a June
incident. Soileau, who was
initially charged with rape,
had sexual contact with a
19-year-old “developmentally
delayed” woman who lived in
the same apartment complex,
authorities said.
Ricky Joseph Guidry Jr.,
31, was indicted on charges
of indecent behavior with
a juvenile and aggravated
crime against nature. He allegedly
molested a 4-year-old
between July and November.
Samuel Edward
Lovestead, 21, was indicted
on one count of indecent
behavior with a juvenile in
relation to an Oct. 11 incident.
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Some members of some
of the largest SAE chapters
in the country on Thursday
denied any knowledge of the
racist chant.
“In my four years, I never
have seen anything or heard
anything like that in my
individual chapter,” said Will
Sneed, past president of the
SAE chapter at the University
of Arkansas.
Emails sent to member
leaders at several other SAE
chapters were not returned or
were referred to the fraternity’s
national organization.
“We’re not talking about
it in any way,” said Grant
Griffith, adviser for the SAE
chapter at Auburn University.
“We’re directing all questions
and everything to national.”
Meanwhile, the University
of Oklahoma football team
expressed its outrage Thursday
in a statement calling
for fraternity leaders to be
“expelled, suspended or otherwise
disciplined severely.”
“As a team, we have come
to a consensus that, in any
organization, the leadership
is responsible for the culture
created, and in this case,
encouraged. ... Allowing this
culture to thrive goes against
everything it means to be a
Sooner,” the players said.
Two former members of
the fraternity’s now-defunct
OU chapter have issued apologies
for their role in the racist
chant.
Worker used fake ID
to enter local plant
A contract worker
pleaded guilty in federal
court Thursday to using a
fake Transportation Worker
Identification Credential
card to get into Westlake
Petrochemicals in Sulphur
on Aug. 14, authorities said.
Cristobal Vargas Zambrano,
32, will be sentenced June 29,
Finley said.
LCPD checkpoints
set for march 16, 18
The Lake Charles Police
Department will conduct
checkpoints 4-10 p.m. Monday
and Wednesday, March 16 and
18.
The grand jury declined
to indict Danielle Kathleen
Franks, 35, in connection with
the Oct. 29 death of Kaleb
Franks, 16.
Franks, of Moss Bluff,
reportedly died after he fell
off the roof of a sport utility
vehicle being driven by a
15-year-old boy down Idlebrook
Road.
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Calcasieu to vote
on Sheriff’s sales tax
enewal of a one-half percent sales tax for the Calcasieu
Parish Law Enforcement District will be
Rdecided by voters parishwide on March 28. The tax
was first approved July 15, 2006, by a 60 percent margin.
The tax would run 10 years, beginning on Oct. 1, 2016,
and expiring on Sept. 30, 2026.
Calcasieu Sheriff Tony Mancuso said in 2006 the tax
would make $16 million a year available for pay raises
and capital improvement projects. He said the department
was losing deputies because of low salaries.
Beginning pay for deputies increased from $17,500 to
$26,400. Across-the-board raises were given to hourly
personnel.
The first projects Mancuso wanted to undertake were
updating the department’s computer system, buying bulletproof
vests and upgrading weapons.
Another key goal, he said, was accumulation of a reserve
fund as a hedge against a natural disaster or other
crisis.
Mancuso rolled back a 7.58-mill property tax to 0.75
mills in 2009. It was part of a promise he made in 2006
when he was trying to get support for the one-half percent
sales tax.
An audit report said the sheriff ’s overall financial position
improved during fiscal year 2008 due largely to the
increase in sales tax collections from the passage of the
tax. The report said the tax generated about $1.8 million a
month for the sheriff ’s office.
Figures showed the sales tax generated nearly $47 million
for the sheriff ’s office from October 2006 to December
2008.
Nearly $8 million was used to purchase capital assets
and over $9 million was used for payroll. Over $10 million
went to the Louisiana Asset Management Pool (LAMP)
for investment. The audit report showed the office had
nearly $24 million in LAMP as of June 2008, and $14.6 million
of that was for the emergency fund.
Mancuso said the investment pool is used because it
gets better interest and the funds are available for expenditure.
A legislative audit for the fiscal year ending June 30,
2014, showed the Calcasieu Sheriff ’s Office had revenues
of $74.1 million and expenditures of $79.7 million.
A new accounting requirement dealing with potential
retirements caused $4.6 million of the $5.6 million deficit.
Mancuso said the other $1 million was expected and was
erased by using savings. He said it was preferable to increasing
the property tax millage that stands at 9.85 mills.
That includes an 8.25-mill tax mandated by the state, and
it has no expiration date.
The sheriff said in early February he wanted taxpayers
to know his office is financially sound and “we are good
stewards of their money and we’re going to continue to
be.”
Remember to cast your vote on March 28. The sheriff ’s
tax renewal is the only item on the Calcasieu Parish ballot.
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GOP Congressional leadership seems directionless
Eugene
Robinson
WASHINGTON — It’s been just
a few weeks since Republicans took
full control of Congress, but already
it is safe to say they have no earthly
idea of what they want to accomplish.
What we’re seeing is not just a
bit of sputtering before the GOP
machine cranks up and begins to systematically
fulfill its governing plan.
There is no plan. Republican majorities
in both the House and Senate
are so out of control that they’ve
managed a feat once thought impossible:
They make the Democratic
Party look like a model of unity and
discipline.
House Speaker John Boehner has
never really been in charge of his
caucus. But Senate Majority Leader
Mitch McConnell was supposed to be
a masterful orchestrator, a consummate
dealmaker, a skillful herder of
cats. So far, he is looking, well, kind
of Boehneresque.
McConnell should be deeply
embarrassed that a mere freshman,
Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., could invite
widespread ridicule by convincing 46
of his colleagues (including McConnell
himself) to sign a dangerously
inappropriate letter to the leaders of
the Islamic Republic of Iran. At once
bellicose and patronizing, the letter
threatens to undo any agreement
President Obama may reach on limiting
the Iranian nuclear program.
It is one thing for a rookie senator,
perhaps impressed with his new status,
to decide he can barge into sensitive
international negotiations that
are clearly the president’s to conduct.
But to convince so many others to go
along with such a bad idea suggests a
disturbing lack of adult supervision.
Predictably, Senate Republicans
who signed Cotton’s missive have
had to spend days explaining why.
The better question, in my view, is
how: Specifically, how could McConnell
allow his majority to be hijacked
in this manner?
goal.
Not that McConnell showed any
greater ability to control events during
the long and pointless fight over
funding for the Department of Homeland
Security. Senate Democrats remained
united throughout — and, in
the end, Republicans who had hoped
to reverse Obama’s executive actions
on immigration had to capitulate.
McConnell, a master of the Senate’s
arcane procedures, was reduced to
complaining about how the mean old
Democrats were using the rules to
get their way.
Did McConnell allow the scenario
to play out as a way of teaching
House Republicans the limits of
their power? If so, it was a triumph
of hope over experience. We’ve seen
this movie again and again, and it
always ends the same way: with the
House leadership apparently shocked
to learn it takes 60 votes to get anything
done in the Senate.
For all the post-election talk about
how the GOP was going to show the
nation it is capable of governing, by
now it is clear that many Republicans
in Congress do not share this
OTHER VIEWS
Forgiveness may be the best response
OTHER VIEWS
Cal
Thomas
Turn on the news and you expect
to see people of different races and
politics denouncing each other.
That’s why what happened last week
on “The Kelly File,” Megyn Kelly’s
Fox News program, was so remarkable.
Following the expulsion of Parker
Rice and Levi Pettit, two Sigma
Alpha Epsilon members at the University
of Oklahoma, upon the video
release of a racist sing-a-long they
led, Isaac Hill, the president of the
university’s Black Student Association,
told Kelly the students should
be forgiven.
Kelly, who is normally in complete
control, was stunned and nearly
speechless. It was not what she — or
any of us — expected. Judgment,
retribution, rioting, censorship,
shaming, loss of job and prestige are
the norm, not forgiveness, especially
when the offending students, at the
time, hadn’t asked for it.
Hill told Kelly: “It is not smart to
fight hate with hate. It is only logical
to fight hate with love.”
This brings to mind what Rev.
Martin Luther King Jr. said: “We
must develop and maintain the capacity
to forgive. He who is devoid of
the power to forgive is devoid of the
power to love. There is some good in
the worst of us and some evil in the
best of us. When we discover this, we
are less prone to hate our enemies.”
What would have better served the
interests of OU, Rice and Pettit and
the larger student body? Instead of
focusing on punishment and expulsion,
shutting down the fraternity
house and evicting all its residents,
the goal should have been redemption.
Redemption is a harder road to
travel, but the destination should be
to change the students’ thinking, not
bludgeon them into silence where
any racist thoughts might fester and
grow worse.
How to accomplish this?
In today’s world of instant communication,
which is different from
conversation, we know our fellow
Americans by categories. We are all
parts of groups, often pitted against
each other. The integrity of the individual
has been gobbled up by groupthink.
If you are African-American,
for example, you are supposed to be
liberal, angry at white people and
vote only for Democrats. Those who
stray from this ideological and political
plantation are to be denounced
and expelled.
What should have happened at the
University of Oklahoma and at other
universities that are now uncovering
similar racist incidents by white
students is to require them to get to
know people of different races. White
students should be mandated, as a
condition of their continued enrollment,
to spend time with students of
other races. Dine with them, take in
a basketball game with them, meet
their parents and listen as they tell
their stories. Everyone has a story,
but too many of us are unwilling to
‘For my part I know nothing with any certainty,
but the sight of the stars makes me dream.’
— Vincent Van Gogh
Since Republicans do not hold the
White House or veto-proof majorities
in either chamber, governing
requires compromise. Refusing to
make the compromises needed to
pass mandatory legislation, such
as budget appropriations, leads to
self-inflicted wounds such as government
shutdowns for which Congress
is blamed. These are not difficult
concepts to grasp.
Yet many House Republicans
— either for ideological reasons or
because they fear inviting a primary
challenge from the right — will not
compromise at all. They find it more
advantageous or satisfying to vote
50-plus times to repeal all or part of
Obamacare, knowing they have no
chance of succeeding, rather than
look for ways to make the program
work better for their constituents.
That explains Boehner’s ineffectiveness.
But what about McConnell’s?
Why hasn’t he taken the reins?
One reason is the number of Republican
senators who are thinking
about running for president. Opposition
to Obama — rather than any set
listen.
Listening to another person’s
story humanizes them and fosters
equality far more than any civil
rights legislation, or attempts to
control speech. Many people have
said that while they regard Congress
as corrupt, they like their congressman
because they know him or her.
That’s the point. Knowing someone
removes, or at least diminishes, any
stigma we might have previously associated
with a person.
In her book, “The Power of
Forgiveness: Why Revenge Doesn’t
Work,” Dr. Judith Orloff writes: “...
revenge reduces you to your worst
self, puts you on the same level with
those spiteful people we claim to
abhor.”
Isaac Hill told Megyn Kelly he
hopes the racist comments can be
used as a chance to learn and grow.
Offered several opportunities by
Kelly to criticize the white students,
Hill declined. “Those behaviors are
taught,” he said. “We are all born innocent
people.”
In the musical “South Pacific,” librettist
Oscar Hammerstein II wrote,
“You’ve got to be taught to hate.” One
can also be taught to love.
Again, Dr. King said it best: “Darkness
cannot drive out darkness; only
light can do that. Hate cannot drive
out hate; only love can do that.”
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Cal Thomas’ latest book is “What Works:
common sense solutions for a stronger
america” is available in bookstores now.
readers may email cal Thomas at tcaeditors@tribpub.com.
© 2015 Tribune content agency
of ideas, values or principles — is
the party’s North Star. So if a letter
that seeks to torpedo the president’s
Middle East policy is circulating in
the Senate cloakroom, anyone thinking
about the Iowa caucuses is going
to sign on.
Another reason might be that Mc-
Connell is simply a better counterpuncher
than initiator. Or perhaps he
just needs to rethink his approach.
His failure to get a single Democrat
to defect on the Homeland Security
votes should convince him that if he
is going to be effective in leading the
Senate, something’s going to have to
change.
As things stand, it is possible to
argue that the most capable field
marshals in Congress are Senate
Minority Leader Harry Reid and
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi.
Which makes you wonder just what
in the world the Republican Party
thinks it might be accomplishing.
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Eugene Robinson’s email address is eugenerobinson@washpost.com.
© 2015, Washington Post Writers Group

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Voters headed back to polls today
By Doris Maricle
dmaricle@americanpress.com
Voters in Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu
and Jeff Davis parishes head
to the polls today to decide on the renewal
and continuation of a number
of tax propositions for roads, bridges
and law enforcement salaries.
There are no elections slated in
Cameron or Vernon parishes.
The ballot will include property
taxes for roads and bridges in Allen
Parish and drainage in Jeff Davis
Tireless animal
champion dies
in auto crash
By Justin B. Phillips
jphillips@americanpress.com
A fatal car accident in Iowa on
Tuesday claimed the life of 44-yearold
Molly Frank, a dog trainer who
worked with a number of local
animal rescue organizations. Frank
founded Bridge to Life with Melissa
Spell and played a vital role in Lake
Area K-9.
Her training helped establish The
Positive Pit Project, which provides
service dogs to veterans who have
post-traumatic stress disorder.
Through her training efforts, Frank
was widely recognized by those associated
with the organization as a
driving force behind its success. With
Frank now gone, a handful of the animals
associated with the Positive Pit
Project are left without a seasoned
trainer or a place to call home.
Renee Smith with Lake Charles Pit
Bull Rescue said the loss has slowed
many of the functions of the organization.
Smith said getting assistance
from the community to find places
for the dogs, which are being held at
Downtown Animal Hospital, is more
important than ever. The dogs awaiting
homes include a 1-year-old Great
Dane mix named Cayla, a 4-year-old
beagle mix named Dozer, a 2-year-old
mixed breed named Storm, and a
3-year-old Chesapeake Bay retriever
and Labrador retriever mix named
Knoxx.
“Right now, we’re having to pay
for the boarding and vetting of those
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By Frank DiCesare
fdicesare@americanpress.com
A video of the West Fork bridge
posted to Facebook this week has residents
questioning whether it’s safe for
commuters.
The 26-second video shows large
Parish. A special election is being
held in Beauregard Parish to fill a
Merryville alderman’s seat.
Calcasieu Parish voters will
decide on the renewal of a half-cent
sales tax to maintain salaries and
provide for future cost-of-living increases
for the Calcasieu Parish Law
Enforcement District, which includes
the Sheriff ’s Office.
Polls will be open 7 a.m.-8 p.m. Voters
should bring a driver’s license, a
Louisiana special ID or some other
generally recognized picture ID.
Ballot items in Southwest Louisiana:
Allen Parish
Continuation of a 10-year, 22.03-mill tax
for roads and bridges in Road District
1 in the Oberlin area. It represents a
0.57-mill increase and will generate
$225,740 annually.
Renewal of a 10-year, 8.03-mill tax for
roads and bridges in Sub-Road District
1 of Road District 1, including rural
areas of Oberlin and Grant. It will generate
$17,100 annually.
Change of command
Special to the American Press
Command of the Joint Readiness Training Center and Fort Polk changed
hands Friday at Fort Polk’s Warrior Field, with Brig. Gen. William B. Hickman
relinquishing command to Brig. Gen. Timothy P. McGuire.
Video displays West Fork bridge pile damage
cracks in several of the drawbridge’s
concrete piles, which hold the structure
above the Calcasieu River. One pile
has a crack that runs from its top area
down to the water.
“That’s bad, yeah, that’s bad,” says a
person in the video.
But a spokeswoman for the state
Saturday, March 28, 2015
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Department of Transportation and
Development says the bridge is safe to
cross.
Deidra Druilhet, public information
officer for DOTD, said the department
is aware of the situation. She said the
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Continuation of a 10-year, 35.79-mill tax
for roads and bridges in Road District
3 in the Reeves and LeBlanc area. It
represents at 1.02-mill increase. It will
generate $457,680 annually.
Renewal of a 10-year, 30.19-mill tax for
roads and bridges in Road District 4,
including the rural areas of Oberlin,
Grant, Mittie, Elizabeth and Oakdale. It
will generate $153,970 annually.
Renewal of a separate 10-year, 21.14-
mill tax for roads and bridges in Road
District 4, including the rural areas of
Oberlin, Grant, Mittie, Elizabeth and
By Frank DiCesare
fdicesare@americanpress.com
Sasol executives on Friday
broke ground on the company’s
multibillion-dollar ethane
cracker and derivatives complex.
More than 200 guests
gathered in Westlake for the
ceremony to commemorate the
beginning of the $8.9 billion
project. Scheduled for operation
in early 2018, Sasol’s ethane
cracker is expected to produce
1.5 million tons of ethylene,
tripling the company’s current
output.
Ethylene is a vital component
in the manufacturing of
synthetic fibers, detergents,
paints and fragrances. The
complex will also crack ethane
Oakdale. It will generate $107,810 annually.
Renewal of a 10-year, 2.79-mill tax for
roads and bridges in Sub-Road District
5A, including rural areas of Soileau,
Grant, Elizabeth and Oakdale. It will
generate $89,280 annually.
Beauregard Parish
A special alderman’s race in Merryville
between Sheila Brown and Jackie M.
Womack to fill the seat vacated by
See POLLS, A6
Sasol breaks
ground on ethane
cracker project
By Johnathan Manning
jmanning@americanpress.com
to produce commodity and
specialty chemicals, which will
be marketed globally.
Steve Cornell, Sasol’s executive
vice president of internal
operations, called the ceremony
“a defining moment” in Sasol’s
65-year history.
“By the time construction is
complete, the investment Sasol
will make on this site for this
project will be almost $9 billion,
making it one of the largest
investments we’ve made in our
history,” Cornell said.
He said the ethane cracker
complex in the future will serve
as a hub for Sasol’s U.S. operations.
“We’ve got enough land
and enough infrastructure to
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Garrick takes plea deal,
avoids murder trials
A Lake Charles man charged
with attempted second-degree
murder in separate cases
reached a plea deal Thursday in
state district court.
Frankie Joseph Garrick, 25,
who was shot during a confrontation
with police in December
2012, pleaded guilty to aggravated
battery and aggravated
assault with a motor vehicle
upon a police officer. Garrick
is to be sentenced June 25. Garrick
faces up to 10 years on each
charge.
Garrick faced a total of three
counts of attempted seconddegree
murder. But one, from
2011, was amended to aggravated
battery, and two others
stemming from a 2009 incident
were dropped.
In the May 19, 2011, incident,
Garrick shot another man in
the back on See Street, the
bullet lodging in a disc in the
man’s spine, according to the
offense report. The victim told
police the shooting happened
“over a girl” and that Garrick
had asked him to go to See
Street to discuss the situation.
After some arguing, Garrick
said “we gone handle this the
street way” and shot the man,
according to a witness in the
offense report. Witnesses identified
the shooter as “Tiger,”
which was Garrick’s nickname.
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dogs,” Smith said. “So we’re
asking that if anybody would
like to donate in memory of
Molly Frank to Downtown
Animal Hospital for the care
of these dogs is more than
welcome to.”
The basic vetting cost for a
dog in The Positive Pit Project
can exceed $700. Each dog that
is trained and presented to a
veteran through the program
has received about 300 hours
of documented training that
covers everything from basic
obedience to “public access”
training.
The costs are usually covered
by sponsors’ donations.
Smith said three of the most
recent dogs were sponsored by
a local prayer group, Ironclad
Title and Billy Navarre. She
went on to say that another
pair of dogs without sponsors
that are matched with veterans
through the program are
in need of supplies like vests,
patches, dog beds, food and
training logs.
While the emphasis is on
finding homes for the remaining
dogs in the program, Smith
said every aspect of the current
situation is a reminder of just
how great a loss the program
has suffered.
“We could have never
started The Positive Pit Project
without Molly,” Smith said.
“She loved the animals. She
SASOL
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future,” he said.
Louisiana House Speaker
Chuck Kleckley, R-Lake
Charles, said Sasol’s project has
helped put Southwest Louisiana
“on the map.”
“People from all across the
country and all across the
world are looking at us,” Kleckley
said. “We have no other
opportunity but to do this right
and support you with resources
you need to succeed in Southwest
Louisiana. We love your $8
billion, but we want more.”
Westlake Mayor Bob Hardey
said the “ripple-down effect”
Sasol’s project will have in the
community “is immense” and
will reach all the way to the
city’s children.
“I’ve always referred to
Westlake as the land of milk
and honey,” Hardey said. “People
always say, ‘But in Westlake
you’ve all got that smell.’ I say
to them, ‘That smells like rice
and gravy.’ ”
Sasol’s groundbreaking
comes just two months after the
company announced it would
delay final investment decision
on its $11 billion gas-to-liquids
complex, which would be the
first of its kind in the United
States.
Fleetwood Grobler, Sasol’s
executive vice president for
chemicals business at its corporate
headquarters in Johannesburg,
South Africa, said the
company has not yet made a
decision on when it will move
ahead with the GTL project.
“I think we want to see more
certainty around (oil prices)
before we proceed and look at
opportunities and all of the
assumptions that go into crude
prices,” Grobler said. “I won’t
be able to give you a fixed date
because it is still a fluid situation.”
Mike Thomas, Sasol’s senior
vice president for U.S. operations,
said the 2,200-acre site
on which the ethane cracker
complex will be built will also
be used for the GTL facility.
The ethane cracker will be
constructed on about 700 acres,
Thomas said. Much of the
remaining acreage, he said, will
be reserved for the GTL plant.
Construction on the ethane
cracker is underway. Thomas
said Sasol has about 600 construction
workers and engineers
working on the site. “The
ramp-up (of workers) is beginning
right now,” he said. “We
will have thousands of workers
on site my mid-2016.”
At peak, the project is expected
to create about 5,000 construction
jobs. It will also create
500 permanent jobs, about
100 of which have already been
filled, officials have said.
Mike Hayes, Sasol’s public
affairs manager, said the company
is conducting monthly
testing for prospective employees
at the Calcasieu Business
and Career Solutions Center in
Lake Charles. All job seekers
who want to work for Sasol
must pass a written test, which
is offered at the center.
“Hopefully we will be able to
start filling our operations and
maintenance and laboratory
jobs at a pretty good rate,” he
said. “So testing once a month
right now says we want our
qualified local population to go
down, sign up and test.”
loved the veterans. She gave her
whole heart to this project, and
that’s one of the main reasons
we want to get these animals
adopted. Molly would have
wanted that.”
The Positive Pit Project is
the culmination of the combined
efforts of Lake Charles
Pit Bull Rescue, Lake Area K-9,
and A Bridge to Life.
For more information on
how to donate, visit the Facebook
pages of The Positive
Pit Project and A Bridge to
Life. Donations are also being
accepted at Downtown Animal
Hospital, at 113 Clarence St.
A memorial service for
Frank will be at 2 p.m. today,
March 28, in Johnson Funeral
Home. A gofundme.com page
has been set up for Frank’s
three children to help cover funeral
expenses. More information
is at www.gofundme.com/
pygvd0.
DEAL
Continued from A1
Garrick turned himself in
to police in September 2011.
On Dec. 28, 2012, while
Garrick was out on $75,000
bond, he led police on a
vehicle chase through Lake
Charles, hitting an officer on
foot and sideswiping a patrol
vehicle.
Garrick and a passenger
in the vehicle, Jordan
Jamarl Brown, were both
wounded by police. Garrick
was held without bail in
the Calcasieu Correctional
Center after the incident.
POLLS
Continued from A1
Mance M. Stark, who resigned
in december after moving to
texas.
Calcasieu Parish
Renewal of a 10-year, half-cent
sales tax for the Calcasieu Parish
Law Enforcement district
for salaries and future cost-ofliving
increases, as well as continued
funding of the Patrol
and Corrections divisions and
related law enforcement functions;
maintenance of emergency
fund balance or reserve;
and to provide continuity in
operations. It will generate $23
million annually.
Jeff Davis Parish
Renewal of a 10-year, 10.99-mill
property tax for gravity drainage
works in Gravity drainage
district 5, north of Lacassine. It
will generate $14,935 annually.
BRIDGE
Continued from A1
cracks were caused by methane
buildup over time.
Druilhet said the bridge’s
large number of piles have
prevented an “appreciable
drop in its load-carrying
capacity.”
“There has been no drop
in its ability to carry the load
it was designed to carry,” she
said. “(The bridge) is still safe
for the traveling public.”
DOTD inspects all of the
state’s bridges a minimum of
every two years. She said the
department is looking into
making “possible cosmetic
repairs” to the bridge.
Earlier this month,
representatives from the
Imperial Calcasieu Regional
Planning and Development
Commission met with local
officials in Lake Charles
for the release of the twovolume
report “Lake Charles
Urbanized Area, MTP 2040,”
a 25-year blueprint of the
transportation improvements,
priorities and goals
for Calcasieu Parish.
The report outlines up to
$500 million in projects for
the parish, including replacing
the West Fork bridge
sometime between 2021 and
2030.
Druilhet said she was
not familiar with IMCAL’s
report and could not answer
if the department expects the
bridge to remain structurally
sound for at least the next six
years.
District 1 Calcasieu Police
Juror Shannon Spell said
he believes replacing the
bridge should be one of the
“highest-priority projects” in
the area.
Spell said he could not
comment on the bridge’s
structural integrity.
“I haven’t had any access
to any structural evaluation
of the bridge,” he said. “For
me to comment I would have
to review any of DOTD’s
evaluations, and I haven’t.”
The bridge connects Moss
Bluff to Westlake along La.
378.
FROM PAGE A1 l STATE
Man tests positive for drugs,
state judge revokes bond
By the Associated Press
BATON ROUGE — A Denham Springs
man accused of injecting his girlfriend
with a lethal dose of heroin in July 2013
is back to jail after authorities say he
flunked two drug tests this week while
awaiting trial on a second-degree murder
charge.
State District Judge Don Johnson, at
the request of East Baton Rouge Parish
prosecutors, revoked Jarret McCasland’s
bond Thursday and said he will remain
behind bars until his trial. A trial date
has not been set.
The Advocate reports the 26-year-old
McCasland was arrested in October 2013
in the death of 19-year-old Flavia Cardenas
and was released in May on $265,000
bond.
McCasland, who has pleaded not
By the Associated Press
Son arrested in connection
with father’s shooting death
NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans
police have arrested a 35-year-old man in
connection with the shooting death of
his father.
Thirty-five-year-old Herbert Meyers
III was arrested Friday. The victim in
Sunday night’s shooting was 54-year-old
Herbert Meyers Jr.
The elder Meyers was found dead
in his home in New Orleans’ Gentilly
neighborhood. The son had told police
he returned home Sunday night and
found his father inside the house with
gunshot wounds. Police said the son
also told them he had exchanged gunfire
outside the house with two men.
But police announced Friday afternoon
that U.S. marshals arrested the
younger Meyers in Metairie on a charge
of second-degree murder.
Coroner: Prisoner in New
Orleans jail killed himself
NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans’
coroner says preliminary autopsy results
indicate that an inmate found in a holding
cell in the city’s notorious prison this
guilty in the murder case, faces an
automatic sentence of life in prison if
convicted as charged.
Assistant District Attorney Will
Morris filed a motion to revoke that
bond after McCasland was arrested in
Baton Rouge in July on a count of simple
battery. He posted a $2,500 bond on that
count and was released the day after his
arrest.
Johnson ordered McCasland to report
for bond supervision in August.
Assistant District Attorney Robert
Savage then filed another motion to
revoke McCasland’s bond in the murder
case after he was arrested in Livingston
Parish in January on possession of the
pain pill Hydrocodone.
At a hearing Thursday on the revocation
motions, Johnson was informed by
BRIEFLY
week killed himself with a telephone
cord.
Coroner Jeffrey C. Rouse says Ryan
Miller’s autopsy took place with an independent
forensic pathologist chosen by
Miller’s family present.
Rouse says a final determination
about Miller’s death will be made after
further investigation. Toxicology results
are pending.
Miller had been charged with aggravated
rape involving a 12-year-old victim.
He was found Monday night with a
telephone cord around his neck and died
early Tuesday.
Miller’s death renewed concerns
about the progress of court-ordered
reforms at Orleans Parish Prison, where
court testimony this week indicates he
was left alone despite having expressed
suicidal thoughts.
Female prisoner from
Assumption Parish caught
NAPOLEONVILLE — Assumption
Parish sheriff ’s deputies say a 30-yearold
Napoleonville woman who escaped
from custody while being transported to
Avoyelles Women’s Correction Center is
back in custody.
Sheriff Mike Waguespack tells The
Amber Kepper with Criminal Justice
Service — a bond supervision program
— that McCasland tested positive for
cocaine Monday and Wednesday.
The judge quickly revoked Mc-
Casland’s bond, and East Baton Rouge
Parish sheriff ’s deputies took him from
the courtroom.
District Attorney Hillar Moore III has
said the second-degree murder charge
against McCasland is based on allegations
the heroin was the direct cause of
Cardenas’ July 26, 2013, death.
McCasland’s attorney, Rodney Messina,
reiterated Thursday that cocaine and
other substances besides heroin were
found in Cardenas’ body after her death.
The central issue in the case, he said, is
whether the heroin in her system caused
her death.
Advocate Felicia Daigle was arrested
Thursday on theft charges and was not
considered armed or dangerous.
Waguespack said Avoyelles Women’s
Correction Center holds the parish’s female
pre-trial prisoners. He says Daigle
was being transported there Thursday
evening when she apparently opened the
door of the van, got out and started running
near the intersection of Louisiana
Highway 69 and 70.
Waguespack says Daigle was capture
at about 10:20 p.m.
Marksville man killed in
single-vehicle accident
MARKSVILLE — State police are investigating
a fatal accident in Avoyelles
Parish.
Master Trooper Scott Moreau says a
pickup driven by 21-year-old Cody Lemoine
of Marksville ran off parish road
early Friday morning and hit a tree.
Moreau says a passenger in the truck,
20-year-old as Everett Scallon, also of
Marksville, was pronounced dead at the
scene.
He says Lemoine suffered moderate
injuries and is being treated at hospital
in Marksville.

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Multiplying
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A fifth-grade
math problem
Here is how a student in Danielle Palmore’s fifth-grade class at
St. John Elementary successfully answered three questions on a
recent test about 10 kittens in an animal shelter.
weight of kittens
in the animal shelter (lb)
1
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use the line plot at left for questions 1-3.
1. How many kittens weigh at least 3/8 of a pound?
2. What is the combined weight
of all the kittens?
3. What is the average weight of the
kittens at the shelter?
Parish voters renew
law enforcement tax
By Justin B. Phillips
iff ’s Office had revenues of
The tax renewal
jphillips@americanpress.com
$74.1 million and expenditures
of $79.7 million. The
passed 83 percent
Calcasieu Parish residents
$5.6 million in expenditures
voted to renew a one-half percent
sales tax for the Calca-
to a change in governmental
to 17 percent with over revenue was due, in part,
sieu Parish Law Enforcement 8 percent voter accounting standards in 2009
District.
to include the amount of
The tax renewal passed by turnout.
money an entity would have
a vote of 8,569-1,734, or 83 percent
to 17 percent, with 8 per-
Voters in Allen and Jeff Davis to retire did so, according
More inSiDe
to spend if everyone eligible
cent voter turnout, according parishes and Merryville also to representatives from the
to the Louisiana Secretary of voted on Saturday. a4
accounting firm that handled
State’s Office.
the audit.
The tax was originally have also been put toward
In February, Mancuso
approved in July 2006, by a upgrading equipment and the
told the American Press the
60 percent margin. When the creation of a reserve fund for
sheriff ’s office is financially
tax was approved, Calcasieu natural disasters or other crisis.
Between October 2006 and
sound and taxpayers should
Sheriff Tony Mancuso said
know “we are good stewards
it would generate $16 million December 2008, the sales tax
of their money and we’re going
to continue to be.”
a year to be used, in part, generated nearly $47 million
to pay for raises and capital for the sheriff ’s office.
The tax will last 10 years,
improvement projects.
A 2014 legislative audit
beginning on Oct. 1, 2016, and
Over the years, the funds showed the Calcasieu Sher-
expiring on Sept. 30, 2026.
Vietnam veterans honored
By Justin B. Phillips
jphillips@americanpress.com
Grade
EXPLORING THE
5
NEW STANDARDS
editor’s note: This is the sixth which is officially written as
installment of a nine-part Sunday “Apply and extend previous
series that will highlight one understandings of multiplication
to multiply a fraction
Common Core standard in English
language arts and one in math for or whole number by a fraction.”
grades K-8. This week, fifth-grade
standards are featured.
Palmore said students
usually come to her with
By Kara carrier
a good understanding of
kcarrier@americanpress.com fractions from the previous
anielle Palmore,
a fifth-
them a refresher. She said
grade, but she stills gives
grade math
she then starts teaching the
and science
standard by using concrete
visual strategies such as area
teacher at St.
models, number lines, dominos,
cards, dice and word
John Elementary,
said that using visuals
problems.
to help students understand
“I always start with pictures
and lots of area mod-
multiplying fractions is the
key to mastering Common els,” Palmore said. “When I
Core math standard 5.NF.4., start teaching multiplication
Concrete visuals
help students
master fractions
of fractions, I use the word
‘of ’ such as taking two-thirds
of one-fourth.”
She said this method helps
students understand because
most of them assume the
product of a fraction times a
fraction will be greater than
the factors. However, Palmore
said, the product will be less
than both factors because
students are taking a part of
a part.
Palmore said when working
with fractions, it’s important
for students to have
a solid, concrete understanding
of them before moving to
more abstract concepts. She
said to help reinforce this,
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speakers praising the
sacrifice of service members
while others shared
stories from the battlefield
only a select few could relate
to. The idea behind the day
is to commend a generation
that, for a time, went unappreciated.
Elected officials from
across the city and state
attended the function,
including Calcasieu Parish
District Attorney John
DeRosier, who served as the
event’s guest speaker.
Mayor Randy Roach gave
the opening remarks to the
crowd gathered on the lakefront.
He began by talking
about a special resolution
passed in the most recent
state legislative session
commending and recognizing
the military history of
the USS Orleck, designating
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it as “the official Vietnam
memorial museum ship of
A member of the Louisiana National Guard stands next to a
the state of Louisiana.” statue of 1st Lt. Douglas B. Fournet on Saturday during a Vietnam
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OUR VIEW
Could have waited to
vote on tax
t seems there should be a more efficient way of doing
things than having only one item on a ballot on elec-
day. Ition
That was the case March 28 when Calcasieu’s voters
passed a one-half percent sales tax for the parish’s law
enforcement district.
The tax was an important decision for Calcasieu’s
voters, but it could have been put on the ballot on a date
when there were other items as well, which would have
saved money.
The tax passed by a landslide (8,569 votes for to 1,734
against) and moving it to another date with other items
likely wouldn’t have affected the outcome at all — tax
renewals typically pass in Calcasieu Parish.
The 10,303 voters that went out actually wasn’t a terrible
turnout when you consider there was just the one
issue to be decided and that was a tax.
Compared to November’s election, when nearly 50
percent of the parish’s voting public went out to vote
for heated district attorney and senatorial races, the 8.3
percent of voters that turned out Saturday seems a paltry
number. When compared against similar races with
other items on the ballot, though, Saturday’s turnout
was only slightly less than the norm. Consider the May
2014 election, when Sulphur had a mayoral runoff. While
more than 30 percent of Sulphur’s voters showed up, two
parishwide tax renewals were also on that ballot, each
drawing a 9.2 percent turnout.
There were also two parishwide taxes decided in the
April 2014 Sulphur election for mayor and city council.
More than 28 percent of Sulphur voters went out to vote,
but only 13 percent of the parish went out to vote on two
taxes, both of which easily passed.
Those numbers suggest that tax votes don’t draw the
same response as other items on the ballot.
Getting voters out to vote at all these days, especially
for just one item, is a hefty proposition. Then there are
the man hours spent setting up voting machines, the
workers who man the stations and the workers who tally
the votes.
All that money and effort would be better spent for
more items on the ballot.
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WASHINGTON — Whatever else
the Obama administration accomplished
in the Iran nuclear framework,
it did a good job keeping the
bar of expectations low and then
clearing it.
Many assumed various provisions
would last 10 years or less; most are
for 15 years or more. Many expected
the number of operating centrifuges
to exceed 6,000; the target is lower.
Many expected the total amount of
fissile material Iran is allowed to
keep to be higher than the agreed 300
kg. These achievements created an
initial halo of success.
But, as former National Security
Adviser Stephen Hadley emphasized
to me, “things that seem too good to
be true usually are.” In the days of
Cold War arms control agreements,
Soviet negotiators would join in the
announcement of notional goals.
Later, they would claim that some elements
would not fly with Moscow. The
strategy was to pocket elements of
consensus, then use this as the starting
point for new negotiations and
additional American concessions.
Tehran can be expected to use
every ambiguity in the agreement to
its advantage as goals are converted
into the language of a final deal.
Disagreements are already emerging
between the Obama administration
and the Iranians on how and when
sanctions will be lifted in exchange
for compliance, with Foreign Minister
Javad Zarif essentially accusing
the White House of deception.
Given the months of hard negotiations
ahead, the self-congratulatory
tone of President Obama’s speech
announcing the agreement was
extremely premature. “Depending on
what we learn about critical details,”
says professor Peter Feaver of Duke
University, “this is not spiking in the
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Iran’s remarkable achievement
Michael
Gerson
end zone. It is spiking on the 5-yard
line.”
A number of issues seem murky.
What becomes of all the fissile
material Iran has apparently agreed
to export? What is done with the
decommissioned centrifuges and
infrastructure, to make sure they
can’t be easily reinstalled during a
breakout attempt? What is the pace
and ordering of sanctions relief by
the U.S., the European Union and
the United Nations? How fully will
Iran be required to account for past
military dimensions of its nuclear
programs?
But the largest question will not
be answered by the next stage of
nuclear negotiations. Will this agreement
give the Iranian regime cover
for what it is currently doing in the
Middle East — actively spreading its
influence and threatening our allies?
Negotiations on the nuclear issue
have taken place in isolation from the
ballistic missile issue; the terrorism
issue; the regional destabilization
issue.
For all the praise Obama is claiming,
it is the Iranian regime that
counts the most remarkable achievement.
It has engaged in nuclear negotiations
with America while actively
engaged in a regional conflict against
American friends and proxies. Since
Obama has prioritized the nuclear
negotiations — the only alternative
to which, he constantly reminds us,
is war — other concessions have
seemed small in comparison. Opposition
to Bashar al-Assad has become
muted, even as he crosses every
blood-red line of brutality, in order
to avoid disrupting relations with his
Iranian patron. Human rights issues
within Iran have become secondary,
to avoid giving offense. Obama has
sometimes seemed more tolerant and
empathetic toward Iranian positions
than those of allies and partners
such as Israel.
Will Iran continue to hold American
policy in the Middle East hostage
— causing the U.S. to hush its
reactions to Iranian aggression for
fear the regime will walk out of a
nuclear deal? This is precisely what
American friends in the region fear.
The real test — for allies and for
members of the U.S. Congress — will
be whether Obama can accompany
a final nuclear agreement with a
much more aggressive resistance to
Iranian ambitions in places such as
Syria, Iraq and Yemen. Otherwise,
Iran will simply use the wealth that
comes from lifted sanctions to cause
more havoc.
If Iran is treated as a normal nation
simply because of its nuclear cooperation
— if it interprets a deal as
a green light for its actions in the region
— neither America’s traditional
allies nor members of Congress will
sustain Obama’s nuclear agreement
in the long term. And the support
of Congress could be dramatically
helpful in surrounding a deal with
snap-back sanctions and the preauthorization
of military force in the
event of an Iranian breach.
To secure his nuclear deal with
Iran, Obama must show resistance to
Iranian aggression across the range
of our relationship.
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Michael Gerson’s email address is michaelgerson@washpost.com.
© 2015, Washington post Writers Group
‘Failure is the key to success; each mistake teaches us something.’
— Morihei Ueshiba
Christianity created the modern world
Rich
Lowry
Perhaps the most important event
in Western history occurred on the
road to Damascus, when Saul of Tarsus
fell to the ground and converted
from a persecutor of Christians to a
believer himself.
His writings as the Apostle Paul
make him arguably, as Larry Siedentop
writes in his new intellectual history
“Inventing the Individual,” the
greatest revolutionary the world has
ever known. Paul upset the assumptions
of the ancient world and created
the moral basis for modernity as
we know it.
In his revelatory book, Siedentop
explains how Christianity undergirded
the development of Western
liberalism, albeit slowly, with many
detours, and sometimes inadvertently.
It cleared the space for individual
rights and ultimately for secularism
itself, such that nearly everyone
today — left and right, believers and
militant atheists — stands on ground
created by Christian moral premises.
Rather than the story of Christianity
being a tale of unrelieved darkness
and repression, as the hostile
version has it, running straight from
the Crusades and Inquisition to the
contemporary low point of Indiana’s
Religious Freedom Restoration Act,
it created a world uniquely suited to
human dignity and flourishing.
Siedentop begins his story with
the ancients. The Greeks and Romans
of prehistory weren’t secular;
the family was a religious cult run by
the paterfamilias and suffused with
ritual and assumptions of social inequality.
Even if you are pro-family,
you can agree that ancestor worship
... takes it a little far.
The key distinction at this time,
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Siedentop points out, wasn’t between
public and private spheres, but between
public and domestic spheres,
the latter characterized by the family
with its rigidly defined hierarchical
roles. There was no room for the individual
with his or her own rights.
“The most distinctive thing about
Greek and Roman antiquity,” Siedentop
writes, “is what might be called
‘moral enclosure,’ in which the limits
of personal identity were established
by the limits of physical association
and inherited, unequal social roles.”
Christianity set in motion something
completely different. It emphasized
the moral equality of all people,
and it made individual conscience a
central concern.
“For Paul,” Siedentop writes, “the
love of God revealed in the Christ imposes
opportunities and obligations
on the individual as such, that is, on
conscience.” The source of authority
had been reversed: “Increasingly
it was to be found ‘below,’ in human
agency and conscience, rather than
‘above’ in coercive eternal ideas.”
This was a radical development
that contained the seeds of the liberties
we enjoy today. The story of the
West is, in part, the often-serpentine
working out of these new intellectual
currents. That story includes, among
other things, monasticism, the split
between temporal and spiritual
power, and the canon lawyers who
began to set out a system of law that
honored the rights of the individual.
Rather than the Middle Ages being
the time of stagnation of popular
imagination, they were a period of
important intellectual ferment.
Enforced belief, Siedentop writes,
became a contradiction in terms,
and eventually the intuitions of
Christianity were turned against the
institutional church itself, meaning
that “secularism is Christianity’s gift
to the world.”
This is often obscured because
Renaissance humanism looked back
favorably to antiquity, and secular
authorities had to assert themselves
to suppress the violence of the wars
of religion of the 16th century. Both
trends, according to Siedentop, “suggested
that the emergent secularism
or proto-liberalism had little to do
with the moral intuitions generated
by Christianity, but rather that their
inspiration should be located in antiquity
and paganism.” (It didn’t help
that Europe long had a church that
was associated with aristocracy and
hierarchy.)
Some Muslim writers, Siedentop
points out, refer to “Christian
secularism,” which isn’t quite the
outlandish oxymoron it sounds.
“Strikingly,” he writes, “in its first
centuries Christianity spread by
persuasion, not by force of arms —
in contrast to the early spread of
Islam.”
Therein lies a tale, one upon
which our world depends.
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Rich Lowry can be reached via email: comments.lowry@nationalreview.com.
© 2015, King Features Syndicate

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NatioN l World
By The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Democratic
senators are intent on changing a
bill that would give Congress a say
in an emerging nuclear deal with
Iran — tweaks that could make it
more palatable to President Barack
Obama, who called two key senators
on Wednesday to lobby against
undermining diplomatic efforts to
end a standoff with Tehran.
The president’s calls to Republican
Sen. Bob Corker, chairman of
the Foreign Relations Committee,
and the committee’s top Democrat,
Sen. Ben Cardin of Maryland,
were the latest consultations in
the White House’s robust lobbying
campaign to convince Congress
that an international framework
agreement reached last week is the
best way to prevent Tehran from
developing a nuclear weapon.
“I am trying to bridge the differences
here - not that I feel I’ll be
able to get the president as a cheerleader
to the bill but try to deal
with some legitimate concerns,”
Cardin said in an interview.
Cardin, who spoke with the
president for about 15 minutes, said
he hopes an amended bill can carry
out two purposes: provide Congress
with an orderly way to review any
final agreement reached with Iran
and mandate periodic reports on
compliance so Congress can take
action if Iran violates a final deal -
if it can be reached.
Obama has threatened to veto
the bill, which was introduced by
Corker of Tennessee and Sen. Bob
Menendez, D-N.J.
Standing by the president,
House Democratic leader Nancy
Pelosi voiced her opposition to the
Corker-Menendez bill, saying it
undermines the ongoing nuclear
negotiations and constructs an
“unnecessary hurdle to achieving a
strong, final agreement.”
“To force Congress to weigh
in now on the Iran nuclear talks
before a final deal has been completed
would be a reckless rush
to judgment,” Pelosi said, adding
that more than 50 foreign policy
and military leaders have urged
Congress not to take any action
that would impede progress toward
reaching a final deal.
Obama lobbies Congress
on Iran; Dems seek changes
By The Associated Press
SANAA, Yemen — Iran dispatched
a destroyer and another
naval ship to waters off Yemen on
Wednesday, raising the stakes amid
a Saudi-led air campaign targeting
Iranian-backed Shiite rebels fighting
forces loyal to the country’s
embattled president.
The Iranian maneuver came as
the U.S. deepened its support for
the Saudi-led coalition, boosting
weapons supplies and intelligencesharing
and carrying out the first
U.S. aerial refueling mission of
coalition fighter jets.
The Iranian warships were sent
to the strategic Bab al-Mandab
strait as part of an anti-piracy campaign
to “safeguard naval routes
for vessels in the region,” Iranian
Rear Adm. Habibollah Sayyari was
quoted as saying by the Englishlanguage
state broadcaster Press
TV.
Securing navigation in the
narrow strait was a key reason
for the Saudi-led air and maritime
blockade that began after Yemen’s
internationally recognized president,
Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi,
fled the country two weeks ago as
the rebels closed in on Aden, Yemen’s
second-largest city where he
was based.
The fighting has pitted forces
loyal to Hadi against the Shiite
rebels, known as Houthis, and allied
military units who back ousted
President Ali Abdullah Saleh.
Critics say Shiite powerhouse Iran
backs the Houthis, though both the
Islamic Republic and the rebels
deny any direct military assistance.
On Wednesday, Iranian Parliament
Speaker Ali Larijani condemned
the Saudi government,
accusing it of committing crimes
against humanity in Yemen during
airstrikes that hit civilian areas.
His comments, carried by the official
Iran news agency, came as
Iranian diplomats worked to erode
support among Sunni nations for
the air campaign, visiting Pakistan
and Turkey, both supporters of
the Saudi-led coalition, and Oman,
the only Gulf country that has
abstained from participating in the
military operation.
Iran sends navy
vessels to yemen
By The Associated Press
BAGHDAD — The Islamic State
group released more than 200
Yazidis on Wednesday after holding
them for eight months, the
latest mass release of captives by
the extremists targeted by U.S.-led
airstrikes and an Iraqi ground offensive.
Gen. Hiwa Abdullah, a peshmerga
commander in the northern
Iraqi city of Kirkuk, said most of
the freed 216 prisoners were in poor
health and bore signs of abuse and
neglect. He added that about 40
children are among those released,
while the rest were elderly.
No reason was given for the
release of the prisoners who were
originally abducted from the area
around Sinjar in the country’s
north. The handover took place in
Himera just southwest of Kirkuk,
290 kilometers (180 miles) north of
Baghdad.
The freed captives wept and
called out to God when greeted by
their families, some so weak they
lay on the arid ground. Women
wiped away tears with their long
headscarves.
“We are very happy now,” said
Mahmoud Haji, one of the released
Yazidis. “We were worried that
they were taking us to Syria and
Raqqa,” the Islamic State group’s
de facto capital.
Those needing medical care
were taken away by ambulances
and buses to receive treatment.
Also among those released was
Jar-Allah Frensis, a 88-year-old
Christian farmer, and his wife.
Frensis said the militants broke
into his house in Sinjar and arrested
him along with his wife and son.
Then, the family was separated and
the son was taken away. He said he
still doesn’t know what happened
to his son.
“The militants took all of our
money and jewelry. We have been
living under constant fear till our
release,” Frensis told The Associated
Press.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban
Ki-moon welcomed the release, his
spokesman said.
Islamic State group
releases over 200
By The Associated Press
KABUL, Afghanistan — An Afghan
soldier shot and killed a U.S.
soldier and wounded several others
Wednesday before being shot dead,
the first so-called “insider attack”
to target NATO troops since they
ended their combat mission at the
start of the year.
The shooting happened after Afghan
provincial leaders met a U.S.
Embassy official at the compound
of the Nangarhar provincial governor
in the city of Jalalabad. All
U.S. Embassy staff were accounted
for and safe, the diplomatic mission
said.
“Right after the U.S. official had
left, suddenly an Afghan army soldier
opened fire on the U.S. soldiers
who were present in the compound,”
said Afghan Gen. Fazel
Ahmad Sherzad, the police chief
for eastern Nangarhar province
The American troops returned
fire, killing the Afghan soldier,
whom Sherzad identified as Abdul
Azim of Laghman province.
The motive for his attack was
not immediately known and no
group claimed responsibility for
the assault. In past attacks, Taliban
insurgents have been known
to wear Afghan police or military
uniforms to stage attacks on the
international troops. Others have
opened fire apparently on the own
accord, like an Afghan soldier who
last year killed Maj. Gen. Harold
J. Greene, the highest-ranked U.S.
officer to be slain in combat since
1970 in the Vietnam War.
Afghan soldier kills uS soldier
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LEGALS LEGALS LEGALS
ORDINANCE NO
2015-001 CALCASIEU
PARISH LAW
ENFORCEMENT
DISTRICT
An Ordinance providing
for the renewal of the
levy and collection of a
one-half (1/2%) percent
sales and use tax
(“Tax”) by the Law Enforcement
District of
Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana
(“District”), for an
additional 10-year period
beginning October 1,
2016, and expiring on
September 30, 2026, in
accordance with the provisions
and terms of
Chapter 2D of Subtitle II,
Title 47 of the Louisiana
Revised Statutes of 1950,
as it may be amended
(“Uniform Local Sales
Tax Code”).
WHEREAS, pursuant
to the provisions of Section
5903.C of Title 13 of
the Louisiana Revised
Statutes of 1950, as
amended (a re-designation
of La. R.S. 33:9003
pursuant to Act 248 of the
2011 Legislative Session),
and Article VI,
Section 29 of the Louisiana
Constitution of 1974,
and the authority granted
at a special election
held within Calcasieu
Parish, Louisiana (“District”),
on March 28,
2015, the District now renews
the levy and collection
of the Tax for an additional
10-year period
beginning October 1,
2016, and expiring on
September 30, 2026, the
proceeds of which are to
be allocated, distributed,
and used by the District
as set forth in the
proposition submitted at
the election, a copy of
which proposition is attached
hereto as Exhibit
“A” and made a part of
this ordinance as if fully
set forth herein;
NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY
THE GOVERNING AU-
THORITY OF THE DIS-
TRICT, that:
SECTION 1. District
Tax. The renewal of the
Tax in favor of the District
authorized at a special
election held within
Calcasieu Parish, on
March 28, 2015, upon the
sale at retail, the use, the
lease or rental, the consumption,
the distribution
and storage for use
or consumption, of tangible
personal property,
and upon the sale of services
in the Parish, shall
continue to be assessed,
imposed, collected, paid
and enforced, in the
manner and subject to
the terms and provisions
of Uniform Local Sales
Tax Code, the provisions
of which are incorporated
by reference herein.
Proceeds of the Tax,
described in this section
shall continue to be allocated,
distributed and
used by the District in
the manner and for the
purposes described and
provided for in Exhibit
“A” hereto which is the
proposition approved by
the electorate of the Parish
at an election held
March 28, 2015.
SECTION 2. Integrated
Bracket Schedule Applicable
to Collection.
The Tax described in
Section 1 shall be collected
on the basis of the
applicable
integrated
bracket schedule prescribed
by the Collector
of Revenue, State of Louisiana,
pursuant to Section
304 of Title 47 of the
Louisiana Revised Statutes
of 1950, as amended
(R.S. 47:304). The dealers
shall remit to the
sales tax collector of the
School Board (“Collector”)
and comply with
the Uniform Local Sales
Tax
Code, particularly La.
R. S. 47:337.29, the proportionate
part of the
sales and use taxes collected
in the Parish in
accordance with said integrated
bracket schedule.
SECTION 3. Vendor’s
Compensation. For the
purpose of compensating
the dealer in accounting
for and remitting
the Tax described in
this Ordinance, each
dealer shall be allowed
one percent (1%) of the
amount of the Tax due
and accounted for and
remitted to the Collector
in the form of a deduction
in submitting his report
and/or reports and
paying the amount due
by the dealer, provided
the amount due was not
delinquent at the time of
payment, and provided
the amount of any credit
claimed for taxes already
paid to a wholesaler
shall not be deducted
in computing the
commission allowed the
dealer hereunder.
SECTION 4. Exclusions
and Exemptions.
The Tax imposed under
this Ordinance is subject
to specific provisions under
La. R.S. 47:305 of the
Louisiana State sales
and use tax laws and La.
R.S. 47:337.9 of the Uniform
Local Sales Tax
Code. The District has
not adopted the optional
exclusions or exemptions
allowed by Louisiana
State sales and use
tax law and codified under
R.S. 47:337.10, nor
shall it adopt any exclusions
or exemptions
which are not allowed as
an exclusion or exemption
from Louisiana
State sales and use tax.
Included within the tax
base is every transaction,
whether sales, use,
lease or rental, or service,
with no exclusions
or exemptions except for
those mandated upon political
subdivisions by
the Constitution or statutes
of the State of Louisiana.
SECTION 5. Interest.
The interest on the unpaid
Tax provided for by
La. R.S. 47:337.69 shall
be at the rate of one and
one-fourth percent (1-
1/4%) per month.
SECTION 6. Delinquency
Penalty. Penalty
on the unpaid Tax as provided
by La. R. S.
47:337.70 shall be five
percent (5%) per month,
not to exceed 25% in total
for each return required
to be filed.
SECTION 7. Penalty
for False or Fraudulent
Return. Penalty as provided
by La. R.S.
47:337.72 shall be fifty
percent (50%) of the Tax
found to be due.
SECTION 8. Negligence
Penalty. The penalty
provided by La. R.S.
47:337.73 shall be five
percent (5%) of the Tax
or deficiencies found to
be due, or ten dollars
($10.00), whichever is
greater.
SECTION 9. Penalty
for Insufficient Funds
Check. The penalty provided
in La. R.S.
47:337.74 shall be an
amount equal to the
greater of one percent
(1%) of the check or
twenty dollars ($20.00).
SECTION 10.
Attorney
Fees. The Collector
is authorized to employ
private counsel to assist
in the collection of any
Tax, penalties or interest
due under this Ordinance,
or to represent
him in any proceeding
under this Ordinance. If
any Tax, penalties or interest
due under this Ordinance
are referred to
an attorney at law for
collection, an additional
charge of attorney fees,
in the amount of ten
percent (10%) of the
Tax, penalties and interest
due, shall be paid by
the tax debtor. Additional
provisions applicable
to attorney fees, inclusive
of prevailing party
and waiver of such fees,
are included under La.
R.S. 47:337.13.1 of the
Uniform Local Sales Tax
Code.
SECTION 11. Limits
on Interest, Penalty and
Attorney Fees. Should
the interest, penalties or
attorney fees herein, or
the combined interest,
penalties and attorney
fees be declared to be in
excess of limits provided
by other law, including
relevant jurisprudence,
then the maximum interest,
penalties and attorney
fees allowed by such
other law shall apply.
SECTION 12. Collector.
All sales and use
taxes described in this
ordinance shall be collected
by a “Collector”
as provided by La. R.S.
47:301.(2)(b) which shall
mean and include the
School Board Sales and
Use Tax Department,
the entity presently collecting
sales and use
taxes on behalf of the
District.
SECTION 13. Powers
of Collector. The Collector
is hereby authorized,
empowered and directed
to carry into effect the
provisions of this Ordinance,
to appoint deputies,
assistants or agents
to assist in the performance
of his duties, and
in pursuance thereof to
make and enforce such
rules as he may deem
necessary.
SECTION 14. Disposition
of Revenues. All
Tax, revenues, funds, assessments,
monies, penalties,
fees or other income
which may be
collected or come into
the possession of the Collector
under any provision
or provisions of this
Ordinance relating to the
Tax described herein
shall be promptly deposited
by the Collector for
the account of the District,
provided, however,
any amount which is
paid under protest or
which is subject to litigation
may be transferred
to a separate account established
by the Collector
with said fiscal agent
pending the final determination
of the protest
or litigation.
Out of the funds on deposit
in such special
funds, the Collector shall
first pay all reasonable
and necessary costs and
expenses of administering
and collecting the
Tax described herein
and administering the
provisions of this Ordinance,
as well as the
various
administrative
and enforcement procedures.
Such costs and
expenses shall be reported
by the Collector
monthly to the District.
In compliance with the
special election authorizing
the renewal of the
levy and collection of the
Tax described herein, after
all reasonable and
necessary costs and expenses
of collecting and
administration of the
Tax have been paid as
provided for above, the
remaining balance in
such special funds shall
be available for appropriation
and expenditure
by the District solely for
the purposes designated
in the proposition authorizing
the levy of the
Tax.
SECTION 15.
Accounting
for Funds. All
funds or accounts described
herein may be
separate funds or accounts
or may be a separate
accounting with a
general or “sweep” fund
or account containing
monies from multiple
sources so long as separate
accounting of such
monies is maintained.
SECTION 16. Severability.
If any one or
more of the provisions of
this Ordinance shall for
any reason be held to be
illegal or invalid, such illegality
or invalidity
shall not affect any other
provision of this Ordinance,
but this Ordinance
shall be construed
and enforced as if such
illegal or invalid provisions
had not been contained
herein. Any constitutional
or statutory
provision enacted after
the date of this Ordinance
which validates or
makes legal any provision
of this Ordinance
which would not otherwise
be valid or legal,
shall be deemed to apply
to this Ordinance.
SECTION 17. Uniform
Local Sales Tax Code is
Controlling. If any provision
of this Ordinance
shall be in conflict with
the provisions of the Uniform
Local Sales Tax
Code, the provisions of
the Uniform Local Sales
Tax Code shall be controlling.
SECTION 18.
Effect
Upon Prior Sales Tax
Ordinances. With respect
to the District Tax,
this Ordinance shall be
considered as additional
and supplemental to the
ordinances
heretofore
adopted by the District,
to provide that the Tax
now authorized to be levied
in the District shall
hereinafter be collected,
administered and enforced
in the manner
provided by the Uniform
Local Sales Tax Code
and shall not be construed
to rescind and repeal
any prior resolutions
or ordinances of the
District relating to the
levy, allocation, distribution
and use of the proceeds
of the Tax.
SECTION 19.
Effective
Date. The renewal
of the Tax shall be effective
on October 1, 2016.
SECTION 20. Term.
The Tax shall remain in
effect for ten (10) years
(October 1, 2016, through
September 30, 2026).
SECTION 21. Publication
and Recordation. A
copy of this Ordinance
shall be duly published
in the American Press,
the official journal of the
Calcasieu Parish Law
Enforcement
District,
(District), as soon as is
reasonably possible. A
certified copy of this Ordinance
shall be recorded
in the mortgage records
of Calcasieu
Parish.
This Ordinance having
been submitted to a vote,
the vote thereon was as
follows:
YEAS: 1
NAYS: 0
ABSENT:0
NOT VOTING:0
THUS
DONE,
PASSED AND ADOPT-
ED on the 2nd day of
April, 2015.
/s/ Tony Mancuso
TONY MANCUSO
CALCASIEU PARISH
SHERIFF
AND EX-OFFICIO
CHIEF EXECUTIVE
OFFICER OF THE
LAW ENFORCEMENT
DISTRICT OF THE
PARISH OF CALCA-
SIEU, STATE OF
LOUISIANA
ATTEST:
/s/ Sharon Cutrera
SHARON CUTRERA,
CHIEF FINANCIAL
OFFICER AND
ACTING SECRETARY
Upon motion duly
made and unanimously
carried, the meeting was
adjourned.
/s/ Tony Mancuso
TONY MANCUSO
CALCASIEU PARISH
SHERIFF
AND EX-OFFICIO
CHIEF EXECUTIVE
OFFICER OF THE
LAW ENFORCEMENT
DISTRICT OF THE
PARISH OF CALCA-
SIEU, STATE OF
LOUISIANA
/s/ Sharon Cutrera
SHARON CUTRERA,
CHIEF FINANCIAL
OFFICER AND
ACTING SECRETARY
STATE OF
LOUISIANA
PARISH OF
CALCASIEU
I, TONY MANCUSO,
Sheriff of Calcasieu Parish,
and Ex-Officio Chief
Executive Officer of the
Calcasieu Parish Law
Enforcement District ,
(“The District”), certify
that I am the duly qualified
and only member of
the Calcasieu Parish
Law Enforcement District,
and as such, governing
authority of said
District, of Calcasieu
Parish, Louisiana; and
I FURTHER CERTI-
FY that the above and
foregoing is a true and
correct copy of an excerpt
from the minutes
of a public meeting of the
Law Enforcement District
of Calcasieu Parish,
Louisiana, (“The District”),
held on Thursday,
April 2, 2015, and of
an Ordinance adopted
for the renewal and continued
levy of a One-Half
(1/2%) Percent Sales
and Use Tax for a Period
of Ten (10) Years at the
public meeting of The
District held on April 2,
2015, as said minutes and
Ordinance appear officially
of record in my
possession.
IN FAITH WHERE-
OF, witness my official
signature, at Lake
Charles, Calcasieu Parish,
Louisiana, on this
2nd day of April, 2015.
/s/ Tony Mancuso
TONY MANCUSO,
SHERIFF
AND EX-OFFICIO
CHIEF EXECUTIVE
OFFICER, CALCASIEU
PARISH LAW
ENFORCMENT
DISTRICT
[S E A L]
EXHIBIT “A”
Law Enforcement
District Proposition
(Tax Renewal)
Shall the Calcasieu
Parish Law Enforcement
District, (“The
District”), be authorized
to continue to levy, collect
and adopt an ordinance
providing for such
levy and collection of a
tax of one-half (1/2%)
percent (“the tax”) upon
the sale at retail, the use,
the lease or rental, the
consumption and the
storage for use or consumption
of tangible personal
property and on
sales of services, all as
defined in L.R.S. 47:301
through L.R.S. 47:317,
inclusive, for a period of
ten (10) years from the
date of the first levy of
the tax renewal, with
proceeds of the tax, after
paying reasonable and
necessary costs and expenses
for collecting and
administering the tax, to
be dedicated and used
for: the maintenance of
the salary schedule for
deputies; providing for
future cost of living salary
adjustments; continued
funding of the Patrol
and Corrections Divisions
and related law enforcement
functions;
maintenance of Emergency
Fund Balance or
Reserve to be utilized in
the event of an emergency
and provide continuity
in operations; and if
approved, the renewal of
this tax to commence on
October 1, 2016, and expire
on September 30,
2026, with estimated annual
proceeds of
$23,843,000.00?
Lake Charles, Louisiana
April 2, 2015
The Calcasieu Parish
Law Enforcement District,
met in regular session
at the Calcasieu
Parish Sheriff’s Office,
Administration
Building,
5400 East Broad
Street, Lake Charles,
Louisiana, at 9:00
o’clock A.M. on Thursday,
April 2, 2015, pursuant
to the provisions of
written notice given and
duly posted in the manner
required by law,
with the following member
present:
Tony Mancuso, Sheriff
of Calcasieu Parish,
Louisiana, and the Ex-
Officio Chief Executive
Officer of the Calcasieu
Parish Law Enforcement
District.
ABSENT: None
The meeting was
called to order and the
roll called with the above
result.
At approximately 9:15
o’clock A.M., after approval
of the previous
meeting minutes, the
Sheriff stated that the
purpose of the meeting,
among other things, was
for the District to examine
and canvass the returns
of the election held
on March 28, 2015; to
preserve a proces verbal
of the canvass, to promulgate
the results of
the election, and to adopt
an ordinance authorizing
the continued levy
and collection of the onehalf
(1/2%) percent sales
and use tax for a period
of ten (10) years from
the date of renewal of the
tax.
The District canvassed
the returns of the election
after receiving a
certified copy of the compiled
statement of votes
and results of the voting
machines from the Clerk
of Court. Sheriff Mancuso
offered the Resolutions,
Ordinance and
Proces Verbal for adoption
and approval. The
vote was as follows:
Yeas:
Sheriff Tony
Mancuso
Nays: None.
Thereupon, on Motion
of Tony Mancuso, Sheriff,
in his capacity as
Chief Executive Officer
of the Calcasieu Parish
Law Enforcement District,
presented the following
Resolutions, Proces
Verbal and
Ordinance, which were
approved, adopted and
signed by Sheriff Mancuso
in his capacity as
Sheriff of Calcasieu Parish
and the only member
of the Calcasieu Parish
Law Enforcement District.
STATE OF
LOUISIANA
PARISH OF
CALCASIEU
I, Sharon Cutrera,
Chief Financial Officer,
certify that I am the duly
qualified and acting Secretary
of the Calcasieu
Parish Law Enforcement
District of Calcasieu,
Louisiana.
I further certify that
the above and foregoing
is a true and correct
copy of an excerpt from
the minutes of the meeting
of said District held
on April 2, 2015, and of
the Ordinance adopted
at said meeting, as said
minutes and Ordinance
appear officially of record
in my possession.
IN FAITH WHERE-
OF, witness my official
signature and the impress
of the official seal
of the District of Calcasieu,
Louisiana, on this
2nd day of April, 2015.
/s/ Sharon Cutrera
SHARON CUTRERA,
CHIEF FINANCIAL
OFFICER AND
ACTING SECRETARY
(SEAL)
Apr. 9
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LEGALS
ADVERTISEMENT
This is to advise
that the contract
between the Calcasieu
Parish Police Jury and
McManus Construction,
LLC, dated January 9,
2014, filed on record on
January 10, 2014, bearing
File No. 3124484, for
the River Bluff Park Development
Phase I
Project (Boat Launch,
Drive, Parking, and
Wharves – DB-2013-FM-
531), has been substantially
completed and accepted
by the Calcasieu
Parish Police Jury on
Thursday, March 19,
2015.
Any person or persons,
individuals or corporations
holding an unpaid
invoice for labor or materials
in conjunction
with said project should
file a lien with the Office
of the Clerk of Court
on or before May 14,
2015.
NICHOLAS E.
HUNTER,
President
Apr. 2,9
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FOURTEENTH JUDI-
CIAL DISTRICT
COURT PARISH OF
CALCASIEU STATE OF
LOUISIANA
CSE FEDERAL CRED-
IT UNION
2014-002011
JUSTIN L. TERRO
By virtue of a writ of
SEIZURE AND SALE
issued and to me directed
by the Honorable
Court aforesaid, I have
seized and will offer for
sale at public auction to
the last and highest bidder
WITH the benefit of
appraisement, at the
court house door of this
parish in the City of
Lake Charles, Parish of
Calcasieu, starting at
10:00 AM on
Wed., April 22, 2015
between legal hours
and the following described
property situated
in Parish of Calcasieu,
State of Louisiana,
to-writ:
ONE (1) 2009 JAFI TV
TRAVEL TRAILER
BEARING VIN#
1UJBJ02R491EA0053
“TERMS: REQUIRES
“CASH” UPON ADJU-
DICATION, SAID PAY-
MENT SHALL BE
MADE IN FULL BY
THE PURCHASER NO
LATER THAN 2:00
P.M. OF THE DAY OF
THE SALE.”
Tony Mancuso, Sheriff,
Calcasieu Parish, La.
VAN C SENECA, LLC
Attorneys for
PLAINTIFF
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This is to advise
that the contract
between Cecil Perry Improvements,
LLC and
the Lake Charles Regional
Airport Authority
of Airport District
No. 1 of Calcasieu Parish,
LA, dated September
3, 2014, for Project
No. LCRA-2013-75 and
State Project No.
H.011317, North GA Apron
Expansion at the
Lake Charles Regional
Airport, is substantially
complete and was accepted
by the Airport
Authority of Airport District
No. 1 of Calcasieu
Parish, LA, on April 1,
2015.
Any person or persons
holding a claim against
said Project should file
said claim with the
Clerk of Court of Calcasieu
Parish, before
May 17, 2015.
AIRPORT
AUTHORITY OF
AIRPORT
DISTRICT NO. 1
/s/ Heath Allen
Apr. 9,16,23
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PUBLIC NOTICE
LOUISIANA
DEPARTMENT OF
ENVRIONMENTAL
QUALITY (LDEQ)
ENTERGY GULF
STATES LOUISIANA
L.L.C. /NELSON UNIT 6
SETTLING POND
ADMINISTRATIVE
COMPLETNESS
DETERMINATION
The LDEQ, Office
of Environmental Services,
has reviewed a
Major Solid Waste Permit
Modification Application
from Entergy Gulf
States Louisiana L.L.C.,
3500 Houston River
Road.; Westlake LA
70669 for the Nelson Unit
6 Settling Pond and determined
that it is administratively
complete.
The application
was received on March
2, 2015. The facility is
located at 3500 Houston
River Rd, in Calcasieu
Parish.
Entergy Gulf States
Louisiana L.L.C. proposes
to update its
groundwater sample
and analysis plan for assessment
monitoring at
its Nelson Unit 6 Settling
Pond described under
LAC 33:VII.805.
Inquiries or requests
for the additional
information regarding
this application should
be directed to Della
Smith, LDEQ, Permit
Support Services Division,
P.O. Box 4313, Baton
Rouge, LA 70821-4313,
phone (225) 219-3288.
Persons wishing to
be included on the LD-
EQ permit public notice
mailing list or for other
public participation related
questions should
contact the Public Participation
Group in writing
at LDEQ, P. O. Box
4313, Baton Rouge, LA
70821-4313, by email at
D E Q . P U B -
LICNOTICES@LA.GOV
or contact LDEQ Customer
Service Center at
(225) 219-LDEQ (219-
5337).
Permit public notices
can be viewed at
the LDEQ permits public
notice webpage at http://www.deq.louisiana.
gov/apps/publicNotice/d
efault.asp and general
information related to
the public participation
in permitting activities
can be viewed at
www.deq.louisiana.gov/
portal/tabid/2198/Default.aspx.
Alternatively, individuals
may elect to receive
the permit public
notices via email by subscribing
to the LDEQ
permits public notice
List Server at
http://louisiana.gov/Services/Email_Notifications_DEQ_PN/.
All correspondence
should specify AI Number
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P0019R1, and Activi
t y N u m b e r
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gov/apps/publicNotice/d
efault.asp and general
information related to
the public participation
in permitting activities
can be viewed at
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portal/tabid/2198/Default.aspx.
Alternatively, individuals
may elect to receive
the permit public
notices via email by subscribing
to the LDEQ
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All correspondence
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P0019R1, and Activi
t y N u m b e r
P E R 2 0 1 5 0 0 0 2 .
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The Lake Charles
Recreation District 1 of
Ward 3 does hereby advertise
for sealed bids
and will open same on:
1. Wednesday, May
6, 2015.
2. At the Office of
the Lake Charles Recreation
District 1 of Ward
3, 3210 Power Centre
Parkway, Lake Charles,
LA, at the hour of 2:00
p.m. CST.
3. For the New and
Renovated Tennis
Courts at Multiple Sites
for Ward 3 Recreation,
Multi-Sports Complex –
3200 Power Centre Parkway,
Huber Park – 2401
4th Avenue, University
Park – 1001 Central
Parkway, Lake Charles,
LA.
4. Contract documents,
including drawings
and technical specifications,
are on file at
the office of H. Curtis
Vincent-Steven D.
Shows, Architects, A
Professional Corporation.
Complete documents
may be obtained
from the Project Architect
upon deposit of
$120.00 for each set of
documents. Deposit is
fully refundable for the
first set of documents to
all bona fide prime* bidders
upon return of the
documents in good condition
no later than ten
(10) days after receipt
of bids. The deposit of
all other set of documents
will be refunded
fifty percent (50%) upon
return of documents as
stated above.
*Prime bidders is
defined as licensed
Building Contractors
bidding this job as such.
5. Preference is given
to materials, supplies,
and provisions
that are produced, manufactured,
or grown in
Louisiana, quality being
equal to articles offered
by competitors outside
the State.
6. All bids must be
accompanied by bid security
equal to five percent
(5%) of the sum of
the base bid and all alternates,
and must be in
the form of a certified
check or cashier’s check
drawn on a bank insured
by the FDIC, or a
Calcasieu Parish Police
Jury Bid Bond Form
contained in contract
documents, shall be
written by a surety or insurance
company currently
on the U.S. Department
of the Treasury
Financial Management
Service list of approved
bonding companies
which is published
annually in the Federal
Register, or by a Louisiana
domiciled insurance
company with at
least an A- rating in the
latest printing of the
A.M. Best's Key Rating
Guide to write individual
bonds up to ten percent
of policyholders'
surplus as shown in the
A.M. Best's Key Rating
Guide or by an insurance
company in good
standing licensed to
write bid bonds which is
either domiciled in
Louisiana or owned by
Louisiana residents, all
in accordance with
LSA?R.S. 38:2218. No
Bid Bond indicating an
obligation of less than
five percent (5%) by
any method is acceptable.
If bid is submitted
electronically, an electronic
bid bond as described
in Act No. 590
per the standards adopted
by the Office of the
Governor, Division of
Administration and the
Office of the Information
Technology as
provided for in LAC
4:XV.701 will be required.
7. The successful
bidder shall be required
to furnish a Performance
and Payment Bond
in an amount equal to
100% of the Contract
amount, shall be written
by a surety or insurance
company currently
on the U.S. Department
of the Treasury
Financial Management
Service list of approved
bonding companies
which is published
annually in the Federal
Register, or by a Louisiana
domiciled insurance
company with at
least an A- rating in the
latest printing of the
A.M. Best's Key Rating
Guide to write individual
bonds up to ten percent
of policyholders'
surplus as shown in the
A.M. Best's Key Rating
Guide or by an insurance
company in good
standing licensed to
write bid bonds which is
either domiciled in
Louisiana or owned by
Louisiana residents, all
in accordance with
LSA? R.S. 38:2219.
8. Bids shall be accepted
only from contractors
who are licensed
under LSA?R.S.
37:2150-2163 for the classification
of “Building
Construction.” No bid
may be withdrawn for a
period of forty-five (45)
days after receipt of
bids, except under the
provisions of LSA?R.S.
38:2214.
9. The Owner reserves
the right to reject
any and all bids for
just cause as permitted
by LA R.S. 38:2214 (B).
The ability of an Entity
to reject any bid is applicable
only when administered
in accordance
with the Public Bid
Law (LA R.S. 38:2212
(A)(1)(a) and LA R.S.
38:2214(A)(B). In accordance
with LSA?R.S.
38:2212(A)(1)(b), the
provisions and requirements
of this Section,
those stated in the advertisement
for bids,
and those required on
the Bid Form shall not
be considered as informalities
and shall not be
waived by any public entity.
10. The public shall
incur no obligation to
the Contractor until the
Contract between the
Recreation District 1 of
Ward 3 and the Contractor
is fully executed.
11. Official action on
this bid will be taken
within forty-five (45)
days by the Recreation
District 1 of Ward 3, except
as may be extended
by mutual written
consent with the lowest
responsible bidder.
12. All bids must be
plainly marked and
should contain the following
on the outside of
the envelope:
BID FOR “Renovations
to Tennis Courts at
Multiple Sites for Ward
3 Recreation
VS Project No. 1458
Kip Texada, Executive
Director
Recreation District 1 of
Ward 3”
Apr. 9,16,23
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tractor is fully executed.
11. Official action on
this bid will be taken
within forty-five (45)
days by the Recreation
District 1 of Ward 3, except
as may be extended
by mutual written
consent with the lowest
responsible bidder.
12. All bids must be
plainly marked and
should contain the following
on the outside of
the envelope:
BID FOR “Renovations
to Tennis Courts at
Multiple Sites for Ward
3 Recreation
VS Project No. 1458
Kip Texada, Executive
Director
Recreation District 1 of
Ward 3”
Apr. 9,16,23
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A6 AMERICAN PRESS TuESdAy, MARCh 17, 2015
NEW ORLEANS — Robert
Durst couldn’t explain
away similarities between his
handwriting and a letter he
said “only the killer could have
written” that alerted police to
his friend’s shooting 15 years
ago.
Confronted with new
evidence by the makers of a
documentary about his links to
three killings, the troubled millionaire
blinked, burped oddly,
pulled his ear and briefly put
his head in his hands before
denying he was the killer.
Then he stepped away from
the tense interview and went to
the bathroom, still wearing the
live microphone that recorded
what he said next.
“There it is. You’re caught!”
Durst whispered before the
CAMP
Continued from A1
recreation center, shuttle
services, laundry and 24-hour
security.
The Lake Charles-based
Kingdom Logistics SWLA
would fund the construction
of Rosie’s Place.
Braylon Harris, with
Kingdom Logistics, said if the
zoning exception is approved,
construction on Rosie’s Place
would begin later this year or
early in 2016. Zoning stipulations
would require the property
to be developed within
one year of approval.
District 2 Police Juror
Marshall Simien represents
the area where Rosie’s Place
would be built. He said last
month that having such a
facility would help the parish
sound of running water is
heard. “What the hell did I do?
Killed them all, of course.”
That moment didn’t just
make for a captivating finale
to a six-part documentary on
the eccentric life of an heir to a
New York real estate fortune.
It also may have given police
and prosecutors more evidence
in the long-cold case of a mobster’s
daughter. Susan Berman
was felled by a bullet to the
back of her head as investigators
prepared to find out what
she knew about the disappearance
of Durst’s wife in 1982.
Los Angeles prosecutors
filed a first-degree murder
charge Monday that alleges
Durst lay in wait with a gun
and killed a witness — special
circumstances that could carry
a death sentence if prosecutors
decide later to pursue it.
because the housing market
wouldn’t be overburdened by
more people coming to the
area.
The planning and zoning
board will also consider a
zoning exception to allow for
a men’s temporary worker
facility on 11.7 acres at 1323 J.
Clophus Road, near the Mossville
area.
Police jurors on Feb. 19
agreed to rezone the property
from agricultural and general
commercial to light industrial.
As with Rosie’s Place, the
zoning exception will not go
before the Police Jury.
Wes Crain, parish planning
and development director,
said the facility will be built
in phases and will have 625
rooms at its peak. It will also
have a cafeteria, medical staff,
shuttle service and public
water.
Along with the zoning
LOCAL l STATE
Durst heir faces murder charge after documentary
By The Associated Press
MONROE — Ten judicial
districts are expected to run
out of money to pay public
defenders by June, while 4th
Judicial District has enough
on tap to fund indigent defense
through August 2016.
Monroe attorney Bob
Noel said the public defender
funding issue has caused
crime briefs / arrests
State police to set up
checkpoints Friday
Louisiana State Police
Troop D will conduct a seatbelt
and sobriety checkpoints
from 3 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday
at an undisclosed location in
Calcasieu Parish.
l
Calcasieu Correctional
Center reported the following
arrests:
Amanda Dawn Brown, 26, 1206
17 St. No. 25: aggravated battery.
Bond: $10,000.
Peggy Sue McNiel, 52, 2187 E.
Gauthier Road No. 537: thirdoffense
dWI. Bond: $10,000.
Regis Ray Poullard, 36, 1702 9th
Ave: 2 counts drug possession
with intent to distribute. Bond:
$5,000.
Earl Bellard, 42, 1728 8th St.:
failure to register and notify as
a sex offender. Bond: $100,000.
Samuel Edward Lovestrand, 21,
Altamonte Spring, Fla.: indecent
behavior with juveniles.
Bond: $125,000.
Brandy Nicole Oquain, 28, 2568
Santa Rosa Road: 2 counts child
desertion; prohibited drug acts;
2 counts drug use in the presence
of juveniles. Bond:$5,100.
Davon Anthony Patterson, 19,
413 N. Shattuck St.: possession
of a firearm by a person convicted
of certain felonies; carrying
a weapon in presences of
drugs; first-offense marijuana
possession. Bond: $11,000.
Eric Paul Bushnell, 42, 7864
Nelson Road: 2 counts driving
with a suspended license;
drug possession with intent to
distribute; drug paraphernalia.
Bond: $26,000.
Jonathan J. Bennett, 25, 2016
denise St.: 2 counts drug possession
with intent to distribute.
Bond: $6,000.
Thomas Wayne Courdle, 36, 600
E. Krause St.: domestic abuse
battery; simple battery. Bond:
$15,000.
Benjamin Adam Lambert,
29, 687 Redwood drive: 2
counts unauthorized entry of
an inhabited dwelling. Bond:
$10,000.
Patrick Michael Blevins, 22, 503
an immediate crisis, and he
predicts chaos for the courts
if additional moneys or an
alternative funding source
isn’t found.
This isn’t the first time the
Louisiana Public Defender
Board has faced a crisis. In
2002, public defenders took
pay cuts to keep the system
afloat. In 1986, lack of funding
resulted in attorneys — some
Mill St.: theft between $5,000
and $25,000; bank fraud. Bond:
$20,000.
Dessie Yewman Newman, 42,
2818 Progressive St.: 3 counts
drug possession with intent to
distribute; cruelty to juveniles;
first-offense marijuana possession;
drug paraphernalia. Bond:
$78,000.
William Todd Bryant, 47, 921
Bryce St.: failure to register as a
sex offender. Bond: $25,000.
Andrew Moss, 33, 1233 Mayo St.:
3 counts monetary instrument
abuse; failure to register as a
sex offender. Bond: $145,000.
Neal Lloyd Smith, 26, 325 N.
Crocker St., Sulphur: drug possession.
Bond: $5,000.
Terry Lee Blalock, 39, 206
LeBlanc St. No. 18, Sulphur:
prohibited drug acts; resisting
an officer; operating a vehicle
while license is suspended; hit
and run driving; reckless operation.
Bond: $44,500.
Joel A. Benoit, 27, 311 Tupelo
Lane: possession of marijuana
with intent to distribute;
prohibited drug acts; drug
paraphernalia; disturbing the
peace. Bond: $10,000.
Murphy James Bellard, 35, 1009
Louise St.: violations of protective
orders. Bond: $10,000.
Faye A. Matthews, 27, 2402
Anita dr. No. 1107: 4 counts
felony carnal knowledge of a
juvenile. Bond: $20,000.
Jamall Joseph Miller, 24, 212
Balboa St.: drug possession
with intent to distribute; firstoffense
marijuana possession;
illegal possession of stolen
firearms; illegal carrying of
weapons in presence of drugs.
James Allen Sanders, 51, 322
East St., Vinton: simple criminal
damage to property less than
$500; violations of protective
orders. Bond: $50,000.
Barry M. Jackson, 39, 2101
Margaret St. Apt. C, Westlake:
2 counts domestic abuse
battery with child endangerment;
domestic abuse battery
by strangulation; violations of
protective orders.
Vernon Lain, 55, 2106 See St.: 2
counts failure to register as a
sex offender. Bond: $20,000.
exceptions, the planning
board will also consider two
rezoning requests to allow for
temporary worker facilities.
One request is by Mac and
Dusty Royer to rezone property
on the 4700 Block of La.
27 from agricultural to light
industrial.
The other is a request by
Krause and Managan Lumber
Company LLC to rezone
property on the southwest
corner of La. 27 and Royer
Loop from agricultural to light
industrial.
The rezoning would allow
for a temporary worker facility
and an RV park on the
property.
If approved by the board,
the rezoning would be considered
by the Police Jury. After
that, both rezoning items
would have to have a zoning
exception approved by the
planning board.
with little criminal defense
experience — being appointed
by the courts to handle public
defense.
The 1986 crisis lasted
almost six months with some
appointed lawyers having to
handle defense cases for free.
The current public defense
system was established at that
time with a new governing
board to oversee finances.
By Johnathan Manning
jmanning@americanpress.com
Although it is strapped for
cash, the Calcasieu Public Defenders
Office is not expected
to run out of money this year,
the head of the local office
said Monday.
A recent news report found
that the budgets of several
public defenders offices
around the state are expected
to run dry this year, which
could result in restrictions of
Calcasieu Point boat launch reopening
By John Guidroz
jguidroz@americanpress.com
After being closed for just
over three months, the boat
launch at Calcasieu Point
Landing will reopen to the
public on Wednesday.
The boat launch was
closed in December so crews
could replace and repave a
23,000-square-foot circular
concrete area around the boat
launch.
“It was a very big maintenance
project,” said Dean
Kelly, assistant director of
facility management for the
Calcasieu Parish Police Jury.
“The concrete was starting to
crack up, and there were trip
hazards.”
Kelly said the work also
allowed for access points to
Noel said the 1986 crisis
could happen again.
“We do not have enough
revenue at the local level to
support ourselves when the
money runs out, so we’ll have
to cut back services to only
that which we can meet with
our budget. And, when individual
lawyers can’t take any
more cases, we’ll probably see
lawyers forced to accept cases
services. But District Defender
Harry Fontenot said the Calcasieu
Office is staying afloat,
albeit “barely,” because of
previous cuts and the cooperation
of the 14th Judicial Court
system.
“No district is safe, but we
should be safe for another year
because we cut everything,”
Fontenot said, then reiterated:
“We cut everything that we
could cut when we knew this
was coming years ago.”
The judges of the 14th JDC,
Durst, 71, who was arrested
at a New Orleans hotel on the
eve of Sunday’s final episode,
agreed Monday to face trial for
the murder of Berman, who
had vouched for him in public
after his wife vanished.
Attorney Dick DeGuerin
said outside court that Durst
didn’t kill Berman, and is
“ready to end all the rumor and
speculation and have a trial.”
The makers of “The Jinx:
The Life and Deaths of Robert
Durst” said Durst rejected his
lawyer’s advice to stay quiet
before granting two lengthy
interviews. They also said he
knew he was being recorded
throughout, and that they
shared any evidence they
gathered with authorities long
before broadcasting the film on
HBO.
Legal experts said the bathroom
tape could become key
evidence.
“Any statement that the
defendant makes that they
want to use against him, they
can use against him,” said
Andrea Roth, a law professor
at the University of California,
Berkeley. “Even if it’s sketchy,
and only in context appears to
make him look guilty.”
The bathroom recording
was not part of the evidence
presented to prosecutors before
charges were filed because
detectives were still trying to
determine if the recording was
tampered with in any way, a
law enforcement official with
knowledge of the investigation
told The Associated Press.
The official, who was not
authorized to speak publicly
because the investigation was
ongoing and spoke on condition
of anonymity, said the
handwriting analysis was the
key new evidence in the long
investigation.
The documentary showed
filmmaker Andrew Jarecki
confronting Durst with a copy
of an anonymous letter that
alerted Beverly Hills police to
look for a “cadaver” at Berman’s
address.
Durst offered that whoever
sent it was “taking a big risk.
You’re sending a letter to police
that only the killer could have
written.”
Then, in the final episode,
Jarecki revealed another envelope,
which Durst acknowledged
mailing to Berman, that
has similar writing in block
letters and also misspelled the
address as “Beverley.”
“I wrote this one but I did
not write the cadaver one,”
be reshaped to accommodate
those with disabilities.
The latest round of improvement
work is one of
several projects done on the
facility over the last several
years. Kelly said Calcasieu
Point is equipped with new
restrooms that comply with
the Americans with Disabilities
Act.
He said an open air pavilion
can be used to host fishing
tournaments, along with a
“grass paved system” that
allows tournaments to display
prizes, like boats or trucks,
without causing ruts.
The inside section of the
wharf was transformed into
a small amphitheater that
allows spectators to view the
weigh-ins at fishing tournaments.
for free and possibly handle
cases they are not trained for,”
Noel said.
Local funding is based on
traffic ticket fines or forfeited
bail bonds.
“The problem with traffic
tickets is it all relies on people
writing tickets and people
paying tickets, and that’s
something you can’t predict,”
Noel said.
the District Attorney’s Office
and the parish have worked to
make sure the local office remains
solvent, Fontenot said.
“We’ll be one of the few
parishes standing, I think,”
Fontenot said. “We’ll eventually
go out, but not this year.”
In addition to the PDO’s
budget concerns, the 14th
JDC is also preparing for an
increase in business that will
come with the influx of workers
into Southwest Louisiana.
“With all these extra people
Durst said. But when shown
an enlargement of both copies,
Durst couldn’t distinguish
them.
Former Westchester County
prosecutor Jeanine Pirro
seemed stunned when the
filmmakers showed her Durst’s
previously unknown letter to
Berman, saying “the jig is up.”
She believes it was her
reopening of the cold case into
Kathleen Durst’s 1982 disappearance
that provoked the
killing of Berman, who had
been Durst’s confidante.
Now, she said, his own
words can convict him.
“It was a spontaneous statement,
a classical exception to
the hearsay rule,” Pirro told
Fox’s “Good Day New York.” ‘‘I
don’t hear it as a muttering. I
hear it as a clear, unequivocal
‘I killed them.’ ”
Kelly said the boat launch
work was finished just in time
for the spring season, when
boating activity begins to pick
up.
“We received plenty of
phone calls from people asking
when it’s going to be open
again,” he said. “People are
wanting to get back on the
water.”
District 8 Police Juror
Guy Brame represents the
area where Calcasieu Point
is located. He said the needed
improvements provide a
much better experience for
outdoor enthusiasts.
Calcasieu Point Landing,
located at 3955 Henry Pugh
Road, is open from 5 a.m.
through 11 p.m. daily, and the
boat launch is open 24 hours.
Eleven Louisiana judicial districts face public defender funding crisis
By The Associated Press
In 2014 the district received
$1.5 million in special fees,
which are collected by the
Ouachita Parish and Morehouse
Parish sheriff ’s offices.
Approximately 90 percent
of cases in the criminal justice
system require a public defender,
Noel said.
“Without public defense the
whole courthouse would shut
down,” Noel said.
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A budget projection shows the Calcasieu Public Defenders Office
restricting services next year and shutting its doors the next year, its
district defender said.
A budget shortfall of $350,000 is expected for the current fiscal year,
which ends next summer.
Budget problems have been ongoing for the PDO, which has an
annual operating budget of $2.2 million. It is also not unique to
Southwest Louisiana, as PDOs around the state have likewise been
struggling for several years.
While simple amenities such as coffee are no longer provided by the local office, neither are necessities like continuing
education paid for, Harry Fontenot, chief of the Calcasieu office, said. The PDO has also been forced to spend down its
reserves, which have run out.
“We are on a starvation budget,” Fontenot said. “We play triage. We’re just trying to keep existing and do the best we can
for these people.”
The PDO handled about 6,000 cases last year — 95 percent of all that walked through the doors of the 14th Judicial
District Court — with 15 full-time lawyers, putting the lawyers’ caseloads far above the American Bar Association’s
recommendations, Fontenot said.
As his predecessor, Jay Dixon, did, Fontenot advocates for a change in the way the PDO is funded. The Legislature
provides the Louisiana Public Defender Board with $33 million per year. Nearly a third of that goes to fund capital
defense, and the rest is split among the state’s 42 public defender districts.
The majority of the rest of the state’s funding comes from court costs, mostly through traffic fines.
But court costs, particularly from traffic tickets, can fluctuate. The PDO gets $45 from every traffic ticket. In 2012, the
PDO asked lawmakers for an increase from $35 to $100, but the Legislature increased it $10. Still, that was expected to
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be a 28 percent increase. Instead, the local PDO saw a 30 percent decrease, Fontenot said. Across the state, 31 of the
42 districts also saw decreases as authorities wrote fewer tickets, he said.
A more stable flow of income is needed, Fontenot said.
“The problem with our funding is that other entities can affect our funding,” he said. “We have no control over it, but every
other agency does. If the police don’t write tickets, we don’t get funded. If the DA doesn’t prosecute tickets, we don’t get
funded. If the judges don’t give us partial reimbursement, we don’t get funded.”
Fontenot would like to see the PDO funded through the criminal justice tax, by people who use the system, and by the
Legislature. He believes the PDO, which handles 95 percent of the cases that come through district court, should have
financial parity with the judges and the District Attorney’s Office.
“We are the only entity mandated by the constitution, yet we’re the only one that’s not funded,” Fontenot said.
The law requires that the Calcasieu Parish Police Jury fund both the district court and the District Attorney’s Office, both
of which receive money through the criminal justice tax, from the state, and from court costs and fines. Judges and
prosecutors have at least part of their salary paid by the state.
Two years ago, with the PDO in crisis, contracts with conflict attorneys were cut and the office withdrew from 400 cases,
which were assigned to local members of the bar to be worked for free. Should that happen again, Fontenot wonders
whether the private bar would again take on the extra cases.
“I doubt if they’ll do it,” he said. “The Supreme Court says that they have an obligation to help people and do a certain
amount of pro bono work. They’ve done that. Anything else is a taking without just compensation.”
There has been some financial relief. The Police jury, which is not required to fund the PDO, cut rent in half. District
Attorney John DeRosier is giving 10 percent of the monies brought in by the Local Agency Compensated Enforcement
program to the PDO.
Judges have begun to collect partial reimbursement, Fontenot said. A defendant may not be able pay for a full defense,
but he or she may be able to pay for some of it.
“That hasn’t been done in years in this parish, until lately,” Fontenot said. “The judges are on board. They see that if we
fold, there will be no prosecutions, there will be nothing.”
The judges have also started enforcing the PDO application fee, he said. Defendants who believe they qualify for
indigent defense are supposed to pay a $40 application fee. Historically, though, that has not been collected, Fontenot
said.
“I’ve started refusing to represent anybody without the required application that’s required by statute,” he said.
The changes being made won’t take effect until two years down the road, though, Fontenot said.
“If everybody paid fees and if everybody paid what the judges ordered them on reimbursement, we would be OK,” he
said. “We would be a skeleton crew like we are now, but we would be OK. I don’t blame the DA, I don’t blame the judges.
It’s just the way the Legislature set it up. It’s not popular to fund criminal defense.”
While it may not be popular, it is a necessity, he said.
“Most people don’t understand the need for us until it happens to them or one of their loved ones — they get falsely
accused or they’re accused of something and they need help,” Fontenot said.
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By Lauren Manary
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More than a dozen district public
defender systems will become
insolvent this year and be forced to
restrict their services, said State Public
Defender Jay Dixon.
Costs have outstripped revenue
in recent years, forcing many public
defender offices statewide to drain
their fund balances to avoid curtailing
services, but that can’t continue,
Dixon said.
The public defender districts for
Anderson
takes stand in
Duhon, School
Board trial
By Johnathan Manning
jmanning@americanpress.com
Attorneys asked a Calcasieu
Parish assistant school
superintendent Thursday
about why he said in a 2014
deposition that he knew of
only two incidents of alleged
sexual misconduct involving
school employees.
Attorneys Tom Filo and
Somer Brown claim there have
been 15 allegations of sexual
misconduct involving school
employees since 2001, including
one at Westlake in 2006
involving Assistant Superintendent
Gary Anderson’s son.
On the stand Thursday, Anderson
said he hadn’t remembered
that one or any others
during the deposition. “That’s
all I could remember at that
time,” he said.
Anderson was asked why
the School Board didn’t file
written statements when accusations
of sexual misconduct
were made — a legal requirement
for mandatory reporters.
Filo said written reports were
not filed in any of the 15 cases.
The School Board and former
coach and teacher Lance
Duhon are defendants in a
civil trial. A lawsuit alleges
that Duhon had sexual contact
with a student in his classroom
at Sam Houston High
School in 2013. Filo and Brown
say Duhon should never have
been hired at Sam Houston because
he had sent inappropriate
text messages to a female
student when he was a coach
at Barbe High in 2008.
The decision to rehire
Duhon was neither “fraudulent”
nor “malicious,” defense
See TRIAL, A6
Caddo, East Baton Rouge, La Salle,
Bossier and Webster parishes will
restrict their services as of March
1. And the districts that serve Winn,
Grant, Red River, East and West Feliciana,
St. Martin, St. Mary and Iberia
parishes will do so later this year.
Twenty-five districts are expected
to become insolvent in 2016, and as
many as 29 of the 42 districts could
go under in 2017.
The funding equation is the
problem, said John Burkhart with
the Louisiana Campaign for Equal
Justice. Local funding for public
By Kara Carrier
kcarrier@americanpress.com
defender offices comes from traffic
fines and court fees, but the volume
of traffic tickets written varies and
defendants often can’t afford to pay
their court fees, Burkhart said.
Learning under the big top
The Calcasieu Parish School Board’s curriculum
committee on Thursday received an
update on the district’s resource review committees,
which are researching textbooks to
adopt for the 2015-2016 school year.
Committees are reviewing books for math
and English in grades K-5; math, science and
social studies in grades 6-8; and math and science
in grades 9-12.
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the prosecution and the defense. If one of those
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Melissa Soileau, a teacher at Welsh Elementary School, helps first-grade students
with vocabulary skills Thursday during the school’s Family Literacy Night. Students
and their parents enjoyed a spaghetti dinner followed by an evening of reading and
circus-themed literacy activities including “duck phonics,” “circus describing,” “lion
tamer vocabulary,” “bean bag context clues,” “clown hat scramble” and “fortune telling
writing.” For more photos, see page A7.
CPSB receives update on district
resource review committees
Tommy Campbell, district chief academic
officer, said that all the committees have completed
the first phase of the review process.
He said each committee started out with at
least six resources or textbooks to review and
have narrowed them to two or three selections
per grade and subject.
“They got them down to a manageable
amount for public review,” Campbell said.
“Phase one was designed to objectively review
The rest of public defenders’ funding
comes from the state — $17.4 million
in fiscal year 2013. Burkhart said
he is worried about cuts; $5.4 million
is the rumored amount to be slashed.
See UPDATE, A5
By Doris Maricle
dmaricle@americanpress.com
“Best-case scenario: Everything stays
the same,” he said.
Vernon Parish public defenders,
anticipating financial issues, began
restricting services Feb. 1. The
judges in 30th Judicial District Court
have asked lawyers to volunteer to
take on cases. If there aren’t enough
volunteers, the judges said, attorneys
will be appointed.
As recently as September, the
Vernon PDO was financially stable,
but declining local revenues forced it
2 men arrested in
connection with
Lake Arthur murder
By Johnathan Manning
jmanning@americanpress.com
A grand jury in state
district court indicted a Lake
Charles man on a charge
of aggravated rape and his
brother on an accessory
charge.
Terry Wayne Howard, 46,
is accused of raping a 14-yearold
girl on June 30. Jerry Lyn
Howard, 44, is accused of
paying the person not to talk,
according to court testimony.
Both men are registered sex
offenders; Terry Howard was
convicted of aggravated rape
in 1981.
Terry Howard offered to
See PUBLIC, A5
LAKE ARTHUR — Two
local men were arrested
Thursday in connection with
the weekend murder of a
Lake Arthur man, authorities
said.
Roderick Cawthorne Jr.,
18, and Brett Daniel Hebert,
26, both of 504 Calcasieu St.,
were charged with first-degree
murder Thursday in the
death of 73-year-old Charles
Raymond Talen Sr.
They were arrested without
incident at a residence
in Lake Arthur, said Sheriff
Ivy Woods. Hebert was living
with Cawthorne at the residence,
he said.
Woods said
authorities have
worked hard
on the case and
may make more
arrests. “We
have been beating
the bushes,
Cawthorne
following tips
and using new
technology and
evidence to
try to solve the
case,” he said.
Talen was Hebert
found lying
dead on the floor inside his
See ARRESTED, A6
Grand jury indicts
brothers on aggravated
rape, accessory charges
drive the girl to a store in
June, but instead took her to
a house and threatened to kill
her if she ran, authorities
said. He reportedly made her
smoke marijuana then had
sex with her.
Both men are in jail —
Terry Howard on the rape
allegations and Jerry Howard
on unrelated DWI and drug
possession charges. Judge
Mike Canaday previously
set Terry Howard’s bond at
$900,000. Judge David Ritchie
set Jerry Howard’s bond at
$250,000.
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JENNINGS — Jeff Davis business
and community leaders will have
the opportunity to hear issues facing
state lawmakers during the annual
Jeff Davis Chamber of Commerce
Legislative Forum breakfast.
The breakfast will be 7:30-9 a.m.
Tuesday, March 10, in the Welsh
Community Center, 101 Palmer St.
The event is free to chamber members.
“This is part of our effort to keep
our members informed and give our
local legislators a chance to discuss
what is coming up in the upcoming
legislative session, which begins
April 13, in an open forum with their
constituents,” chamber Executive
UPDATE
Continued from A1
a large number of resources
and to identify top choices.”
He said the proposed
textbooks and resources
have been on display at the
Central Office for public
review and comment since
the middle of February and
will remain through March
2. Campbell said many have
reviewed the books and
given feedback.
Campbell said next week,
phase two committees will
start to meet to take a more
From PAgE A1 l STATE
in-depth look at the proposed
books. He said committees
will also review public comments
and teacher survey
results before making final
recommendations.
He said committees will
vote on their final textbook
recommendations at various
times during the first half of
March, and the curriculum
committee will hear final
recommendations at its
meeting at the end of March.
Campbell said those
recommendations will then
go for final approval at the
School Board’s regularly
scheduled meeting in April.
Director Cynthia Hoffpauir said.
Education, health care and Common
Care are expected to be among
the issues, Hoffpauir said. “Those affect
a lot of our members,” she said.
Legislators expected include state
Sen. Dan “Blade” Morrish and state
Rep. Johnny Guinn. District 42 Rep.
Jack Montoucet of Acadia Parish
has also been invited to attend.
Each legislator will give an opening
statement and take questions
from the audience.
“We encourage those who attend
to think ahead about a question they
would like to ask because we have a
question-and-answer session,” Hoffpauir
said. “Last year we had some
real good discussions from those
questions.”
Hoffpauir said attendance is important
because the chamber is the
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PUBLIC
Continued from A1
to use its fund balance to stay
afloat.
In 2012, public defenders
successfully lobbied for a $10
increase in their cut from
court costs, but that increase
has failed to prop up the district
offices.
Revenues in fiscal year 2013
were $26.8 million — $3.9 million
less than was expected.
The districts in 2014 got $25.8
million, which was $4.9 million
less than hoped. That $10
increase will roll back in 2016
unless the Legislature votes
otherwise.
Rep. James Armes, D-
Leesville, said it’s unlikely
the office will get any more
money and that the timing
— amid state money troubles
— couldn’t be worse. He said
the state is more concerned
with issues of health care and
higher education right now.
“They need to learn to
live within their budgets. All
of (the public agencies) do,”
Armes said. “I have to live
within mine, and you have to
live in yours.”
The public defender system
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ALEXANDRIA — A 38-yearold
former Alexandria police
officer has been arrested for
carnal knowledge of a juvenile.
The Rapides Parish Sheriff
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Reed is accused of having
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OPELOUSAS — An escaped
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is one of the few state agencies
that hasn’t had its state allocations
cut in recent years.
Dixon said the system is
“really a mess,” and he expects
2016 to be worse. He said districts
will likely be forced to
prioritize cases, meaning some
defendants will have to wait
longer for their day in court.
Louisiana public defenders
represented more than 85
percent of all criminal defendants,
or 247,828 cases in 2013.
If lawyers are appointed to
represent indigent defenders
on a pro-bono basis, Dixon
said, many attorneys will
likely become overburdened
with cases and may be tempted
to encourage more plea deals.
He said they will likely be unable
to represent their clients
to the best of their ability.
“We’re going to have to
draw a line in the sand and say
we can’t take any more cases
because that would mean we
couldn’t provide adequate
representation,” he said.
In smaller parishes like
Vernon all lawyers could be
subject to pro-bono appointment,
including those who
don’t practice criminal law.
“You can have a bankruptcy
lawyer representing someone
charged for a bank robbery,”
said George Steimel, a lobbyist
for the Louisiana Association
of Criminal Lawyers. “Those
lawyers won’t know what to
do.”
He said the restriction of
services poses serious potential
for litigation for the
state. He said lawyers who are
appointed could sue for being
forced to take on cases without
pay, defendants could sue for
lack of adequate representation
and even those found
guilty could argue that the
state didn’t honor their constitutional
right to a speedy trial.
Steimel said it could even
mean an eventual federal lawsuit
against Louisiana for its
failure to maintain its public
defender system.
Burkhart said it could behoove
the state, which boasts
the highest incarceration rate
in the world, to consider fines
instead of jail time for nonviolent
crimes. That would mean
less incarceration and less
pressure on the system.
“There are the three pillars
of justice: the courts, the
prosecution and the defense,”
Burkhart said. “If one of those
crumbles, the whole thing falls
down.”
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BATON ROUGE — State
health secretary Kathy Kliebert’s
brother-in-law is facing
ethics charges for failure
to disclose his employment
by state Medicaid contractor,
Magellan Health Services Inc.
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The Schum charges mark
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months a Department of
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ethics charges involving
Magellan.
In January, the Ethics
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board alleged that Michelle
Barnett violated state ethics
law by receiving a “thing of
economic value” by virtue
of her husband receiving
income from employment
by Magellan. The board also
charged her husband, Tom,
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Kliebert did not respond
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But the department,
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but to our family members
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casino in Biloxi, MS in exchange for 2 Harah's Licenses and
Property in Lake Charles, LA
Pinnacle plans to build Sugarcane Bay beside L'Auberge Casino in
Lake Charles and Explore other options in Louisiana for the other
Gaming License
Pinnacle Chairman Dan Lee leaves Pinnacle
Pinnacle gives Lake Charles Riverboat License back to state and
cancelsCasino Project
Former Pinnacle Chairman Dan Lee Starts Creative Casino LLC
Former Pinnacle Chairman's Creative Casino LLC was selected by
Louisiana Gaming Control Board to develop Mojito Point Casino in
Lake Charles, LA
Litigation between Port of Lake Charles, Pinnacle and Creative
Casino
4/26/2011
10/20/2011
Pinnacle, Creative Casinos and Port of LC
Announce Settlement of Outstanding
Litigation
MGM Resorts and Creative Casino Form
Strategic Relationship for Mojioto Pointe
Creative Casinos, MGM partner up on
10/23/2011
Mojito Pointe
Ameristar buying casino project Lake
4/14/2012
Charles
7/16/2012
Ameristar Announces Closing of Purchase
of Creative Casinos of Louisiana
Agreement and Resolution where Pinnacle and Creative Casinos
agreed to create and jointly operate festival groundson shared
acreage between L'Auberge in addition to improving access by
utilizing the land and interstate access
MGM provides Creative Cash investment in exchange for equity in
Creative Casinos and a management agreement
Ameristar Casinos Inv purchase the planned development for
Creative Casinos Mojito Point Casino for $32.5MM
Closing of Ameristar purchase for $32.5MM and expects to start
construction July 2012.
Pinnacle to aquire Ameristar Casino in deal Pinnacle to aquire Ameristar Casino for assuming Ameristar's $1.8
12/22/2012
worth $3Billion
Billion in debt and $868MM in cash
Pinnacle purchase of Ameristar latest
12/22/2012 developmnet in long, winding journey for
state's 15th casino license
FTC questions Pinnacle bid for Ameristar
5/29/2013 FTC questions Pinnacle for Anti-Trust Violations
Casinos
Pinnacle deal for buyout of Ameristar calls
6/18/2013
for sale of two properties
Pinnacle, Ameristar merger may drag into
6/9/2013
next year

Lake Charles Casino Timeline
Date Article Summary
Pinnacle agreement with FTC won't affect
6/17/2013
L'Auberge in B.R.
Pinnacle plans to sell LC Ameristar Pinnacle says it plans to sells the Lake Charles Casino Project for
7/17/2013
development
$580MM
Pinnacle sells Louisiana casino project to
7/25/2013
Golden Nugget
FTC Requires Pinnacle to sell two casinos
8/12/2013 properties as condition for Acquiring Rival
Ameristar
9/10/2013
11/20/2013
FTC Seeks Public Comment on Pinnacle
Application to Divest Ameristar Casinos
Assets in Lake Charles to GNLC Holdings
FTC Approves Pinnacle Application to
Divest Ameristar to GNLC Holding
5/4/2015
Pinnacle Confirms talks to sell real estate
assets to Gaming and Leisure Properties
Pinnacle discusses selling Real Estate Assets to Gaming and
Leisure, Inc. Pinnacle plans to be a Operations management
company of the casino but not property owner.
5/4/2015
Pinnacle in disussion about selling real
estate assets
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Note 9—Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets
Goodwill. Goodwill consists of the excess of the acquisition cost over the fair value of the net assets acquired in business
combinations. Goodwill is subject to an annual assessment for impairment during the fourth quarter, or more frequently if there
are indications of possible impairment. There were no impairments to goodwill for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013,
and 2012. During 2013, we recorded $864.1 million of goodwill related to our acquisitions of Ameristar and Pinnacle Retama
Partners, LLC.
Other Intangible Assets. Other intangible assets consist of indefinite-lived intangible assets that include gaming licenses,
trademarks and a racing license, and amortizing intangible assets, which include customer relationships and favorable leasehold
interests. Our indefinite-lived intangible assets are not subject to amortization, but instead are reviewed annually for
impairment during the fourth quarter of each fiscal year, or more frequently if events or circumstances indicate the carrying
value may not be recoverable.
During 2014, we recorded a $50.0 million intangible asset related to Belterra Park's video lottery terminal (“VLT”) license.
Such amount is included in “Intangible assets, net” in our unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet. As of December
31, 2014, we have made payments of $25.0 million for Belterra Park's VLT license and have accrued $25.0 million for the
remaining amount due in 2015. Such amount is included in “Other accrued liabilities” in our unaudited Condensed
Consolidated Balance Sheet.
During 2013, we acquired $529.2 million of intangible other assets related to our acquisition of Ameristar and Pinnacle
Retama Partners, LLC. In November 2013, we completed the sale of our equity interests in the entity developing the Ameristar
Casino Lake Charles project, and as a result, we no longer hold a $29.8 million gaming license acquired through the Ameristar
acquisition.
There were no impairments to indefinite-lived intangible assets for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2012. During
2013, we determined there was an indication of impairment for our Boomtown Bossier City gaming license due to a decrease in
forecasted financial performance resulting from new competition, and we recorded an impairment of $10.0 million. The fair
value of the license was calculated using discounted cash flows using Level 3 inputs.
The following tables set forth changes in the carrying value of goodwill and other intangible assets:
December 31, 2014
Weighted
Average
Remaining
Useful Life
(years)
Gross
Carrying
Value
Cumulative
Amortization
Cumulative
Impairment
Losses
Intangible
Assets, Net
Goodwill:
(in millions)
Ameristar acquisition Indefinite $ 860.8 $ — $ — $ 860.8
Belterra Park Indefinite 35.8 — — 35.8
Boomtown New Orleans Indefinite 16.8 — — 16.8
Other Indefinite 5.9 — — 5.9
919.3 — — 919.3
Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets:
Gaming licenses Indefinite 318.6 — (31.1) 287.5
Trade names Indefinite 187.2 — — 187.2
Racing license Indefinite 5.0 — — 5.0
510.8 — (31.1) 479.7
Amortizing Intangible Assets:
Player relationships 5 75.1 (29.7) — 45.4
Favorable leasehold interests 31 4.4 (0.2) — 4.2
79.5 (29.9) — 49.6
Total Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets $ 1,509.6 $ (29.9) $ (31.1) $ 1,448.6
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1310064
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
BEFORE THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
COMMISSIONERS:
Edith Ramirez, Chairwoman
Julie Brill
Maureen K. Ohlhausen
Joshua D. Wright
___________________________________________
)
In the Matter of )
)
Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., ) Docket No. 9355
a corporation, )
) PUBLIC
and )
)
Ameristar Casinos, Inc., )
a corporation. )
)
___________________________________________)
COMPLAINT
Pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Trade Commission Act (“FTC Act”), and by
virtue of the authority vested in it by the Act, the Federal Trade Commission (“Commission”),
having reason to believe that Respondents Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. (“Pinnacle”) and
Ameristar Casinos, Inc. (“Ameristar”), having entered into an agreement and plan of merger
pursuant to which Pinnacle will acquire the capital stock of Ameristar, in violation of Section 5
of the FTC Act, 15 U.S.C. § 45, which if consummated may substantially lessen competition in
violation of Section 7 of the Clayton Act, 15 U.S.C. § 18, and Section 5 of the FTC Act, and it
appearing to the Commission that a proceeding by it in respect thereof would be in the public
interest, hereby issues its complaint pursuant to Section 5(b) of the FTC Act, 15 U.S.C. § 45(b),
and Section 11(b) of the Clayton Act, 15 U.S.C. § 21(b), stating its charges as follows:
I.
NATURE OF THE CASE
1. Pinnacle’s acquisition of Ameristar (the “Acquisition”) will substantially lessen
competition for casino services in the St. Louis, Missouri and Lake Charles, Louisiana
areas, leading to higher prices and lower quality and levels of service for casino consumers.
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As with any industry, competition among casinos in St. Louis and Lake Charles,
respectively, lowers prices, improves quality, and increases consumer choices. By
eliminating meaningful and substantial competition between Pinnacle and Ameristar, the
Acquisition will harm consumers of casino services.
2. The Acquisition threatens competitive harm in the casino services market in two relevant
geographic markets: the St. Louis Metropolitan Statistical Area (“MSA”) and the Lake
Charles area. In each of the affected markets, the Acquisition is presumptively unlawful
under the relevant case law and the U.S. Department of Justice and Federal Trade
Commission Horizontal Merger Guidelines (“Merger Guidelines”). Post-Acquisition
market shares will exceed percent, with correspondingly high concentration levels, in
each geographic market.
3. Since Pinnacle entered the St. Louis market in 2007 and expanded in 2010, Pinnacle has
sought to “steal share” from Ameristar – and it has succeeded. As Ameristar lost market
share, lost revenue, and saw its profits decline, it responded with increased promotions and
better service. For customers of Pinnacle and Ameristar casinos, this competition translated
into better odds (directly or indirectly), free or lower-cost amenities, and a better gambling
experience. That incentive and those efforts to take customers from each other continues to
benefit customers to this day, but will be eliminated by the Acquisition.
4. The Acquisition reduces the number of casino service providers in the St. Louis area from
four to three, with only one remaining competitor – Penn National Gaming, Inc. –
providing meaningful competition to Pinnacle post-Acquisition. Absent competition from
Ameristar, Pinnacle could profitably reduce its promotions and discounts to customers,
reduce investment in amenities, and offer a lower-quality experience than it would have
otherwise, without losing a substantial number of customers. As a result, consumers will
face higher prices and lower quality.
5. In Lake Charles, Pinnacle operates L’Auberge Casino Resort Lake Charles (“L’Auberge”),
the premiere casino property in the area. Ameristar is building a nearly identical casino
property, Ameristar Casino Resort Spa Lake Charles, commonly referred to as Mojito
Pointe. Mojito Pointe will be located directly adjacent to L’Auberge and will match or
exceed the offering at L’Auberge when it opens next year. Ameristar plans to “clean
[Pinnacle’s] clock” with its entry into the Lake Charles area. Pinnacle acknowledges
Ameristar will “compete directly” with its casino and recognizes that Ameristar’s entry will
substantially reduce L’Auberge’s revenues. This competition will lead Pinnacle to offer
“better events, better special promotions, better direct marketing, better advertising and a
better service” to customers. Indeed, Ameristar anticipates that, with its entry, the
“competition in Lake Charles may increase promotional activity[.]” Post-Acquisition, there
will be only one other meaningful competitor to Pinnacle – Coushatta Casino Resort – and
two smaller, highly differentiated competitors.
6. If the Acquisition proceeds, the benefits of head-to-head competition between Pinnacle and
Ameristar will vanish. Even though Pinnacle will be required by the State of Louisiana to
open Mojito Pointe if the Acquisition proceeds, the Acquisition will eliminate the incentive
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to attract customers from L’Auberge to Mojito Pointe, and vice versa, by offering lower
prices and higher quality. Pinnacle and Ameristar will have no reason to offer promotions,
discounts, and better amenities and services to keep L’Auberge and Mojito Pointe
customers from switching to the other’s casino.
7. Entry or expansion by other casinos in the St. Louis and Lake Charles markets will not
mitigate the loss of price and non-price competition in the near future, if ever. Missouri and
Louisiana each restrict the number of casinos in the state by issuing a limited number of
casino licenses, and every available casino license has already been issued. Similarly,
expansion by existing casinos is unlikely to occur in a timely manner, if ever, and in most
cases is prohibited by state regulations and licensure requirements. Finally, there are no
cognizable efficiencies that would come close to offsetting the serious competitive harm
threatened by the Acquisition.
II.
BACKGROUND
A.
Jurisdiction
8. Respondents, and each of their relevant operating subsidiaries and parent entities are, and at
all relevant times have been, engaged in activities in or affecting “commerce” as defined in
Section 4 of the FTC Act, 15 U.S.C. § 44, and Section 1 of the Clayton Act, 15 U.S.C. § 12.
9. The Acquisition constitutes an acquisition subject to Section 7 of the Clayton Act, 15
U.S.C. § 18.
B.
Respondents
10. Respondent Pinnacle is a corporation organized, existing, and doing business under and by
virtue of the laws of the state of Delaware, with its office and principal place of business
located at 8918 Spanish Ridge Avenue, Las Vegas, Nevada 89148. Pinnacle owns and
operates nine casinos and horseracing facilities in five states. During fiscal year 2012,
Pinnacle generated nearly $1.2 billion in net revenue with $285.2 million in earnings before
interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (“EBITDA”).
11. Pinnacle owns and operates two casinos in the St. Louis area. The first, Lumière Place
Casino (“Lumière”), opened in 2007 and is located in downtown St. Louis, north of the
Gateway Arch. The Lumière complex includes a casino with approximately 2,004 slot
machines and 68 table games, the 200-guestroom luxury Four Seasons Hotel St. Louis, the
294-all-suite HoteLumière, seven restaurants, banquet facilities, retail shops, and more than
22,000 square feet of convention and meeting space. The second, River City Casino
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(“River City”), opened in March 2010 and is located on approximately 56 acres of land in
the south St. Louis suburb of Lemay, Missouri. The River City complex includes a 90,000-
square-foot casino with approximately 2,018 slot machines and 62 table games, parking for
more than 2,900 vehicles, restaurants and bars, and retail shops. By Fall 2013, Pinnacle
expects to complete an $82 million expansion of River City to add a 200-guestroom hotel, a
multi-purpose event center, and a covered-parking structure. One-third of Pinnacle’s
revenue comes from its St. Louis-area casinos.
12. Pinnacle’s largest property is L’Auberge, opened in May 2005, in Lake Charles, Louisiana.
The L’Auberge complex includes a casino with approximately 1,616 slot machines, 75
table games, a hotel with 995 guestrooms, villas, and suites, as well as restaurants, retail
shops, a golf course, a full-service spa, approximately 26,000 square feet of meeting space,
and other amenities. One-third of Pinnacle’s revenue comes from L’Auberge.
13. Respondent Ameristar is a corporation organized, existing, and doing business under and by
virtue of the laws of the state of Nevada, with its office and principal place of business
located at 3773 Howard Hughes Parkway, Suite 490 South, Las Vegas, Nevada 89169.
Ameristar owns and operates eight casinos in six states and is currently constructing a ninth
casino. During fiscal year 2012, Ameristar generated approximately $1.2 billion in net
revenue with $361.6 million in EBITDA.
14. Ameristar owns and operates one casino in the St. Louis area. Opened in 1994, the
Ameristar Casino Resort Spa St. Charles (“Ameristar St. Charles”) is located in the St.
Louis suburb of St. Charles, Missouri, approximately 22 miles northwest of downtown St.
Louis. Ameristar St. Charles includes a large casino with 130,000 square feet of gaming
space, approximately 2,620 slot machines and 72 table games, as well as a 397-room luxury
all-suite hotel, a 7,000-square-foot full-service spa, indoor/outdoor pool, seven dining
venues, a state-of-the-art conference and banquet center, and several bars. One-quarter of
Ameristar’s revenue comes from Ameristar St. Charles.
15. Ameristar is currently constructing a casino on 242 acres in Lake Charles, Louisiana –
adjacent to Pinnacle’s L’Auberge Casino – that is commonly referred to as Mojito Pointe.
Ameristar began building Mojito Pointe in July 2012, and the casino is scheduled to open
by the third quarter of 2014. When finished, Mojito Pointe will include a casino with
approximately 1,600 slot machines and 60 table games, an attached hotel with 700
guestrooms and 70 suites, bars and restaurants, an 18-hole golf course, tennis courts,
swimming pools, and a spa.
C.
The Acquisition
16. Under the terms of a December 21, 2012 agreement and plan of merger, Pinnacle will
acquire Ameristar for approximately $2.8 billion. Pinnacle has agreed to pay $869 million,
or $26.50 per share, for all of Ameristar’s outstanding stock. Pinnacle will also assume
approximately $1.9 billion of Ameristar’s outstanding debt.
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III.
ANTICOMPETITIVE EFFECTS
17. Casinos use price and non-price incentives to compete with nearby casinos and attract
customers. Although a lucky casino customer may leave the casino a winner, casino games
are designed for the house to win over the long term. Slot hold rates (which determine a
customer’s theoretical loss at a given slot machine), rake rates (the casino’s charge for
certain table games, such as poker), and table game rules and odds create a house advantage
that constitutes the primary “price” to the customer for playing at the casino. Player
reinvestment, a broad term for offers, benefits, and rewards given to casino customers, is
another form of casino pricing, akin to discounting. Non-price factors include the selection
of slots and table games, the type and quality of amenities, and the quality of service.
18. The mechanisms underlying player reinvestment make the casino industry particularly
vulnerable to unilateral effects. Casinos use sophisticated proprietary algorithms and direct
mail to provide highly-targeted reinvestment offers to particular customers. As the
Respondents acknowledge, this allows casinos to “effectively target critical segments of
[their] business.” Essentially, casinos have the ability to conduct highly-sophisticated price
discrimination, offering (or not offering) discounts to particular customers based on their
demographic characteristics or gambling behavior, thus exacerbating the potential for
competitive harm.
19. The Acquisition will eliminate significant head-to-head competition between the
Respondents and will increase Pinnacle’s ability and incentive to raise prices post-
Acquisition, in the form of less-customer-favorable hold rates, rake rates, table game rules
and odds, and lower player reinvestments. The Acquisition also diminishes Pinnacle’s
incentive to maintain or improve the quality of services and amenities to the detriment of
casino customers in the St. Louis and Lake Charles markets.
20. The Acquisition also increases the incentive and likelihood of coordinated interaction
between Pinnacle and its two remaining competitors in the St. Louis market – only one of
which is significant – to increase prices and lower quality to the detriment of customers.
A.
Loss of Vigorous Price and Non-Price Competition and
Increased Market Power in the St. Louis Market
21. Pinnacle and Ameristar vigorously compete for casino customers in the St. Louis area.
When Pinnacle opened its two St. Louis-area casinos – Lumière in 2007 and River City in
2010 – Pinnacle took significant business away from Ameristar St. Charles. Ameristar
responded with more competitive pricing, increased gaming selection, and a wider variety
of amenities.
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29. The St. Louis-area casinos are differentiated, but the Respondents’ casinos are close
substitutes for one another. Lumière, River City, and Ameristar St. Charles are all large,
high-quality, and high-service casinos. They offer a similar number, type, and quality of
slot machines, table games, and amenities.
30. In contrast, except for Penn Gaming’s Hollywood Casino, the other casinos in the St. Louis
market – the Argosy Alton Casino and Casino Queen – are highly differentiated. Penn
Gaming’s Argosy Alton Casino is a significantly smaller, lower-end, first-generation
riverboat casino located in Alton, Illinois. When Pinnacle completes its hotel construction
at River City, the Argosy Alton Casino will be the only St. Louis-area casino without a
hotel. Casino Queen is also a small, lower-end casino with only a small hotel and
recreational vehicle park. Casino Queen is located in East St. Louis, Illinois, which
Ameristar St. Charles’s general manager described as “not the best part of town – as a
matter of fact, you may not want to be there in the cover of darkness.” Pinnacle’s former
general manager at River City described the Argosy Alton Casino and the Casino Queen as
“[i]nferior products with inferior offerings with many of the same urban challenges.”
31. The Argosy Alton Casino and Casino Queen are also competitively disadvantaged by
unfavorable laws and casino regulations in Illinois. The State of Illinois taxes the Argosy
Alton Casino and Casino Queen at a higher rate than Missouri taxes its casinos. The
Illinois gaming license also limits the number of slot machines and table games at each
casino, while the Missouri gaming license does not. Finally, Illinois law bans smoking at
casinos, while Missouri law does not.
32. Because of the acquisition of Ameristar, Pinnacle will no longer face the competitive
pressure from a close competitor that has generated significant benefits for casino-services
consumers in the St. Louis market. The Acquisition will reduce Pinnacle’s incentive to
offer better player reinvestments or discounts, comps, favorable hold rates and table odds, a
wide variety of gaming options, and high-quality services and amenities at its St. Louis-area
casinos.
B.
The Acquisition Increases the Likelihood of Coordinated Interaction
in the St. Louis Market
33. The Acquisition is also likely to increase substantially the risk of coordinated interaction
among the remaining market participants in the St. Louis market. Under the Merger
Guidelines, anticompetitive coordination need not rise to the level of explicit agreement. It
may involve a “common understanding that is not explicitly negotiated[,]” or even merely
“parallel accommodating conduct not pursuant to a prior understanding.”
34. Post-Acquisition, the St. Louis market will be ripe for coordination. The Acquisition will
leave just two competitors to Pinnacle, only one of which is significant and has a casino of
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lawsuits to block the former license holder from building a casino on the Mojito Pointe
site. He was rightly concerned: Ameristar’s CEO expects Mojito Pointe to “clean
L’Auberge’s clock[.]” In fact, Ameristar identified “certain deficiencies” at L’Auberge that
“annoy guests” and planned to exploit these deficiencies by “develop[ing] Mojito Pointe to
enhance its competitiveness in the market.”
41. The Respondents estimate that Mojito Pointe will take significant revenue and profit from
L’Auberge. Pinnacle forecasts that L’Auberge will lose approximately percent of its
revenue during the first year Mojito Pointe is open. Ameristar and third parties also predict
that Mojito Pointe will steal significant business from L’Auberge. Ameristar projects that,
in the first year alone, L’Auberge will lose
in revenues to Mojito Pointe.
Pinnacle does not plan to take this threat lying down. According to L’Auberge’s general
manager, Ameristar’s entry will cause L’Auberge to offer “better events, better special
promotions, better direct marketing, better advertising and most importantly a better
service.” Thus, Ameristar’s entry into the Lake Charles market will benefit customers; the
Acquisition will eliminate the significant benefits of this imminent competition.
42. The remaining Lake Charles-area casinos are highly differentiated and not close
competitors to the Respondents’ casinos. Isle of Capri Lake Charles does not have the
high-end amenities of L’Auberge or Mojito Pointe and has 350 fewer slot machines, a third
fewer tables, and half the number of hotel rooms. L’Auberge’s general manager described
Isle of Capri Lake Charles as “just dirty.” Ameristar’s CEO wrote that the buffet at Isle of
Capri Lake Charles “looks like something from a prison” and that the casino “should just
plain be shuttered.”
43. Delta Downs Racetrack Casino (“Delta Downs”), owned and operated by Boyd Gaming
Corp., is also substantially differentiated from the Respondents’ casinos. Delta Downs is a
racino – a combined horserace track and casino – and is limited to half the gaming space of
the Respondents’ casinos (15,000 square feet versus 30,000 square feet) and, by law, cannot
offer table games – it can only offer slots. Ameristar’s CEO has written that the hotel lobby
at Delta Downs looks “more like a hospital admitting office than a hotel lobby.”
44. The last independent casino in the Lake Charles area is Coushatta Casino Resort
(“Coushatta”), a Native-American tribe-owned casino. Coushatta is located nearly an hour
northeast from Lake Charles – thus, farther from Texas – making the drive from Houston
nearly three hours. This location places Coushatta at a competitive disadvantage, as a
casino-services consumer from Texas would have to drive past the casinos in Lake Charles
to reach a casino of less quality than L’Auberge or Mojito Pointe.
45. Because of the acquisition of Ameristar, Pinnacle will eliminate the competitive pressure
from its would-be closest competitor. As a result, the Acquisition will reduce Pinnacle’s
incentive to offer better player reinvestments or discounts, comps, favorable hold rates and
table odds, a wide variety of gaming options, and high-quality services and amenities at its
casinos in the Lake Charles market.

IV.
THE RELEVANT SERVICE MARKET
46. The direct evidence discussed above demonstrates significant head-to-head competition
between Pinnacle and Ameristar, which will be lost if the Acquisition is consummated.
From this evidence, it can be inferred that the Acquisition will result in serious competitive
harm. Moreover, this direct evidence also confirms and strengthens the presumption of
harm under the case law and Merger Guidelines that is triggered by the substantial increases
in market share and market concentration in the relevant service market for casino services,
as a result of the Acquisition.
47. The casino services market consists of slot, video poker, and table gaming (i.e., gambling)
with associated amenities that are used to drive gaming revenue, which typically include
some combination of hotel accommodations, food and beverages, entertainment, and other
amenities. Casino operators typically generate the vast majority of their revenues from
gaming. A hypothetical monopolist of casino services could profitably impose a small but
significant non-transitory increase in price.
48. Other forms of entertainment activities do not meaningfully compete with casino services
and are not in the relevant service market. Pinnacle’s CEO testified that the core
component that draws customers to casinos is gaming. Gaming distinguishes casino
services from other entertainment activities, such as sporting events. Third-party casino
operators and developers confirm that casinos compete only with other casinos. The
Respondents do not track other entertainment when assessing their competitors, tracking
market shares, or making business decisions.
V.
THE RELEVANT GEOGRAPHIC MARKETS
49. The direct evidence of head-to-head competition between Pinnacle and Ameristar also
confirms that the two relevant geographic markets in which to analyze the effects of the
Acquisition are: (1) the St. Louis area, which includes the casinos located in, and
approximately corresponds to, the St. Louis, Missouri MSA; and (2) the Lake Charles,
Louisiana area, which includes the area containing the casinos located in Calcasieu and
Allen parishes.
50. The appropriate geographic markets are “the area[s] in which consumers can practically
turn for alternative sources of the product [or service] and in which the antitrust defendants
face competition.” A relevant test to determine the boundaries of the relevant geographic
market is whether a hypothetical monopolist of the relevant service within the geographic
area could profitably raise prices by a small but significant amount. If so, that geographic
area is an appropriate geographic market for assessing the effects of the merger. Defining
the geographic market is a “pragmatic undertaking” and it should “correspond to the
commercial realities of the industry.”
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A.
St. Louis Area
51. The Respondents’ own ordinary-course documents reveal that they do not regard casinos
outside of the St. Louis area as meaningful competitors. Instead, Respondents focus their
competitive efforts on casinos in the St. Louis MSA, and especially on each other.
52. Both Pinnacle and Ameristar analyze competitive landscapes and market shares consisting
of only those casinos in the St. Louis area. Only St. Louis-area competitors are considered
when Pinnacle and Ameristar make pricing decisions.
53. A Pinnacle executive acknowledged in preparation for an investor call that “St. Louis is a
very locals market with the majority of the population living in a 30 mile radius.” Data
confirm the market is local in nature: St. Louis-area casinos generate approximately
percent of their revenue from customers residing within the St. Louis MSA. As a result, the
Respondents only advertise for their St. Louis-area casinos within the St. Louis area.
54. St. Louis-area gaming consumers will not travel outside of the St. Louis area for casino
services in response to a small but significant and non-transitory increase in price
(“SSNIP”). In 2012, when a new casino opened in Cape Girardeau, Missouri – 120 miles
south of St. Louis – Pinnacle expected that it would put at risk only percent of
Pinnacle’s monthly St. Louis revenues.
55. Industry participants also view the St. Louis area as a separate market. Third-party casino
operators state that St. Louis-area casinos do not face meaningful competition from casinos
outside the St. Louis MSA. The Missouri Gaming Commission has prepared studies and
reports that analyze the St. Louis market separately from the Kansas City and other gaming
markets in Missouri. The American Gaming Association recognizes St. Louis as its own
gaming market, distinct from Kansas City and other gaming markets in the United States.
56. Based on the foregoing, a hypothetical monopolist of casino services in the St. Louis area
could profitably raise prices by a small but significant amount. Therefore, the St. Louis
area is a relevant geographic market.
B.
Lake Charles Area
57. Similarly, the Respondents ordinary-course documents demonstrate that they do not view
casinos outside of the Lake Charles area as meaningful competitors to their Lake Charlesarea
casinos. These documents show that Pinnacle does not consider casinos outside of the
Lake Charles area when calculating market shares. In strategic plans and investor
presentations, Pinnacle limits references of L’Auberge’s competitors to those casinos in the
Lake Charles area.
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58. Respondents focus their competitive efforts on other casinos in the Lake Charles area. For
example, Pinnacle tracks – or “comp shops” – other Lake Charles-area casinos, and not
more distant casinos, when analyzing the competition to its L’Auberge casino. Ameristar’s
CEO made site visits only to L’Auberge and the other Lake Charles-area casinos in 2012
when assessing Ameristar’s future competition in Lake Charles. Ameristar projections
show that it expects a substantial portion of its revenue at Mojito Pointe to come at the
expense of other Lake Charles-area casinos.
59. The vast majority of consumers of gaming services in the Lake Charles area come from an
area within a two-hour drive of the casinos, including the Houston, Texas area and the East
Texas panhandle. Overwhelmingly, these consumers travel by car – many for just the day –
with one or more companions. The difference in cost and convenience between a drive to
Lake Charles versus a flight to casinos in Las Vegas, Biloxi, or New Orleans highlights the
lack of meaningful competition between casinos in these different areas. A Pinnacle study
confirms that “southwest Louisiana’s advantage in [the Houston] market is proximity: for
someone who wants to make a short one or two night trip, the cost of and inconvenience
associated with commercial air travel renders a Las Vegas trip unfeasible.”
60. Industry participants also view the Lake Charles area as a separate market. Third-party
casino operators in the area state that Lake Charles casinos do not face meaningful
competition from casinos outside of the Lake Charles area. The Louisiana Gaming Control
Board has prepared reports that analyze the Lake Charles market separately from the
Shreveport/Bossier City and other gaming markets. The American Gaming Association
recognizes Lake Charles as its own gaming market, apart from New Orleans and
Shreveport/Bossier City, Louisiana, the Gulf Coast and Tunica/Lula, Mississippi, and Las
Vegas, Nevada and other gaming markets in the United States.
61. Based on the foregoing, a hypothetical monopolist of casino services in the Lake Charles
area could profitably raise prices by a small but significant amount. Therefore, the Lake
Charles area is a relevant geographic market.
VI.
MARKET STRUCTURE AND THE ACQUISITION’S PRESUMPTIVE ILLEGALITY
A.
Casino Services in the St. Louis Area
62. The Acquisition will reduce the number of providers of casino services in the St. Louis area
from four to three. Only one of the other casino operators in St. Louis is significant – and
only one of its two casinos is even comparable to the Respondents’ casinos in terms of
quality and size.
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Mississippi or Missouri Rivers, which limits their ability to expand gaming floor space. In
Illinois, casinos are limited to 1,200 gaming positions.
B.
Casino Services in the Lake Charles Area
73. Entry and expansion is also extremely unlikely in the Lake Charles-area casino-services
market. Louisiana law limits the number of casino licenses to fifteen and all fifteen have
been issued. Louisiana law also limits the size of each existing casino’s gaming floor, thus
preventing material expansion by current market participants, except for Native-American
tribe-owned Coushatta. Entry by a casino in Texas is highly unlikely to occur soon; indeed,
the Texas Constitution prohibits gambling and can only be modified by a supermajority
vote of the Texas state legislature, which meets only once every two years.
VIII.
EFFICIENCIES
74. Extraordinary merger-specific efficiencies are necessary to justify the Acquisition in light
of its vast potential to harm competition. No court has ever found, without being reversed,
that efficiencies rescue an otherwise illegal transaction. Respondents cannot show that the
purported efficiencies outweigh the competitive harm that will be caused by the
Acquisition.
75. Nearly all of the Respondents’ alleged efficiencies are either speculative, unsubstantiated,
or not merger-specific. Pinnacle has acknowledged that it has “a lot of work to do” before
its synergy estimates can be finalized. Respondents cannot show that any asserted cost
savings or efficiencies are merger-specific or verifiable.
IX.
VIOLATIONS
COUNT I – ILLEGAL AGREEMENT
76. The allegations of Paragraphs 1 through 75 are incorporated by reference as though fully set
forth.
77. The agreement and plan of merger constitutes an unfair method of competition in violation
of Section 5 of the FTC Act, as amended, 15 U.S.C. § 45.

COUNT II – ILLEGAL ACQUISITION
78. The allegations of Paragraphs 1 through 75 are incorporated by reference as though fully set
forth.
79. The Acquisition, if consummated, may substantially lessen competition in the relevant
markets in violation of Section 7 of the Clayton Act, as amended, 15 U.S.C. § 18, and is an
unfair method of competition in violation of Section 5 of the FTC Act, as amended, 15
U.S.C. § 45.
NOTICE
Notice is hereby given to the Respondents that the twenty-eighth day of October, 2013, at
10:00 a.m. is hereby fixed as the time, and Federal Trade Commission offices, 600 Pennsylvania
Avenue, N.W., Room 532, Washington, D.C. 20580 as the place, when and where an evidentiary
hearing will be had before an Administrative Law Judge of the Federal Trade Commission, on
the charges set forth in this complaint, at which time and place you will have the right under the
Federal Trade Commission Act and the Clayton Act to appear and show cause why an order
should not be entered requiring you to cease and desist from the violations of law charged in the
complaint.
You are notified that the opportunity is afforded you to file with the Commission an
answer to this complaint on or before the fourteenth (14 th ) day after service of it upon you. An
answer in which the allegations of the complaint are contested shall contain a concise statement
of the facts constituting each ground of defense; and specific admission, denial, or explanation of
each fact alleged in the complaint or, if you are without knowledge thereof, a statement to that
effect. Allegations of the complaint not thus answered shall be deemed to have been admitted.
If you elect not to contest the allegations of fact set forth in the complaint, the answer
shall consist of a statement that you admit all of the material facts to be true. Such an answer
shall constitute a waiver of hearings as to the facts alleged in the complaint and, together with the
complaint, will provide a record basis on which the Commission shall issue a final decision
containing appropriate findings and conclusions and a final order disposing of the proceeding. In
such answer, you may, however, reserve the right to submit proposed findings and conclusions
under Rule 3.46 of the Commission’s Rules of Practice for Adjudicative Proceedings.
Failure to file an answer within the time above provided shall be deemed to constitute a
waiver of your right to appear and to contest the allegations of the complaint and shall authorize
the Commission, without further notice to you, to find the facts to be as alleged in the complaint
and to enter a final decision containing appropriate findings and conclusions, and a final order
disposing of the proceeding.
The Administrative Law Judge shall hold a prehearing scheduling conference not later
than ten (10) days after the Respondents file their answers. Unless otherwise directed by the
Administrative Law Judge, the scheduling conference and further proceedings will take place at
the Federal Trade Commission, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Room 532, Washington, D.C.
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20580. Rule 3.21(a) requires a meeting of the parties’ counsel as early as practicable before the
pre-hearing scheduling conference (but in any event no later than five (5) days after the
Respondents file their answers). Rule 3.31(b) obligates counsel for each party, within five (5)
days of receiving the Respondents’ answers, to make certain initial disclosures without awaiting
a discovery request.
NOTICE OF CONTEMPLATED RELIEF
Should the Commission conclude from the record developed in any adjudicative
proceedings in this matter that the Acquisition challenged in this proceeding violates Section 5 of
the Federal Trade Commission Act, as amended, and Section 7 of the Clayton Act, as amended,
the Commission may order such relief against Respondents as is supported by the record and is
necessary and appropriate, including, but not limited to:
.
1. If the Acquisition is consummated, divestiture or reconstitution of all
associated and necessary assets, in a manner that restores two or more
distinct and separate, viable and independent businesses in the relevant
markets, with the ability to offer such products and services as Pinnacle
and Ameristar were offering and planning to offer prior to the Acquisition.
2. A prohibition against any transaction between Pinnacle and Ameristar that
combines their businesses in the relevant markets, except as may be
approved by the Commission.
3. A requirement that, for a period of time, Pinnacle and Ameristar provide
prior notice to the Commission of acquisitions, mergers, consolidations, or
any other combinations of their businesses in the relevant markets with
any other company operating in the relevant markets.
4. A requirement to file periodic compliance reports with the Commission.
5. Any other relief appropriate to correct or remedy the anticompetitive
effects of the transaction or to restore Ameristar as a viable, independent
competitor in the relevant markets.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Federal Trade Commission has caused this complaint to
be signed by its Secretary and its official seal to be hereto affixed, at Washington, D.C., this
twenty-eighth day of May, 2013.
By the Commission.
SEAL
Donald S. Clark
Secretary
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By Theresa Schmidt CONNECT
Pinnacle Entertainment confirms it's in discussions with Gaming and Leisure Properties,
Inc. regarding a potential acquisition of Pinnacle's real estate assets.
Pinnacle would then lease the land from Gaming and Leisure, a real estate investment
trust that specializes in casino properties. However, in Lake Charles, L'Auberge is located
on property owned by the Port of Lake Charles, so it would likely not impact Lake Charles.
A spokesman says Pinnacle's board and management team are committed to maximizing
value for the benefit of Pinnacle shareholders.
A news release says there can be no assurance that a transaction will result from these
discussions-- and that Pinnacle does not intend to make any additional comments
regarding this matter until there is something definitive to report.
Pinnacle owns four properties in Louisiana including L'Auberge Casinos in Lake Charles
and Baton Rouge.
We contacted local financial adviser Reed Mendelson, for reaction. He says, while he
doesn't know anything about the transaction, it is not uncommon for companies with
large real estate holdings, like major national realtors and hotel companies, to sell and
lease back under long term leases, their real estate holdings in order to recoup their
capital investment for other uses.
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August 14, 2013
Pinnacle Entertainment Completes Acquisition of Ameristar Casinos, Inc.
LAS VEGAS, Aug. 14, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE:PNK) ("Pinnacle" or the "Company")
announced today that it has completed the acquisition of Ameristar Casinos, Inc. (Nasdaq:ASCA) ("Ameristar"). As previously
announced, Ameristar stockholders are receiving $26.50 per share in cash for each share of Ameristar common stock. The
transaction is valued at approximately $2.8 billion, including assumed debt. The acquisition is expected to be immediately
accretive to Pinnacle Entertainment's free cash flow and earnings per share. Pinnacle Entertainment also announced today the
closing of a $2.6 billion amended and restated senior secured credit facility. The proceeds from the amended and restated
senior secured credit facility, along with the proceeds from a recent 6.375% senior unsecured note offering, were utilized by the
Company to finance the aggregate cash consideration for the acquisition of Ameristar, refinance its and Ameristar's existing
credit facilities, pay related transaction fees and expenses, redeem its existing 8.625% senior notes due 2017 and will provide
working capital and funds for general corporate purposes.
As a result of the transaction, the Company added eight properties and will operate a total of 16 properties in nine states,
excluding the Ameristar Casino Lake Charles development project and Pinnacle's Lumiere Place Casino and Hotels which are
potentially being divested as described below.
"We are delighted to announce the successful completion of this transaction marking a beginning to a merger of two dynamic
companies that will be even better together," commented Anthony Sanfilippo, Chief Executive Officer of Pinnacle
Entertainment. "With this transaction, we have doubled the size of our Company, the gaming and entertainment options for our
guests, and career opportunities for our team members."
Carlos Ruisanchez, President and Chief Financial Officer of Pinnacle Entertainment, commented, "We are optimistic and excited
about the benefits that this fortified platform will provide our combined Company, including lower risk through increased
operational and financial diversification, as well as a lower cost of capital and benefits from synergies and efficiencies of
scale. We expect the merger to be immediately accretive to our earnings and free cash flow, and plan to use this enhanced free
cash flow stream to repay debt and reduce our leverage."
Sanfilippo concluded, "We now move forward in a collaborative manner with a clear focus on achieving a seamless integration,
maximizing the synergies between these two complementary asset portfolios, and unlocking the value that is created by this
much larger Company. Pinnacle is well positioned for a bright future, offering an even more efficient Company with sustainable
long-term value for our stakeholders."
Sales of Ameristar Casino Lake Charles and Lumiere Place Casino and Hotels
The Company has agreed to divest the Ameristar Casino Lake Charles development project and Lumiere Place Casino and
Hotels in order to obtain Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") clearance to complete the merger and pursuant to a consent order
accepted by the FTC for public comment on August 12, 2013. The Company expects to use the proceeds from these planned
divestitures to repay term loans and reduce leverage.
The Company has already entered into a definitive agreement to sell the Ameristar Casino Lake Charles development project
to Golden Nugget. Under the terms of the agreement, Golden Nugget will pay total consideration equal to all cash expenditures
on the development up until the date of closing, and the assumption of all outstanding payables related to the project at that
time, less a $37 million credit. Golden Nugget will complete the development project following the closing of the transaction.
Ameristar has previously disclosed that through June 30, 2013, it had invested total capital of $213.9 million in the Lake Charles
project, including the original purchase price, capital expenditures and escrow deposits. The Company expects to complete the
divestiture of the Ameristar Casino Lake Charles development project by the end of 2013.
The Company is in advanced discussions with potential buyers of Lumiere Place Casino and Hotels, and expects to enter into a
definitive agreement for its divestiture in the third quarter of 2013. In the trailing 12-month period ended June 30, 2013, the net
revenues and Adjusted EBITDA for Pinnacle's St. Louis segment were $387 million and $99 million, respectively, with Lumiere
Place Casino and Hotels comprising 49% and 35% of those segment results, respectively. There can be no assurance that an
agreement will be entered into on attractive terms, or at all.
The potential dispositions described above remain subject to the approval of the FTC and gaming regulatory approvals and
other customary closing conditions.

Equity Grants to Employees of Ameristar
In connection with the closing of the merger, certain employees of Ameristar Casinos, Inc. were granted awards of options and
restricted stock units as an inducement for employment with Pinnacle.
Michelle Shriver was granted 40,000 options and 16,000 restricted stock units, Troy Stremming was granted 30,000 options
and 12,000 restricted stock units, and Jack Mohn was granted 24,000 options and 10,000 restricted stock units. Jim Franke,
Sean Barnard, Monty Terhune, Sherri Summers, George Stadler, Matt Schuffert and Andy Hamblen were each granted 20,000
options and 8,000 restricted stock units. Toni Pepper, Bob Sobczyk, Dave Clark, and Jan Carpineto were each granted 16,000
options and 6,000 restricted stock units. Steve Peate, Will Israel, Michael Adams, Annie Jenkins and Valerie Stewart were each
granted 12,000 options and 4,000 restricted stock units. Denise White, Michelle Lane, Dan Redding, Ricky D'Costa and Kim
Planck were each granted 10,000 options and 3,000 restricted stock units.
The awards described above were approved by Pinnacle's Compensation Committee and granted outside of its 2005 Equity
Incentive and Performance Plan, as amended, pursuant to the exemption provided by New York Stock Exchange Rule 303A.08.
The options vest over four years and have a seven-year term and the restricted stock units vest over four years. The exercise
price of the options is $21.96 per share.
Goldman, Sachs & Co. served as the exclusive financial advisor and Morrison & Foerster LLP served as the legal advisor to
Pinnacle. J.P. Morgan, Goldman, Sachs & Co. and a group of ten other banks provided the committed financing for the
transaction. Lazard and Centerview Partners LLC served as financial advisors to Ameristar and Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
served as legal counsel to Ameristar.
About Pinnacle Entertainment
Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. owns and operates 15 casinos, located in Colorado, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri
and Nevada, and a racetrack in Ohio. In addition, Pinnacle is redeveloping River Downs in Cincinnati, Ohio, into a gaming
entertainment facility, owns a minority interest in Asian Coast Development (Canada) Ltd., an international development and
real estate company currently operating Vietnam's first large-scale integrated resort on the Ho Tram Strip, and holds a majority
interest in the racing license owner, as well as a management contract, for Retama Park Racetrack outside of San Antonio,
Texas.
Forward-Looking Statements
All statements included in this press release, other than historical information or statements of historical fact, are "forwardlooking
statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934. These forward-looking statements, including statements regarding the Company's future cash flows and earnings
per share; future growth; the execution or completion of the divestitures required by the Federal Trade Commission
("Commission") in connection with the Ameristar acquisition; the ability of the Company to continue to meet its financial and
other covenants governing its indebtedness; the ability of the Company to reduce its debt; the expected synergies and benefits
of the combination of the Company and Ameristar, including the expected accretive effect of the merger on the Company's cash
flow, profit, and other financial results; the anticipated benefits of geographic diversity that would result from the merger and the
expected results of Ameristar's gaming properties, prospective performance and opportunities; are based on management's
current expectations and are subject to risks, uncertainties and changes in circumstances that could significantly affect future
results. Accordingly, the Company cautions that the forward-looking statements contained herein are qualified by important
factors and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected by such statements. Such
factors and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: (a) the Company's ability to realize the synergies contemplated by the
merger between the Company and Ameristar; (b) the Company's ability to promptly and effectively integrate the business of
Pinnacle and Ameristar; (c) the ability and timing to complete the dispositions required as part of the consent order with the
Commission; (d) the Company's business may be sensitive to reductions in consumers' discretionary spending as a result of
downtowns in the economy; (e) the global financial crisis may have an impact on the Company's business and financial
condition in ways that the Company currently cannot accurately predict; (f) significant competition in the gaming industry in all of
the Company's markets could adversely affect the Company's revenues and profitability; (g) the terms of the Company's
amended and restated credit facility and the indentures governing its senior and subordinated indebtedness impose operating
and financial restrictions on the Company; and (h) other risks, including those as may be detailed from time to time in the
Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). For more information on the potential factors that
could affect the Company's financial results and business, review the Company's filings with the SEC, including, but not limited
to, its Annual Report on Form 10-K, its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and its Current Reports on Form 8-K.

October 15, 2015
Pinnacle Entertainment Secures Mississippi Gaming Commission Approval to Complete Its
Proposed Transaction With Gaming & Leisure Properties, Inc.
LAS VEGAS, Oct. 15, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE:PNK) announced today that the
Mississippi Gaming Commission has unanimously granted approval for the Company to complete its previously announced
transaction with Gaming & Leisure Properties, Inc. (NASDAQ:GLPI).
On July 21, 2015, PNK and GLPI jointly announced a transaction in which Pinnacle will spin off its operating business and the
real property of Belterra Park Gaming & Entertainment Center into a separately traded public company ("OpCo") and the real
estate assets held by the remaining company ("PropCo") will be acquired by GLPI. As consideration for the real estate assets
in PropCo, Pinnacle shareholders will receive a fixed exchange ratio of 0.85 of a share of GLPI common stock per share of
Pinnacle common stock they own. Pinnacle shareholders will also receive one share of OpCo common stock for each share of
Pinnacle common stock they own.
After the close of the transaction, Pinnacle will operate the leased gaming facilities under a triple-net Master Lease agreement
with GLPI and will pay initial annual rent of $377 million. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions, additional
regulatory approvals and the approval of GLPI and Pinnacle's shareholders.
Anthony Sanfilippo, Chief Executive Officer of Pinnacle Entertainment, commented, "We are pleased to have received the first
of seven required state gaming regulatory agency approvals necessary to complete our proposed transaction with GLPI, and
we thank the Mississippi Gaming Commission for expeditiously reviewing and approving our application. We have applications
on file with the remaining six state gaming regulatory bodies that must approve various aspects of our transaction with GLPI,
which we expect them to consider for approval at upcoming meetings. We expect to complete the transaction with GLPI in the
2016 first quarter."
Forward Looking Statements
All statements included in this press release, other than historical information or statements of historical fact, are "forwardlooking
statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934. Words such as, but not limited to, "believes," "expects," "anticipates," "estimates," "intends," "plans,"
"could," "may," "will," "should," and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Such forwardlooking
statements, may include, without limitation, statements regarding the transaction between the Company and GLPI
whereby the Company would sell its real estate assets to GLPI and spin-off the Company's operations into a new public
company; and the consummation of the transaction and the timing thereof. All forward-looking statements rely on a number of
assumptions, estimates and data concerning future results and events and are subject to a number of uncertainties and other

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While bonds set for Harris
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some low — he’s been able
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arrest 12 times, according to
CCC records.
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The former judge, who said he
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of Harris’ cases, set bonds
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of innocence,” said
Carter, who said he would
consider whether a defendant
had charges pending.
Ted Hartman, Harris’ attorney,
has asked Judge Sharon
Wilson to reduce Harris’ $13.15
million bond. Hartman said
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Harris has been arrested
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aggravated battery, although
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guy. He’s certainly not some
sort of violent drug dealer.”
Harris, along with 50
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distribute cocaine.
Harris and Lecompte, who
also has a lengthy criminal
history, were distributing both
powder cocaine and crack,
authorities said.
Although few specifics
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revealed, the investigation began
June 29, 2013, according to
the initial complaint, obtained
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More buys were made
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of cocaine,” the complaint
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also being distributed.
When Lecompte was arrested
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on April 29, he had no drugs
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detective with the Combined
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told authorities he was going
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cocaine from the Texas men
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Reed said.
Harris was arrested the
same day on Country Club
Road. Fourteen one-ounce
bags of cocaine were found in
a room he booked at a hotel on
Derek Drive, Reed said.
Lecompte has been booked
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Harris’ first arrest recorded
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108 months in prison and five
years’ supervised probation,
according to another local
court filing.
Beginning Dec. 3, 1998,
Harris spent the next several
years at Three Rivers Correctional
Institute in Three
Rivers, Texas.
Requests to the Federal Bureau
of Prisons for exact dates
have not yet been returned,
but CCC records show Harris
was arrested in February 2006
for domestic abuse, then again
in August 2006 for carrying
an illegal weapon. According
to a news report at the time,
authorities said two handguns
and a bottle of PCP were found
in a car Harris was sitting in,
with two other men, in a motel
parking lot.
After a March 2007 arrest,
he was picked up on a federal
detainer in June 2007 and
again in June 2008. It appears
he was returned to Three Rivers
both times before completing
his federal sentence.
Harris was arrested four
times in 2009, all for drugs,
although two of those appear
to be combined. In 2010, Harris
was arrested seven times, all
on drug charges — cocaine,
marijuana, alprazolam and
hydrocodone.
On March 2, 2010, Harris
was arrested for cocaine possession
with intent to distribute
and first-offense marijuana
possession. He was arrested
again later that month, then
again in May, June, September
and December 2010.
On Jan. 24, 2011, Harris
pleaded guilty to an amended
sentence of cocaine possession
in Calcasieu’s 14th Judicial
District Court. Following prosecutors’
recommendations,
Carter sentenced Harris to a
two-year suspended sentence
and two years’ supervised
probation. He was ordered
to pay a monthly fee of $55,
a $300 fine and court costs,
and $200 to the Southwest
Louisiana Crime Lab. He was
also ordered to submit to drug
screens. As part of the plea
deal, all remaining charges
were dropped.
“Ultimately he pled out to
a felony,” Hartman, Harris’
attorney, said. “I think it’s fair
because the charges against
him were nonviolent matters.
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He did get a felony conviction,
which impacts him down the
line — it impacts plea negotiations
in the future and impacts
his exposure to a habitual
offender bill.”
Gaspard, the assistant district
attorney who has since
taken over drug cases, said it
is not an offer that would be
extended now.
“The plea deal that he got
was inexcusable, there’s no
doubt about that,” Gaspard
said. “Operation 27 would
not have started off with him
because he would still be doing
jail time. That’s just the
bottom line.”
While Harris was pleading
guilty in court, he was still under
investigation by authorities,
Gaspard said. Two days
after the plea deal, on Jan. 26,
a search warrant for cocaine
distribution was served at
Harris’ house for an alleged
offense that happened Jan. 20.
Harris stayed in jail 17 days
before bonding out on $20,500
bond set by Carter.
Harris was arrested for
domestic abuse battery in
September 2011 — although he
wasn’t booked — and drug possession
in September 2012.
Harris absconded from
probation and parole, and
a warrant for him was issued
in January 2013, state
Department of Corrections
spokeswoman Pam Laborde
said. Arrested in June 2013 for
the probation violation and
domestic abuse battery, Harris
was released the same day
on $2,500 bond set by Carter.
Probation and parole alleged
Harris violated the terms of
his probation when he was
arrested in September 2012 for
marijuana possession, failed
to make monthly payments
and failed to report in October,
November and December 2012.
Laborde said an unsuccessful
attempt was made in
August 2013 to have Harris’
probation and parole revoked.
Harris has a history of
missing court dates, failing to
show for arraignments in 2007
and 2009 and for trial dates on
Nov. 15, 2010, and Jan. 6, 2011,
according to court records.
He faces a probation violation
from the 2011 plea deal,
expected to be heard July 23.
When he was indicted
Thursday, it became his sixth
case open with the District Attorney’s
Office.
The court has never recognized a for-profit
corporation’s religious rights under federal
law or the Constitution. But even some
supporters of the administration’s position
said they would not be surprised if the court
were to do so on Monday.
which can cost up to $1,000.
The Obama administration
says insurance coverage for
birth control is important to
women’s health and reduces
the number of unwanted pregnancies,
as well as abortions.
Manuel running for
mayor in Westlake
Lori Peterson Manuel has
announced her candidacy for
mayor of the city of Westlake.
The election is Tuesday,
Nov. 4.
Manuel has served the
residents of Westlake for
two terms as a City Council
member.
A Westlake native, she is
the daughter of Rollin and
Bernice Ellis. She and her
husband, Russ Manuel, have
five sons and six grandchildren.
Throughout her term,
she said, she has worked to
protect the interests of residents
and looked for ways to
improve the city. As a council
member she has been successful
toward both of these
goals. Some of her accomplishments:
l Introduced and led adoption
of Ordinance No. 853,
which increased the registration
fees of registered sex offenders
within the city limits.
l Authored and introduced
Ordinance No. 849,
which provided criteria and
regulatory guidelines for RV
parks. Until then, the city had
no ordinance regarding RV
parks.
l Worked with the Southwest
Louisiana delegation to
help secure $1 million in state
capital outlay funding for a
new Westlake police command
center.
l Authored and was
awarded a $250,000 Safe Route
to School grant for sidewalk
construction along Shady
Lane between Sampson Street
and Walker Drive. Grant
funds also were used to buy
traffic control equipment for
the Police Department.
l In preparation for future
natural gas sales revenue,
she testified before a state
House of Representatives
subcommittee on behalf of
Westlake. Her testimony was
instrumental in stabilizing
natural gas prices for the city,
and provided Westlake the
opportunity to sell natural
gas to large industrial volume
users.
l Authored and presented
a critical infrastructure
analysis report to Gov. Bobby
Jindal addressing the ingress
and egress needs of the city.
l Initiated a complete
The court has never recognized
a for-profit corporation’s
religious rights under federal
law or the Constitution. But
even some supporters of the
administration’s position said
they would not be surprised
if the court were to do so on
Monday, perhaps limiting the
right to corporations that are
under tight family control.
Several justices worried at
the argument in March that
such a decision would lead to
religious objections to covering
blood transfusions or vaccinations.
Prominent Washington lawyer
Paul Smith said another
important question is how
the decision would apply to
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internal review
of all policies
and procedures
for the city and
is working to
update them.
“I am
thankful and
proud for these
and other accomplishments
made during my tenure as
a City Council member. It is
an honor to serve my fellow
citizens,” she said. “However,
I feel my job is not done. We
must continue working to
make Westlake the best it
can be. I am very excited to
be a part of these endeavors
and will continue to move
forward.”
A 1978 early graduate
of Westlake High School,
Manuel attended McNeese
State University. She works
in Westlake for John H.
Carter Co. Inc. as the inside
sales manager, providing
industrial instrumentation,
valves and equipment to area
refineries.
Prior to being elected to
the council, she served 12
years as a board member
on the Ward 4 Recreation
Board. She has been an active
participant in her city and
parish government for many
years.
An avid supporter of
Westlake, she appreciates
the opportunity to help local
organizations. They include
the Westlake Senior Citizen
Center, Westlake High School,
and Operation Graduation.
Lori is a former board member
for the Oasis women’s
shelter.
“As a candidate for the
mayor of Westlake, I am
keenly aware that already our
city is being impacted significantly
with the announcement
of industrial expansions
throughout Southwest
Louisiana,” she said.
“The next mayor of Westlake
must have a vision for
our future, a strategic path
to move forward, a working
knowledge gained through
experience, and an ongoing
relationship of mutual respect
with area industries to
fully understand the opportunities
and challenges our
city will face during the next
several years.”
“laws that protect people from
discrimination, particularly
LGBT people.”
In the Hobby Lobby case,
even if the court finds such
a right exists, it still has to
weigh whether the government’s
decision to have
employee health plans pay
for birth control is important
enough to overcome the companies’
religious objections.
It is no surprise that this
high-profile case, argued three
months ago, is among the last
released.
The other unresolved case
has been hanging around
since late January, often a sign
that the outcome is especially
contentious.
Home health care workers
in Illinois want the court to
rule that public sector unions
cannot collect fees from workers
who aren’t union members.
The idea behind compulsory
fees for nonmembers
is that the union negotiates
the contract for all workers,
so they all should share in the
cost of that work.
The court has been hostile
to labor unions in recent
years. If that trend continues
Monday, the justices could
confine their ruling to home
health workers or they could
strike a big blow against
unions more generally.
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Karey indicted on murder charge
By Johnathan Manning
jmanning@americanpress.com
By John Guidroz
jguidroz@americanpress.com
For three years, Suzy Heck,
director of Heckhaven Wildlife
Rehabilitation Center in Lake
Charles, has taken care of
Calcasieu, a 4-year-old golden
eagle. She said she wants to
show him to students at local
schools, but some steps remain
A second trip before a
grand jury resulted in a higher
charge for a man accused of
shooting a pastor during a
revival service.
Woodrow Karey was indicted
on a charge of second-degree
murder Thursday, upped
from the manslaughter charge
another grand jury indicted
him on in November.
Karey, 54, shot and killed
pastor Ronald J. Harris Sr.,
53, on Sept. 27 in Tabernacle
of Praise Worship Center. He
before that can happen.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service issues permits to use
golden eagles for educational
purposes to zoos, scientific
organizations and registered
museums. Heck — who sent
her permit request in March
2012 — said one would be issued
if one of those kinds of
organizations told the federal
Friday, June 27, 2014
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called 911 and turned himself
in, telling police that Harris
had raped his wife. He was
charged with second-degree
murder.
Calcasieu District Attorney’s
Office spokeswoman Holly
Carter said the case was taken
back to a grand jury because
agency that Heckhaven works
with it on scientific studies.
Another permit requirement
includes setting up
an endowment fund, a step
that was recently reached
with help from the Community
Foundation of Southwest
Louisiana. Sara Judson, the
foundation’s president and
CEO, said Heck contacted
Rick Hickman / American Press
Suzy Heck takes care of Calcasieu, a 4-year-old golden eagle. The bird lives at Heckhaven Wildlife Rehabilitation Center.
Heckhaven Wildlife Rehabilitation Center
receives endowment for golden eagle
the group about creating an
endowment.
“We are pleased the foundation
can offer that to nonprofits
in the community,” she
said. “We work with individuals
and businesses and
nonprofits who want a savings
account for doing good.”
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new evidence was provided by
the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s
Office, but did not say what the
new evidence was. Grand jury
proceedings are secret.
The first grand jury had the
opportunity to indict Karey
on a charge of second-degree
murder, but opted for manslaughter.
As Karey entered the church
during the service, he reportedly
shot Harris, then shot him
again at close range once the
man was on the ground.
Karey’s wife reportedly filed
a rape complaint against Harris
two days before the shooting.
Sheriff Tony Mancuso
said text messages revealed
there may have been a relationship.
Authorities have not said,
though, whether it is believed
the relationship was consensual.
Karey is being held on
$500,000 bond.
Jindal leader:
Summer test scores
won’t be delayed
By Johnathan Manning
jmanning@americanpress.com
Fifty-one people were
indicted Thursday on cocaine
distribution charges related to
Operation 27.
Authorities had previously
announced 39 arrests netted
by the drug sting, but a grand
jury in state district court on
Thursday returned true bills
against 51 defendants.
Norvell Harris, for whom
the operation was named,
faces the most charges. He
was indicted on 188 counts,
‘We understand this
creates a significant
problem for students
and families.’
John White
Superintendent of education
BATON ROUGE — Gov.
Bobby Jindal’s administration
said Thursday that public
school fourth-graders and
eighth-graders who retook
their standardized tests this
summer should get their results
on time, despite Jindal’s
suspension of the testing
contract.
The retests for students
who previously failed the
high-stakes tests are used to
determine if the students
advance to the next grade, and
Superintendent of Education
John White had suggested
Jindal’s actions on the contract
could stall scoring.
A flurry of memos, emails
and phone calls over the summer
tests was part of the continued
haggling over Jindal’s
attempt to undermine Louisiana’s
use of the Common Core
education standards, which
have been adopted by more
than 40 states.
Jindal wants the state out
of Common Core, while White
and other education leaders
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51 indicted on charges
related to Operation 27
159 of those are conspiracy to
distribute cocaine. There were
also 13 counts of conspiracy to
manufacture cocaine and possession
of a weapon (a Ruger
SR9C handgun) by a convicted
felon. The charges are related
to numerous incidents in
February, March and April, according
to the indictment.
Operation 27 was so named
because Harris was arrested
for the 27th time.
Harris, on whom the
District Attorney’s Office also
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Now the school’s PTEC students
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Last month, Sowela launched
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Prospective students must have a
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their most recent degree to be admitted
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Students must also have successfully
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Heck said the bird was
found in Morganza in January
2011 with injuries. She said
golden eagles are normally
found in the Western or Northern
U.S., not Louisiana.
“We’ve only got one other
golden eagle in the 20 years I’ve
been here,” she said.
After he was found, Heck
said, the bird was taken to
Louisiana State University,
where surgery was performed
on his legs. In June 2011, officials
with the state Department
of Wildlife and Fisheries took
him to Rockefeller Wildlife
Refuge to be released. When he
wouldn’t fly away, he was taken
to Heckhaven.
“When I got him in, I
thought he had a broken
elbow,” Heck said. “I X-rayed
him, and it wasn’t broken; he
had a large buildup of calcium.
Like people ... if you hurt a
joint, you’re always going to be
prone for arthritis.”
Because of his condition,
Heck said, she decided to keep
Calcasieu permanently. She
said Heckhaven’s mission is
to rehabilitate animals so they
Two charged after
Sulphur break-in
A report of a burglary in
progress at a home on Edson
Street in Sulphur led to the arrests
of a 21-year-old man and a
15-year-old boy, authorities said.
The two burglarized the
home at about 1:30 p.m. Monday,
stealing cash and then
fleeing on foot, said Calcasieu
Parish Sheriff ’s Office spokeswoman
Kim Myers. Marty D.
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Calcasieu, a golden eagle, stretches its wings as handler Suzy
Heck tends the bird at Heckhaven Wildlife Rehabilitation
Center in Lake Charles. Heckhaven recently received an
endowment from the Community Foundation of Southwest
Louisiana to help aid in its quest for a permit that would allow
it to show the bird in local schools.
can be released back into the
wild, unless injuries or other
issues would keep them from
surviving.
Heck said the endowment
would not only support the
continued rehabilitation of the
eagle, but the overall effort at
CRime bRieFS
Ashworth, 21, 2111 Trailer St.,
was arrested moments later
close to the home, she said.
Ashworth and the boy admitted
breaking into the home,
Myers said. The stolen cash
was recovered and returned to
the victim, she said.
Ashworth and the boy were
charged with burglary of an
inhabited dwelling and theft
under $500. Ashworth, who
is being held in the Calcasieu
Correctional Center, was also
charged with contributing to
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and request that they go to the
Heckhaven endowment fund.
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Judge Mike Canaday set bond
at $37,500.
l
The Calcasieu Parish Sheriff
’s Office reported the following
arrests:
Lloyd Anthony Higginbotham,
46, 1766 Tall Sky drive — simple
robbery. Bond: $45,000.
Xavier D. Stanley, 19, 3205 Enterprise
Blvd., A — armed robbery,
attempted armed robbery with a
firearm. Bond: $350,000.
matthew James miller, 25, 6859
Tom Hebert Road, No. 432 —
violating protective orders, attempted
simple burglary. Bond:
$12,500.
Ashley mary montgomery, 27,
4249 Fifth Ave. — five counts of
drug production, drug possession
with intent to distribute,
marijuana possession with
intent. Bond: $27,500.
mashonda marie fradieu, 25,
1908 Hagan St. — access device
fraud $500 or more, forgery,
bank fraud. Bond: $10,000.
Lacie J. Oliver, 33, 1203 Washington
St. — forgery, filing false
public records. Bond: $25,000.
Jeffery Wayne romero Sr., 59,
5026 S. Prien Lake Road — domestic
abuse battery. Bond:
$20,000.
baton Rouge approves
ride-sharing companies
By The Associated Press
By The Associated Press
LAFAYETTTE — Lafayette
police are once again enforcing
a law against rusting and
broken-down vehicles. The
move comes seven years after
a lawsuit put the anti-blight
effort on hold and forced a reworking
of the city’s junked
vehicle ordinance.
Police Chief Jim Craft tells
The Advocate officers have
investigated 82 complaints of
junked vehicles since reviving
enforcement about four
weeks ago.
Of that number, Craft
says enforcement action has
begun for 25 of the vehicles,
which could be towed at
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has five other open cases, is
accused of being the most
prolific street-level cocaine
dealer in the area, and Hayward
Lecompte, his alleged
supplier, is accused of being
the largest cocaine distributor
in the area.
Lecompte was indicted on
25 charges, 14 of those conspiracy
to distribute cocaine.
He was arrested on 21 drug
counts.
Judge Sharon Wilson
lowered Lecompte’s bond
from $4.4 million to $296,000
on June 19. On Thursday,
after charges were added and
others modified, Judge David
BATON ROUGE — The
East Baton Rouge Metro
Council has voted to allow
ride-sharing companies like
Uber, Lyft and Sidecar to operate
in Baton Rouge.
The Advocate reports taxi
cab representatives asked the
council Wednesday to reject
the vote on the basis that the
technology companies would
be subject to looser regulations
and allowed to charge
whatever they want.
Baton Rouge taxi and limo
drivers had said prior to
Wednesday’s meeting that an
attempt by the Metro Council
to allow ride-sharing companies
into the market would
create public safety concerns
and an uneven playing field
for transportation services.
The new local ordinances
approved by the council
Wednesday are designed to attract
tech transportation companies
to Baton Rouge. These
services allow passengers to
use smartphone apps to hail
rides from amateur drivers,
often using their personal
vehicles. Riders use their
phones to pay with credit
cards, with the company and
the driver each taking a cut.
Council members sponsoring
the ordinances say there
are too few taxis in Baton
Rouge and the existing ones
are too slow to respond. They
argue the dearth of available
taxis in the city has created a
void that can be filled by the
ride-sharing companies.
In order to operate a taxi
in Baton Rouge, drivers must
have a state chauffeur license
and get their vehicles and
meters inspected twice a year.
Taxi drivers go to the city
police annually to be fingerprinted
and photographed.
Police also verify they don’t
the owners’ expense if not
removed voluntarily.
He said 28 cases are still
open, and 29 ended with owners
removing the vehicles
themselves after being told
they were in violation of local
law.
“Many of the owners contacted
(by police) are cooperating
and are trying to make
arrangements to move the
vehicle,” Craft said.
The Lafayette City-Parish
Council passed a new junked
vehicle ordinance in November,
but Craft said it has
taken several months for
his department to work out
a standardized enforcement
process, to determine who
Ritchie added $350,000 bond
on a charge of conspiracy
to possess over 400 grams of
cocaine, $100,000 each on two
cocaine distribution charges,
and $100,000 on a charge
of conspiracy to distribute
cocaine.
While all were indicted on
cocaine distribution charges
— authorities said both
powder cocaine and crack
were being distributed —
some were also charged with
possession or distribution of
other drugs, including marijuana,
synthetic marijuana,
promethazine, hydrocodone,
alprazolam and testosterone.
Those indicted: Ranferi
Nunez-Sanchez, 32; Luis
Arnoldo Rodriguez, 46; Omar
Sanchez Ortuno, 21; Venancio
have criminal records.
Cab fares are set by the
Metro Council and the taxi
board commission.
The proposed ordinance
would require criminal background
and driving-record
checks for the ride-sharing
companies, but the onus is on
the companies rather than the
city police to do them.
Councilman John Delgado
said the technology used by
the companies creates accountability,
because riders
get to see drivers’ profiles
on their smartphones and
can rate the drivers and the
vehicles.
Ride-sharing services
operating in Baton Rouge,
under the ordinance, will be
required to do background
checks on potential drivers,
inspect vehicles, establish zero-tolerance
policies for drug
and alcohol use, and prohibit
riders from “street hails.”
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During Monday’s early
morning hours, S.W.A.T.
teams and members of the
Combined Anti-Drug Taskforce
raided 14 houses in
Lake Charles as part of a
major drug bust, authorities
said.
Among those arrested
during the bust, dubbed
“Operation 27,” was the largest
supplier of cocaine in the
area, as well as the largest
street-level dealer, said James
Anderson, spokesman for
Louisiana State Police Troop
D, which was the lead agency.
Authorities had an airplane
and a helicopter in the
air as 24 people were arrested.
The operation focused
on powder cocaine, crack
cocaine and marijuana distribution,
Anderson said. State
Police Colonel Mike Edmonson
called the sting “the largest
operation in the history of
Southwest Louisiana.”
The drugs were coming to
Southwest Louisiana from
Houston and Mexico, state
police Colonel Mike Edmonson
said. He said Interstate 10
was used as a “funnel” into
Tuesday, May 6, 2014
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Axiall report reveals major chemical release
By frank Dicesare
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A recent report from Axiall
to the state Department of Environmental
Quality reveals
more than 100,000 pounds of
hazardous chemicals were
released during a fire at the
company’s Westlake plant in
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December, an amount that far
exceeds what is permitted by
state officials.
Axiall’s 60-day follow-up
report indicates that a combined
total of 131,000 pounds
of hydrogen chloride ethylene
dichloride and vinyl chloride
were released from the plant
Authorities prepare to take part in one of Monday’s early morning drug raids.
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BATON ROUGE — Speaker privatization model,
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expected locally, as well as in
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“It’s far from over,” he
said.
The sting was called “Operation
27,” because one of
the targets, Iowa man Norvell
Keith Harris, was going to
be arrested for a 27th time,
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as a result of the Dec. 20 blaze.
Axiall’s Title V permit with
DEQ allows for a maximum
combined total of 1,101 pounds
of these chemicals to be
released from the plant during
each incident.
In a statement to the
American Press, DEQ Press
rejected the state’s financing
plans for the privatization
of six state-owned hospitals
that care for the poor and
uninsured. Testimony before
the House Appropriations
Committee indicated that $307
million due the state could be
denied by CMS.
Secretary Greg Langley
said Axiall’s report revealed
“potential areas of concern
associated with the incident.”
He added the department has
notified Axiall verbally of
“this preliminary finding and
will work with them to obtain
any necessary information or
Lecompte, 39, 1825 Rena
Street, is believed to be the
largest supplier of cocaine in
Lake Charles, Anderson said.
Lecompte was bringing to
the area six kilos of cocaine
CMS in a statement said,
“To maintain fiscal integrity
of the Medicaid program,
CMS is unable to approve the
state plan amendment request
made by Louisiana. We look
forward to continuing to work
with the state to ensure Louisianans
receive high quality
data to determine if violations
of the air quality regulations
or applicable air permits occurred.”
If DEQ does find that Axiall
was in violation of their
permit, his statement read,
“the department will take the
necessary actions to appropri-
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homes
targeted
in raid
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jmanning@americanpress.com
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a month, Anderson said. Arrested
at a location on Nelson
Road on April 29, he faces 20
drug counts. He is being held
on $4.3 million bond.
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Medicaid coverage.”
Hospitals involved in the
rejection are located at Lake
Charles, New Orleans, Lafayette,
Houma, Shreveport and
Monroe.
Kleckley, R-Lake Charles,
said the privatization plan between
Lake Charles Memorial
ately address any violations
identified.”
Langley declined to comment
on what the “potential
areas of concern” were. He
did, however, say that further
action will be forthcoming
from DEQ enforcement
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Testing bill
turned back
by panel
By Jim Beam
jbeam@americanpress.com
BATON ROUGE — A House
committee rejected a bill by
Rep. Brett Geymann here Monday
that would have required
education testing contracts be
approved by the Joint Legislative
Committee on the Budget.
The vote by the House Appropriations
Committee was
10 for the bill and 12 against.
Geymann, R-Moss Bluff,
opposes the Partnership for
Assessment of Readiness for
College and Careers test that
is planned for use with the
controversial Common Core
curriculum being used in the
state’s public schools. However,
he said his legislation
doesn’t have anything to do
with Common Core but with
education testing contracts
that aren’t put out for bids.
An amendment Geymann
added to his bill said any contract
that didn’t seek a request
for proposals would need
the Joint Budget Committee
approval. He said it wouldn’t
apply to a college entrance
examination, including the
American College Test and
the Scholastic Aptitude Test, a
high school equivalency exam
or an industry-based certificate
examination.
John White, state superintendent
of education, said
preparations for use of PARCC
have been ongoing for four
years and the bill would have a
significant impact on teachers
and students. It would also be
costly, he said.
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Kleckley wants state, feds to resolve dispute over hospitals
By Jim Beam
jbeam@americanpress.com
BATON ROUGE — A Senate bill
designed to clear the air on what is
required of persons charged with
drunken driving cleared the House
Transportation Committee here
Monday and heads to the full House.
Sen. Ronnie Johns, R-Sulphur, is
sponsor of Senate Bill 289.
Johns told the committee the bill
is the result of a drunken driving
incident last year that claimed four
lives.
Jennifer Englade of LaPlace was
driving drunk and crashed into
another car, killing three persons, according
to news reports at the time.
One of them was pregnant. Englade
admitted responsibility for the crash,
the reports said.
Prior to the accident, Englade had
been convicted of three DWIs, the
first two in St. John Parish in 1999
and the third in St. Charles Parish in
2012.
Englade, 41, was nearly twice over
the legal limit when she crossed a
raised median on Airline Highway in
St. Charles Parish, according to law
enforcement officials.
Hospital and Moss Regional
Medical Center has worked
out well.
“People are getting greater
access and better care,” Kleckley
said. “It has been nothing
but a positive event.”
Patients are able to get the
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DWI legislation clears committee
She was later ruled unfit to stand
trial.
Johns and Joel Chaisson, district
attorney of St. Charles Parish, spoke
in support of SB 289. Both said it
deals with Article 894 of the Code of
Criminal Procedure, which outlines
steps a judge orders for DWI defendants
before they are allowed to
drive.
Chaisson said Englade’s license
should have been suspended after
her third DWI, but wasn’t because of
the way the Office of Motor Vehicles
interpreted Article 894.
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Harris, 36, 103 Cypress
Lane, believed to be the largest
street level drug dealer
in Lake Charles, was also
arrested April 29 at 2640
Country Club. Hollie Elizabeth
Harris, 34, also of 103 Cypress
Lane, was arrested along with
Norvell Harris. According to
Calcasieu Correctional Center
records, Norvell Harris faces
192 drug charges and is being
held on $12.55 million bond.
Hollie Harris faces 12 drug
counts.
Monday morning’s crackdown
was swift and efficient,
with the 14 houses hit within
an hour, Edmonson said.
About 150 members of law enforcement
participated in the
raid, Calcasieu Parish Sheriff
Tony Mancuso said.
Mancuso said S.W.A.T.
teams did not meet any significant
resistance.
“I think we surprised them
this morning,” Mancuso said.
“That’s why we hit them with
so many and so strong and so
fast, we wanted that element
of surprise.”
Last week, law enforcement
also raided a business from
which drugs were being dealt,
Gene Pittman, head of the
CAT team said.
Mancuso, who recently
spoke before the Louisiana legislature
against lessening drug
penalties, called the operation
a victory in the war against
drugs.
“I can’t say we always win,
but we won today,” Mancuso
said. “We won last week and
we’re not going to give up.
We’re going to continue to
fight and we’re going to continue
to scratch and dig.”
Edmonson called the raid
important with economic
growth expected in Southwest
Louisiana in the next few
years.
“We know where the drugs
are coming from, they’re coming
out of Texas and Mexico,”
Edmonson said. “We do everything
we can do to be proactive
in our efforts for public safety.
We do what we’ve got to do and
that started at three o-clock
this morning.”
The Lake Charles Police
Department, the Calcasieu
Parish Sheriff ’s Office, state
Wildlife and Fisheries, the
DEA and Homeland Security
participated in the operation.
Operation 27 arrests
Krisjuana Bellow, 22, Lake Charles:
16 counts of cocaine possession
with intent to distribute. Bond:
$1.75 million.
Herbert Slydell, 45, Lake Charles:
2 counts of drug distribution, 2
counts conspiracy to distribute
drugs. Bond: $400,000.
Jarvis Anderson, 38, Lake Charles:
4 counts cocaine possession
with intent to distribute, distribution
of marijuana, marijuana
possession with intent to distribute.
Bond: $805,000
Jahmal Gray, 40, Lake Charles: 6
counts conspiracy to distribute
drugs. Bond: $900,000.
Spencer Vito, 41, Lake Charles: 2
counts drug distribution.
Jonathan Mayo, 28, Lake Charles:
5 counts conspiracy to distribute
drugs. Bond: $750,000.
Gregory Eddie, 46, Lake Charles:
10 counts conspiracy to distribute
drugs. Bond: $1.5 million.
Chad Gladney, 40, Lake Charles: 4
counts conspiracy to distribute
drugs, 3 counts drug possession,
2 counts conspiracy to
distribute drugs. Bond: $1.15
million.
Jeremy Augustine, 28, Lake
Charles: 5 counts conspiracy
to distribute drugs. Bond:
$701,000
Shanna Franklin, 35, Lake Charles:
drug distribution, drug possession.
Bond: $30,000
Leo Miller Sr., 28, Lake Charles:
conspiracy to possess drugs,
crack cocaine possession with
intent to distribute. Bond:
$150,000
Nathaniel Rankins, 38, Lake
Charles: 5 counts conspiracy
to distribute drugs. Bond:
$700,000
Janette Ecter, 42, Lake Charles:
conspiracy to possess drugs.
Bond: $150,000
Eric d. Malbrough, 39, Lake
Charles: 3 counts conspiracy to
possess drugs, 3 counts drug
distribution. Bond: $775,000
Jerry Vallier, 50, Lake Charles: 7
counts conspiracy to distribute
drugs. Bond: $1.05 million.
Hayward Lecompte, 39, Lake
Charles: 17 counts conspiracy
to distribute drugs, attempted
possession of CdS II over 400
grams, attempted CdS possession
with intent to distribute.
Bond: $4.3 million.
Omar Sanchez Arturo, 21,
Houston, Texas: conspiracy to
distribute drugs.
Venancio Ortuno, 28, Houston,
Texas: conspiracy to distribute
drugs. Bond: $500,000.
Norvell K. Harris, 36, Iowa: 180
counts conspiracy to distribute
drugs, 3 counts drug possession
with intent to distribute,
illegal possession of stolen
things, possession of a firearm
by a convicted felon, 3 counts
cruelty to juveniles, 3 counts
drug production with intent to
distribute. Bond: $12.55 million.
Hollie E. Harris, 34, Iowa: 9 counts
conspiracy to distribute drugs.
Bond: $40,000
david Moss Jr., 24, Lake Charles:
conspiracy to distribute cocaine.
William Plaster, 33, Sulphur:
conspiracy to possess cocaine.
Bond: $1.5 million.
Jewery B. Webb, 46, Lake Charles:
distribution of crack cocaine.
Bond: $175,000.
Jerrel L. Webb, 35, Lake Charles:
distribution of crack cocaine.
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officials, as the department
investigates the incident.
“We’re looking at the numbers
right now that are in
that report, and we’re doing
some analysis,” Langley
said. “I don’t know what that
action will be. That’s up to
our people in enforcement.
They have to see if there was
a violation that will require a
penalty. But something more
will happen with it.”
Axiall’s report, which was
submitted to DEQ on April
25, states that fire began
when a pipe in the plant’s No.
2 Vinyl Chloride Cracking
Furnace ruptured during a
unit restart, releasing flammable
gases that ignited. The
report further states that the
pipe’s short-term exposure to
temperatures well above its
design’s threshold weakened
it “until it could not withstand
the internal pressure.”
In February, Plant Manager
Jon Manns told media
officials he was in his office
on the day of the fire when
he heard “a muffled thump”
that came from outside. He
then reported seeing smoke
outside his office window.
He added that the company’s
PHH units operate under
pressure.
Manns also said the PHH
furnace at the center of
LOCAL
McNeese MFA alum named Pulitzer finalist
Special to the American Press
McNeese State University’s
Master of Fine Arts program
has something else to “toot
its own horn” about. Morri
Creech, a 1998 MFA alumnus,
was one of three finalists for
the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for poetry
with his book, “The Sleep
of Reason.”
The Pulitzer Prize committee
cited Creech’s book as “a
book of masterly poems that
capture the inner experience
of a man in mid-life who is
troubled by mortality and the
passage of time, traditional
themes that are made to feel
new.”
Creech, an assistant
professor of English and
writer-in-residence at Queens
University of Charlotte in
North Carolina, said he “was
shocked.”
“I had no idea I was a
finalist…I got a text from
my oldest daughter, Hattie,
congratulating me, but
I wasn’t sure what she was
congratulating me about until
By Lance Traweek
ltraweek@americanpress.com
At age 16, Keith DuRousseau
spent his summer
picking weeds and mowing
the grass at the Port of Lake
Charles.
Next week, he will be
recognized for his accomplishments
at the Governor’s
Mansion in Baton Rouge with
a special reception the following
day at the White House in
Washington, D.C.
“I come from very humble
beginnings,” DuRousseau
said.
After working for 10 years
in ground maintenance at the
port, he opened his own business
called Keiland Construction,
LLC in Lake Charles.
The construction firm and
real estate holding company
started with revenues around
‘I wouldn’t have
written any of these
poems ... without the
enormous influence,
instruction and
encouragement of
MFA program founder
John Wood, who
was the best teacher
I’ve ever had.’
Morri Creech
Pulitzer finalist
my publisher called during
class to tell me. I just couldn’t
believe it,” he said.
“The MFA program at
McNeese really nourished my
creativity — I wouldn’t have
written any of these poems,
or known what I was doing
formally, without the enormous
influence, instruction
$80,000 per year. Currently,
revenues are at about $22
million annually. They build
hotels, multi-story office
buildings and also built the
bus transit station downtown.
For his efforts in cultivating
his business, DuRousseau
was recently deemed Small
Business Person of the Year
by the Small Business Administration.
In the eight years since
opening, the company has
grown 450 percent year over
year and now employees 26
people.
He said being taught the
importance of a work ethic
and sacrifice have made him a
successful businessman.
“When I grew up I always
knew I wanted to construct
buildings,” he said. “It feels
surreal to receive this award.
It really hasn’t set in yet.”
the incident was not due for
a turnaround until 2014. He
added that Axiall conducts
their turnarounds every two
years.
Manns also reiterated
DEQ’s initial non-detect readings
during the fire. He added,
however, that the position of
the company’s air monitoring
detection systems may have
had an effect on the nondetect
reading.
Axiall’s report also restates
the company’s claim
that “a review of onsite and
offsite ambient air monitors
did not detect” any of the
chemicals listed as being
released.
Langley, however, said
DEQ will be taking a close
look at whether the fire had
an impact on the surrounding
area. While none of Axiall’s
employees were injured as a
result of the December 2013
blaze, the incident sent 27
people to area hospitals.
“We’re aware of what
happened on the interstate,”
he added. “When we say
impact we mean did it raise
the levels of those harmful
pollutants in the atmosphere
in those places where it was a
danger to human health.”
and encouragement of MFA
program founder John Wood,
who was the best teacher I’ve
ever had,” said Creech.
He also said his friendship
with award-winning poet
Kevin Meaux, also a McNeese
graduate of the program and
“my best critic,” was a result
of Wood’s workshop.
Creech has won a number
of awards for his poetry,
including a National Endowment
for the Arts Fellowship,
the Anthony Hecht Poetry
Prize, the Stan and Tom Wick
Poetry Prize and a Ruth Lilly
Fellowship from the Modern
Poetry Foundation.
“We are delighted and
proud about Morri’s accomplishment,”
said MFA director
Amy Fleury. “ ‘The Sleep
of Reason’ is Morri’s third
book and it’s a profound and
elegant collection of poetry.
Morri was a student here in
our program from 1995-98 and
he later taught here for many
years.”
Fleury, another McNeese
MFA alumnus, said she was
Keith duRousseau named Small
Business Person of the year
Last year, the company
won Contractor of the Year
for the state of Louisiana.
“It has been an incredible
feeling of accomplishment,”
he said.
The award has been presented
annually since 1963
during National Small Business
Week.
SBA recognizes small business
owners for their personal
successes and contributions
to the country.
This year’s winners
represent a wide variety of
industries across the state.
“We’d like to congratulate
all of the winners and
runners-up and their families
for this accomplishment,” Michael
Ricks, district director
for SBA Louisiana, said in a
statement. “Small businesses
are crucial to continued economic
growth in Louisiana.”
Langley said he was unsure
of when DEQ’s investigation
on the matter will end,
adding that “it could take a
long time.”
In their report to DEQ,
Axiall officials listed the
remedial actions that were
implemented after the blaze
to prevent “a reoccurrence of
the incident,” which included
updating the company’s
start-up procedures, defining
other automatic shutdown
scenarios “specific to furnace
over-firing,” and updating
furnace safe operation. The
company also recommended
training “for all PHH personnel
on all changes prior to
unit restart.”
Axiall’s report was issued
one month after the company
released a similar report on
a fire that occurred at their
Westlake plant in December
2012, an incident that also
remains under investigation
with DEQ.
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in the program at the same
time as Creech and it was
“evident right away that he
was a very gifted poet and
good-hearted guy.”
“While a student here
under John Wood, he won the
prestigious Ruth Lilly Fellowship
and published widely.
He and 2013 Pulitzer Prizewinner,
Adam Johnson, were
in the McNeese MFA program
at the same time. The camaraderie
of the graduate students
in the program is a great
catalyst for creative development,”
said Fleury.
“Our students and alums
continue to shine by making
great stories, novels and
poems. We are grateful for
the amazing legacy that they
are contributing to American
literature,” she added.
The McNeese MFA program
– established in 1981 - is
ranked No. 22 in the nation by
Poets & Writers magazine.
closures
The Police Jury Parks and
Recreation Department will
close Anthony Ferry Boat
Launch today for maintenance
being done around the boat
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Judge asked to stop DA from giving info on case allotment
By Johnathan Manning
The issue has already been it reads.
the information at the request closed file.”
woman now works at Carter’s
jmanning@americanpress.com before Wilson, who replaced Defense attorneys argued of the clerk’s office, because Miller does not believe the law firm. When reached by
Carter in April. Carter, who that the co-defendants should the information is at the district
attorney’s “fingertips.” ance of impropriety, she said. comment further.
information creates an appear-
phone at his office, she did not
A local attorney has asked represents five of the defendants
in a recent drug bust, rested April 29, along with “We simply give the
“I think it will come out “I took issue with (her
follow Harris, who was ar-
a state district court judge
to order the Calcasieu District
Attorney’s Office to stop defendants should remain in lie Harris, on the complaint pendings and priors, the clerk “If we did it wrong, anybody not what I believe I told her,”
“Operation 27,” said the Hayward LeCompte and Hol-
information to the clerk of in the wash,” Miller said. testimony), because that’s
providing information to the Wilson’s Division F, following number shared by most of the allots these cases,” DeRosier can figure it out — the state Miller said.
Clerk of Court about where the April 29 arrest of Norvell defendants.
said. “That is what happens, or defense or judge. All they Miller said she told the
cases are to be allotted. Harris. Harris, one of two Wilson ruled in May that Mr. Carter apparently does not have to do is look up and see if employee that if they did not
Cases in the 14th Judicial main co-defendants, had previous
cases in Division F. are to stay in her court. Carter “The purpose of it is to and tell us to re-allot. We get clerk’s office had to be a “fact,”
the majority of the defendants understand that.
there are priors or no priors know the information the
District Court are randomly
allotted, but are also allotted Prosecutors argued that if also asked her, at the ruling, to make sure cases are allotted re-allotments all the time. But to follow what the District
according to court rules — if the cases were transferred, order the District Attorney’s to the correct division. We we do not re-allot because the Attorney’s Office provided.
a defendant has a previous or the co-defendants — nearly 40 Office, to stop giving information
about allotments to the which a case is allotted. I don’t by court order.”
information from the District
don’t care what division to DA tells us to, we only re-allot If mistakes were found in the
pending case, the new charges people have been arrested —
follow the earlier charge. should follow Tyrone Thomas, Clerk of Court. Wilson issued care what judge it goes to. We “We just want to do what Attorney’s Office, the clerk’s
Prosecutors said they who has previous matters in an advisory ruling against the just need to make sure it gets everybody wants us to do. office went against that information,
Miller said.
provide information that the Judge Kent Savoie’s court, because
he was the first person a ruling because that was not so we don’t get ready to go to allotment. We’re just trying to DeRosier said he has been
practice, but would not make allotted to the right division We don’t take issue with the
clerk does not have or is not
readily available, at the clerk’s arrested in connection with the nature of the motion filed trial a year down the road and follow the local court rules the pushing for allotment by date
request.
the drug sting.
at the time.
a defense lawyer files a motion best we can. We’re not lawyers
and I do have a concern be placed in the division of the
of offense — defendants would
Defense attorneys have The April 21 arrest did Carter filed the motion to to try and put the case off by
cried foul and claim that gives not have the same complaint cease and desist on June 6. saying ‘you’re in the wrong over if the clerk has to do the judge who is on duty when the
the District Attorney’s Office number as the other “Operation
27” defendants. Thomas Attorney’s office has the ap-
many times and we don’t want like lawyers and figure out a Carter has said in the past
“This action by the District division.’ That has happened research, if it’s making us act offense occurs.
an unfair advantage.
Attorney Wilford Carter, was arrested after leaving the pearance of impropriety and that. That’s a tactic.”
legal situation.”
that he would also like to see
who recently stepped down home of Harris, according to gives the district attorney an Finding the information A former Clerk of Court a change to that method of
after 21 years as judge, filed a motion filed by the District advantage in the assignment without the help of the District
Attorney’s Office would the May 15 hearing that she A side benefit is that it
employee testified during allotment.
a motion requesting Judge Attorney’s Office.
of cases that the defense does
Sharon Wilson to order the “Detectives believed and not have and has the effect be “burdensome,” Kay Miller, followed the instruction of would allow the District Attorney’s
Office to know which
District Attorney’s Office to later confirmed that T. Thomas
had met with N. Harris to fendants equal protection and clerks, said, “because we even if she believed the infor-
division the case will be in so
further of violating the… de-
supervisor of the minute the District Attorney’s Office,
“cease and desist from directing
the Clerk of Court of purchase cocaine,” the motion due process law,” Carter wrote don’t have all the information mation was incorrect. She no that the assistant district attorney
from that division may
Calcasieu Parish from making reads. Thomas’ arrest was out in his motion.
available to find out if there’s longer is employed by Clerk
manual assignment of criminal
cases.”
tive facts” as “Operation 27,” osier said his office provides find out if it’s an open file or a own volition, Miller said. The cides, DeRosier
of the “same nucleus of opera-
District Attorney John DeR-
a prior or a pending and to of Court, having left of her visit crime scenes of homi-
said.
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although it did not issue a
written opinion. Although
the Third Circuit upheld the
conviction, one judge, John E.
Conery, said he would grant
the appeal. Similarly, Supreme
Court Judge Jeff Hughes said
he would grant the appeal.
“I’m very disappointed in
the lack of attention that was
paid to this serious issue by
the Supreme Court, particularly
with a strong dissenting
opinion from Judge Conery
in the Third Circuit,” Vamvoras
said. “Anyone who looks
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at this case would have to
frown at the manner in which
these girls were put to trial
two times under prejudicial
circumstances.”
Vamvoras said among the
questions he raised to the
Supreme Court was whether
double jeopardy had occurred
after a jury was picked, but
not sworn in, in 2011. A continuance
was granted when
prosecutor Rick Bryant fell ill.
The original jurors were summoned
when the case went to
trial six months later, in April
2012, but a new panel was ultimately
chosen.
Vamvoras said he believed
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and it resulted in prejudice
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because it gave prosecutors
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of evidence and allowed the
prosecution to know what witnesses
the defense would call.
“The state hired extra expert
witnesses. The state knew
what witnesses we would call
because we divulged them at
the first trial,” Vamvoras said.
“There were multiple areas
of prejudice that we faced in
the second trial that we would
not have had to face in the first
trial.”
DeRosier said the delay did
not prejudice the case.
“No not at all,” he said.
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State District Court Judge
Sharon Wilson suggested putting
a terminal in the Calcasieu
Clerk of Court’s Office
that would allow employees
access to pertinent information
from the District Attorney’s
Office that would help
determine where cases are to
be allotted.
Wilson made the suggestion
Wednesday morning at
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and what it would mean to
the community.
“On May 23, there was a
tragic accident that took the
life of a father, a daughter
and a fiance,” Ieyoub said. “I
didn’t know Michael personally,
but anytime you have a
dad that volunteers to coach,
you know he’s a special guy
and he loves those kids.”
The family in attendance
included Guillory’s mother
and father. They were also
presented with a plaque that
honored Guillory and the
Longhorns’ 2014 championship
in the 8 & under league.
After his passing, the team
actually went on to win their
championship game on Guillory’s
birthday.
Another resolution sponsored
by a council member
was looked at during the latter
half of the meeting. The
resolution, which expressed
support of a petition for
Governor Bobby Jindal to accept
the federal government’s
program to expand Louisiana’s
Medicaid Program to
cover uninsured residents in
the state, was sponsored by
councilman Mary Morris.
“So many people in Louisiana
are without Medicaid,”
Morris said. “We have 242,000
By Doris Maricle
dmaricle@americanpress.com
KINDER - Golf carts will
soon be puttering around
on some town streets, under
a new ordinance approved
Wednesday by the Town
Council.
The council voted unanimously
in a special meeting
to allow people to drive
electric powered golf carts
and other slow speed electric
motorized vehicles on town
streets, including crossing
some designated state highways,
when the speed limit
does not exceed 25 mph.
“The purpose is for convenience
and to go shorter distances,”
Mayor Estes LeDoux
said, noting that most of the
golf carts will be used by
senior citizens. “They just
want something they can
use to go visiting or to the
grocery store without having
to drive their vehicles.”
The measure will permit
the use of golf carts and
other slow moving vehicles
on certain streets between
the hours of dusk and dawn.
Carts would not be allowed to
operate on streets at night or
during inclement weather.
Drivers will also be
required to have a valid
driver’s license, proof of
insurance and be required to
register their golf carts annually
with the Kinder Police
Department through a $10
application process which
includes a permit sticker to
be displayed on the vehicle.
Golf carts must have
headlights, turn lights, brake
lights and mirrors, according
to town attorney Michael
Holmes.
Slow moving, or low
speed, vehicles must be fully
a hearing regarding a motion
filed by attorney Wilford
Carter, a former judge. Carter
said the District Attorney’s
Office should not provide
information to the Clerk of
Court about allotment because
it give the appearance
of impropriety.
District Attorney John
DeRosier said the Clerk of
Court’s Office requests the information
because the District
Attorney has it more readily
available.
Louisiana residents without
health insurance and each
one of us have people in our
community, in our district,
that would get help from
having Governor Jindal
expand the medicaid for these
citizens so they can be taken
care of.”
Morris added that tied
into that possible expansion
would be over 15,000 new
health care related jobs.
“So for Louisiana, this
could be a good thing,” Morris
said. “If you think about
the people in your community
who will be affected by
this, I’m asking the council’s
support to send a resolution
to support the Medicaid
expansion.”
The resolution failed with
four council members voting
against it and three voting for
it. Councilman Mark Eckard,
Stuart Weatherford, Ieyoub
and Dana Jackson all voted
against the resolution.
The council also approved
lifting the moratorium on
adjudicated properties that
meet the criteria for the Lot
Next Door Program and
are selected for ownership
transfers from the Calcasieu
Parish Police Jury to the City
of Lake Charles and then
to the Lake Charles North
Redevelopment Authority for
the implementation of the
program.
Kinder approves golf
carts on town streets
equipped with equipment
similar to regular vehicles.
Violations of the ordinance
will result in a monetary
fine.
The council also appealed
to the Department of Transportation
and Development
and state Legislature to
create proposed designated
crossings for state highways
for U.S. 165 at Second Avenue,
U.S. 190 at 13th Street and La.
383 at Railroad or 13th Street.
The designated crossings
will be similar to pedestrian
crossings.
Councilman C.J. Fontenot
voiced concern for golf carts
crossing state highways,
especially U.S. 165.
“That’s a five-lane highway
and at 25 mph, it’s not
like crossing a city street
because cars are doing 45 to
55 mph,” Fontenot said
DOTD officials will investigate
the proposed crossings
and offer suggestions if they
feel the crossings are unsafe,
LeDoux said.
“We are proposing the
designated crossing, but it is
up to the DOTD to determine
where the crossings will be,”
Holmes added.
Similar golf cart ordinances
have been approved
in Welsh and Oakdale. Neither
have reported any violations
or complaints since
approving the ordinances,
LeDoux said.
The Oakdale ordinance
prohibits the golf carts from
crossing state highways,
while Welsh has designated
crossing areas.
As approved, the ordinance
will become effective
upon publication in the
town’s official journal, which
is expected to be next week.
fROM pAgE A1 l stAtE
The hearing was recessed
until Friday, because Carter
requested emails between the
District Attorney’s Office and
the Clerk of Court’s Office be
subpoenaed.
In an earlier hearing,
Wilson advised against the
practice, but didn’t order the
DA’s office to halt exchanging
the information. She said she
had “concern” after hearing
testimony from a Clerk of
Court employee who said she
always followed the District
By frank DiCesare
fdicesare@americanpress.com
The U.S. Senate Energy
Committee on Wednesday
passed a bill to approve the
construction of the Keystone
XL pipeline. The controversial
$5.3 billion project, which will
transport oil from Canada’s
tar sands to the Texas Gulf
Coast, will now be sent to the
senate for a final vote.
The committee’s 12-10
vote comes just three weeks
after the federal Pipeline and
Operation 27 yields
another arrest
The Lake Charles Police
Department arrested Alfred
Lee Garrick, 35, 2015 See St.,
as part of Operation 27, an
ongoing investigation into
cocaine distribution in the
area, authorities said.
Garrick is the operation’s
39 arrest. He was arrested
June 16 on eight counts of
attempt and conspiracy and
three counts production,
manufacturing, distribution
or possession with intent.
Bond was set at $1,500,000.
The Calcasieu Parish Sheriff
’s Office has announced the
following arrests:
Leroy Clayton trahan, 44, 1416
erica st., Iowa, La.: 2 counts
simple burglary, 2 counts
simple criminal damage to
property under $500, theft
under $500. Bond: $27,500.
Cody Michaels gobert, 24,
2711 Pineview st.: aggravated
assault with a firearm. Bond:
$12,000.
MURDER
Continued from A1
Some of the non-profit
organizations specialize in
capital defense and some in
appeals.
Around $9 million of the
$17 million funds capital
defense, Dixon said. There are
about 90 people around the
state facing the death penalty,
he said.
Holland, along with District
Attorney John DeRosier, have
said that they believe that
such a large portion of the
money is being used toward
capital defense so that the
death-penalty becomes too expensive
of an option to pursue.
“It’s the position of the
state that the funding crisis
is one intentionally created
by the state indigent defense
board, not Jay, but members of
the board,” Holland said.
Dixon said capital defense
is just expensive.
“They don’t really have
a choice,” he said. “Capital
litigation is the most closely
scrutinized and are the cases
that courts are most quick to
reverse.”
Many experts are needed
and the Supreme Court
requires a lead attorney, a
second-chair attorney, a fact
investigator and a mitigation
investigator, Dixon said.
Attorney’s recommendations,
even if she believed the information
to be incorrect.
The woman now works for
Carter’s law firm.
“That girl’s testimony
worried me,” said Cynthia
Killingsworth, assistant district
attorney. “It was outrageous.
I couldn’t believe she
would think that, much less
say that.”
Wilson said she was also
concerned because of testimony
that the Clerk of Court
Hazardous Materials Safety
Administration imposed
additional conditions on
Keystone’s construction after
learning about high rates of
bad welds, dented pipe and
damaged pipeline coating
along its southern leg.
In a statement to the American
Press, U.S. Senator Mary
L. Landrieu, D-La., chair of
the Senate Committee on Energy
and Natural Resources,
said the Canadian government’s
conditional approval
crime briefs
Elmo Joseph Abshire Jr., 45,
1700 Mignonette Lane: theft
$1500 or more. Bond: $25,000.
Brandon paul Leday, 29, 207
Jackson st., deQuincy: monetary
instrument abuse, criminal
conspiracy, first offense marijuana
possession, contraband
in jail. Bond: $25,500.
Walter Lamart st. Julien, 30,
402 rorys st.: theft $300 to
$500, simple burglary. Bond:
$7,500.
Rickie Warren Bennett, 51,
2993 Manning st., Port arthur,
Texas: 2 counts theft over $500,
drug paraphernalia. Bond:
$18,500.
Joseph freeman guillory, 25,
2000 Thousand Oaks, Orange,
Texas: operating a vehicle as an
unlicensed driver, traffic signals
violation, drug paraphernalia,
aggravated flight from an officer,
possession of firearm by a
convicted felon, 2 counts drug
possession. Bond: $47,250.
Delton James franklin, 28,
1908 Washington ave.: thirdoffense
dWI. Bond: $15,000.
Debra Yvette Williams, 60, 708
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would accept information
from the District Attorney’s
Office and not from defense
attorneys.
DeRosier said that declining
to answer the clerk’s
request would cause delays
within the justice system. The
information provided to the
Clerk of Court’s Office is public
information, he said.
“We want to make sure
cases are assigned to the correct
division and that’s our
only position,” the District
senate committee approves Keystone construction
David
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of the 730-mile Enbridge
Northern Gateway Pipeline,
which will send oil sands to
Canada’s west coast instead
of the Gulf, and Tuesday’s
attack on Iraq’s largest oil
refinery by al-Qaeda affiliated
militants, are reasons that
underscore the importance of
the committee’s vote.
Landrieu added that
Keystone would transport
oil to the U.S. at a rate of
nearly two-and-a-half times
the amount of the largest oil
Orange st.: 2 counts production,
manufacturing, distribution
or possession with intent.
Bond: $20,000.
Dudley Melancon Jr., 25, 1834
Prayer house road, Opelousas:
first-degree robbery, resisting
an officer. Bond: $255,000.
Lisa Marie Bean, 42, 2067
Claude hebert road: 2 counts
theft of assets of an aged or
disabled person, 2 counts unauthorized
use of access card
over $500, 2 counts fraudulent
acquisition of a credit card.
Bond: $55,000.
James Edward Ellis, 22, 5739
Lisa Lane, Vinton: theft $1500
or more, theft under $500.
Bonded: $5,000.
Jeremiah Christopher Jones,
26, 2201 n Prater st.: firstdegree
robbery, aggravated
flight from an officer, 2 counts
direct contempt of court, 2
counts armed robbery. Bond:
$500,000.
James Edward Ellis, 22, 5739
Lisa Lane, Vinton: theft $1500
or more, theft under $500.
Bond: $5,000.
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— Sheriff ’s deputies say a
Denham Springs man with a
history of domestic violence
admitted beating his girlfriend
to death with a metal
pipe.
Livingston Parish Sheriff
Jason Ard tells The Advocate
37-year-old Jerry J. Pinestraw
Jr. told investigators
he fatally struck his live-in
girlfriend, 29-year-old Nicole
M. Ozment, during a heated
argument either late Monday
or early Tuesday.
A woman living nearby
called 911 early Tuesday to
notify deputies they were
needed at the couple’s home.
At the home, deputies found
Ozment’s three children, all
under the age of 10, and Pinestraw,
who cooperated fully
with investigators, Ard said.
Investigators are in the
process of interviewing the
children, who are now in state
custody, the sheriff said.
The children, whose specific
ages were not released,
are Ozment’s — Pinestraw is
not their father, Ard said.
“At least one of them did
witness and see the actual
crime,” Ard said. He would
not say where in the house
the fatal beating took place
or what rooms the children
were in at the time.
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Attorney said.
During a testy exchange
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the district attorney said “Let
him run his law office and let
me run the DA’s office.”
“I ain’t trying to run the
DA’s office,” Carter replied. “I
would run it a lot different if
I did.”
DeRosier and Carter have
both suggested a move to a different
allotment system — one
that allots by date of offense
rather than random allotment.
refinery in Iraq, which refines
350,000 barrels of oil each day.
“Last month, I said that
the battle to build the Keystone
pipeline was not over,”
Landrieu said. “I’m not giving
up until it is built.”
Matthew Lehner, communications
director for Landrieu,
said if the Senate approves
Keystone XL, the project will
not require the State Department’s
approval even though
the pipeline crosses international
borders.
Hamilton
Christian
Academy
student dies
A Hamilton Christian
Academy student died
Wednesday afternoon after
collapsing in a classroom at
Barbe High School.
Kirby Smith, Calcasieu
Parish School Board spokeswoman,
said the student was
attending summer school at
Barbe.
Smith said the student
collapsed Wednesday morning
and was then transported
to Lake Area Medical Center
where he died later that afternoon.
Smith declined to identify
the student. Calls to Hamilton
Christian Academy late
Wednesday evening were not
returned.
“Our sympathy and
prayers are with his family
and classmates,” Smith said.
“The entire CPSB family truly
mourns the loss of this young
man.”
During a special-called
CPSB meeting Wednesday to
discuss the new superintendent’s
contract, board member
Clara Duhon called for
a moment of silence for the
student and his family.
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By Johnathan Manning
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The majority of defendants
in drug sting “Operation 27”
are to be tried in Division F of
14th Judicial District Court,
the division’s judge ruled
Monday morning.
The court is attempting
to keep multiple defendants
together because they all
face charges of conspiracy,
but prosecutors and defense
attorneys differed on which
division, based on court rules,
that should be.
Prosecutors had sought to
have anyone without prior or
pending court matters to be
moved to Division A because
Tyrone Thomas, who was the
first person arrested in connection
with the drug sting,
LCPd announces honorees at banquet
Special to the American Press
The Lake Charles Police
Department announced its
award recipients from its 2014
Honors and Awards Banquet,
held last week.
Corporal Larry Moss was
named Officer of the Year,
receiving the Chief ’s Award.
Lt. Don Bradley was named
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“Many of the residents
in Mossville have inherited
property; they’ve never been
through the home buying
process before,” said Tarek
Polite, human services director
for the Calcasieu Parish
Police Jury. “The fair is designed
to help them navigate
through that process.”
Representatives from
Sasol are not expected to
attend.
Polite said the fair is
designed to be a “one-stop
shopping” experience for
Mossville and Brentwood
had pending matters in Division
A.
Defense attorneys argued
that the defendants should follow
Norvell Harris, who had
pending matters in F. His was
the first felony allotted case.
Judge Sharon Wilson ruled the
cases should stay in F, unless
they have pending matters in
other divisions.
Although defendants will
follow Harris, his case will
likely be transferred to federal
court, District Attorney John
DeRosier said.
DeRosier and defense attorney
and former Division F
Judge Wilford Carter agreed
the issue was clouded by court
rules and would have been
more clear with a different
system of allotment.
“There are several potential
rulings that may not have
residents. He added that the
event was established in response
to information parish
officials received from MEAN
members that residents
“were having trouble accessing
some of these resources.”
“They asked the city and
the police jury if they would
help out and sponsor this
resource fair to make it easy
and convenient for the Mossville
residents,” Polite said.
More than 200 property
owners in Mossville and
Brentwood have agreed to
sell their homes and land to
Sasol through the company’s
Voluntary Property Purchase
Program. As of mid-April,
nearly 300 offers have been
been necessarily inaccurate
and that the problem is with
the rules,” DeRosier said. “We
need a simplified rule so that
the location of a case by allotment
cannot be manipulated.”
Rather than random allotment,
both said a system of
allotment by date of offense,
such as Baton Rouge employs,
would eliminate confusion.
There, cases follow whichever
judge is duty judge that week,
DeRosier and Carter said.
“If a crime would take
place during that week, it
would be allotted to that division,
it’s as simple as that,”
DeRosier said. “It would cure
all the problems, it would be
absolutely fair to everybody
and it would make the system
least susceptible to manipulation
by anybody.”
Carter, who represents five
Supervisor of the Year and
Sgt. Fletcher Idom received
the Candi Heard McFatter
Award of Professionalism.
Tony “Ryan” Magee was
named the department’s
Patrol Officer of the Year,
while Corporal George Miller
was named SRT Officer of
the Year. Magee also received
a valor award. Corporal Rebecca
Reed was named Investigator
of the Year, Anthony
Malveaux was named Rookie
of the Year and Corporal
Michael Flurry was given
the Humanitarian Award.
Records Clerk Virginia Greer
was named Support Employee
of the Year.
Receiving merit awards
were Corporal Jason Derise,
extended to residents.
From the program’s
inception in August, Sasol
officials said Mossville and
Brentwood residents would
get better than fair market
value for their homes. The
program ended Dec. 4.
Mike Hayes, Sasol’s
public affairs manager for
U.S. megaprojects, said in
January that all residents
who have accepted Sasol’s
offer are getting at least 160
percent of their home’s appraised
value.
Sasol’s purchase area is
composed of 926 parcels,
both residential and vacant,
spread across more than 600
acres.
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of the defendants, said there is
another problem — while the
clerk of court performs random
allotments, the District
Attorney’s office provides the
clerk with a list of pending
issues defendants have.
Wilson advised against the
practice, but said she would
not rule on it because that was
not listed in a motion.
“I think the District Attorney’s
office making recommendations
of assignments to
the clerk’s office is the primary
problem,” Carter said. “An
adversary party should not
have an advantage over the defense
lawyer in order to have
influence of assignment on
what division they go in to.”
Prosecutors said they provide
the list because they have
better information as to what
pending cases defendants
Corporal Colby Thompson,
Corporal Dustin Gaudet, Sgt.
Franklin Fondel, Evidence
Officer Jordan Ashworth,
Police Officer Eddie McCue,
Corporal Harold Nevels, Sgt.
Craig Wright, Police Officer
Brad Puckett, Corporal Mayo
Romero, Corporal Garrett
Puckett and Communications
Officer Maria Kahrs.
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coffee and doughnuts 9:30-
10:30 a.m., followed by music
program (the B & B Quartet)
and a meal.
Community bingo: Wednesday,
May 21, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.,
Foreman-Reynaud Community
Center, 215 Albert
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337-436-2500.
Eye glass donations: All
branches of the Allen Parish library
will have donation boxes
to collect old reading glasses
through May 24 during National
Healthy Vision Month.
The glasses will be given to
the Lions Club to help others.
Veterans Home Memorial:
9:30 a.m. May 23 at the Southwest
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have.
Clerk of Court Lynn Jones
agreed: “The DA has better
access to that information.
Sometimes we don’t have that
information from the DA, it
would be incomplete. We can’t
make a change on information
that we don’t have.”
The current system was
agreed to by a group of judges,
the District Attorney’s office
and the Public Defenders Office,
Jones said. In order to get
the information, the clerk of
court would likely have to hire
another person, he said.
“If we’re required to
research that, it would be
time-consuming and costly,”
Jones said.
Jones said, however, that
his office will “make it work,
whatever we need to do.”
A Clerk of Court employee
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intending to kill Fontenot to
get money or drugs.
Fontenot’s mother, Julia
Fontenot, told Wilkins that her
son’s voice had been “silenced
by a cowardly act.” She spoke
directly to Wilkins during
much of her victim impact
statement, even turning to
him face-to-face after she was
done reading to tell him how
his actions had affected her
family.
Her son, “Tony,” was murdered
by a person he considered
to be a friend, she said.
“Tony was a friend to all
and had the mistaken impression
all were his friends,” she
said. He wasn’t perfect, but
had many good qualities, she
said.
He didn’t deserve the death
penalty and her family did not
deserve the lifetime of grief
they received, she said.
Pointing to Wilkins, Julia
Fontenot told him, “I hope you
suffer the same thing we went
through and continue going
through.”
Wilkins had shown no remorse,
she said. “Shortly after
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adamant there was cause,
which included a poor safety
record.
“I find that there was in the
record by the port allegations
that Lake Charles Stevedores,
while Mr. Flanagan owned
it, did not do everything he
should have done,” Carter said
in October.
Carter added that if the
testified Thursday that she
follows the recommendations
from the district attorney’s
information.
“(The Clerk of Court) has
all the resources in order to
make an assignment, they
don’t need any help from the
District Attorney’s Office,”
Carter said. “This does not
end this problem.
“It’s either impropriety or
the appearance of impropriety.
It may not be intended, but
that’s the result.”
The list, too, could be
cleared up if cases were allotted
by date of offense, DeRosier
said.
“If we allot by date of
offense, there is no list, it’s
simply a perfunctory issue to
send the list of names over to
the Clerk’s Office,” DeRosier
said.
‘Tony was a friend to
all and had the
mistaken impression
all were his friends.’
Juila Fontenot
Mother of Tony Fontenot
his arrest, he had a tear-drop
tattooed to proudly proclaim
he had killed another human
being, yet when he comes to
court, (defense attorney Richard
Bourke) and his entourage
… sought to conceal it with
makeup.”
Wilkins said he did not
wish to comment, although
he answered “yes, ma’am,” to
Julia Fontenot several times.
The case was held up for
years by funding issues before
it went to trial. After the
guilty verdict was overturned,
the case ended in mistrials
twice — once because of jury
issues and again because of a
winter storm.
Bryant said he believed
that had the case gone to trial,
prosecutors would have obtained
another guilty verdict,
but “giving closure to the family
is more important.”
port did have cause they
waived that right because they
didn’t mention it in the letter
of termination — thus, they
owed the Stevedores the liquidated
damages for canceling
the contract.
“The port chose as a business
decision to get out of
this contract, and there are
consequences to getting out of
a contract,” Carter said.
Wilson said Monday she
was not going to revisit the
judgment by Carter.
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By Johnathan Manning
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State district court judge
Sharon Wilson on Friday
refused to grant a request to
force the Calcasieu Parish
District Attorney’s Office to
“cease and desist” providing
case information to the Clerk
of Court’s Office about which
division to which cases are to
be allotted.
Attorney Wilford Carter
filed the motion after a debate
over which division most of
the defendants of drug sting
“Operation 27” should be assigned.
Wilson said that the testimony
she heard “concerns
me,” but that nothing rose to
the level of a cease and desist
order.
She said that in hearing
testimony about the issue over
the course of the past month,
“I’ve been impressed with the
honesty of all the witnesses.”
She denied the order to
A man accused of a triple murder at
McMillan Park and another shooting on
the same day will only be tried on the
park charges when he goes to trial later
this month.
Armonta Dquon Hadnot, 19, is accused
of shooting and killing Jeminskian
J. Arvie, 20, David Jermaine Galmore,
23, and Fitzgerald Tremayne Guillory, 20,
just after dark on March 20, 2013. Hadnot
is also accused of shooting three other
men.
Hadnot is alleged to have been attempting
to rob the men while they were
playing dice.
Iowa man arrested
after search warrant
for narcotics sales
IOWA — The Combined
Anti-Drug Task Force and
the Drug Task Force Team
executed a search warrant
June 18 at 2162 Dennison Road
in response to illegal narcotics
sales. Resident Coby R.
Guillory, 22, was arrested and
charged with three counts
possession with intent to
distribute, two counts drug
possession, two counts drug
distribution, drug paraphernalia,
possession of a stolen
firearm and possession of a
firearm in the presence of
narcotics.
The C.A.T Team recovered
11.33 pounds of marijuana,
25 grams of MDMA (Molly),
134 Xanax pills, 6 Oxycotin
pills, 67 Naproxen pills and
35 Oxycodone pills. They also
found eight firearms, one of
Here are the public meetings
scheduled in Calcasieu
Parish for the week of June 23-
27:
Monday, June 23
Houston river Water Works: 5
p.m., Jim Pickens road, Sulphur.
Lake Charles north development
Board: 5:30 p.m, Council Chambers,
City Hall, 326 Pujo St.
Tuesday, June 24
Lake Charles urbanized area
Metropolitan Planning Organization
technical advisory Committee
Meeting: 10 a.m., room
d/e, Seed Center, 4310 ryan St.
Lake Charles urbanized area
Metropolitan Planning Organization
Coordination in Human
Service transportation Steering
Committee quarterly meeting:
2 p.m., First Floor Conference
CrIME BrIEfS / ArrEST rEPorTS
which was reported stolen
through the Calcasieu Parish
Sheriff ’s Office, several smoking
devices and approximately
$3,000 in cash. Bond was set at
$43,500.
Seat belt checkpoint
nets 63 citations
A total of 1,253 vehicles
were checked during the seat
belt checkpoint conducted by
the Lake Charles Police Department
on Thursday, June
19, from 4 - 9 p.m. at the 3900
block of Lake Street. Officers
issued 63 traffic citations.
Calcasieu Correctional
Center reported the following
arrests:
Michael Connell Garrick Sr.,
37, 2133 Martha St.: drug
production, manufacturing,
distribution or possession with
intent; drug possession; illegal
weapons carrying during crime.
Bond: $180,000.
PUBLIC MEETINGS
room, Lake Charles transit
Facility, 1155 ryan St.
Calcasieu Parish School Board:
4:45 p.m., Board room, 3310
Broad St.
Lake Charles City Council agenda
Meeting: 5:30 p.m., Council
Chambers, City Hall, 326 Pujo
St.
Wednesday, June 25
Lake Charles urbanized area
Metropolitan Planning Organization
transportation Policy
Committee Meeting: 9 a.m.,
room B/C, Seed Center, 4310
ryan St.
Children’s Museum Board: noon,
Pioneer Club, 127 Broad St.
Calcasieu Communications
district: 4 p.m., second-floor
conference room, 911 Building,
911 Hodges St.
Chennault International airport
Board Meeting: 5:30 p.m., board
room, 3650 Sen. J. Bennett
Johnston ave.
LOCAL l STATE
No need for order in DA, Clerk of Court issue
By Johnathan Manning
jmanning@americanpress.com
cease and desist, but advised
the Clerk of Court’s Office that
the burden is on it to make the
allotments. Wilson said that
she believes the Clerk’s Office
has the information or a way
to get the information.
“At the end of the day, we
want to avoid even the appearance
that someone gets an
unfair advantage,” she said.
Carter, who said he is
trying to get the issue before
the Third Circuit and the
Supreme Court, said he will
appeal the ruling to the Third
Circuit.
Cases in the 14th Judicial
District Court are randomly
allotted to one of seven criminal
divisions by a computer,
Kay Miller, clerks supervisor,
said Friday. If a defendant has
a prior or pending felony, any
new charges are sent to the
same division. There are also
other exceptions in the local
court rules.
The District Attorney’s Office
provides a list of defendant’s
previous cases to the
Clerk of Court’s Office. The
Clerk of Court’s Office does
not research nor double-check
the information, based on an
agreement made previously by
different parties of the court,
Miller testified. Miller said
that if the Clerk of Court’s
Office knows a case is incorrectly
allotted, it corrects the
error.
Lynn Jones, Clerk of Court,
said that if his office has to
research the information
internally, it will be an added
burden. In addition, Miller
said, the court rules aren’t
clear where cases are to be
allotted.
Emails showed that after
the cases were allotted, a list
was sent back to the District
Attorney’s Office. Miller said
she only realized that was
being done on Wednesday and
has instructed that the practice
be stopped.
Attorney Jonathan Brown
argued that if a person at
Hadnot allegedly was involved in a
shooting earlier that evening in which
he hung out the window of a car and
fired at another vehicle following a dispute
over a parking spot. The shooting
happened at the corner of U.S. 171 and
Fitzenreiter Road.
Judge Clayton Davis granted defense
attorney Robert Shelton’s request to
sever Hadnot’s charges, separating the
12 counts related to the park shooting
from the three counts related to the U.S.
171 shooting.
Hadnot is charged with three counts
of first-degree murder and three counts
of attempted first-degree murder in the
park shooting, as well as six counts of
armed robbery with a firearm.
Wanda Gail Lacey, 49, 2516
ribbeck ave.: possession of
stolen firearms, illegal weapons
use, simple criminal damage to
property under $500, 2 counts
resisting an officer, disturbing
the peace, simple battery,
direct contempt of court. Bond:
$7,500.
Leduan Mendez Reyes, 23, 606
W. 31st St., Haleria, Fla.: possession
of stolen things over $1500.
Bond: $150,000.
Joseph Goldenlyn Thibeaux,
52, 708 n. Crocker St., Sulphur:
drug possession, first offense
marijuana possession, drug
paraphernalia. Bond: $7,500.
Trevin Jamal Mitchell, 19, 1312
Meadow St.: simple criminal
damage to property under
$500, second degree battery.
Bond: $5,000.
Delanna Marie Washington, 37,
4834 Opelousas St.: aggravated
battery. Bond: $5,000.
John McCree, 56, 4834 Opelousas
St.: 2 counts domestic abuse battery
and child endangerment.
Thursday, June 26
Lake Charles Housing authority:
noon, second floor, small
conference room, City Court
Building, 800 Bilbo St.
Calcasieu Consortium Workforce
Investment Board (WIB), noon,
Business & Career Solutions
the District Attorney’s Office
is determining which cases
are pending, so too could a
person be found at the Clerk
of Court’s Office to make the
same determination.
“Court rules say no outside
influence: That’s what we
have here,” Brown argued
to Wilson. “We’re not asking
you to change the local rules;
we’re asking you to enforce
them.”
Prosecutor Carla Sigler said
that the District Attorney’s Office
has the most information
— rap sheets, prior felonies
and pending felonies — which
is why the information is
provided. If the information is
not provided, the system will
grind to a halt, she said.
“Zero evidence” has been
provided that the District
Attorney’s Office has tried to
manipulate allotments, she
said.
“I’ll tell you why it hasn’t
been presented: It doesn’t exist,”
Sigler said.
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Prosecutors are not seeking the death
penalty.
In the U.S. 171 shooting, Hadnot is
charged with three counts of aggravated
assault with a firearm. Another man,
Lon Allen Porter Jr., 25, is also charged
with three counts of aggravated assault
with a firearm, one count of possession
of a weapon by a convicted felon and one
count of accessory after the fact to firstdegree
murder.
Porter was convicted of simple burglary
in 2011.
In November 2012, Hadnot was indicted
for attempted second-degree murder
in relation to a Sept. 7 incident in which
he is accused of firing a handgun at a
person driving by him.
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Jordan Derrell Bush, 22, 1304
18th St. G: domestic abuse battery.
Jeremy Thompson, 37, 2318
elms St.: 11 counts direct contempt
of court. Bond: $5,500.
Welsh Police Department
reported the following arrest:
Kendrick Brown, 36, of Welsh —
possession of marijuana with
intent to distribute; possession
of crack cocaine with intent to
distribute; possession of meth
with intent to distribute; possession
of firearm by a convicted
felon; possession of drug
paraphernalia; illegal use of a
controlled dangerous substance
in the presence of persons under
17 and monies derived from
drug transactions.
Brown was arrested thursday after
the Welsh Police department
received complaints about drug
activity from residents in the
200 block of north Kennedy
Street.
Center, 2424 third St.
Calcasieu Parish Police Jury Committee
night: 5:30 p.m., Police
Jury Meeting room, Parish
Government Building, 1015
Pithon St.
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rep. Steve Scalise, r-La., speaks with reporters Thursday
on Capitol Hill in Washington, after the House republican
Conference elected him to be the new House majority whip,
replacing current whip rep. Kevin McCarthy, r-Calif., who
was elevated to majority leader.
Scalise’s fast rise means
political clout for state
By the associated Press
NEW ORLEANS — Steve
Scalise’s election to a key
leadership post among House
Republicans gives Louisiana
the kind of high-profile influence
it hasn’t seen in that
body since Robert Livingston
was in line for the speaker’s
post 15 years ago. That clout
is especially appreciated
in a state that has lost two
congressional seats since the
early 1990s.
Scalise himself, during
a Friday telephone news
conference, acknowledged the
historic nature of his becoming
majority whip, noting
that Democrat Hale Boggs —
who served as majority whip
then majority leader before
his plane disappeared in
Alaska in 1973 — was the last
Louisiana House member to
hold such a post.
“For Louisiana, it’s been
over 40 years since we’ve
been in this kind of position,”
said the 48-year-old,
who won the whip post
Thursday after an intense
eight days of campaigning
among colleagues — a fasttrack
leadership election set
up when majority leader Eric
Cantor unexpectedly lost a
primary re-election battle in
Virginia.
“What it really signals is
a rise again to a point where
we are substantial players
in all legislation that comes
through Congress,” said Rep.
Cedric Richmond of New Orleans,
the only Democrat in
the state’s six-member House
delegation, and a friend of
Scalise’s since both served in
the state Legislature.
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Name: Steve Scalise.
Born: Oct. 6, 1965, Baton
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Experience: Systems
engineer; Louisiana
Legislature, 1996-2007;
Louisiana Senate, 2008.
elected Congress 2008.
Education: Graduated
Louisiana State
university.
Family: Wife Jennifer,
children Harrison and
Madison.
enabled him to build relationships
with people of
diverse views — even as he
compiled an uncompromisingly
“perfect” voting record
as measured by the American
Conservative Union.
He began building that
conservative record in the
Legislature, when he first
started serving in the state
House in 1996. His signature
legislation included a film
industry tax credit program
credited with helping Louisiana
become “Hollywood
South” and a constitutional
amendment outlawing gay
marriage.
Scalise won an open seat
for Congress and took office
in 2008.
Scalise on Friday described
an intense campaign
for the whip spot, complete
with Louisiana flair that
included distribution of
“Geaux Scalise” T-shirts and
a Cajun dinner, including
boudin balls, oysters and
gumbo, for his 50-member
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scientists over Ebola widened
on Sunday as the nation’s
top infectious-disease expert
warned that the mandatory, 21-
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“The best way to protect us
is to stop the epidemic in Africa,
and we need those health
care workers, so we do not
want to put them in a position
where it makes it very, very
uncomfortable for them to
even volunteer to go,” said Dr.
Anthony Fauci, director of the
National Institute of Allergy
and Infectious Diseases.
Meanwhile, Kaci Hickox,
the first nurse forcibly quarantined
in New Jersey under
the state’s new policy, said in a
telephone interview with CNN
that her isolation at a hospital
was “inhumane,” adding: “We
have to be very careful about
letting politicians make health
decisions.”
Saying the federal health
guidelines are inadequate, the
governors of New York and
New Jersey announced a mandatory
quarantine program
Rick Hickman / American Press
Youngsters participate in the Trunk or Treat at the Ward 3 Recreation Complex on Power Center Parkway Sunday afternoon.
By Lance traweek
ltraweek@americanpress.com
Children donning their
favorite costumes strolled
from trunk to trunk for treats
at the second annual Trunk or
Treat food drive held Sunday
at the Ward 3 Recreation
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Nine-year-old Kennedy
King wore her zebra costume
along with her step-brother
Ronald Young, 10, who said he
was dressed up as a “creepy
clown.”
“I wanted to help give out
candy to the kids,” King said.
Anita Barker, founder/
mentor, said the event is put
on by nearly 40 volunteers
who want to give back to the
community and raise awareness
for the Girlie Girls Mentoring
Program, a non-profit
in Lake Charles.
The program is for girls
Spooky fun in
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Children don their Halloween
costumes Sunday for the 5th
annual Lake Arthur Boo on
the Avenue festivities. Several
merchants lined downtown
streets to hand out treats to
the children who also enjoyed
games, contests and more. See
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ages 12-18, and it “helps girls
know that they should dream
big and can accomplish all
goals in life,” Barker said.
“I encourage the girls to do
their very best,” Barker said.
The mentoring program
holds monthly seminars and
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Friday for medical workers
and other arriving airline passengers
who have had contact
with Ebola victims in West Africa,
and Illinois soon followed
suit. Twenty-one days is the
incubation period for Ebola.
New Jersey Gov. Chris
Christie on Sunday defended
quarantining as necessary to
protect the public and predicted
it “will become a national
See eBOLa, A3
By Johnathan Manning
jmanning@americanpress.com
Officials at the 14th Judicial
District Court are hoping that
a change in the way felony
cases are allotted will clear up
confusion as to which division
cases should be assigned.
Under the previous rules,
cases were randomly allotted,
but if a defendant had a previous
conviction or pending
felony, any new charges that
arose were to be placed in the
same division as the previous
convictions or charges. That
led to problems, though, court
officials say, because there was
no limit to how far back an old
felony was to be followed.
For instance, Chief Judge
David Ritchie said, if a defendant
was convicted of a felony
30 years ago, any new charges
were to be placed into that
same division.
“It was a burdensome
system,” Ritchie said. “It was
burdensome on the people that
had to do all the research.”
“That just got to be very
confusing, people didn’t understand
it and sometimes it
wasn’t followed,” fellow Judge
Clayton Davis said. “It was
hard to figure it out sometimes.
This just streamlines it
in a good way.”
Under the new rules, which
‘If we don’t have our
people volunteering
to go over there
... then the epidemic
will continue to roar.’
dr. anthony Fauci
Director, National Institute of
Allergy and Infectious Diseases
court officials
hope changes
end confusion
Felony cases will now be
allotted by date of offense
‘It was a burdensome
system. It was
burdensome on the
people that had to
do all the research.’
david ritchie
Chief judge
went into effect Oct. 13, cases
are to be allotted by date of
offense. Cases will be allotted
in the division of the “duty
judge,” whose week it is to
sign warrants and set bonds.
There are exceptions — defendants
with pending felonies
will remain in the same division
and cases with hard-topinpoint
dates of offense, such
as drug distribution or sexual
abuse, will be randomly allotted.
First- and second-degree
murder, as well as manslaughter,
will always be allotted by
date of offense, with no regard
to any pending felonies.
“Date of offense made a
lot of sense because the duty
judge on the date of offense
will normally get the case and
everyone will know immediately
the judge, the prosecutor,
the public defender,” Davis
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Rase: No ships from West Africa at LC port
Do we have any ships
from West Africa coming
to the Port of Lake
Charles? How many ships,
how many people?
The port has yet to receive
any ships from West Africa,
said Bill Rase, the port’s executive
director. The cargo ships
that berth at the port generally
carry 15-20 crew members, he
said.
“If we were to get a vessel,
which we will, that sailed
from West Africa directly to
the public docks at the Port of
Lake Charles, it would take the
vessel 17 to 25 days of sailing
time,” Rase wrote in an email.
Patient Nina Pham
is hugged by Dr.
Anthony Fauci,
director of the
National Institute
of Allergy and Infectious
Diseases,
outside of National
Institutes of Health
in Bethesda, Md.,
on Friday. Pham,
the first nurse
diagnosed with
Ebola after treating
an infected man at
a Dallas hospital is
free of the virus.
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said. “That helps. Anything
that speeds up the process and
gets information to people
sooner is good.”
Allotment became a topic
of discussion earlier this year
at the 14th JDC when a multidefendant
drug case, Operation
27, prompted debate about
which division the defendants
were to be placed.
The judges, court personnel,
prosecutors, public defenders,
members of the local bar and
law enforcement all met to discuss
the rules, Ritchie said.
“It was a real collaborative
effort to make sure we got it all
right,” Ritchie said. “We tried
to simplify it and make it as
least complicated as possible.”
While “one size doesn’t fit
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‘I don’t think it’s a
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I think it detracts
from the natural
beauty of the
lakefront.’
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MANDEVILLE — Since
the invention of the printing
press, literature has at times
been deployed as an agent of
social and political agitation:
The Gutenberg Bible
helped foment the Protestant
Reformation. “Common
Sense” challenged the British
monarchy. “Uncle Tom’s
Cabin” exposed the ugliness
of American slavery.
None of that is happening
in Mandeville.
Nevertheless, a 25-line
poem in a box on a wooden
pole at the city’s lakefront
has stirred at least one of the
city’s councilmen, who said
he wants to know who authorized
the poetry box.
“There was no resolution
passed by the council
doing anything about this,”
said Ernest Burguières, who
represents the area along the
lake known as Old Mandeville.
“Does the city even know
about this?”
Burguières sent out an
email to his constituents after
learning about the box, asking
them what they thought.
The responses, he said, were
almost uniformly negative.
Many of the respondents
called the box “clutter,” ‘‘an
eyesore” and worse, he said.
Some claimed that it takes
away from the beautiful view
of the lake and the area’s
many picturesque oaks.
“I don’t think it’s a pretty
piece of art,” said Marilyn
Osborne, who lives in
Mandeville and who said she
had seen pictures of the poetry
box. “I think it detracts
from the natural beauty of
the lakefront.”
Mandeville City Councilman
Rick Danielson agreed.
“People are not going to
the lakefront to read poetry
in a box,” Danielson said. The
lakefront, with its natural
beauty, “does not need any
help,” he added.
The box is about the size
of a small letter box with
one clear plastic side so the
laminated sheet inside can be
read. It is mounted on a wood
post that stands about 6 feet
tall. It is dwarfed many times
over by the stand of giant oak
trees that surround it near
Lafayette Street.
The pole has been painted
and is decorated with animal
designs, and the word
“poetry” is stenciled in metal
above the box itself. That
work was done by Keith
Villere, a former Covington
mayor and the brother of
Mandeville Mayor Donald
Villere.
Donald Villere said he
authorized the poetry box on
the lakefront.
all” in an allotment process,
the new system will be “better
in the long run,” said Harry
Fontenot, head of the Public
Defender’s Office.
“I think it’s a step in the
right direction,” Fontenot
said. “I think the judges and
everybody is working hard to
straighten this out.”
Clerk of Court Lynn Jones
agreed.
“We’re trying to work with
all the parties,” he said. “I do
think in the long run, it will
help the system.”
Both Fontenot and Jones
said any unforeseen problems
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year-round mentoring workshops.
Tammey Thierry, a mentor,
said the girls are counseled
about topics ranging from
etiquette to dating.
“It’s very important for
young girls to have strong
self-esteem, be confident about
will have to be dealt with as
they arise.
“There’s less chance of error,”
Jones said. “This is a lot
more forthright and it’s less
complicated.”
District Attorney John DeRosier
has been pushing dateof-offense
allotment so that it
will be immediately known
which prosecutor will handle
the case.
that Ebola symptoms can
occur two to 21 days after
infection.
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msib/docs/012_14_8-7-2014.pdf.
who they are, and in order
for them to get to that level,
they have to have people in
their lives who can help them
promote it and show them
how to do it in a positive way,”
Thierry said. “That way they
can be prepared for the world.
We have to prepare them —
mind, body and soul — for the
future. A mentoring program
is the best way to get them on
that path.”
While DeRosier or prosecutor
Cynthia Killingsworth
currently visit murder scenes,
now the prosecutor who will
actually try the case can go out
to the murder scene, he said.
“Now the prosecutor that
will handle it in court will actually
have a first-hand view of
the scene,” DeRosier said. “He
will see the room, for example,
where the homicide took place,
‘We have to be very
careful about letting
politicians make
health decisions.’
Kaci Hickox
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by new policies in new Jersey
policy sooner rather than
later.”
“I don’t believe when you’re
dealing with something as serious
as this that we can count
on a voluntary system,” said
Christie, who is expected to
run for the Republican nomination
for president in 2016.
He added: “I absolutely have
no second thoughts about it.”
Fauci made the rounds on
five major Sunday morning
talk shows to argue that policy
should be driven by science —
and that science says people
with the virus are not contagious
until symptoms appear.
And even then, infection
requires direct contact with
bodily fluids.
He said that close monitoring
of medical workers for
symptoms is sufficient, and
warned that forcibly separating
them from others, or quarantining
them, for three weeks
could cripple the fight against
the outbreak in West Africa
— an argument that humanitarian
medical organizations
have also made.
“If we don’t have our people
volunteering to go over there,
then you’re going to have
Kailin Labbe is a 16-year-old
who benefits from the program.
“Ever since I’ve joined I’ve
appreciated everything the
mentors have done for me,”
said Labbe, who attends Barbe
High School. “I love my fellow
Girlie Girls, and we’ve learned
to give back to the community
and feel really good about
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or the area where it took place.
“It gives us such an advantage
of not having to put back
a crime scene from photographs.”
Policy on bags listed
in McNeese fan guide
Why do they not have
metal detectors at Cowboy
Stadium? And why do they
check women’s bags but
don’t check men?
Candace Townsend, Mc-
Neese State University public
relations director, said handheld
metal detectors are used
at law enforcement officers’
discretion.
The policy on bags, she
said, is included in the 2014
A-Z Game Day Guide, listed
under the Fan Zone tab on the
school’s athletics website.
“Only small personal bags
(purses, baby or diaper bags,
etc.) will be permitted inside
Cowboy Stadium and are
subject to search at all entrances.
Bag size must be no
larger than 9x9x15 inches (apx.
Diaper bag size or smaller)
and NO Backpacks,” reads the
entry on bag searches.
“Please leave all unnecessary
items in your vehicle
or at home. Prohibited items
must be returned to your vehicle
or discarded. Staff may
not store or hold items for you
until post game. Patrons who
refuse to allow visual inspections
of contents of bags or
purses will be denied entry to
the stadium.”
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other countries that are not
going to do it and then the epidemic
will continue to roar,”
Fauci said.
Christie, traveling the
country as head of the Republican
Governors Association,
said he was not worried that
quarantining might discourage
volunteers.
Other than saying last week
that those under quarantine
could be confined to their
homes or medical facilities,
Christie and New York Gov.
Andrew Cuomo have given no
details on how the measure
would be enforced and what
would happen to those who
refused to cooperate.
But Cuomo, who is up for
re-election next week, said the
order is legally enforceable,
and expressed confidence that
medical professionals would
go along.
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Because of the large number of
defendants in the Operation 27 drug
sting, local attorneys are being relied
on to provide indigent defense.
When there are co-defendants in
a case, the Public Defender’s Office
can only represent one defendant
By Justin B. phillips
jphillips@americanpress.com
MSU puts scare in No. 19 Nebraska
By Alex hickey
ahickey@americanpress.com
LINCOLN, Neb. — Mc-
Neese State’s football program
was on the precipice of
history Saturday afternoon
until one of the nation’s most
explosive players made one of
his career’s finest plays.
Nebraska senior running
back Ameer Abdullah broke
McNeese hearts with a 58-
yard touchdown reception in
which he broke five Cowboy
tackles while weaving across
the field and into the end zone
with just 20 seconds remaining
to give the No. 19 Cornhuskers
a 31-24 win.
McNeese was aiming for
its first-ever win against a
team in the Associated Press
Top 25, and just the fourth
win for any Football Championship
Subdivision team
against a Top 25 opponent
ever.
The Cornhuskers are
nearly unbeatable in venerable
Memorial Stadium,
having defeated every nonconference
opponent since
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while the rest are handled by conflict
attorneys.
With conflict attorneys contracted
by the PDO, that amounts
to only five to six defendants being
represented, public defender Harry
Fontenot said.
In the case of Operation 27,
though, there were 54 arrests. In a
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For a few hours Saturday,
F.K. White Middle School was
everything but a normal school.
Yes, there were students in the
hallways, and countless teachers
were nearby, but it was different.
Most of the students in the
hallways had their hair and faces
painted. At one end of the school,
an area was set up solely for kids
to play laser tag.
Outside, students were driving
golf carts with state police,
throwing pies at their favorite
teachers’ faces, and playing video
games on a gaming trailer. It was
all part of F.K. White’s Community
Festival, an event the school
used to reconnect with students,
parents and faculty.
F.K. White’s principal, Owen
Clanton, is a little over a month
into his new job, and Saturday
was his first real chance to interact
with the community.
“We’re all about children
and their success, and we really
want to create a positive environment,”
Clanton said as he waited
his turn in the pie booth. “We’re
moving in a positive direction.
We’re telling people that we want
them to come in. We want them
to come see what we have going
on.”
The event was, in a part, a
fundraiser for the school’s activity
groups. Many of the stations
were being run by F.K. White
students.
Raemani McClelland, an
eighth-grader, spent the morning
and part of the afternoon in control
of the face-painting booth.
She said she took a break earlier
in the day to play laser tag, but
that was about it.
“It’s been really busy, but it
has been a lot of fun. It’s great
to see new faces, especially with
the kids from other schools that
decided to come and participate,”
McClelland said.
“This is really just something
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where we can hang out, be safe
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bar, state district court Judge David
Ritchie said some of the defendants
have secured attorneys, but that
more than 30 need representation.
Fontenot said his office does not
have the money to hire that many
conflict attorneys.
To remain free of conflicts, a law
firm will not represent more than
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Ritchie called the situation a
“highly unusual circumstance.” It is
not the same as 2012 when members
of the local bar were assigned cases
because of dwindling funds at the
PDO, he said.
Operation 27 was an investigation
into cocaine distribution in Southwest
Louisiana. It revolved around
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Owen Clanton, first-year principal of F.K. White Middle School, just dodges a pie in
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team from outside of college
football’s “power conferences”
prior to that was against
Hawaii in 1955.
“Thank God for Ameer
today,” said Nebraska coach
Bo Pelini.
McNeese coach Matt Viator
was proud of his team’s
effort, but crestfallen by the
result.
“Right now I’m heartbroken
because of how hard they
were playing,” Viator said.
“But I am really proud of the
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effort and the kids. But as McNeese State University basketball assistant coach Preston
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Harris, 36, was arrested for a 27th
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Authorities said Harris was the
most prolific street-level cocaine
dealer in the area and that Lecompte
was the largest cocaine distributor.
Lecompte, 39, was indicted on 25
charges.
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Congress’
task: Act fast
on spending,
return home
By The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Congress
returns to work Monday with
a basic task — act fast to keep
the government open and then
race home to campaign.
After a five-week summer
break, lawmakers face a
shortened September session
with a tight must-do list: Pass
a temporary spending bill to
fund federal departments and
agencies through mid-December
and extend the freeze on
taxing access to the Internet.
Votes also are set on largely
futile measures designed to
pack a political punch eight
weeks before an election that
will determine control of
Congress.
Wasting no time, the House
is scheduled to vote Thursday
on the spending bill.
Several lawmakers have
clamored for giving President
Barack Obama new authority
to use military force against
Islamic State militants who
have seized parts of Iraq, terrorizing
religious minorities
and threatening the central
government in Baghdad.
The militants beheaded two
American journalists in Syria,
prompting calls for military
airstrikes in that country.
But the Obama administration
has not indicated that it
wants a congressional vote
and there is little consensus in
Congress on any legislation, or
even whether it’s necessary.
Sen. Jeff Sessions, a
member of the Senate Armed
Services Committee, said
Obama can use force against
the militants in Iraq or Syria
based on the military doctrine
that if someone “is attacking
you or your ally you can
respond.”
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A6 AMERICAN PRESS ThuRSdAy, SEPTEMbER 17, 2015
By Doris Maricle
dmaricle@americanpress.com
JENNINGS — Jennings
American Legion Hospital
is implementing a program
to recognize veterans during
their hospital stays.
“When veterans come in to
be admitted one of the questions
we always ask is if they
are a veteran,” said marketing
director Mindy Hetzel. “Now,
if they say yes, we will ask
them if they would like to be
acknowledged for their service
to the country during their
stay.”
Those wishing to be recognized
will be given a U.S. flag
decal on their identification
bracelet. The patient’s room
will also be identified by a
patriotic sign placed outside
the door.
“It’s a great connection for
the hospital with the location
of the (Southwest Louisiana)
veterans home and the number
of veterans we serve,” said
hospital CEO Dana Williams.
“I am glad we can be a part of
the special recognition to show
support for our veterans.”
Hetzel said several veterans
have accepted the special
down this week and now we
are working to salvage what is
left,” Dustin Chaisson said.
The group is hand cleaning
and separating thousands of
bricks from a pile of rubble
left from the dilapidated wall.
“We want to salvage all the
bricks and get them back into
the new design,” Benjamin
Chaisson said.
The brothers are shocked
at the number of good bricks
that the group has been able to
save. Portions of a north wall
will still have to come down,
they said.
Jeff Davis Arts Council
President Greg Marcantel said
the damage caused organizers
to change the plans for the
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American Legion Hospital honors veterans
CAMPUS
Continued from A1
funds left to build another
facility, but we convinced
our state agency to allow us
to take the money and start
renovating the campus.”
Aspinwall said most of
the sidewalks and landscaping
have been ripped
out and replaced, and new
gazebos are going up for
students who want to study
outside.
“All the buildings have
been painted, and there will
be new quad areas, new
bench seating,” he said.
“There will be sprinklers
so all the landscape looks
very nice. It’s going to be a
beautiful campus.”
Aspinwall said that
wasn’t always the case.
“I always tell people,
when I first came I didn’t
know if this was a campus
or airport. I didn’t know
where it started and where
it stopped,” he said. “It
really looks like a college
campus now.”
He said the new sidewalks
are also proving to be
an added health benefit for
students.
“I was walking upstairs
this morning where you can
look out the big window,
and I noticed a young lady
using our sidewalks for
exercise because now you
can go from (the arts and
humanities building) all the
way to the other end of the
campus continuously,” he
said.
“Before you had to get off
the sidewalk, walk through
the grass and the mud to get
to the buildings. Now it’s
like a trail.”
Aspinwall said one of the
original hangars on campus
will be getting a face-lift
in the coming months and
that construction on a new
student union building will
begin in November.
“There’s still a couple of
buildings that need a little
work to them, but we have
come so far,” he said.
recognition since the program
began on Sept. 1. “The veterans
we have served so far have
been emotionally touched and
very appreciative that we are
recognizing them like this,”
she said.
Karen Roy, community
outreach manager for program
sponsor Woodmen of the
World Life Insurance Society,
said the program is being used
by four hospitals and 10 nursing
homes in Louisiana. Seven
other hospitals are considering
starting similar programs,
she said.
Roy said the program to
building.
“We no longer think we will
be ale to rebuild the building,”
Marcantel said. “Now we are
hoping to create some kind of
public space in the center of
our Main Street district.”
He said architect Steve
Oubre has some “interesting
ideas” for the future project,
but did not elaborate.
Volunteers hope to incorporate
the arches, bricks and
black Carrar glass from the
original structure in the new
plans for the site. Three original
safes from the building
have also been saved.
“We want to keep the
spirit of the Heywood building
alive as a memorial to the
past,” Dustin Chaisson said.
“I am excited about the future
of this area, especially with
the new City Hall across the
honor veterans was the brainchild
of a nurse in St. Tammany
Parish.
“Her father was a patient
and he passed away in the
hospital so she draped an
American flag over his body
and had the staff do a moment
of silence,” Roy said.
“The employees thought
it was a great thing to do and
started thinking of how they
could get the program in
place.”
Woodmen Life provides
flags and financial support for
hospitals wishing to honor
veterans.
doris Maricle / American Press
christopher broussard, Dustin chaisson, Harrel chaisson and benjamin chaisson work
Wednesday to clean and separate bricks from a pile of rubble left from the dilapidated wall of
the Heywood building in downtown Jennings. Volunteers hope to use the bricks, remaining
arches and black carrar glass from the original structure to create a public space after a recent
storm destroyed plans to restore the building for office space.
HEYWOOD
Continued from A1
JINDAL
Continued from A1
the GOP presidential nomination
in 2016, sought to block
Democratic President Barack
Obama’s administration from
retaliating if Louisiana exits
Common Core.
Dick said Jindal didn’t
prove the state faces any
possible injury if Louisiana
decides to drop its use of the
multistate standards and testing.
“It fact, the alleged injuries
street. We all feel like it will be
better than before and something
the public can use.
“I think people are going to
be able to still recognize what
it was,” he said. “It will still
be the Heywood building for
many and something everyone
can be proud of. Something
that will still be here even
when we are gone.”
The Chaissons plan to
continue working to clean up
the site through the weekend.
Anyone wishing to volunteer
can show up at the site between
7 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.
Efforts are also continuing
to help raise funds for the
project. To date, over $150,000
has been raised, but more is
needed, organizers say.
l
Online: www.savetheheywood.
com.
that Jindal anticipates, should
the state discontinue its use
of the (Common Core), appear
to be purely speculative
considering similar actions
taken by other states that have
not suffered the anticipated
consequences,” Dick wrote in
doris Maricle / American Press
Woodmen of the World Life insurance society local sales representative
ben monic, Jennings American Legion Hospital
ceO Dana Williams, Woodmen Life recruiting sales manager
ricky sonnier, Woodmen Life community outreach manager
Karen roy, Woodmen Life chapter 33 member ella Dartex and
hospital marketing head mindy Hetzel unveil new bracelets
and door tags used to identify veterans during their hospital
stays.
Man from 2014 drug
sting convicted
A 36-year-old man connected
with the drug sting known
as Operation 27 was found
guilty Tuesday of one count
of conspiracy to possess illegal
drugs.
William Joseph DeVillier,
one of more than 50 people
indicted in June 2014 on
cocaine-distribution charges,
was found guilty by Judge
Sharon Wilson.
Operation 27 was named
after Norvell Harris, who was
arrested for the 27th time.
Harris was indicted in June
2014 on 188 counts, with 159
being conspiracy to distribute
cocaine.
Sex offender fails
to pay required fee
A sex offender who failed
to pay a required registration
fee and failed to contact Lake
Charles police was arrested
Thursday, authorities said.
James Leo Washington Jr.
registered with officials on
Aug. 12 but was unable to pay
the fee, assessed on release
after a failure to register arrest,
said Deputy Chief Mark
Kraus.
Washington didn’t pay
within the 30 days allowed
and didn’t contact police,
Kraus said, so an arrest warrant
was issued.
Washington was convicted
of forcible rape in 1995 and
must register for life.
crime briefs
According to a news
release from the Calcasieu
Parish District Attorney’s
Office, DeVillier and Harris
sent text messages to each
other in March 2014 to set up
a place and time for DeVillier
to buy cocaine. The two met
on Prien Lake Road, where
authorities saw DeVillier get
into a car with Harris.
After DeVillier exited the
vehicle and left the scene,
officers followed him to a
location on Ryan Street and
arrested him. DeVillier will
be sentenced Oct. 16.
John Guidroz
Welsh woman jailed
on stalking charges
A Welsh woman was arrested
Wednesday on charges
that she harassed, stalked
and photographed someone,
the Jeff Davis Parish Sheriff
’s Office said.
Felicia Ann
Fontenot, 40, of
418 Cooper St.,
was booked on
charges of cyberstalking
and
stalking. The
Fontenot
victim reported
the incident
earlier this month, Cmdr.
Chris Ivey said.
Fontenot is being held in
the parish jail without bond,
Ivey said.
her decision.
She also said the governor
didn’t prove “there is a substantial
likelihood of success
on the merits” in the lawsuit’s
broader effort to declare the
federal grant and waiver
programs illegal and unconstitutional.
In his lawsuit, Jindal
claimed the education department’s
actions forced states to
move toward a national education
curriculum in violation
of the state sovereignty clause
in the Constitution and federal
law.
COUNCIL
Continued from A1
that region were being “victimized.”
“We are not opposed to
progress. We are opposed to
an apartment complex sitting
smack dab in the middle of a
residential area, in this community,”
she said.
While the council was only
voting on the annexation of the
property and not the formal
approval of the apartment project,
Doug Burguieres, assistant
director in the city’s planning
and development department,
said the parish did recommend
stipulations to the council.
“During the review process
through the parish, the parish
staff recommendations for the
project included a drainage
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RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST
DECEMBER 14, 2015
Louisiana State Police
Department of Public Safety
Post Office Box 66614, Mail Slip A-6
Baton Rouge, LA 70896-6614
(225) 925-6095
Dear Public Records Request Officers,
This is a request under the Louisiana Public Records Act. Section 44:32(D) of the Louisiana Public
Records Act requires a response within three business days.
Camera Location: 603 E Prien Lake Rd Lake Charles, LA 70601
Camera Identification: The "Pole Camera" is located outside of Cajun Jeaux's Bar in Lake
Charles, LA. The Camera was referred to in public document records by the Calcasieu Parish
District Attorney’s Office as the “Nate's Place Pole Camera”.
Camera Management: It was reported that the Louisiana State Police manage the “Pole
Camera” by The City of Lake Charles Legal Department that responded to a Public Records
Request.
I request that a copy of the following documents [or documents containing the following
information] be provided:
Reply with Yes or No:
1. The Camera identified by the CPDA as “Pole Camera” is managed by Louisiana State
Police.
2. The Camera identified by the CPDA as “Pole Camera” was installed in regards to Civil
Matters.
3. The Camera identified by CPDA as “Pole Camera” was installed in regards to Criminal
Matters.
In order to help to determine my status to assess fees, you should know that I am an individual
seeking information, and this request is made as part of news gathering and not for commercial
use. I request a waiver of all fees for this request. Disclosure of the requested information to me
is in the public interest because it is likely to contribute significantly to public understanding of
the operations or activities of the government and is not primarily in my commercial interest.
Thank you for your consideration of this request.
Sincerely yours,
Page 1 of 1

RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST
DECEMBER 14, 2015
Louisiana State Police
Department of Public Safety
Post Office Box 66614, Mail Slip A-6
Baton Rouge, LA 70896-6614
(225) 925-6095
Dear Public Records Request Officers,
This is a request under the Louisiana Public Records Act. Section 44:32(D) of the Louisiana Public
Records Act requires a response within three business days.
Camera Location: 603 E Prien Lake Rd Lake Charles, LA 70601
Camera Identification: The "Pole Camera" is located outside of Cajun Jeaux's Bar in Lake
Charles, LA. The Camera was referred to in public document records by the Calcasieu Parish
District Attorney’s Office as the “Nate's Place Pole Camera”.
Camera Management: It was reported that the Louisiana State Police manage the “Pole
Camera” by The City of Lake Charles Legal Department that responded to a Public Records
Request.
I request that a copy of the following documents [or documents containing the following
information] be provided:
1. Provide all video from the “Pole Camera” on March 12, 2014 between 21:00 hours and
24:00 hours
2. If LSP alleges the “Pole Camera” is in regards for surveillance on a criminal investigation
provide the warrant
3. If LSP alleges the “Pole Camera” is in regards for civil matters such as traffic, then
provide a list of all camera locations in Calcasieu Parish
4. If LSP alleges the “Pole Camera” is in regards to civil matters, provide the camera
locations in Calcasieu Parish that are directed at parking lots or other non-public
roadways.
5. Provide all public records in regards to the “Pole Camera”
6. Provide all Louisiana State Police polices in regards to installed cameras, camera
management and camera documentation
7. Provide the Louisiana laws that provide the right to Louisiana State Police to manage
cameras on roadways or non-public roads
8. Provide all complaints and law suits (pending and closed) in regards to Louisiana State
Police installed cameras used for civil matters on roadways and non-public roadways
9. Provide dates of employment and position in regards to Kent Pevoto
10. Provide all disciplinary actions and complaints in regards to Kent Pevoto
11. Provide any documents that identify any perjury charges filed against Louisiana State
Police
Page 1 of 2

In order to help to determine my status to assess fees, you should know that I am an individual
seeking information, and this request is made as part of news gathering and not for commercial
use. I request a waiver of all fees for this request. Disclosure of the requested information to me
is in the public interest because it is likely to contribute significantly to public understanding of
the operations or activities of the government and is not primarily in my commercial interest.
Thank you for your consideration of this request.
Sincerely yours,
Page 2 of 2

8. Provide all complaints and law suits (pending and closed) in regards to Louisiana State
Police installed cameras used for civil matters on roadways and non-public roadways
9. Provide dates of employment and position in regards to Kent Pevoto
I 0. Provide all disciplinary actions and complaints in regards to Kent Pevoto
11. Provide any documents that identify any perjury charges filed against Louisiana State
Police
In order to help to determine my status to assess fees, you should know that I am an individual
seeking information, and this request is made as part of news gathering and not for commercial
use. I request a waiver of all fees for this request. Disclosure of the requested information to me
is in the public interest because it is likely to contribute significantly to public understanding of
the operations or activities of the government and is not primarily in my commercial interest.
Thank you for your consideration of this request.

Re: Correction to Articles
october 10, 2015 at 3:03
From: «Schmidt, Theresa»
To: «Free Calcasieu»
Cc: «Haldeman, Charles» , «Manning, Johnathan»
Dear Free Calcasieu,
I didn't write the story or see any news release or indictment, but it sounds like you are saying we
were misled and possibly given false information.
Would whoever analyzed this information reveal their identity and be willing to do an on camera
interview?
Seems like that would be the most expeditious way to provide the facts to the public.
Let me know and I'll see if I can do a story.
Theresa
337-377-6436
On Oct 9, 2015, at 1:45 PM, "Free Calcasieu" wrote:
We would like to extend the professional courtesy to print a correction to article titled,
“Grand Jury indicts 51 on drug distributions charges.” Only 5 people were indicted on drug
distribution charges.
OPERATION 27 FACTS
• Less than 2% of the charges were allegations of illegal distribution (9 of 467 counts).
• Less than 3% of the charges were allegations of illegal possession (14 of 467 counts).
• 87% of the charges were allegations of conversations of illegal substances (408 of counts
467).
• 96.6% of the charges were NOT allegations of illegal distribution (451 of 467 counts).
Attached is a copy of the KPLC news article titled, “Grand Jury indicts 51 on drug
distributions charges,” from reporter Michael Cooper at KPLC. The article states that, “51
people were indicted on cocaine distribution charges,” in the, “largest anti-drug operation in
Southwest Louisiana history.”
Are 9 distributions, 14 possession and 408 counts of conversations on drugs really the
“largest anti-drug operation in Southwest Louisiana history?"
The conspiracy/ RICO laws were manufactured by Federal Prosecutors in the 1980s in

Patriots of even talking about a drug. That was also during the beginning of the “war on
drugs” that many say does more harm than the actual drugs.
Follow the money and you can quickly see how lucrative it can be with excessive bonds
obtained using a fixed judge allotment system to issue over $40MM bonds. More staggering
is that Calcasieu Parish is one of few places in the world that allows arresting people to be
profit source and shared 1% to CPSO, 0.5% to CPDA and 0.5% goes to Judge.
Allegations being investigated:
1. Calcasieu Parish District Attorney’s office violated the Louisiana Public Records Act.
Section 44:32(D) of the Louisiana Public Records Act that requires a response within three
business days in order to deny public record information that would show how many cases
the grand jury heard in one single day.
2. Allegations that the Calcasieu Parish District Attorney’s Office abused the grand jury or
indictment process. In open court an Assistant District Attorney said that the minutes from
the Grand Jury are not even recorded and therefore the minutes could not even be provided
if a request was made to Inspect.
3. Allegations that Calcasieu Parish is among just a few of the places in the world that has a
financial interest in “overzealous prosecution” in criminal justice system associated with
collecting 2% of bond fees (for which 1% stays with CPSO, 0.5% to CPDA and 0.5% goes
to Judge) and participated in Judge Allotment tactics to select a favorable judge in order to
collect higher bonds and higher fees.
4. Allegations of constitutional, civil rights and due process violations such as the 8th
amendment (Excessive Bail), 4th Amendment (Unreasonable Search and Seizures) and 6th
Amendment (Speedy Trials).
5. Allegations that Calcasieu Parish is not making enough efforts to support Governor
Jindal’s Veteran Court Program initiatives.

Operation 27 Summary of Charges and Counts
Attemp Poss Poss Poss w/ intent
Consp to Poss Consp to Poss w/ intent
Consp Distrib
Orginal Bond Bond
Reduce
d To:
Indicment
Date
Arrest
Date
Name attempted
possession
of CDS II
over 400
grams
attempted
possession
of CDS with
intent to
distribute
over 400
grams
possessi
on of
CDS I
possess
CDS II
possess
CDS II
(cocain)
between 28-
400 grams
possess
CDS II over
400 grams
possession
of CDS II
(cocaine)
over 400
grams
posses of
CDC III
(hydrocode
n)
posses of
CDC IV
(alprazolam
posses of
CDS V
(promethazi
ne)
Possess
CDS V
(testosteron
e)
Possess
of Legend
Drug
possession
with intent
to distribute
marijuana
possession
with intent
to distribute
cocaine
possession
with intent
to distribute
CDS II
(cocaine)
possession
to distribute
CDS II
crack
cocaine
conspirac
y to
possess
CDS II
conspirac
y to
possess
cocaine
conspiracy
to possess
CDS II over
400 grams
conspiracy
to possess
with the
intent to
distribute
CDS I
(marijuna)
conspiracy
to possess
with the
intent to
distribute
CDS II
(cocaine)
conspiracy/
possession
of CDS II
(Cocaine)
with intent
to distribute
conspiracy/
distribution
of CDS I
(Marijuana)
conspiracy
to distribute
CDS II
conspiracy
to distribute
cocaine
conspiracy/
distribution
of CDS II
(Cocaine)
conspiracy
to distribute
CDS II
(cocaine)
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$200,000.00 6/26/14 5/13/14 Sharella Hale
$400,000.00 6/26/14 5/13/14 Elton Fisher Brown
$780,000.00 6/26/14 5/13/14 Rodrick Antoine 1 1 1 1 1 1
$150,000.00 6/26/14 5/13/14 Marcus Rankins 2
$150,000.00 6/26/14 5/13/14 Jessie Bushnell 1
$250,000.00 6/26/14 5/13/14 Jamar Thomas 2
$150,000.00 6/26/14 5/13/14 Christopher
1
Chatman
$150,000.00 6/26/14 5/13/14 Paul Guillott 1
$400,000.00 6/26/14 5/13/14 Rawlyn Antoine 1
$1,200,000.00 6/26/14 5/13/14 Tyrone Thomas 1 8
6/26/14
6/26/14
6/26/14
Ranferi Nunez-
Sanchez
Luis Arnoldo
Rodriguez
Omar Sanchez
Ortuno
$500,000.00 6/26/14 Venancio Ortuno 1
6/26/14
Hayward Gerard
Lecompte
2
1
1
6/26/14 Norvell Keith Harris
6/26/14 Herbert Allen Slydell
6/26/14 David Lee Moss Jr. 1
6/26/14 6/11/14
Nathaniel P.
Francisco
6 6
6/26/14 Alfred Lee Garrick 2 3
6/26/14 Kenny Ray Guy 11
6/26/14
6/26/14
6/26/14
Clifton Colon
Charles
Charles Duane
Duhon
Nathaniel Joseph
Conner
Joseph Tobias
6/26/14
3
Bellard
6/26/14 Dameon Duhon 1
5
1
6
6/26/14 Matthew McPherson 7
Germain Marquis
6/26/14
Jenkins
6/26/14 Rico Edwards 4
9
1 of 4
)

Operation 27 Summary of Charges and Counts
Attemp Poss Poss Poss w/ intent
Consp to Poss Consp to Poss w/ intent
Consp Distrib
Orginal Bond Bond
Reduce
d To:
Indicment
Date
Arrest
Date
Name attempted
possession
of CDS II
over 400
grams
attempted
possession
of CDS with
intent to
distribute
over 400
grams
possessi
on of
CDS I
possess
CDS II
possess
CDS II
(cocain)
between 28-
400 grams
possess
CDS II over
400 grams
possession
of CDS II
(cocaine)
over 400
grams
posses of
CDC III
(hydrocode
n)
posses of
CDC IV
(alprazolam
posses of
CDS V
(promethazi
ne)
Possess
CDS V
(testosteron
e)
Possess
of Legend
Drug
possession
with intent
to distribute
marijuana
possession
with intent
to distribute
cocaine
possession
with intent
to distribute
CDS II
(cocaine)
possession
to distribute
CDS II
crack
cocaine
conspirac
y to
possess
CDS II
conspirac
y to
possess
cocaine
conspiracy
to possess
CDS II over
400 grams
conspiracy
to possess
with the
intent to
distribute
CDS I
(marijuna)
conspiracy
to possess
with the
intent to
distribute
CDS II
(cocaine)
conspiracy/
possession
of CDS II
(Cocaine)
with intent
to distribute
conspiracy/
distribution
of CDS I
(Marijuana)
conspiracy
to distribute
CDS II
conspiracy
to distribute
cocaine
conspiracy/
distribution
of CDS II
(Cocaine)
conspiracy
to distribute
CDS II
(cocaine)
Demond Lynn
6/26/14
1
Delahoussaye
6/26/14 Calvin Ray Batchin 1
6/26/14
Matthew E. Mitchell,
2
JR
6/26/14
Joshua Michael
4
Ward
$34,586,000 $0 TOTAL 0 0 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 17 7 0 1 6 1 7 104 45 4 183 0 14 0
2 of 4
)

Name
Krisjuana Bellow
Herbert Slydell
Jarvis Anderson
Jahmal Gray
Spencer Vito
Jonathan Mayo
Gregory Eddie
Chad Gladney
Jeremy Augustine
Subject Shanna
Franklin
Leo Miller, Sr.
Nathaniel Rankins
Janette Ecter
Eric D. Malbrough
Jerry Vallier
Hayward Lecompte
Norvell K. Harris
Hollie E. Harris
David Moss Jr.
William Plaster
Jewery B. Webb
Jerrel L. Webb
Lacreasia Payne
Elizabeth Harris
William Devillier
Sharella Hale
Elton Fisher Brown
Rodrick Antoine
Marcus Rankins
Jessie Bushnell
Jamar Thomas
Christopher
Chatman
Paul Guillott
Rawlyn Antoine
Tyrone Thomas
Ranferi Nunez-
Sanchez
Luis Arnoldo
Rodriguez
Omar Sanchez
Ortuno
Venancio Ortuno
Hayward Gerard
Lecompte
Norvell Keith Harris
Herbert Allen Slydell
David Lee Moss Jr.
Nathaniel P.
Francisco
Alfred Lee Garrick
Kenny Ray Guy
Clifton Colon
Charles
Charles Duane
Duhon
Nathaniel Joseph
Conner
Joseph Tobias
Bellard
Dameon Duhon
Matthew McPherson
Germain Marquis
Jenkins
Rico Edwards
Operation 27 Summary of Charges and Counts
b Consp Manufac Disribution Firearm
Other
TOTAL
conspiracy
to distribute
CDS III
conspiracy
to distribute
CDS IV
conspiracy/
distribution
of CDS IV
(Alprazolam
conspiracy/
distribution
of CDS V
(Promethazi
ne)
conspiracy
to
manufactur
e CDS II
(cocaine)
conspiracy
to
manufactur
e CDS II
(crack
cocaine)
conspiracy/
manufacturi
ng of CDS
II (Crack
Cocaine)
distribution
of
marijuana
distribution
of CDS II
distribution
of CDS II
(Cocaine)
distribution
of crack
cocaine
distribution
of CDS III
possession
of a firearm
by a
convicted
felon
possession
of a stolen
firearm
possession
of firearm in
presence of
CDS
cruelty to
juveniles
Consp
Cruelty to
Juveniles
Obstruction
of Justice
Prohibited
Acts
32
1 1 6
6
2 6
2 4
3 5
10
4 2 12
1 5
1
3
5
1
4
7
4 2 25
13 1 1 3 188
2 12
0
1 2
1 1
2 2
1 1 2
3 1 1 11
0
12
0
1
2
1
2
1
1
1 2
9
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
1 2
12
1 1 3 10
11
1 7
5
1 2
3
1
7
9
4
)

Operation 27 Summary of Charges and Counts
b Consp Manufac Disribution Firearm
Other
TOTAL
Name
conspiracy conspiracy
to distribute to distribute
CDS III CDS IV
conspiracy/
distribution
of CDS IV
(Alprazolam
)
conspiracy/
distribution
of CDS V
(Promethazi
ne)
conspiracy
to
manufactur
e CDS II
(cocaine)
conspiracy
to
manufactur
e CDS II
(crack
cocaine)
conspiracy/
manufacturi
ng of CDS
II (Crack
Cocaine)
distribution
of
marijuana
distribution
of CDS II
distribution
of CDS II
(Cocaine)
distribution
of crack
cocaine
distribution
of CDS III
possession
of a firearm
by a
convicted
felon
possession
of a stolen
firearm
possession
of firearm in
presence of
CDS
cruelty to
juveniles
Consp
Cruelty to
Juveniles
Obstruction
of Justice
Prohibited
Acts
Demond Lynn
Delahoussaye
Calvin Ray Batchin
Matthew E. Mitchell,
JR
Joshua Michael
Ward
TOTAL
1
1
2
4
4 2 1 9 16 8 3 0 6 3 0 0 1 1 1 3 2 1 1 467
4 of 4

Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office
TONY MANCUSO, SHERIFF AND EX-OFFICIO TAX COLLECTOR
Office of the In-House Counsel
PO Box 2185 • Lake Charles, Louisiana 70602
Phone: (337) 491-3622 • Fax: (337) 433-6326
January 5, 2016
Re: Public Record Request
f
My name is Rob McCorquodale and I serve as the In-House Counsel for the Calcasieu Parish Sherif 's
Office.
I am writing to respond to your requests for records dated December 17, 2015 that we only recently
received.
A public records request is a tool to be used to obtain documents or records of some kind. You seem to
be trying to ask questions as opposed to requesting documents.
Your first question is "please state the percentage of a bail bond that is collected by the Calcasieu Parish
Sheriffs Office". I am not sure I understand your question. If a person posts cash for a bond, then the
full amount of that bond is collected and held by the CPSO until the subjects court appearance obligation
has been met. Once the obligation has been met, when the charges are closed out, the bond funds are
returned 100% to the party who posted them.
Your second question is a request that we provide you copies of statutes related to "bond collecting" and
"bond distributing". I am not sure what you mean and it is not our place to give legal advice or provide
legal research, but L.R.S. 15:571.11 and L.R.S. 15:86.1 might be responsive to your request.
Finally, you ask for a document that states the bond fund distribution in Calcasieu Parish. Again, I am not
sure that I understand your request, but bond funds are handled in Calcasieu as required by law. The
pertinent laws have been listed herein and I note that you referenced L.R.S. 15:571.11 in your request
which is another pertinent statute.
Sincerely,
:c ---
In-House Counsel

Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office
TONY MANCUSO, SHERIFF AND EX-OFFICIO TAX COLLECTOR
Office of the In-House Counsel
PO Box 2185 • Lake Charles, Louisiana 70602
Phone: (337) 491-3622 • Fax: (337) 433-6326
December 8, 2014
Re: Public Records Request
My name is Rob McCorquodale and I serve as the In-House Counsel for the Calcasieu Parish
Sheriff's Office. I am writing in regard to the public records request you mailed to our office dated
November 30, 2015. Public Records requests typically run through my office, so if you have any
questions please feel free to contact my office directly.
In regard to your request for information provided to the media regarding "Operation 27", please
know we do not have any records that are responsive to your request. The CPSO did not handle
the press conference, nor was it held at the CPSO. We have no record that we provided the media
documents.
In regard to your other comments, please make specific requests for documents. The CPSO cannot
give you legal advice or do legal research for you. The public records laws only require we provide
documents that are public record once they are properly requested.
You asked a question regarding L.R.S. 15:571. However, I do not understand the question in
regards to how it relates to the statute. L.R.S. 15:571 states:
§15:571. Proces verbal of execution: a/lesting and.filing.
When the sentence shall have been executed, the warden of the Louisiana State
Penitentia,y at Angola, or his deputy performing the execution, shall make a proces
verbal of said execution immediately thereafier, which proces verbal shall recite
the manner and date of said execution and shall be allested by said warden, or his
deputy, and by all of the witnesses, and said proces verbal, when so signed, shall
be.filed with the clerk o,/court o,f the parish in which the sentence shall have been
imposed.
If you request specific documents, assuming they are public record, I can try to pull and provide
them. However, a public records request is not a tool designed to just ask general questions.

Thank you for your consideration of this request.
RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST
JANUARY 11, 2016
TO:
Tony Mancuso
Sheriff
Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office
5400 E. Broad St.
Lake Charles, LA 70615
(337) 491-3715
sherifftmancuso@cpso.com
David F. Dwight
Dwight Law Firm, LLC
1400 Ryan St.
Lake Charles, LA 70601
(337) 439-3395
(337) 439-3395 (fax)
david@dwightlaw.com
Rob McCorquodale
In-house Counsel
Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office
5400 E. Broad St.
Lake Charles, LA 70615
Stephen C. Dwight
Dwight Law Firm, LLC
1400 Ryan St.
Lake Charles, LA 70601
(337) 439-3395
(337) 439-3395 (fax)
Stephen@dwightlaw.com
Dear Public Records Request Officers,
This is a request under the Louisiana Public Records Act. Section 44:32(D) of the Louisiana Public
Records Act requires a response within three business days. Please note this is third attempt to obtain
the public records. Per your response on Jan 5, 2016 the request was revised using different wording.
According to the page 53 of the 2014 Calcasieu Parish Sheriff Financial Report (attached) for the year
ending June 30, 2014, cash appearance bond revenues are shown as $2,343,618. Additionally, on page
53 lists reductions of $144,167 for the District Attorney’s General Fund, Sheriff’s General Fund, Indigent
Defender Fund and the Judicial Expense Fund.
I request that a copy of the following documents [or documents containing the following information] be
provided:
a. Provide any and all source documents that show the Cash Appearance Bond Reductions for the
District Attorney’s General Fund, Sheriff’s General Fund, Indigent Defender Fund and the Judicial
Expense Fund from which the information was derived.
In order to help to determine my status to assess fees, you should know that I am an individual
seeking information, and this request is made as part of news gathering and not for commercial use. I
request a waiver of all fees for this request. Disclosure of the requested information to me is in the public
interest because it is likely to contribute significantly to public understanding of the operations or
activities of the government and is not primarily in my commercial interest.

RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST
DECEMBER 17, 2015
TO:
Tony Mancuso
Sheriff
Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office
5400 E. Broad St.
Lake Charles, LA 70615
(337) 491-3715
sherifftmancuso@cpso.com
David F. Dwight
Dwight Law Firm, LLC
1400 Ryan St.
Lake Charles, LA 70601
{337) 439-3395
(337) 439-3395 (fax)
david@dwightlaw.com
Stephen C. Dwight
Dwight Law Firm, LLC
1400 Ryan St.
Lake Charles, LA 70601
(337) 439-3395
(337) 439-3395 (fax)
Stephen@dwightlaw.com
Dear Public Records Request Officers,
This is a request under the Louisiana Public Records Act. Section 44:32(0) of the Louisiana Public
Records Act requires a response within three business days.
I request that a copy of the following documents [or documents containing the following information] be
provided:
a. According to Revised Statute 15:571.11 titled "Dispositions of fines and forfeitures," in
regards to bail or jail bonds, please state the percentage of a bail bond that is collected
by the Calcasieu Parish Sherriff's office?
b. Provide laws or statutes in regards to bond collecting and bond fund distributing
c. Provide or State the distribution (or documents containing) of bail bond funds collected
in Calcasieu.
In order to help to determine my status to assess fees, you should know that I am an individual
seeking information, and this request is made as part of news gathering and not for commercial use.
I request a waiver of all fees for this request. Disclosure of the requested information to me is in
the public interest because it is likely to contribute significantly to public understanding of the operations
or activities of the government and is not primarily in my commercial interest.
Thank you for your consideration of this request.
Page 1 of 1

CYNTHIA KILLINGSWORTH
FIRST ASSISTANT
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
JOHN F. DEROSIER
District Attorney
FOURTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
CALCASIEU PARISH
January 5, 2016
P.O. BOX 3206
LAKE CHARLES, LA 70602
PHONE (337) 437-3400
FAX (337) 437 -3325
Re:
Public Records Request
Jail Bonds Records
I am the Public Records Custodian for the Calcasieu Parish District Attorney's
Office. I have received your letter regarding your public records inquiry for jail bonds
records. Please remit $250.00 for the repo11 requested. Please send a money order made
payable to the Calcasieu Parish District Attorney's Office to the attention of Mrs. Kaitlyn
Abshire, my legal secretary. After receipt of these funds, the records will be copied and
sent to you at the above address.
I hereby certify that this letter satisfies the legal obligation of the Calcasieu Parish
District Attorney's Office under the Public Records Law, LSA-R.S. 44: I et seq. If you
need anything f-urther in this case, or in the future, please do not hesitate t ntact me for
assistance.
CSS/kra
Sincerely,
CoO
Carla S. Sigler /,
Assistant Dis Aey
Public Rec01 ustodian

In order to help to determine my status to assess fees, you should know that I am an individual
seeking information, and this request is made as part of news gathering and not for commercial use.
I request a waiver of all fees for this request. Disclosure of the requested information to me is in
the public interest because it is likely to contribute significantly to public understanding of the operations
or activities of the government and is not primarily in my commercial interest. I am willing to pay fees for
this request up to a maximum of $75. If you estimate that the fees will exceed this limit, please inform me
first.
Thank you for your consideration of this request.
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The largest anti-drug operation in Southwest Louisiana history took another step forward
Thursday.
According to the Associated Press, 51 people were indicted on cocaine distribution
charges.
A Calcasieu Parish grand jury handed down the indictments in connection with the recent
Operation 27 drug roundup.
Norvell K. Harris, 36, was one of the main targets of the operation. He was arrested on 65
counts of conspiracy to distribute cocaine. Harris, of Iowa, is being held on a $12,550,000
bond. He was indicted on 188 counts on Thursday.
Authorities said they named the operation for Harris, who has now been arrested 27
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RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST
January 11, 2016
TO:
Carla S. Sigler
Assistant District Attorney
Public Records Custodian
901 Lakeshore Dr, Lake Charles, LA 70601
337-437-3290 (office)
337-437-3325 (fax)
csigler@cpdao.org
John Derosier
District Attorney
Calcasieu Parish District Attorney’s Office
901 Lakeshore Dr, Lake Charles, LA 70601
337-437-3290 (office)
337-437-3325 (fax)
jderosier@cpdao.org
Dear Public Records Request Officers,
This is a request under the Louisiana Public Records Act. Section 44:32(D) of the Louisiana
Public Records Act.
During an open court motion to inspect Grand Jury transcripts the CPDA Objected and stated
that the CPDA does not record Grand Jury meetings.
A public records request was made on
December 7 , 2014 and December 22, 2014 to determine public records or Louisiana laws (laws are
public records) in regards to recording Grand Jury meetings.
The second request made was, “Provide any public records in regards to the alleged CPDA
authority to not keep records of Grand Jury Meetings.” The CPDA response was, “To the extent that
any public records are requested, no such records exist.”
Based on the CPDA’s response the understanding is that no such records exist that provide
the CPDA the authority to decline to keep records of Grand Jury meetings.
No response is needed if the understanding above is correct. If not, then please respond further
in order to clarify.

CYNTHIA KILLINGSWORTH
FIRST ASSISlANT
DISTRICT ATIORNEY
JOHN F. DEROSIER
District Attorney
FOURTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
CALCASIEU PARISH
January 5, 2016
P.O. BOX 3206
LAKE CHARLES. LA 70602
PHONE (337) 437-3400
FAX (337) 437-3325
Re:
Public Records Request
Grand Jury Meeting Records
I am the Public Records Custodian for the Calcasieu Parish District Attorney's
Office. I recently received a public records request f r om you requesting legal advice
regarding grand jury. Please note that Public Records Law neither permits or requires
this. LSA-R.S. 44: I et seq. To the extent that any public records are requested, no such
records exist.
I hereby certify that this letter satisfies the legal obligation of the Calcasieu Parish
District Attorney's Office under the Public Records Law, LSA-R.S . .44: I et se
CSS/kra

RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST
Page 1 of 1
December 22, 2015
TO:
Carla S. Sigler
Assistant District Attorney
Public Records Custodian
901 Lakeshore Dr, Lake Charles, LA 70601
337-437-3290 (office)
337-437-3325 (fax)
csigler@cpdao.org
John Derosier
District Attorney
Calcasieu Parish District Attorney’s Office
901 Lakeshore Dr, Lake Charles, LA 70601
337-437-3290 (office)
337-437-3325 (fax)
jderosier@cpdao.org
Dear Public Records Request Officers,
This is a request under the Louisiana Public Records Act. Section 44:32(D) of the Louisiana Public
Records Act requires a response within three business days.
I request that a copy of the following documents [or documents containing the following information]
be provided:
1. Provide any public records in regards to the alleged CPDA authority to not keep records of
Grand Jury Meetings.
In order to help to determine my status to assess fees, you should know that I am an individual seeking
information, and this request is made as part of news gathering and not for commercial use. I request
a waiver of all fees for this request. Disclosure of the requested information to me is in the public
interest because it is likely to contribute significantly to public understanding of the operations or
activities of the government and is not primarily in my commercial interest.
Thank you for your consideration of this request.
Best Regards,

CYNTHIA KILLINGSWORTH
FIRST ASSISTANT
DISTRICT ATIORNEY
JOHN F. DEROSIER
District Attorney
FOURTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
CALCASIEU PARISH
December 8, 2015
P.O. BOX 3206
LAKE CHARLES, LA 70602
PHONE (337) 437-3400
FAX (337) 437-3325
Re:
Public Records Request
I am the Public Records Custodian for the Calcasieu Parish District Attorney's
Office. In response to one of your six public records requests filed on November 30,
2015, please note that you are not authorized to pose interrogatories to this office under
the guise of the Public Records Law. In particular, you requested legal advice on grand
jury law and information about the procedure and response given to you by another
government agency, the Calcasieu Parish Clerk of Court's Office.
Please make a specific request for particular documents held by this office, as that
is what you may seek f r om us under Public Records Law. If the Public Records Law
permits access to the items requested. then of course we will provide them to you.
provided any fee requested is paid. LSA-R.S. 44: 1 et seq.
l hereby certify that this letter satisfies the legal obligation of the Calcasieu Parish
District Attorney's Office under the Public Records Law, LSA-R.S. 44: 1 ct seq. If you
need anything further in this case, or in the future, please do not hesitate to contact me for
assistance.

In order to help to determine my status to assess fees, you should know that I am an individual seeking
information, and this request is made as part of news gathering and not for commercial use.
I request a waiver of all fees for this request. Disclosure of the requested information to me is in the
public interest because it is likely to contribute significantly to public understanding of the operations
or activities of the government and is not primarily in my commercial interest.
Thank you for your consideration of this request.
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51 indicted on charges related to
Operation 27
Last Modified: Friday, June 27, 2014 2:45 PM
By Johnathan Manning / American Press
Fifty-one people were indicted Thursday on cocaine distribution charges related to
Operation 27.
Authorities had previously announced 39 arrests netted by the drug sting, but a
grand jury in state district court on Thursday returned true bills against 51
defendants.
Norvell Harris, for whom the operation was named, faces the most charges. He
was indicted on 188 counts, 159 of those are conspiracy to distribute cocaine.
There were also 13 counts of conspiracy to manufacture cocaine and possession
of a weapon (a Ruger SR9C handgun) by a convicted felon. The charges are related to numerous incidents in February, March and April,
according to the indictment.
Operation 27 was so named because Harris was arrested for the 27th time.
Harris, on whom the District Attorney’s Office also has five other open cases, is accused of being the most prolific street-level cocaine dealer
in the area, and Hayward Lecompte, his alleged supplier, is accused of being the largest cocaine distributor in the area.
Lecompte was indicted on 25 charges, 14 of those conspiracy to distribute cocaine. He was arrested on 21 drug counts.
Judge Sharon Wilson lowered Lecompte’s bond from $4.4 million to $296,000 on June 19. On Thursday, after charges were added and
others modified, Judge David Ritchie added $350,000 bond on a charge of conspiracy to possess over 400 grams of cocaine, $100,000 each
on two cocaine distribution charges, and $100,000 on a charge of conspiracy to distribute cocaine.
While all were indicted on cocaine distribution charges — authorities said both powder cocaine and crack were being distributed — some
were also charged with possession or distribution of other drugs, including marijuana, synthetic marijuana, promethazine, hydrocodone,
alprazolam and testosterone.
Those indicted: Ranferi Nunez-Sanchez, 32; Luis Arnoldo Rodriguez, 46; Omar Sanchez Ortuno, 21; Venancio Ortuno, 29; Hayward Gerade
Lecompte, 39; Norvell Keith Harris, 36; Herbert Allen Slydell III, 45; David Lee Moss Jr., 24; Alfred Lee Garrick, 25; Krisjuana Bellow, 21;
Holley Elizabeth Okey Harris, 34; Kenny Ray Guy, 31; Tyrone Christopher Thomas, 39; Jerry James Vallier, 51; Spencer Vito, 41; Jonathan
Bryan Mayo, 28; Jahmal Gray, 40; Eric Dwayne Malbrough, 39; Chad E. Gladney, 40; Clifton Colon Charles, 36; Charles Duane Duhon, 19;
Gregory Thomas Eddie, 46; Jeremy Jermaine Augustine, 28; Nathaniel Joseph Conner, 24; Leo Joseph Miller, 28; Lacreasia Shontel Payne,
30; William Edward Plaster, 34; Joseph Tobias Bellard, 35; Jarvis Terrell Anderson, 38; Rodrick Dale Antoine, 32; Nathaniel James Rankins,

28; Rawlyn James Antoine, 37; William Joseph Devillier, 35; Marcus Dawaine Rankins, 35; Jamar Keith Thomas, 36; Jessie Ray Bushnell,
33; Christopher James Chatman, 32; Dameon Duhon, 37; Matthew J. McPherson, 25; Germain Marquis Jenkins, 37; Nathaniel Paul
Francisco, 30; Rico Edwards, 43; Demond Lynn Delahoussaye, 35; Calvin Ray Batchin, 34; Matthew E. Mitchell Jr., 37; Janette Bellow Ecter,
44; Elizabeth Mary Harris, 51; Joshua Michael Ward, 36; Paul Kendrick Guillot, 34; Sharella Marie Hale, 41; and Lacreasia Shontel Payne,
30.
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Posted By: fed up On: 7/6/2014
Title: Fed up
The lake charles police department and the Mayberry. Sherrif department is nothing more than a joke. I am in lake charles once a month from texas and
lets just say that our black community is as much to blame as the judges that make deals in casinos or bars that would allow these insurgents to go free.
Law enforcement is a joke in lc. Call dea
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Posted By: D Neek On: 7/2/2014
Title: Operation 27 druglord being arrested 27 times
This just goes to show the corruption in our towns judicial and Law Enforcement system which brings me back to a previous topic,I tilt my hat to ?the
officer who pulled over judge Minaldi because these are the type of people we need in these positions which emphasizes the importance of the people we
vote into office, people who are true to who they are and what they do !
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Ok now that they are busted we all know your going to set them free. Drug people have more money then the popo. So why do you borther. Tax's payers
see where are money's going. No where. See you again in five years when you try to full us agian
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It would seem to me that after twenty-seven arrest, at least some of these would have resulted in convictions, so this perpetrator should not have been
walking the streets. It does not speak well of the judges and their sentencing guide lines.
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CYNTHIA KILLINGSWORTH
FIRST ASSISTANT
DISTRICT ATIORNEY
JOHN F. DEROSIER
District Attorney
FOURTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
CALCASIEU PARISH
January 5, 2016
P.O. BOX 3206
LAKE CHARLES, LA 70602
PHONE (337) 437-3400
FAX (337) 437 -3325
Re:
Public Records Request
Opemtion 27 Records
l am the Public Records Custodian for the Calcasieu Parish District Attorney's
Office. Please be more specific with your request so that we may answer in accordance
with the law. The amount of material requested will impact the fee required to obtain the
information. LSA-R.S. 44: 1 et seq.
I hereby certify that this letter satisfies the legal obligation of the Calcasieu Parish
District Attorney's Office under the Public Records Law, LSA-R.S.--44:1 et seq If you
need anything further in this case, or in the future, please do not {sitate to contact me for
assistance. ,
CSS/kra

CYNTHIA KILLINGSWORTH
FIRST ASSISTANT
DISTRICT ATIORNEY
JOHN F. DEROSIER
District Attorney
FOURTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
CALCASIEU PARISH
Seplember 1, 2015
P.O. BOX 3206
LAKE CHARLES, LA 70602
PHONE (337) 437-3400
FAX (337) 437-3325
Re:
Public Record Request
Various Defemlants
I am the Public Records Cuslodian for the Calcasieu Parish Dislrict Attorney's
Office. I have received your letler regarding your public records inquiry. A seru·eh of our
records reveals that the cost of reproducing lhe public records portion of the case files is
$75.00. Please note that this case is open pending further investigation. Because of this
fact, I am unable to release copies of anything but the initial oflense report and bill of
information/indictment, LSA-R.S. 44:3. Please send a money order made payable to the
Calcasieu Parish District Attorney's Office to the atlention of Mrs. Kaitlyn Abshire, my
legal secretary. After receipt of these funds, the records will be copied and sent to you at
the above address. If you need anything further, please do not hesitate to contact me for
assistance.
This letter satisfies our legal obligation under the Public Records Law, LSA-R.S.
44:1 et seq. If you need anything further in this case, or in the future, please do not
hesitate to contact me for assistance.
CSS/kra
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Carla S. igler
Assistant District Attorney
Public Records Custodian

CYNTHIA KILLINGSWORTH
FIRST ASSISTANT
DISTRICT ATIORNEY
JOHN F. DEROSIER
District Attorney
FOURTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
CALCASIEU PARISH
December 8, 2015
P.O. BOX3206
LAKE CHARLES. LA 70602
PHONE (337) 437 -3400
FAX (337) 437 -3325
Re:
Public Records Request
Operation 2 7
I am the Public Records Custodian for the Calcasieu Parish District Attorney's
Office. In response to one of your six public records requests filed on November 30,
20 I 5, and received by this office on December 7, 2015, please note that you previously
requested this same information and you were given a cost assessment; you did not
submit the requisite fee. That letter has been attached to this one for your convenience.
Please comply with that letter to receive the documents requested.
I hereby certify that this letter satisfies the legal obligation of the Calcasieu Parish
District Attorney·s Office under the Public Records Law, LSA-R.S. 44: I et seq. If you
need anything further in this case, or in the future, please do not hesitate to contact me for
assistance.
Sincerely,
CSS/kra
Carla S. Sigler
Assistant District Attorney
Public Records Custodian

H. LYNN )ONES, II
Clerk of Court and Ex-Officio Recorder
Fourteenth Judicial District of Louisiana
Parish of Calcasieu
October 14, 2015
Re:
Freedom of Information Act and Louisiana Public Records Act
Your second request under the Louisiana Public Records Act pertaining to the
"Operation 27" defendants was received on October 13, 2015.
With reference to your request concerning Grand Jury Indictments, these records are
available at a charge of $1 per page. Our office receives no tax dollars; our only
source of income is based on fees for our services. From the information you provided,
we do not see any credentials leading us to waive our fees pertaining to significantly
contributing to the public interest. There are 15 pages of indictments. We could find no
indictment for one of the defendants, Jerrel L. Webb.
We cannot accommodate your second and third requests for the highest and second
highest amount of cases ever presented to a Calcasieu Parish Grand Jury. Grand Jury
proceedings are confidential and cannot be disclosed without a court order.
Regarding your fourth request for copies of any and all correspondence between our
office and the Calcasieu Parish Clerk of Court office, be advised that Assistant District
Attorney Robert Kleinschmidt is counsel for our office. Attached is a copy of the email
correspondence between his office and ours. This also answers your fifth request.
/mwp
P.O. Box l030 • Lake Charles, Louisiana 70602 • Main: 337-417-3550 • Fax: 337-437-3350

CYNTHIA KILLINGSWORTH
FIRST ASSISTANT
DISTRICT ATIORNEY
JOHN F. DEROSIER
District Attorney
FOURTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
CALCASIEU PARISH
September 1, 2015
P.O. BOX 3206
LAKE CHARLES, LA 70602
PHONE (337) 437-3400
FAX (337) 437-3325
Re:
Public Record Request
Various Defendants
I am the Public Records Custodian for the Calcasieu Parish District Attorney's
Office. I have received your letter regarding your public rcords inquiry. A search of our
records reveals that the cost of reproducing the public records portion of the case files is
$75.00. Please note that this case is open pending further investigation. Because of this
fact, I am unable to release copies of anything but the initial offense report and bill of
information/indictment, LSA-R.S. 44:3. Please send a money order made payable to the
Calcasieu Parish District Attorney's Office to the attention of Mrs. Kaitlyn Abshire, my
legal secretary. After receipt of these funds, the records will be copied and sent to you at
the above address. If you need anything further, please do not hesitate to contact me for
assistance.
This letter satisfies our legal obligation under the Public Records Law, LSA-R.S.
44: 1 et seq. If you need anything further in this case, or in the future, please do not
hesitate to contact me for assistance.
-...., -.
CSS/kra
igler
Assistant District Attorney
Public Re.cords Custodian

H. LYNN JONES, II
Clerk of Court and Ex-Officio Recorder
Fourteenth Judicial District of Louisiana
Parish of Calcasieu
September 2, 2015
Re:
Freedom of Information Act and Louisiana Public Records Act
In response to your request under the Louisiana Public Records Act asking for the
Grand Jury Indictments of the "Operation 27" defendants, please be advised that
because these cases are pending, only the initial offense reports and bills of information
are public record.
It is our understanding that this information was furnished to you by the District
Attorney's office on September 1, 2015. If not, please let us know.
Sincerely,
"1r_
H.LNJ0
/mwp
P.O. Box 1030 • Lake Charles, Louisiana 70602 • Main: 337-437-3550 • Fax: 337-437-3350

RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST
for a total of 9 charges (“counts”). The actual facts of the matter were drastically overstated in KPLC’s
NOVEMBER 30, 2015
TO:
Tony Mancuso
Sheriff
Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office
5400 E. Broad St.
Lake Charles, LA 70615
(337) 491-3715
sherifftmancuso@cpso.com
David F. Dwight
Dwight Law Firm, LLC
1400 Ryan St.
Lake Charles, LA 70601
(337) 439-3395
(337) 439-3395 (fax)
david@dwightlaw.com
Stephen C. Dwight
Dwight Law Firm, LLC
1400 Ryan St.
Lake Charles, LA 70601
(337) 439-3395
(337) 439-3395 (fax)
Stephen@dwightlaw.com
Dear Public Records Request Officers,
This is a request under the Louisiana Public Records Act. Section 44:32(D) of the Louisiana Public
Records Act requires a response within three business days.
I request that a copy of the following documents [or documents containing the following
information] be provided:
Attached and included in the Public Records Request is a copy of the KPLC news article titled,
“Grand Jury indicts 51 on drug distributions charges,” from reporter Michael Cooper at KPLC. The article
states that, “51 people were indicted on cocaine distribution charges,” in the, “largest anti-drug operation
in Southwest Louisiana history.”
Additionally, attached and included in this Public Records Request is an analysis that summarizes
and total charges (“counts”) of the 60 defendant’s that were indicted and charged from the “Operation
27” investigations.
The analysis concluded that only 5 people were indicted for crimes of illegal substance distribution

The allegations are very serious felony charges and have vast consequences from court ordered
sentences and additional consequences from damages due to extreme amounts of media press reports
by using all media’s including television, internet articles and large full front page newspaper. Due the
stated severity and seriousness of the matter your understanding to the requested public records is
greatly appreciated!
KPLC was provided a copy of the attached independent “Operation 27” analysis and a request was
made to publish necessary and applicable corrections to the previously printed articles. KPLC responded
that they may have been “mislead” or “given false information” in regards to the heavily reported
“Operation 27” investigation.
OPERATION 27 ANALYSIS SUMMARY
• Less than 2% of the charges were allegations of illegal substance distribution (9 of 467 counts).
• Less than 3% of the charges were allegations of illegal substance possession (14 of 467 counts).
• 87% of the charges were allegations of only conversations or communications of illegal substances
(408 of counts 467).
• 96.6% of the charges were NOT allegations of illegal distribution (451 of 467 counts).
CPDA WEBSITE ANALYSIS SUMMARY
• After reviewing the CPDA’s website, 44 of 45 (98%) defendant’s published were violent crimes
such as murder, homicides, manslaughter etc. including life in prison convictions.
• Only 1 of 45 (2%) of the defendant’s the CPDA published was non-violent. The conviction was for
1 count of conspiracy to possess CDS II. Although, “Conspiracy to Possess” is serious felony that
forfeits voting rights even for a defendant that is honorably discharged, disabled, Veteran Marine.
100% of people who responded to a public opinion survey say “Conspiracy to Possess” is not as
serious as any of the other crimes that the CPDA website chooses to publish and promote.
• Adding to suspicions is the fact that, only 1 of 60 “Operation 27” defendants was even posted on
the CPDA website. The only “Operation 27” defendant published (1 of 60) had the least amount
of actual allegations or charges.
Charges from published CPDA website posts
DA Website Post of
Defendants
Manslaughter, Murder, Homicide, Life in Prison 33
Rape/ Sexual Battery 5
Armed Robbery / Simple Robbery 5
2nd Degree Battery 1
Conspiracy to Possess an illegal substance 1
TOTAL 45
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I request that a copy of the following documents [or documents containing the following information] be
provided:
a. Any and all emails, documents, letters, text messages, reports, notes, and any and all
other documents that was communicated or provided to any journalist, reporters, media
or press organizations in regards to the reported “10-month long investigation,” titled by
authorities as “Operation 27,” which was reported as the “largest anti-drug operation in
the history of Southwest Louisiana.”
b. What is the basis of comparing the size of the “anti-drug operation” compared to other
“anti-drug operations” in Southwest Louisiana? Is the basis for the comparison cost in
spending, investigator’s work-hours, number of defendant’s, or total number of charges
(counts) involved?
c. Is 5 defendant’s with a total of 9 drug distributions charges (“counts”) the “largest antidrug
operation in Southwest Louisiana history”?
d. Any “Operation 27” specific investigation cost reports generated or accounting of labor
cost, equipment, or materials needed in such Operations.
e. According to Revised Statute 15:571 titled “Dispositions of fines and forfeitures,” in
regards to bail or jail bonds, please state the percentage of a bail bond that is collected
by the Calcasieu Parish Sherriff’s office? If there are other laws or statutes in regards to
bond collecting or distributing please identify the applicable laws.
f. Please state the distribution of bail bond funds collected in Calcasieu both percentages
and which department receives. For example monies distributed for funds such as the
Criminal Court Funds, Sherriff General Fund, District Attorney Office, Municipality
Treasury, District Judge Secretary Salaries, District Attorney Operating Account, Indigent
Defenders Program, Sherriff Operating Fund, Clerk of Court, Parish General Fund, or
Judicial Court Fund.
Page 3 of 4

In order to help to determine my status to assess fees, you should know that I am an individual
seeking information, and this request is made as part of news gathering and not for commercial use.
I request a waiver of all fees for this request. Disclosure of the requested information to me is in
the public interest because it is likely to contribute significantly to public understanding of the operations
or activities of the government and is not primarily in my commercial interest. I am willing to pay fees for
this request up to a maximum of $75. If you estimate that the fees will exceed this limit, please inform me
first.
Thank you for your consideration of this request.
Best Regards,
Page 4 of 4

RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST
NOVEMBER 30, 2015
TO:
Carla S. Sigler
Assistant District Attorney
Public Records Custodian
901 Lakeshore Dr, Lake Charles, LA 70601
337-437-3290 (office)
337-437-3325 (fax)
csigler@cpdao.org
Holly Carter
Community Relations Release Person
Calcasieu Parish District Attorney’s Office
901 Lakeshore Dr, Lake Charles, LA 70601
337-437-3290 (office)
337-437-3325 (fax)
hcarter@cpdao.org
John Derosier
District Attorney
Calcasieu Parish District Attorney’s Office
901 Lakeshore Dr, Lake Charles, LA 70601
337-437-3290 (office)
337-437-3325 (fax)
jderosier@cpdao.org
Dear Public Records Request Officers,
This is a request under the Louisiana Public Records Act. Section 44:32(D) of the Louisiana Public
Records Act requires a response within three business days.
I request that a copy of the following documents [or documents containing the following
information] be provided:
Attached and included in the Public Records Request is a copy of the KPLC news article titled,
“Grand Jury indicts 51 on drug distributions charges,” from reporter Michael Cooper at KPLC. The article
states that, “51 people were indicted on cocaine distribution charges,” in the, “largest anti-drug operation
in Southwest Louisiana history.”
Additionally, attached and included in this Public Records Request is an analysis that summarizes
and total charges (“counts”) of the 60 defendant’s that were indicted and charged from the “Operation
27” investigations.
The analysis concluded that only 5 people were indicted for crimes of illegal substance distribution
for a total of 9 charges (“counts”). The actual facts of the matter were drastically overstated in KPLC’s
reporting that “51 people were indicted on cocaine Distribution Charges”. Due to the vast differences
from the actual charge totals compared to media coverages a few public records are being requested for
further clarity.

The allegations are very serious felony charges and have vast consequences from court ordered
sentences and additional consequences from damages due to extreme amounts of media press reports
by using all media’s including television, internet articles and large full front page newspaper. Due the
stated severity and seriousness of the matter your understanding to the requested public records is
greatly appreciated!
KPLC was provided a copy of the attached independent “Operation 27” analysis and a request was
made to publish necessary and applicable corrections to the previously printed articles. KPLC responded
that they may have been “mislead” or “given false information” in regards to the heavily reported
“Operation 27” investigation.
OPERATION 27 ANALYSIS SUMMARY
• Less than 2% of the charges were allegations of illegal substance distribution (9 of 467 counts).
• Less than 3% of the charges were allegations of illegal substance possession (14 of 467 counts).
• 87% of the charges were allegations of only conversations or communications of illegal substances
(408 of counts 467).
• 96.6% of the charges were NOT allegations of illegal distribution (451 of 467 counts).
CPDA WEBSITE ANALYSIS SUMMARY
• After reviewing the CPDA’s website, 44 of 45 (98%) defendant’s published were violent crimes
such as murder, homicides, manslaughter etc. including life in prison convictions.
• Only 1 of 45 (2%) of the defendant’s the CPDA published was non-violent. The conviction was for
1 count of conspiracy to possess CDS II. Although, “Conspiracy to Possess” is serious felony that
forfeits voting rights even for a defendant that is honorably discharged, disabled, Veteran Marine.
100% of people who responded to a public opinion survey say “Conspiracy to Possess” is not as
serious as any of the other crimes that the CPDA website chooses to publish and promote.
• Adding to suspicions is the fact that, only 1 of 60 “Operation 27” defendants was even posted on
the CPDA website. The only “Operation 27” defendant published (1 of 60) had the least amount
of actual allegations or charges.
Charges from published CPDA website posts
DA Website Post of
Defendants
Manslaughter, Murder, Homicide, Life in Prison 33
Rape/ Sexual Battery 5
Armed Robbery / Simple Robbery 5
2nd Degree Battery 1
Conspiracy to Possess an illegal substance 1
TOTAL 45
Page 2 of 4

I request that a copy of the following documents [or documents containing the following information] be
provided:
a. Any and all emails, documents, letters, text messages, reports, notes, and any and all
other documents that was communicated or provided to any journalist, reporters, media
or press organizations in regards to the reported “10-month long investigation,” titled by
authorities as “Operation 27,” which was reported as the “largest anti-drug operation in
the history of Southwest Louisiana.”
b. What is the basis of comparing the size of the “anti-drug operation” compared to other
“anti-drug operations” in Southwest Louisiana? Is the basis for the comparison cost in
spending, investigator’s work-hours, number of defendant’s, or total number of charges
(counts) involved?
c. Is 5 defendant’s with a total of 9 drug distributions charges (“counts”) the “largest antidrug
operation in Southwest Louisiana history”?
d. Any “Operation 27” specific investigation cost reports generated or accounting of labor
cost, equipment, or materials needed in such Operations.
e. According to Revised Statute 15:571 titled “Dispositions of fines and forfeitures,” in
regards to bail or jail bonds, please state the percentage of a bail bond that is collected
by the Calcasieu Parish Sherriff’s office? If there are other laws or statutes in regards to
bond collecting or distributing please identify the applicable laws.
f. Please state the distribution of bail bond funds collected in Calcasieu both percentages
and which department receives. For example monies distributed for funds such as the
Criminal Court Funds, Sherriff General Fund, District Attorney Office, Municipality
Treasury, District Judge Secretary Salaries, District Attorney Operating Account, Indigent
Defenders Program, Sherriff Operating Fund, Clerk of Court, Parish General Fund, or
Judicial Court Fund.
Page 3 of 4

In order to help to determine my status to assess fees, you should know that I am an individual
seeking information, and this request is made as part of news gathering and not for commercial use.
I request a waiver of all fees for this request. Disclosure of the requested information to me is in
the public interest because it is likely to contribute significantly to public understanding of the operations
or activities of the government and is not primarily in my commercial interest. I am willing to pay fees for
this request up to a maximum of $75. If you estimate that the fees will exceed this limit, please inform me
first.
Thank you for your consideration of this request.
Best Regards,
Page 4 of 4

Re: Freedom of Information Act and Louisiana Public Records Act
OCTOBER 7, 2015
TO:
Hon. Lynn Jones II
Calcasieu Parish Clerk of Court
1000 Ryan St
Lake Charles, LA 70601
Phone: (337) 437-3558, ext. ext 115
Fax: (337) 437-3350
Email: lynnjones@calclerkofcourt.com
Mollie Pickett
Executive Assistant to Clerk of Court
1000 Ryan St.
Lake Charles, LA 70601
Phone: (337) 437-3558, ext. ext 115
Fax: (337) 437-3350
Email: mpickett@calclerkofcourt.com
Dear Freedom of Information and Louisiana Public Records Act Officers,
Thank you for the letter that acknowledged the public records request was received by your office.
Please note both the Clerk’s office and DA’s office were sent the same public records request in regards to
the calendar dates of the “Operation 27” grand jury indictments. Included are copies of both requests and
responses.
Your letter said to let you know if the District Attorney’s office did not provide this information.
Please note the DA’s office did NOT provide this information.
It gives an appearance of impropriety to learn of discussions where the DA’s office railroaded my
possibility of receiving requested information by giving the Clerk’s office, “understanding,” that the DA’s
office responded September 1, 2015, but instead purposely delayed mailing the letter preventing it from
being received until one business day before my trial.
The DA’s letter was dated September 1, 2015 (such as the Clerk’s letter suggested), however, the
DA’s response was NOT received until September 11, 2015. This was 16 days after the public records
request. The Louisiana Public Records Act Section 44:32(D) requires a response within three business days.
It is very plausible that a delayed delivery date could have been intentional due to a possible motive to
decrease access to the requested public records which would prevent such evidence being presented in trial at
court.
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The DA’s delayed letter also noted a backup excuse for NOT providing the public records due to the
cost of receiving the information was quoted as $75.00. It is further allusion of reasons of withholding the
possible, “Brady material,” by requesting a payment after stating the requested information is unable to be
provided because, “the case is open pending further investigation.” By even quoting a service fee once-soever
contradicts any excuse given for censoring the information. It is not a requirement to charge fees for
public information. In fact, the DA’s office does not charge fees consistently for records. It is only mocking
to be provided a letter one day before trial that denied access to the public information but yet offered the
service fee with no available business hours before trial.
Please see attached article from attorney Mr. Abdul Karukhi that states, “Indictments and court dates
are matters of public record.” Additionally, attached is the writer’s legal experience showing him as a 7 year
licensed attorney whose current office is the Fort Bend County District Attorney’s Office.
Please note that the “Operation 27” investigation is completed. Louisiana State Trooper Peveto who
was a case agent in the “Operation 27” investigation testified in court September 16, 2015 that the
investigation was completed in 2014. “Operation 27” was named due to one defendant being previously
arrested 27 times without being incarcerated by prosecutors.
Additionally, included is the KPLC news article titled, “Grand Jury indicts 51 on drug distributions
charges,” from reporter Michael Cooper at KPLC. The article states that, “51 people were indicted on
cocaine distribution charges,” in the, “largest anti-drug operation in Southwest Louisiana history.” This
information being reported on June 27, 2014 by media supports that the requested information is in fact
public records. It is important to note that Mr. Cooper’s KPLC article titled, “Grand Jury indicts 51 on drug
distributions charges,” is only mere trickery and is severely distant from any accuracy.
OPERATION 27 FACTS
• Less than 2% of the charges were allegations of illegal distribution (9 of 467 counts).
• Less than 3% of the charges were allegations of illegal possession (14 of 467 counts).
• 87% of the charges were allegations of conversations of illegal substances (408 of counts 467).
• 96.6% of the charges were NOT allegations of illegal distribution (451 of 467 counts).
Page 2 of 5

This is a request under the Louisiana Public Records Act. Section 44:32(D) of the Louisiana Public
Records Act requires a response within three business days.
I request that a copy of the following documents [or documents containing the following information] be
provided:
1. Any and all public records pertaining to the Grand Jury Indictments of the Operation 27
defendants (see attached defendant list if needed). Specifically, the Grand Jury indictment dates
of the Defendants.
2. In regards to the highest amount (1 st place) of cases ever presented to a Calcasieu Parish grand
jury in a single day in history please state the following:
a. Date.
b. The number of defendant’s the grand jury heard cases for.
c. The total number of cases the grand jury heard on that specific date.
d. The total of all the counts or charges associated with cases the grand jury heard on that
specific day.
3. In regards to the 2 nd highest quantity of cases ever presented to a Calcasieu Parish grand jury in a
single day please state the following:
a. Date.
b. The number of defendant’s the grand jury heard cases for.
c. The total number of cases the grand jury heard on that specific date.
d. The total of all the counts or charges associated with cases the grand jury heard on that
specific day.
4. Please provide any and all emails, documents, letters, text messages, reports, notes, and any and
all other documents, between August 26, 2015 to the present, regarding public records request
from William DeVillier internally at the Calcasieu Parish Clerk of Court or externally with the
Calcasieu Parish District Attorney’s Office.
5. Please disclose why or who specifically gave any, “understanding that this information was
furnished by the District Attorney’s office on September 1, 2015,” in regards to the requested
public records?
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In order to help to determine my status to assess fees, you should know that I am an individual
seeking information, and this request is made as part of news gathering and not for commercial use.
I request a waiver of all fees for this request. Disclosure of the requested information to me is in the
public interest because it is likely to contribute significantly to public understanding of the operations or
activities of the government and is not primarily in my commercial interest.
Thank you for your consideration of this request.
Sincerely yours,
Page 4 of 5

Here is a list of Operation 27 defendants and their arrest date. Feel free to use the chart to enter the
Grand Jury Indictment Date.
Grand
Jury
Indictment
Date
Arrest
Date
Name
Grand
Jury
Indictment
Date
Arrest
Date
Name
5/6/14 Krisjuana Bellow 5/13/14 Marcus Rankins
5/6/14 Herbert Slydell 5/13/14 Jessie Bushnell
5/6/14 Jarvis Anderson 5/13/14 Jamar Thomas
5/6/14 Jahmal Gray 5/13/14 Christopher Chatman
5/6/14 Spencer Vito 5/13/14 Paul Guillott
5/6/14 Jonathan Mayo 5/13/14 Rawlyn Antoine
5/6/14 Gregory Eddie 5/13/14 Tyrone Thomas
5/6/14 Chad Gladney
Ranferi Nunez-
Sanchez
5/6/14 Jeremy Augustine
Luis Arnoldo
Rodriguez
5/6/14
Subject Shanna
Omar Sanchez
Franklin
Ortuno
5/6/14 Leo Miller, Sr. Venancio Ortuno
5/6/14 Nathaniel Rankins
Hayward Gerard
Lecompte
5/6/14 Janette Ecter Norvell Keith Harris
5/6/14 Eric D. Malbrough Herbert Allen Slydell
5/6/14 Jerry Vallier David Lee Moss Jr.
4/29/14,
5/6/2014 Hayward Lecompte 6/11/14 Nathaniel P.
Francisco
5/6/14
Omar Sanchez
Arturo
Alfred Lee Garrick
5/6/14 Venancio Ortuno Kenny Ray Guy
5/6/14 Norvell K. Harris
Clifton Colon
Charles
5/6/14 Hollie E. Harris
Charles Duane
Duhon
5/6/14 David Moss Jr.
Nathaniel Joseph
Conner
5/6/14 William Plaster
Joseph Tobias
Bellard
5/6/14 Jewery B. Webb Dameon Duhon
5/6/14 Jerrel L. Webb Matthew McPherson
5/13/14 Lacreasia Payne
Germain Marquis
Jenkins
5/13/14 Elizabeth Harris Rico Edwards
5/13/14 William Devillier
Demond Lynn
Delahoussaye
5/13/14 Sharella Hale Calvin Ray Batchin
5/13/14 Elton Fisher Brown
Matthew E. Mitchell,
JR
5/13/14 Rodrick Antoine Joshua Michael Ward
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Updated: Jul 04, 2014 2:27 PM CDT
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LAKE CHARLES, LA (KPLC) - Authorities are conducting what they have called the largest
anti-drug operation in the history of Southwest Louisiana.
The 10-month investigation yielded 24 arrests, including the largest cocaine distributor
and drug wholesaler in the Lake Area.
Over the past two weeks SWAT team members have done several raids to make the
arrests. The most recent raid was held Sunday night through Monday morning.
"A lot of people say we are not NFL winning of the the war in drugs," said Calcasieu Parish Sheriff
Tony Mancuso. "It's an ongoing Week: thing, That's but last night we won."
no QB ...
"This was a team effort and would not have happened without everyone involved," said
Col. Mike D. Edmondson with state police.
The operation, named Operation 27 by authorities, is ongoing and more arrests are
expected.
The following is the list of subjects who have been arrested so far:
• Norvell K. Harris, 36, Iowa: 65 counts conspiracy to distribute CDS II. Bond: $12,550,000.
• Hayward Lecompte, 39, Lake Charles: 11 counts conspiracy to distribute CDS II,
attempted possession of CDS II over 400 grams, attempted possession of CDS with intent
to distribute over 400 grams. Bond: $4,300,000.
• Krisjuana Bellow, 22, Lake Charles: 16 counts of possession with intent to distribute
cocaine. Bond: $1,750,000.
• Jewery B. Webb, 46, Lake Charles: distribution of crack cocaine. Bond: $175,000.
• Gregory Eddie, 46, Lake Charles: 10 counts of conspiracy to distribute CDS II. Bond:
$1,500,000.
• William Plaster, 33, Sulphur: conspiracy to possess cocaine. Bond: $1,500,000.
• Chad Gladney, 40, Lake Charles: four counts conspiracy to distribute CDS III, three
counts possession of CDS I, two counts conspiracy to distribute CDS IV. Bond: $1,150,000.
• Jerry Vallier, 50, Lake Charles: seven counts conspiracy to distribute CDS II. Bond:
$1,050,000.
• Jahmal Gray, 40, Lake Charles: six counts of conspiracy to distribute CDS II. Bond:
$900,000.
• Jarvis Anderson, 38, Lake Charles: four counts of possession with intent to distribute
cocaine, two counts of distribution of marijuana, possession with intent to distribute
marijuana. Bond: $805,000.
• Eric D. Malbrough, 39, Lake Charles: three counts conspiracy to possess CDS II, three
counts distribution of CDS II. Bond: $775,000.

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Updated: May 12, 2014 5:44 PM CDT
LAKE CHARLES, LA (WVUE) - A cocaine distribution investigation that began in the summer
of 2013 has led to the arrest of 24 people in the Lake Charles area, according to a news
release from Louisiana State Police.
Law enforcement officials from several agencies participated in "Operation 27," so named
because one of the principal suspects, 36-year-old Norvell Harris of Iowa, La., has been
arrested 26 times. Harris is believed to be the largest street-level drug distributor in the
Lake Charles area.
Investigators determined the principal supplier of cocaine in the Lake Charles area is 39-
year-old Hayward Lecompte, of Lake Charles. He is thought to be the largest drug
wholesaler in Lake Charles.
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The investigation uncovered an additional source of large amounts of cocaine being
smuggled into Southwest Louisiana from the Southeast Texas region. Police said the
discovery will result in additional arrests.
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Within one hour, about 150 law Louisiana enforcement chef officers served search warrants at 14
locations in Lake Charles Monday who ... morning within one hour.
The subjects arrested, charges, and selected bonds are listed below:
Krisjuana Bellow (22 yrs) of Lake Charles, possession with intent to distribute cocaine (16
counts), bond set at $1,750,000
Herbert Slydell (45 yrs) of Lake Charles, distribution of CDS II (2 counts), conspiracy to
distribute CDS II (2 counts), $400,000
Jarvis Anderson (38 yrs) of Lake Charles, possession with intent to distribute cocaine (4
counts), distribution of marijuana (1 count), possession with intent to distribute marijuana
(1 count), $805,000
Jahmal Gray (40 yrs) of Lake Charles, conspiracy to distribute CDS II (6 counts), $900,000
Spencer Vito (41 yrs) of Lake Charles, distribution of CDS II (2 counts)
Jonathan Mayo (28 yrs) of Lake Charles, conspiracy to distribute CDS II (5 counts),
$750,000
Gregory Eddie (46 yrs) of Lake Charles, conspiracy to distribute CDS II (10 counts),
$1,500,000
Chad Gladney (40 yrs) of Lake Charles, conspiracy to distribute CDS III (4 counts),
possession of CDS I (3 counts), conspiracy to distribute CDS IV (2 counts), $1,150,000
Jeremy Augustine (28 yrs) of Lake Charles, conspiracy to distribute CDS II (5 counts),
$701,000
Shanna Franklin (35 yrs) of Lake Charles, distribution of CDS III (1 count), possession of
CDS I (1 count), $30,000
Leo Miller, Sr. (28 yrs) of Lake Charles, conspiracy to possess CDS II (1 count), possession
to distribute CDS II crack cocaine (1 count), $150,000
Nathaniel Rankins (38 yrs) of Lake Charles, conspiracy to distribute CDS II (5 counts),
$700,000
Janette Ecter (42 yrs) of Lake Charles, conspiracy to possess CDS II (1 count), $150,000
Eric D. Malbrough (39 yrs) of Lake Charles, conspiracy to possess CDS II (3 counts),
distribution of CDS II (3 counts), $775,000

Jerry Vallier (50 yrs) of Lake Charles, conspiracy to distribute CDS II (7 counts), $1,050,000
Hayward Lecompte (39 yrs) of Lake Charles, conspiracy to distribute CDS II (11 counts),
attempted possession of CDS II over 400 grams (1 count), attempted possession of CDS
with intent to distribute over 400 grams (1 count), $4,300,000
Omar Sanchez Arturo (21 yrs) of Houston, TX, conspiracy to distribute CDS II (1 count)
Venancio Ortuno (28 yrs) of Houston, TX, conspiracy to distribute CDS II (1 count),
$500,000
Norvell K. Harris (36 yrs) of Iowa, conspiracy to distribute CDS II (65 counts), $12,550,000
Hollie E. Harris (34 yrs) of Iowa, conspiracy to distribute CDS II (9 counts), $40,000
David Moss Jr. (24 yrs) of Lake Charles, conspiracy to distribute cocaine (1 count)
William Plaster (33 yrs) of Sulphur, conspiracy to possess cocaine (1 count), $1,500,000
Jewery B. Webb (46 yrs) of Lake Charles, distribution of crack cocaine (1 count), $175,000
Jerrel L. Webb (35 yrs) of Lake Charles, distribution of crack cocaine (1 count), $20,000
If convicted, each individual faces the possibility of 5 to 30 years in prison. Police said the
investigation is continuing and additional arrests are expected.
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Yesterday 36-year-old William Joseph DeVillier was found guilty of one count of Conspiracy to
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conducted by local law enforcement agencies. On March 12, 2014, DeVillier contacted Norvell
Harris in reference to purchasing cocaine. Text messages were exchanged between the two
regarding arrangements. A short time later, DeVillier exited the vehicle and left in another
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INCIDENT#: 13-6165
STATE OF LOUISIANA
PARISH OF CALCASIEU
AFFIDAVIT
454892
BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, personally came and appeared Detective Rebecca Reed
Lake Charles Police Department - CAT Task Force
who, having been duly sworn, deposes and says that
William Joseph Devillier (W/M)(DOB 09/22/1978) (LADL# 6835283) (SSN 435-49-5270)
4400 Brown Street STE# M, Lake Charles, LA
on or about March 12, , 2014 , in the Parish and State aforesaid did unlawfully
commit in direct violation of LRS 40:979 Conspiracy/Possession of CDS II (Cocaine) with Intent to Distribute
Ref# 3970, 3982, 3984, 3990, 3991
The affiant charges that the accused committed the above described offenses based on the following information
On March 12, 2014, William Joseph Devillier conspired with others to distribute or possess with intent to distribute cocaine.
This information was obtained through a Louisiana State Police (LSP) and Calcasieu Parish Combined Anti Drug Task
Force (CAT) joint investigation. LSP and CAT utilized a confidential source which revealed that William Joseph Devillier
conspired with others in an ongoing criminal enterprise responsible for the trafficking and distribution of cocaine in Calcasieu
Parish, Louisiana.
WHEREFORE, affiant prays that the accused be arrested and dealt with accordi law.
SWORN TO AND SUBSCRIBED before me this -/_t_fh-____ *':/
day of
SHERIFF: Please return to the office of the District Attorney.
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NOTARY PUBLIC
INCIDENT#: 13-6165
WARRANT
STATE OF LOUISIANA
PARISH OFCALCASIEU
TO THE SHERIFF, WARD CON,1i_iril,lij-@92
OR ANY OTHER PEACE OFFICER
WHEREAS, complaint has been made before me, upon the sworn affidavit of Detective Rebecca Reed
Lake Charles Police Department - CAT Task Force
William Joseph Devillier (W/M)(DOB 09/22/1978) (LADL# 6835283) (SSN 435-49-5270)
4400 Brown Street STE# M, Lake Charles, LA
charging
on or about March 12, , 2014 , with unlawfully --------
commit in direct violation of LRS 40:979 Conspiracy/Possession of CDS II (Cocaine) with Intent to Distribute
Ref# 3970, 3982, 3984, 3990, 3991
NOW, THEREFORE, you are hereby commanded in the name of the State of Louisiana to apprehend, arrest, and
book the said accused and bring the accused to answer the complaint. You are further commanded to keep the accused
in safe custody until released according to the law, and this shall be {JJ r warrant.
;1)
LET THE ACCUSED BE ADMITTED TO BAIL IN THE SUM OF { ,,9f,ji) with good and solvent security to
be approved by the Sheriff of said Parish.
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To the Sheriff, State Police, or other Peace Officers: Notify the District Attorney's office when t ·s person posts
bond or is arrested in order that this case can be processed
•
Given under my official signature this 3> day of D , "!-'II--+--
NOTE: This WARRANT is to be handed to the Sheriff, Constable, or other peace officer who is to ma the arrest.

CYNTHIA KILLINGSWORTH
FIRST ASSISTANT
DISTRICT ATIORNEY
JOHN F. DEROSIER
District Attorney
FOURTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
CALCASIEU PARISH
January 5, 2016
P.O. BOX 3206
LAKE CHARLES, LA 70602
PHONE (337) 437 ·3400
FAX (337) 437-3325
Re:
Public Records Request
Facebook Records
I am the Public Records Custodian for the Calcasieu Parish District Attorney's
Office. I recently received a public records request from you regarding Facebook records.
Please provide more information as to the specifics of your request. The time frame that
you have indicated would require extensive research and be cost-prohibitive to obtain.
LSA-R.S. 44: 1 et seq.
I hereby certify that this letter satisfies the legal obligation of the ..£lea · eu Parish
District Attorney's Office under the Public Records Law, LSA-R .. 44: 1 et se . \
CSS/kra

CYNTHIA KILLINGSWORTH
FIRST ASSISTANT
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
JOHN F. DEROSIER
District Attorney
FOURTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
CALCASIEU PARISH
December 8, 2015
P.O. BOX 3206
LAKE CHARLES, LA 70602
PHONE (337) 437-3400
FAX (337) 437-3325
Re:
Public Records Request
Facebook Records
I am the Public Records Custodian for the Calcasieu Parish District Attorney's
Office. In response to your one of six public records requests filed on November 30,
2015, which were not received by this office until December 7. 2015. please note that we
are not required to answer interrogatories under the guise of a public records request.
LSA-R.S. 44: 1 et seq. Yours in this particular letter concerned our office's Facebook
account.
I hereby certify that this letter satisfies the legal obligation of the Calcasieu Parish
District Attorney's Office under the Public Records Law, LSA-R.S. 44: I et seq. If you
need anything further in the future, please do not hesitate to contact me for assistance.
Sincerely,
CSS/kra
Carla S. Sigler
Assistant District Attorney
Public Records Custodian

RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST
JANUARY 11, 2016
Carla S. Sigler
Assistant District Attorney
Public Records Custodian
901 Lakeshore Dr, Lake Charles, LA 70601
337-437-3290 (office)
337-437-3325 (fax)
csigler@cpdao.org
John Derosier
District Attorney
Calcasieu Parish District Attorney’s Office
901 Lakeshore Dr, Lake Charles, LA 70601
337-437-3290 (office)
337-437-3325 (fax)
jderosier@cpdao.org
Dear Public Records Request Officers,
This is a request under the Louisiana Public Records Act. Section 44:32(D) of the Louisiana Public
Records Act requires a response within three business days.
I request that a copy of the following documents [or documents containing the following
information] be provided:
1. Provide any public records that were removed from the Official Calcasieu Parish District Attorney
Office Facebook page from September 22, 2015 to October 22, 2015.
In order to help to determine my status to assess fees, you should know that I am an individual
seeking information, and this request is made as part of news gathering and not for commercial use. I
request a waiver of all fees for this request. Disclosure of the requested information to me is in the public
interest because it is likely to contribute significantly to public understanding of the operations or
activities of the government and is not primarily in my commercial interest.
Thank you for your consideration of this request.
Best Regards,

RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST
November 30, 2015
TO:
Carla S. Sigler
Assistant District Attorney
Public Records Custodian
901 Lakeshore Dr, Lake Charles, LA 70601
337-437-3290 (office)
337-437-3325 (fax)
csigler@cpdao.org
Holly Carter
Community Relations Release Person
Calcasieu Parish District Attorney’s Office
901 Lakeshore Dr, Lake Charles, LA 70601
337-437-3290 (office)
337-437-3325 (fax)
hcarter@cpdao.org
John Derosier
District Attorney
Calcasieu Parish District Attorney’s Office
901 Lakeshore Dr, Lake Charles, LA 70601
337-437-3290 (office)
337-437-3325 (fax)
jderosier@cpdao.org
Dear Public Records Request Officers,
This is a request under the Louisiana Public Records Act. Section 44:32(D) of the Louisiana Public Records Act
requires a response within three business days.
A Facebook page, if a government entity, is considered public government record. A public entity can’t have
a public Facebook page and then decide what they can censor in and what they can censor out. If a record
is created by a government agency or a government agent or a government official in a scope of their duties,
it is government record and has to be disclosed.
Public records, whether digital or not, must be retained for specific time periods so that the information can
be requested through the Open Public Records Act.
A complaint can be filed in District Court because unlawful administration of public Facebook pages may be
in violation of American Citizen’s right to free speech. Complaints can be made if public pages arbitrarily
moderate the page by deleting comments and banning users who post or make comments unfavorable to
the department. Online speech is just as important as a citizen airing their grievance in a public park. - Just
because the speech is virtual doesn’t mean it is not protected.
Where deleting comments from a public entity’s Facebook page is a constitutional violation, a court will have
to first determine what type of “forum” the website is defined as: “open forum” a “limited public forum” or
a “closed forum.” There are specific rules as to whether and how speech may be limited depending on the
type of forum. Whether the limitations are met will also depend on the specific reasons for deleting the
comments and the content of the comments.
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In other words, deciding whether if there is a violation will require a fact specific inquiry, and that leads to a
lot of uncertainty for public entities with Facebook pages. Suffice it to say, community members whose
comments are deleted can seek recourse in the courts and other venues. Public entities should thus consult
with legal counsel before deleting comments from social media webpages to address the constitutionality of
that action.
I request that a copy of the following documents [or documents containing the following information] be
provided:
1. Please provide the Calcasieu Parish District Attorney’s Office policy on deleting or destroying Public
Records.
2. Please provide the Calcasieu Parish District Attorney’s Office policy on deleting virtual public records
such as Facebook comments.
3. Have CPDA employees, subcontractors or any affiliates in any way deleting Facebook comments or
other virtual public records? If yes, are the deleting public records kept stored?
4. If deleted comments are saved and stored, please provide any deleted public records from the
Official CPDA Facebook from September 16, 2015 to October 4, 2015.
In order to help to determine my status to assess fees, you should know that I am an individual seeking
information, and this request is made as part of news gathering and not for commercial use.
I request a waiver of all fees for this request. Disclosure of the requested information to me is in the public
interest because it is likely to contribute significantly to public understanding of the operations or activities
of the government and is not primarily in my commercial interest.
Thank you for your consideration of this request.
Best Regards,
Page 2 of 2

RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST
DECEMBER 22, 2015
Carla S. Sigler
Assistant District Attorney
Public Records Custodian
901 Lakeshore Dr, Lake Charles, LA 70601
337-437-3290 (office)
337-437-3325 (fax)
csigler@cpdao.org
John Derosier
District Attorney
Calcasieu Parish District Attorney’s Office
901 Lakeshore Dr, Lake Charles, LA 70601
337-437-3290 (office)
337-437-3325 (fax)
jderosier@cpdao.org
Dear Public Records Request Officers,
This is a request under the Louisiana Public Records Act. Section 44:32(D) of the Louisiana Public
Records Act requires a response within three business days.
I request that a copy of the following documents [or documents containing the following
information] be provided:
1. Provide any public records that were removed from the Official Calcasieu Parish District Attorney
Office Facebook page from January 1, 2014 to December 21, 2015.
In order to help to determine my status to assess fees, you should know that I am an individual
seeking information, and this request is made as part of news gathering and not for commercial use. I
request a waiver of all fees for this request. Disclosure of the requested information to me is in the public
interest because it is likely to contribute significantly to public understanding of the operations or
activities of the government and is not primarily in my commercial interest.
Thank you for your consideration of this request.
Best Regards,
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1. Local Veteran Marine request records of CPDA John DeRosier in order to determine any violations of
Louisiana Law S.B. 532 “Veterans Court Program.”
2. 48 hours after Veteran Marine’s Request was received by the CPDA, KPLC host CPDA John DeRosier to
proclaim “Hometown Hero” for implementing Veterans court that will start a few weeks after Veteran was
sentenced in civil rights case
Timeline
• December 3, 2015, a Veteran Marine was sentenced in Calcasieu Parish District Court for
Conspiracy to Possession of an illegal substance. The sentence is pending appeal by the
3 rd Circuit Court of Appeals.
• December 7, 2015, the Calcasieu Parish District Attorney’s office received a request for
public records under the Louisiana Public Records Act. Section 44:32(D). The Public
Records Request requires the CPDA to respond within three days as to any possible civil
rights violations that may have already victimized Veteran residents in Calcasieu Parish.
The CPDA response will determine how many Veterans have been accepted by Calcasieu
into the “Veterans Court Program” in regards to unanimously approved Senate Bill 532
known as, "Veterans Court Program Treatment Act," to create separate court divisions to
better support veterans in Louisiana. The Public Records Request law was passed in order
to protect citizens from corruption of elected officials.
• December 9, 2015, KPLC promoted and aired a 1:53 segment on the news titled
“Hometown Hero,” that featured District Attorney John Derosier speaking on a newly
adopted Veterans Court program. According to the KPLC proclaimed “Hometown Hero
John Derosier”, objective is to help Veterans get back into mainstream American,” and
that, “Veteran who has committed some short of criminal offense and it is not a rape or
murder or something like that because we do not allow people like that into the program,
but ah we will then take that veteran and start providing services to that veteran in the form
or counseling medical attention if necessary.”
Public Duty Law of Media
1. Under (Title 18 U.S.C § 4) crime reporting statute, press have a duty to inform the public
of corruption in government offices and criminal conspiracy of corruption.
2. Under (Title 42 U.S.C. § 1986 “Media Responsibilty”, Federal law requires media to aid
in the prevention of civil, constitutional, and criminal offenses.
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CPDA Website Summary of Defendants
Charges
DA Website Post of
Defendants
Manslaughter, Murder, Homicide, Life in Prison 33
Rape/ Sexual Battery 5
Armed Robbery / Simple Robbery 5
2nd Degree Battery 1
Will DeVillier - Conspiracy to Posses 1
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
810 Vermont Ave NW
Washington, D.C. 20420
February 03, 2015
William Devillier
4400 Brown St
SteM
Lake Charles, LA 70607
In Reply Refer to:
27/eBenefits
Dear Mr. Devillier:
This letter certifies that William Joseph Devillier is receiving service-connected disability compensation from the
Department of Veterans Affairs.
The current benefit paid is as follows:
Gross Benefit Amount
Net Amount Paid
Effective Date
December 1, 2014
Combined Evaluation
How You Can Contact Us
• If you need general information about benefits and eligibility, please visit us at
https://www.ebenefits.va.gov or http://www.va.gov.
• Call us at 1-800-827-1000. If you use a Telecommunications Device for the Deaf (TDD), the number is
1-800-829-4833.
• Ask a question on the Internet at https:lliris.va.qov.
Sincerely,
Robert T. Reynolds, Director
Benefits Assistance Service

Letter
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
810 Vermont Ave NW
Washington, D.C. 20420
February 03, 2015
William Devillier
4400 Brown St
Ste M
Lake Charles, LA 70607
In Reply Refer to:
27 le Benefits
Dear Mr. Devillier:
This letter is a summary of benefits you currently receive from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). We are
providing this letter to disabled Veterans to use in applying for benefits such as state or local property or vehicle
tax relief, civil service preference, to obtain housing entitlements, free or reduced state park annual
memberships, or any other program or entitlement in which verification of VA benefits is required. Please
safeguard this important document. This letter is considered an official record of your VA entitlement.
Our records contain the following information:
Personal Claim Information
Your VA claim number is:
You are the Veteran.
VA Benefit Information
You have one or more service-connected disabilities:
Yes
Your combined service-connected evaluation is:
Your current monthly award amount is:
The effective date of the last change to your current award was:
December 01, 2014
You should contact your state or local office of Veterans' affairs for information on any tax, license, or fee-related
benefits for which you may be eligible. State offices of Veterans' affairs are available at
http://www.va.aov/statedva.htm.
How You Can Contact Us
• lf you need general information about benefits and eligibility, please visit us at
https://www.ebenefits.va.aov or http://www.va.gov.
• Call us at 1-800-827-1000. If you use a Telecommunications Device for the Deaf (TDD), the number is
1-800-829-4833.
• Ask a question on the Internet at httos://iris.va.gov.
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
February 03, 2015
William Joseph Devillier
4400 Brown St
SteM
Lake Charles, LA 70607
Dear Mr. Devillier:
This notice is provided to confirm that you are currently enrolled in the VA health care system.
What Does this Mean to You?
Continuous enrollment in the VA health care system, including prescription drug coverage, provides you with
"creditable coverage" needed for certain purposes under the Medicare prescription drug program {"Medicare Part
D"). "Creditable coverage" means that, on average for all enrollees, VA provides a prescription drug benefit that
meets or exceeds what the standard Medicare Part D plan will pay. You may use this letter as proof of creditable
coverage. Please make sure you retain a copy of this letter for your records.
Will You Have a Penalty if You Enron Late in the Medicare Part D Plan?
No, if you enroll within the specified timeframe. Because VA prescription drug benefits are creditable
coverage.veterans enrolled in VA are not subject to a penalty for enrolling in Medicare Part D after their initial
Medicare enrollment period, provided they do not have a break in creditable coverage of 63 days or more.
What Happens if I am Disenrolled from the VA Health Care System?
Typically, enrollment in the VA health care system is continuous. There are a few instances where a veteran may
be disenrolled.
• The veteran requests to be disenrolled
• The veteran is determined not eligible for enrollment
• The VA takes action that causes the veteran to be disenrolled
VA will provide a letter to the veteran that he or she is disenrolled for VA health care and can enroll in a Medicare
Part D plan, without penalty, within 63 days after the effective date of disenrollment. Veterans who do not obtain
new creditable coverage by "day 62" after disenrollment, may be subject to the late enrollment penalty imposed
by Medicare, even if they had creditable coverage through VA
Tips about Medicare and VA Coverage:
• Veterans do not have to choose between VA prescription drug benefits and a Medicare prescription drug
plan; they may have either or both.
• A veteran does not need to disenroll from VA to enroll in Medicare Part D.
• A veteran who deddes to enmtl in-a Medicare prescription drug plan and disenroll from VA may not be
able to re-en-rofl in VA later if VA is not enrolling an priority groups.
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Posted: Dec 10, 2015 5:16 AM CST
Updated: Dec 10, 2015 7:40 AM CST
By John Bridges CONNECT
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students ...
LAKE CHARLES, LA (KPLC) - As we are learning from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, not
all battle veterans return home with physical injuries. Calcasieu Parish district attorney
John Derosier says unfortunately some of these vets find themselves on the wrong side of
the law.
"Generally, what we will find is a veteran who has a condition like post traumatic stress
disorder or some kind of emotional problem tied to military service," said John Derosier,
district attorney for Calcasieu parish. "That is what our objective is, is to get veterans back
into mainstream America."
Staff in the DA's office and Veterans Affairs, along with Judges David Ritchie and Sharon
Wilson have been specially trained for Veterans Court.
"If we have a veteran who has
Madonna
committed some kind of criminal offense and it is not a
rape or a murder, because we
gives
don't allow those kind of people into the program," said
Derosier. "We will then take
impromptu
that veteran
...
and start providing services for that veteran in
the form of counseling and medical attention if necessary."
Navy Vet Joe Hill is recruiting what he calls "Battle Buddies." He says they are volunteer
battle veterans who can act as a friend to a fellow veteran in need.
"The Battle Buddy is to be there," said Hill. "You feel that you're slipping, you've got this
person leaning on you and you feel like you're going to do something wrong, well, let's go
have a cup of coffee."
The recidivism rate for the program is less than one percent.
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CALCASIEU PARISH, LA (KPLC) - They served our country, yet the struggles they face cause
some veterans to wind up in the criminal court system.
But there's a new Veterans Treatment Court in Calcasieu that aims to help make their
lives better.
Judges David Ritchie and Sharon Wilson will preside over the new court, which is just now
kicking off.
At a Thursday news conference, the judges said they hope the veterans who utilize the
court can get the help they need. Crimes usually excluded from some specialty courts
won't necessarily be off limits at this court.
"We aren't just going to close
Liberty
the door
Eylau
on crimes of violence in this because it may be
things that some of these veterans woman suffered dead when they were overseas," Ritchie said.
"Some of the PTSD may have in led house them fire to domestic violence or something like that."
"The theory behind the court is to return these individuals who served our country
honorably and now have fallen on dishonor to a position of honor, and that the court can
do that in a therapeutic way where we work as a team," Wilson said.
The program, which has been successful in other areas, is still being fine-tuned. It will
include mentors known as "battle buddies."
Veteran Joe Hill is the coordinator for the mentoring program.
"These are other veterans who have made the transition to civilian life without difficulty
and they're there to show those who are having difficulties that they too, by giving to this
program, seeing it through, working hard - that they can become fully functional citizens
again," said Hill.
The program saves taxpayers dollars because most of those who get involved do not
commit the offenses again.
After successfully completing the program, the charge is removed from the veterans'
records.
For more information on the program, call the Calcasieu District Attorney's Office at 337-
437-3400 and ask for Jaterrica Phillips. The DA's office and Calcasieu Sheriff's Office are
among the agencies supporting the program.
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Re: KPLC titles John Derosier "Hometown Hero" to cover up a
Veteran Marine public records request sent 2 days before.
december 11, 2015 at 17:14
From: «Bridges, John»
To: «Free Calcasieu»
I came up with the idea weeks ago after interviewing Joe Hill on another Hero story. I approached
them last Tuesday, and shot the interview Friday to have it ready for my normal air date on
Wednesday of this week.
Again, all my idea.
Now, if you don't mind, that's all the explaining I'm going to do for someone who hides behind an
email address and doesn't even sign a name.
On Dec 10, 2015, at 8:23 PM, Free Calcasieu wrote:
Your response was noted. Thank you!
You mentioned that you approach the DA's office weeks ago with your idea. Did the DA
give you any explanation for waiting until this week to schedule instead of when you
first approached them weeks ago?
It is an excellent idea to have Veterans Court to help Veterans who have been charged with a
non-violent crime. It may mitigate some of the tax payer burden as far as the significant cost
of the criminal justice system. It could provide the opportunity for resources such as law
enforcement, prosecutors, Judges to focus on issues the community deems priority such as
violent crime and child protection. Additionally, it may help prevent Veterans in the
future from being victims of misconduct by the DA by using felony charges to manipulate or
retaliate.
Being you're in journalism in Calcasieu Parish you can understand the need to investigate
anything from the CPDA's office. The attachment is just one example of breach of trust
concerning use of public funds in violation of Louisiana Article 10 section 9 "Prohibitions
Against Political Activities" It even shows total disregard of law after being provided the
law and staff policy the DA staff still choose to violate it the next day. You can see in the
attachment overwhelming evidence that is great public concern.
September 18, 2014- CPDA provided staff the written office police on working on political
campaigns during business hours. CPDA stated that “staff members are not permitted to
work on any campaign during business hours. There is no employee working in a "dual
capacity" as a DA's Office staff member and on a political campaign, as political activities
are restricted to off-duty hours. Moreover, no use of DA's Office equipment, resources, and
offices is permitted for any campaign. To enforce the office policy against use of DA's
Office time, equipment, or resources for political purposes, an email with the written office

Re: KPLC titles John Derosier "Hometown Hero" to cover up a
Veteran Marine public records request sent 2 days before.
december 10, 2015 at 14:55
From: «Bridges, John»
To: «Free Calcasieu»
I', not sure what you're talking about in these accusations.
You might want to know that I came up with the idea myself a few weeks ago while interviewing Joe
Hill for a separate Hometown Hero story with him.
The DA's office NEVER approached me. I approached them. It was MY idea, not theirs. To insinuate
they called us is just not true.
Thanks,
John Bridges
KPLC-TV
337-437-7572
From: Free Calcasieu
Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2015 2:29 AM
Subject: KPLC titles John Derosier "Hometown Hero" to cover up a Veteran Marine public records request
sent 2 days before.
Local Veteran send Public of Records Request to CPDA on December 7, 2014 to investigate into civil
rights violations.
http://www.yumpu.com/document/view/54864086/cpda-violate-veterans-court-laws
CPDA Violate Veterans Court Laws
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Sunday, OctOber 19, 2014 aMerIcan PreSS A5
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Codi Bradley helps Carter with a game at the Cal-Cam Fair on Saturday in
Sulphur’s West-Cal Arena.
Kirk Meche / Special to the american Press
Jennifer Vest dries Sassy, a Bradford, after a bath.
Will Vest of Bell City High School was to present
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DeRosier, a graduate of
Louisiana-Lafayette and LSU
Law School, took office in 2005,
replacing Rick Bryant. Previously
a private-practice attorney,
he served as Lake Charles
city attorney for former Mayor
Willie Mount for seven years
and represented the Calcasieu
Sheriff ’s Office.
Bryant approached him
about running 16 years before
he finally decided to enter the
race, but he wasn’t ready yet,
he said. He finally decided to
run when Bryant left office to
take a judgeship.
“I think we all owe an obligation
to the public and just
the people who kind of put us
where we are, to put back into
the system,” DeRosier said. “If
you have the capability of putting
back into the system and
making it better, then I think
you also have the obligation
to give it your best shot and
that’s what I wanted to do.”
Deterring crime
DeRosier said he had a
hand in instituting both
mental health court and drug
court. A veterans court is also
in the works, he said. Among
his pretrial programs is the
DWI diversion program; only 1
percent of those who complete
the course are repeat offenders,
he said.
DeRosier said he has been
both “militant” and “proactive”
in fighting drugs, but that
“at the same time, we can’t
incarcerate our way or prosecute
our way out of the drug
problem that we have in this
country. We have to educate
our way out of it and we have
to show people that there is
an alternative and why they
should select our alternative
rather than the easier path of
sliding into the drug culture.”
With “the right counseling
and the right guidance,” some
will get back into the mainstream,
he said.
Because pretrial diversion
programs are expensive, “if
(nonviolent offenders are) pretrial
eligible, we want to catch
that right after your arrest
or you’re charged,” Chesson
said. Rather than people sitting
in jail, Chesson said he
would like to see organizations
such as the VFW, the United
Way, the Salvation Army and
churches “come forward and
help monitor these people
from the point of their arrest.”
“When people get arrested,
they’re publicly humiliated,
their family knows and all
that stuff,” Chesson said. “In
my opinion, that’s the time
they’re most susceptible to
change. It’s an effort to try and
move alcohol and drug-related
crimes out of the criminal
justice systems, in its ordinary
sense.”
Crowded dockets
Chesson said he would
like to see fewer people in the
courtrooms. Cooperating defendants
wouldn’t be required
to be present for arraignments
— a routine procedure where
not guilty pleas are entered
and court dates set — he said.
“They don’t need to go to
court; they can stay at work,”
Chesson said. “At some point
they either go online to get notice
of their court date or they
can come by the courthouse
and sign for notice.”
He said he would also like
plea deals to be worked out before
trial dates, so courtrooms
aren’t so crowded on those
dates.
Rather than prosecutors being
assigned to each judge’s division,
Chesson said he would
change to divisions based on
crimes — drugs and alcohol,
violent crimes, sex crimes and
theft.
Quickly clearing misdemeanors
would help alleviate
the crowded system, DeRosier
said. He wants a system similar
to Harris County, Texas,
where those charged with
misdemeanors — who would
likely face only a few days in
jail — would have their cases
heard within 24 to 48 hours
rather than sitting in jail, he
said.
That would ease the
“burden on the taxpayers
for having to feed and house
all those people for crimes
which they’re only going to be
sentenced to three, four or five
days to begin with,” DeRosier
said.
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DeRosier has often lobbied
before the state Legislature for
law changes.
He said he first began doing
so in 2007 to stop the travel of
prescription pills into Southwest
Louisiana from Texas. All
told, he or his office has had a
hand in drafting 17 laws since
2007, he said.
“It’s not the district attorney’s
job to fight the proliferation
of drugs from one state to
another or to fight the problem
of people dying of drug
overdoses in this parish or any
other parish,” DeRosier said.
“But, you know, you’ve got
to step back and look at it —
somebody’s got to do it.”
DeRosier’s role in slowing
the influx of prescription
drugs into the area is one of
his top accomplishments because
of its impact, he said.
Chesson said if elected, he
also would work to shape the
law.
“I would work with our
surrounding DAs primarily,”
Chesson said. “If we’re going
to go lobby, I think we would
have to get together. Just like I
would promote parish unity, I
would want to promote unity
with our neighboring parishes,
especially in the areas of
law enforcement.
“At that point, we can get
with the Legislature and other
district attorneys and come
up with solutions to problems
that can be utilized to change
laws.”
Pot law changes?
Chesson said that in a poll
he conducted, a large percentage
of Calcasieu residents
favored lesser penalties for
marijuana possession and
other minor offenses. The proliferation
of synthetic marijuana
is a result of marijuana
being illegal, he said.
“I’m not necessarily in
favor of making marijuana
legal; that’s not my job,” Chesson
said. “As a prosecutor,
I have to enforce it. But any
time you’ve got 80 percent-plus
of your parish favoring lesser
penalties for such offenses, I
think that’s something that
you have to adhere to.”
Marijuana charges can be
amended to various charges,
such as attempted possession
of marijuana or criminal mischief,
he said.
“So that way, they don’t set
themselves up so they don’t
have two marijuana charges ...
and are a felon and can’t vote,
can’t own a gun, can’t hunt.”
While he is against the
legalization of marijuana,
DeRosier recognizes that
there is a change in the public
sentiment about the drug, he
said.
There is a place in society
for medical marijuana, but in
a pill or capsule form, he said.
He considers marijuana to be a
gateway drug, he said.
“Whether we like it or not,
society has changed a little bit,
it’s migrating,” he said. “So,
while we do not want to legalize
recreational marijuana, we
have to recognize that there
are lots of people who do it.
For small amounts for personal
use, you’re going to see the
lowering of penalties to some
degree.”
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Governor Jindal Signs Legislation to Create Court Divisions for Veterans
BATON ROUGE – Today, Governor Bobby Jindal announced he has signed SB 532 by Sen. Elbert Guillory, which will
create separate court divisions to better support veterans in Louisiana. This legislation was part of Governor Jindal’s 2014
Legislative Package.
Governor Jindal said, “I am honored to sign this piece of legislation for the veterans who served our nation who may have
cases pending in the judicial system. Often after arriving home from active service abroad, our veterans are left with health
conditions or illnesses that can play a role in the commission of drug related crimes or other offenses. This legislation will
help identify these veterans and connect them to rehabilitation and other services that are specialized for their needs. We
have a duty to support and care for the brave men and women who put their lives on the line in defense of our freedom, and
this legislation will help ensure we continue to do that through the judicial system.”
SB 532 will allow Louisiana courts to create separate court divisions to specifically serve the needs of veterans. These
divisions will provide veterans with more options to access the services they need after military service, such as counseling
and rehabilitation, as well as helpful alternatives to Drug and DWI Courts.
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Louisiana Gov. Jindal signs legislation in support of
veterans
Posted: May 28, 2014 3:37 PM CDT
Updated: May 28, 2014 3:37 PM CDT
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Today, Governor Bobby Jindal signed two pieces of legislation to
further support Louisiana veterans and honor them for their service to our nation. Both bills
were included in the Governor's Legislative Package for 2014.
Governor Jindal signed HB 654 by Rep. Lorusso, which expands residential lease protections
for military service members and their spouses. The Governor also signed SB 538 by Sen.
John Smith, which is known as the Staff Sergeant William Austin Daniel Military Airborne
Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry Act of 2014. It creates a voluntary registry for veterans
exposed to dangerous burn pits during wartime.
Governor Jindal said, "I am honored to sign these pieces of legislation. These bills build on
our previous efforts to help support and honor Louisiana Veterans who fought tirelessly to
protect our freedoms. These bills will offer more residential lease protections to military
service members and their spouses, and they will make valuable information available to
veterans to help improve burdensome health issues that often plague our military men and
women as a result of bravely serving our country abroad."
HB 654 by Rep. Lorusso
Current law allows service members to terminate residential lease agreements without
penalty under certain circumstances related to their military service. However, these lease
protections do not apply in circumstances where a service member has been hospitalized or
has been killed. Also, often these leases are under a spouse's name and lease protections
cannot apply.
The bill clarifies and expands the current applicable lease protection to military spouses. It
will also expand protections for service members who have been injured requiring at least a
15 day hospitalization as well as those who have been killed while on active duty. The bill
also requires court costs, attorney's fees, and putative damages to be paid by a lessor to a
military service member or spouse prevailing in a suit against a lessor violating the terms of
the law.
Representative Nick Lorusso said, "This legislation ensures that our brave military personnel
and their spouses will be protected from unfair or overly strict residential leasing practices
and gives them greater flexibility to make decisions that best serve their family. In addition
to Governor Jindal, I would also like to thank Tulane Law School student Chris Yarborough
for his research and assistance with this bill."
SB 538 by Sen. John Smith
This bill is known as the Staff Sergeant William Austin Daniel Military Airborne Hazards and
Open Burn Pit Registry Act of 2014. The bill is named for Sgt. William Austin Daniel who died
after a battle with Hodgkin's Disease after honorably serving with the Louisiana Army
National Guard near burn pits overseas.
In 1985, a registry was enacted to coordinate statewide outreach, education and advocacy
towards Vietnam Veterans who suffered health complications from exposure to Agent
Orange. Since that time, several illnesses or diseases have been linked to the exposure, such
as Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma, Hodgkin's Disease, Parkinson's Disease, Leukemia, Ischemic
Heart Disease, Prostate Cancer, and a number of other serious medical issues. Today, many

Gulf War era and post-9/11 Veterans who served in Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation
Enduring Freedom, and Operation New Dawn are suffering from illnesses that may have
been caused by exposure to open-air burn pits. Many open-air burn pits were operated close
to where many soldiers were housed during wartime.
This legislation will create a voluntary registry of self-identifying service members and
veterans who have been exposed to burn pits. The registry will be created and managed by
the Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs (LDVA).
The LDVA will be responsible for informing those in the registry about recent scientific
developments on the effects of exposure, availability of possible treatments, applying for
service-connected disability compensation benefits with U.S. Department of Veterans
Affairs (VA), as well as appealing an existing or requesting an upgrade to a disability rating
given by VA.
Senator John Smith said, "Today is a bitter-sweet day for us. I am grateful to Governor Jindal
for signing this important piece of legislation that will add another layer of care for our men
and women in uniform. I would be remiss if I did not recognize Sgt. William Austin Daniel
who lost his life as a result of exposure to open-air burn pits from his time on tour. Sgt.
Daniel is one out of many service members who did not have the treatment available after
their exposure to these lethal agents. This bill is a good step forward in the right direction to
not only raising awareness for treatment options for our military, but to also increase the
information flow for scientific research."
Rep. Regina Barrow said, "This legislation will help inform our veterans about the treatment
and research available for these terrible illnesses as a result of serving our nation in the
military near burn pits. Because of this bill, they will have access to the newest information
regarding medicines and health care procedures they need. This is the least we can do for
these heroes, who served honorably to defend our freedoms and ensure America remains
protected. To my knowledge, this legislation is the first of its kind in our country. I am
honored to be a part of carrying on Sgt. Daniel's legacy and to help raise awareness of his
heroic acts for our nation."

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early release from jail if they participate in rehabilitation programs. The sentencing reform
legislation was part of the governor's package of bills during this year's session.
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a certain amount of drugs will be eligible for release one year early if the court determines they suffer
from addiction, would respond to rehab and are not a threat to the community. If at any time the
court finds the offender stops meeting these requirements, or the district attorney disagrees, the
offender would not be eligible.
In a news release Thursday, Jindal said he hoped the legislation would save taxpayer dollars
currently paid to house inmates and would allow the justice system to focus on violent offenders.
"There are a number of low-risk, nonviolent drug offenders in our prisons who can still turn things
around and become productive members of society instead of repeat offenders," Jindal said. "This
common sense piece of legislation will provide these offenders with the treatment they need to
recover and safely re-enter our communities."
The new law will also allow the Department of Public Safety and Corrections to enter into
agreements with the Department of Health and Hospitals, training facilities and service providers to
set up the programs.
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s=13RS&b=HB442&sbi=y] , sponsored by Metairie Republican Joe Lopinto. Louisiana has the
highest per-capita incarceration rate in the world, besting any other U.S. state as well as Iran and
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CYNTHIA KILLINGSWORTH
FIRST ASSISTANT
DISTRICT ATIORNEY
JOHN F. DEROSIER
District Attorney
FOURTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
CALCASIEU PARISH
December 8, 2015
P.O. BOX 3206
LAKE CHARLES, LA 70602
PHONE (337) 437-3400
FAX (337) 437-3325
Re:
Public Records Request
Vetera11 's Court
I am the Public Records Custodian for the Calcasieu Parish District Attorney's
Office. In response to one of your six public records requests filed on November 30,
2015, and received by my office on December 7, 2015, please note that we are currently
in the beginning stages of Veterans' Court, thus no one has yet entered into Veteran's
Court. The program begins on January I, 2016. As for the rest of your letter. our office is
not required to answer interrogatories. LSA-R.S. 44: I et seq.
I hereby certify that this letter satisfies the legal obligation of the Calcasieu Parish
District Attorney's Office under the Public Records Law, LSA-R.S. 44: 1 et seq. If you
need anything further in this case. or in the future, please do not hesitate to contact me for
assistance.
Sincerely,
CSS/kra
Carla S. Sigler
Assistant District /\ttorney
Public Records Custodian

CYNTHIA KILLINGSWORTH
FIRST ASSISTANT
DISTRICT ATIORNEY
JOHN F. DEROSIER
District Attorney
FOURTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
CALCASIEU PARISH
January 5, 2016
P.O. BOX 3206
LAKE CHARLES, LA 70602
PHONE (337) 437 ·3400
FAX (337) 437-3325
Re:
Public Records Request
Veteran's Court Records
I am the Public Records Custodian for the Calcasieu Parish District Attorney's
Office. I recently received a public records request from you. If you are requesting the
statutes that authorize Veteran's Court, please see LSA-R.S. 13:5361 et seq. With regard
to your request for any and all media documents, etc., please be more specific with your
request so that we may answer in accordance with the Law. The amount of material
requested will impact the fee required to obtain the information. LSA-R.S. 44: 1 et seq.
I hereby certify that this letter satisfies the legal obligation of the Calcc_!§.i.e.larish
District Attorney's Office under the Public Records Law, LSA-R.S. 4 .. et se . '·
CSS/kra
Carla S. Sigler
Assistant Dis· 1ct Att
Public Recor

RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST
DECEMBER 22, 2015
Carla S. Sigler
Assistant District Attorney
Public Records Custodian
901 Lakeshore Dr, Lake Charles, LA 70601
337-437-3290 (office)
337-437-3325 (fax)
csigler@cpdao.org
John Derosier
District Attorney
Calcasieu Parish District Attorney’s Office
901 Lakeshore Dr, Lake Charles, LA 70601
337-437-3290 (office)
337-437-3325 (fax)
jderosier@cpdao.org
Dear Public Records Request Officers,
This is a request under the Louisiana Public Records Act. Section 44:32(D) of the Louisiana Public
Records Act requires a response within three business days.
I request that a copy of the following documents [or documents containing the following
information] be provided:
1. Provide all public records in regards to “Veterans Court Program Treatment Act” in Calcasieu
Parish.
2. Any and all emails, documents, letters, text messages, reports, notes, and any and all other
documents that was communicated or provided to any journalist, reporters, media or press
organizations in regards to “Veterans Court”.
In order to help to determine my status to assess fees, you should know that I am an individual
seeking information, and this request is made as part of news gathering and not for commercial use. I
request a waiver of all fees for this request. Disclosure of the requested information to me is in the public
interest because it is likely to contribute significantly to public understanding of the operations or
activities of the government and is not primarily in my commercial interest.
Thank you for your consideration of this request.
Best Regards,

RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST
November 30, 2015
TO:
Carla S. Sigler
Assistant District Attorney
Public Records Custodian
901 Lakeshore Dr, Lake Charles, LA 70601
337-437-3290 (office)
337-437-3325 (fax)
csigler@cpdao.org
Holly Carter
Community Relations Release Person
Calcasieu Parish District Attorney’s Office
901 Lakeshore Dr, Lake Charles, LA 70601
337-437-3290 (office)
337-437-3325 (fax)
hcarter@cpdao.org
John Derosier
District Attorney
Calcasieu Parish District Attorney’s Office
901 Lakeshore Dr, Lake Charles, LA 70601
337-437-3290 (office)
337-437-3325 (fax)
jderosier@cpdao.org
Dear Public Records Request Officers,
This is a request under the Louisiana Public Records Act. Section 44:32(D) of the Louisiana Public Records Act
requires a response within three business days.
On Jun 28, 2014, by a unanimous vote (90-0) Louisiana Passed Legislation Senate Bill 532 known as "Veterans
Court Program Treatment Act" to create separate court divisions to better support veterans in Louisiana. SB
532 will allow Louisiana courts to create separate court divisions to specifically serve the needs of veterans.
These divisions will provide veterans with more options to access the services they need after military service,
such as counseling and rehabilitation, as well as helpful alternatives to Drug and DWI Courts.
I request that a copy of the following documents [or documents containing the following information] be
provided:
1. Please state how many veterans have been accepted into the “Veterans Court Program” under SB
532 in Calcasieu Parish.
2. Please state what steps have been taking to implement SB 532 “Veterans Court Program Treatment
Act” in Calcasieu Parish.
In order to help to determine my status to assess fees, you should know that I am an individual seeking
information, and this request is made as part of news gathering and not for commercial use.
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I request a waiver of all fees for this request. Disclosure of the requested information to me is in the public
interest because it is likely to contribute significantly to public understanding of the operations or activities
of the government and is not primarily in my commercial interest.
Thank you for your consideration of this request.
Best Regards,
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2014 Regular Session
Sequence: 1535
SBS RETURNED FROM HOUSE WITH
AMENDMENTS
SB 532 BY GUILLORY
COURTS
RE1 SEE FISC NOTE GF EX SEE NOTE
CONCUR
Date: 5/29/2014
Time: 10:35:45 AM
ROLL CALL
The roll was called with the following result:
Mr. President
Adley
Allain
Appel
Broome
Brown
Buffington
Chabert
Claitor
Cortez
Crowe
Donahue
Dorsey-Colomb
Total -- 37
Total -- 0
Amedee
Total -- 2
Erdey
Gallot
Guillory
Heitmeier
Johns
Kostelka
LaFleur
Long
Mills
Morrell
Morrish
Murray
Nevers
Martiny
YEAS
NAYS
ABSENT
Peacock
Perry
Peterson
Riser
Smith, G.
Smith, J.
Tarver
Thompson
Walsworth
Ward
White

Regular Session, 2014
SENATE BILL NO. 532
ACTÿNo.ÿ716
ENROLLED
BY SENATORS GUILLORY, ADLEY, ALARIO, APPEL, BROOME, BROWN,
BUFFINGTON, CLAITOR, CORTEZ, CROWE, DORSEY-COLOMB,
ERDEY, JOHNS, LONG, MARTINY, MILLS, MORRELL, MORRISH,
MURRAY, NEVERS, PEACOCK, PERRY, RISER, GARY SMITH,
JOHN SMITH, TARVER, THOMPSON, WALSWORTH, WARD AND
WHITE AND REPRESENTATIVES ADAMS, ARMES, ARNOLD,
BADON, BARROW, BERTHELOT, BROADWATER, BROWN,
HENRY BURNS, BURRELL, CONNICK, DIXON, DOVE,
EDWARDS, FOIL, GAINES, GAROFALO, GEYMANN, GISCLAIR,
HARRISON, HAZEL, HENRY, HODGES, HOFFMANN, HUNTER,
IVEY, JAMES, JEFFERSON, JOHNSON, TERRY LANDRY, LEBAS,
LEOPOLD, LORUSSO, MACK, MILLER, MONTOUCET, JAY
MORRIS, PYLANT, RITCHIE, SCHEXNAYDER, SHADOIN,
TALBOT, THIERRY, THOMPSON, PATRICK WILLIAMS,
WILLMOTT AND WOODRUFF
AN ACT
To amend and reenact R.S. 44.41(B)(6) and to enact Chapter 33-B of Title 13 of the
Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, to be comprised of R.S. 13:5361 through 5367,
to provide relative to the Veterans Court program; to provide for the creation; to
provide for the goals; to provide definitions; to provide for the Veterans Court
probation program; to provide for veteran indicator documents; to provide for an
exception to the Public Records Law; and to provide for related matters.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
Section 1. Chapter 33-B of Title 13 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, to be

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incidence of alcohol and drug use, alcohol and drug addiction, and crimes
committed by veterans as a result of alcohol and drug use and alcohol and drug
addiction. There is also a need for programs to assist veterans with mental
health issues, including mental health diagnoses and undiagnosed mental
illnesses. Moreover, many veterans suffer from co-occurring disorders of
substance abuse and mental illness. These problems can cause veterans to have
involvement with the criminal justice system. Therefore, it is the intent of the
Legislature of Louisiana to create specialized court programs in the various
districts of this state called "Veterans Court programs" to assist veterans in
overcoming these issues, as they impact veterans, the criminal justice system,
and society at large. The goal of these programs will be to reduce recidivism
among veterans and to provide those who have served this country with the
assistance that they need and deserve.
§5363. Goals
The goals of the Veterans Court program divisions created under this
Chapter include the following:
(1) To reduce drug abuse and alcoholism and dependency among
offenders.
(2) To reduce the alcohol and drug-related workload of the courts.
(3) To reduce criminal recidivism.
(4) To diagnose undiagnosed mental health problems and to assist in the
care and treatment of diagnosed mental health illnesses.
(5) To increase the personal, familial, and societal accountability of
offenders.
(6) To reduce prison overcrowding.
(7) To provide employment and job training for veterans in partnership
with the Louisiana Workforce Commission, any technical college or vocational
school, or other institute of higher learning.
(8) To provide housing assistance for homeless veterans in partnership
with state, local, and federal housing authorities and nonprofit organizations.
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(9) To provide benefits counseling from parish service officers in
partnership with the Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs.
§5364. Definitions
For the purposes of this Chapter:
(1) "Veterans Court program" means a program that has all of the
following essential characteristics:
(a) The integration of health care, education, and housing assistance, as
well as employment, job training, disability compensation counseling, and other
rehabilitative services in the processing of cases in the criminal justice system.
(b) Early identification and prompt placement of eligible participants in
the program, whereby they become program participants.
(c) The use of nonadversarial approach involving prosecutors and
defense attorneys to promote public safety and protect the due process rights
of program participants.
(d) Access to continuum of alcohol, controlled substance, mental health,
suicide assessment, intervention, treatment and management, and other related
treatment and rehabilitative services.
(e) Careful monitoring of treatment and services provided to program
participants.
(f) A coordinated strategy to govern program responses to participants'
compliance.
(g) Ongoing judicial interaction with program participants.
(h) Monitoring and evaluation of program goals and effectiveness.
(i) Continuing interdisciplinary education to promote effective program
planning, implementation, and operations.
(j) Development of partnerships with public agencies and community
organizations, including but not limited to the Louisiana Department of
Veterans Affairs, the Louisiana Workforce Commission, the United States
Department of Veterans Affairs, and any other local, state or federal agency or
organization that can provide assistance to participants.
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(2) "Veteran" means a former or current member of the United States
Armed Forces or organized militia of the several states and territories,
including but not limited to a member of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine
Corps, Coast Guard, National Guard, Air National Guard, Reserves, State
Guard, or a commissioned officer of the Public Health Service, Environmental
Science Services Administration, or National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, or its predecessor, the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey.
§5365. Eligibility, process
A. Proof of a defendant's military service must be submitted to the court
in which the criminal case is pending, and may be in any form the court
determines to be appropriate, including but not limited to the illustrative
examples detailed in this Section. If the defendant was discharged from regular
active duty after January 1, 1950, proof of military service may consist of a DD
Form 214 or its functional equivalent. If the defendant served in the military
before January 1, 1950, proof of military service may consist of a discharge
form, including a WD AGO 53, WD AGO 55, WD AGO 53-55, NAVPERS 553,
NAVMC 78PD, and the NAVCG553. If the defendant was discharged from the
Army or Air Force National Guard, he may submit NGB Form 22, Report of
Separation and Record of Service, or NGB Form 23, or its equivalent. If
currently serving in the military, the defendant may provide an original
statement of service signed by or at the direction of the adjutant, personnel
officer, or commander of the defendant's unit or superior officer within the
defendant's chain of command which identifies the defendant and his social
security number. The statement must provide at a minium the date of entry on
his current service period and the duration of service.
B. The court must make a determination on the record in the docketed
criminal case that the defendant is an eligible veteran for him to be enrolled as
a program participant in a Veterans Court program.
§5366. The Veterans Court program
A. Each district court by rule may designate as a Veterans Court
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program one or more divisions of the district court to which veterans are
assigned and may establish a probation program to be administered by the
presiding judge or judges thereof or by an employee designated by the court.
B. Participation in probation programs shall be subject to the following
provisions:
(1) The district attorney may propose to the court that an individual
defendant be screened for eligibility as a participant in the Veterans Court
program if all of the following criteria are satisfied:
(a) The individual is charged with a violation of a statute of this state,
either a felony or misdemeanor, and is determined to be a veteran as defined in
R.S. 13:5364(2).
(b) The district attorney has reason to believe that the individual who is
charged could benefit by the Veterans Court program.
(c) The district attorney has reason to believe that it is in the best interest
of the community and in the interest of justice to provide the defendant with
treatment as opposed to incarceration or other sanctions.
(2) Upon receipt of the proposal provided for in Paragraph (1) of this
Subsection, the court shall advise the defendant that he may be eligible for
enrollment in a court-authorized treatment program through the Veterans
Court program.
(3)(a) If the defendant requests to undergo treatment and is accepted into
the Veterans Court program, the defendant will be placed under the supervision
of the Veterans Court program for the period of not less than twelve months.
(b) During the treatment the defendant may be confined in a treatment
facility or, at the discretion of the court, the defendant may be released on a
probationary basis for treatment or supervised aftercare in the community.
(c) The court may impose any conditions reasonably related to the
complete rehabilitation of the defendant.
(d) The defendant shall be required to participate in any court-ordered
alcohol and drug testing program at his own expense, unless the court
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determines that he is indigent.
(e) If the defendant completes the Veterans Court program, and has
successfully completed all other requirements of his court-ordered probation,
the conviction may be set aside and the prosecution dismissed in accordance
with the provision of the Code of Criminal Procedure Articles 893 and 894. A
defendant's successful completion of the Veterans Court program and the other
requirements of probation may result in his discharge from supervision. If the
defendant does not successfully complete the Veterans Court program, the
judge may revoke the probation and impose sentence, or the judge may revoke
the probation and order the defendant to serve the sentence previously imposed
and suspended, or the judge may revoke the probation and order the defendant
to be committed to the custody of the Department of Public Safety and
Corrections and be required to serve a sentence of not more than six months
without diminution of sentence in the intensive incarceration program pursuant
to R.S. 15:574.4.4 and 574.5, then to be returned to the regular Veterans Court
docket, or the court may impose any sanction provided by Code of Criminal
Procedure Article 900, and extend probation and order that the defendant
continue treatment for an additional period, or both.
(4) The defendant has the right to be represented by counsel at all stages
of a criminal prosecution and in any court hearing relating to the Veterans
Court program. The defendant shall be represented by counsel during the
negotiations to determine eligibility to participate in the Veterans Court
program and shall be represented by counsel at the time of the execution of the
probation agreement, and at any hearing to revoke the defendant's probation
and discharge him from the program, unless the court finds and the record
shows that the defendant has knowingly and intelligently waived his right to
counsel.
(5) The defendant must agree to the Veterans Court program. If the
defendant elects to undergo treatment and participate in the Veterans Court
program, the court shall order an examination of the defendant by one of the
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court's designated licensed treatment programs. Treatment programs shall
possess sufficient experience in working with criminal justice participants with
alcohol or drug addictions, mental health problems, or all of these matters, and
shall be certified and approved by the state of Louisiana or the United States
Department of Veterans Affairs. The designated treatment program shall utilize
standardized testing and evaluation procedures to determine whether or not the
defendant is an appropriate candidate for a treatment program and shall report
such findings to the court and the district attorney.
(6) The treatment program examiner or district attorney may request
that the defendant provide the following information to the court:
(a) Information regarding prior criminal charges.
(b) Education, work experience, and training.
(c) Family history, including residence in the community.
(d) Medical and mental history, including any psychiatric or
psychological treatment or counseling.
(e) Any other information reasonably related to the success of the
treatment program.
(7) The designated program shall recommend to the court a preliminary
length of stay and level of care for the defendant.
(8) In addition to the report submitted by the examiner, the judge and
district attorney shall consider the following factors in determining whether the
Veterans Court program would be in the interest of justice and of benefit to the
defendant and the community:
(a) The nature of the crime charged and the circumstances surrounding
the crime.
(b) Any special characteristics or circumstances of the defendant.
(c) Whether the defendant is a first-time offender, and, if the defendant
has previously participated in this or a similar program, the degree of success
attained.
(d) Whether there is a probability that the defendant will cooperate with
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and benefit from probation and treatment through the Veterans Court
program.
(e) Whether the available Veterans Court program is appropriate to
meet the needs of the defendant.
(f) The impact of the defendant's probation and treatment upon the
community.
(g) Recommendations, if any, of the involved law enforcement agency.
(h) Recommendations, if any, of the victim.
(i) Provisions for and the likelihood of obtaining restitution from the
defendant over the course of his probation.
(j) Any mitigating circumstances.
(k) Any other circumstances reasonably related to the individual
defendant's case.
(9) In order to be eligible for the Veterans Court program, the defendant
must satisfy each of the following criteria:
(a) The defendant cannot have any prior felony convictions for any
offenses defined as crimes of violence in R.S. 14:2(B).
(b) The crime before the court cannot be a crime of violence as defined
in R.S. 14:2(B).
(c) Other criminal proceedings alleging commission of a crime of
violence as defined in R.S. 14:2(B) cannot be pending against the defendant.
(d) The crime before the court cannot be a charge of driving under the
influence of alcohol or any other drug or drugs that resulted in the death of a
person.
(10) A defendant previously convicted or adjudicated a delinquent for
the offense of simple battery shall not be deemed ineligible for the Veterans
Court program on the sole basis of such status.
(11)(a) The judge shall make the final determination of eligibility. If,
based on the examiner's report and the recommendations of the district
attorney and the defense counsel, the judge determines that the defendant
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should be enrolled in the Veterans Court program, the court shall accept the
defendant's guilty plea, suspend or defer the imposition of sentence, and place
the defendant on probation under the terms and conditions of the Veterans
Court program. The court also may impose sentence and suspend the execution
thereof, placing the defendant on probation under the terms and conditions of
the Veterans Court program.
(b) If the judge determines that the defendant is not qualified for
enrollment, the judge may state for the record the reasons for that
determination.
(c) A Veterans Court program team or staff may petition the court to
reject a referral to the Veterans Court program if the Veterans Court program
team or staff deems the defendant to be inappropriate for admission to the
Veterans Court program. Additionally, a Veterans Court program team or staff
may petition the court for immediate discharge of any individual who fails to
comply with Veterans Court program rules and treatment expectations or who
refuses to constructively engage in the treatment process.
C. (1) In offering a defendant the opportunity to request treatment, the
court shall advise the defendant of the following at the time of the guilty plea:
(a) If the defendant is accepted into the Veterans Court program, then
the defendant must waive the right to a trial. The defendant must enter a plea
of guilty to the charge, with the stipulation that sentencing be deferred or that
sentence be imposed, but suspended, and the defendant placed on supervised
probation under the usual conditions of probation and under certain special
conditions of probation related to the completion of such treatment programs
as are ordered by the court. During participation in the program, the defendant
will be subject to nonadversarially determined sanctions. All adversarial
hearings will occur during probation violation hearings.
(b) The terms of each probation agreement shall be decided by the judge.
The defendant must agree to enter the program and sign a probation agreement
stating the terms and conditions of his program. The defendant must plead
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guilty to the charge in order to be eligible for the Veterans Court program.
(2) Any probation agreement entered into pursuant to this Section shall
include the following:
(a) The terms of the agreement, which shall provide that if the defendant
fulfills the obligations of the agreement, as determined by the court, then the
criminal charges may be dismissed and the prosecution set aside in accordance
with the provisions of Code of Criminal Procedure Articles 893 and 894, or, if
the defendant has been sentenced following the plea of guilty, then the successful
completion of the Veterans Court program may result in the discharge of the
defendant from continued supervision.
(b) A waiver by the defendant of the right to trial by jury under the laws
and constitutions of Louisiana and the United States.
(c) The defendant's full name.
(d) The defendant's full name at the time the complaint was filed, if
different from the defendant's current name.
(e) The defendant's sex and date of birth.
(f) The crime before the court.
(g) The date the complaint was filed.
(h) The court in which the agreement was filed.
(i) A stipulation of the facts upon which the charge was based, as agreed
to by the defendant and the district attorney.
(j) A provision that the defendant may be required to pay a probation
supervision fee if ordered by the court.
(k) A provision, in cases where applicable, that the defendant may be
required to pay restitution to the victim.
(l) A provision, that once the defendant is receiving treatment as an
outpatient or living in a halfway house, he will participate in appropriate job
training or schooling or seek gainful employment if ordered by the court.
(m) A copy of the plea agreement.
(3) To the extent of his financial resources, a defendant who is placed
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under the supervision of the Veterans Court program may be required to pay
a portion of or the entire cost of the treatment program to which he is assigned
and the cost of any additional supervision that may be required, as determined
by the Veterans Court program.
(4) If the probationer does not have the financial resources to pay all the
related costs of the probation program:
(a) The court, to the extent practicable, shall arrange for the probationer
to be assigned to a treatment program funded by the state or federal
government.
(b) The court, with the recommendation of the treatment program, may
order the probationer to perform supervised work for the benefit of the
community in lieu of paying all or a part of the costs relating to his treatment
and supervision. The work must be performed for and under the supervising
authority of a parish, municipality, or other political subdivision or agency of
the state of Louisiana or a charitable organization that renders service to the
community or its residents.
(c) Any and all fees may be waived at the discretion of the court.
D. (1) When appropriate, the imposition or execution of sentence shall
be postponed while the defendant is enrolled in the treatment program. As long
as the probationer follows the conditions of his agreement, he shall remain on
probation. At the conclusion of the period of probation, the district attorney, on
advice of the person providing the probationer's treatment and the probation
officer, may recommend that the court take one of the following courses of
action:
(a) Revoke the probationer's probation and sentence the probationer
because he has not successfully completed the treatment and has violated one
or more conditions of probation; or, if the probationer has already been
sentenced, revoke the probation and remand the probationer to the appropriate
custodian for service of that sentence.
(b) Extend the period of probation so that the probationer may continue
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the program.
(c) Set aside the probationer's conviction and dismiss the prosecution
because the probationer has successfully completed all the conditions of his
probation and treatment agreement.
(2) The district attorney shall make the final determination on whether
to request revocation, extension, or dismissal.
(3)(a) If an individual who has enrolled in a program violates any of the
conditions of his probation or his treatment agreement or appears to be
performing unsatisfactorily in the assigned program, or if it appears that the
probationer is not benefitting from education, treatment, or rehabilitation, the
treatment supervisor, probation officer, or the district attorney may move the
court for a hearing to determine if the probationer should remain in the
program or whether the probation should be revoked and the probationer
removed from the program and sentenced or ordered to serve any sentence
previously imposed. If at the hearing the moving party can show sufficient proof
that the probationer has violated his probation or his treatment agreement and
has not shown a willingness to submit to rehabilitation, the probationer may be
removed from the program or his treatment agreement may be changed to meet
the probationer's specific needs.
(b) If the court finds that the probationer has violated a condition of his
probation or a provision of his probation agreement and that the probationer
should be removed from the probation program, then the court may revoke the
probation and sentence the individual in accordance with his guilty plea or, if
the individual has been sentenced and the sentence suspended, order the
individual to begin serving the sentence.
(c) If a defendant who has been admitted to the probation program fails
to complete the program and is thereafter sentenced to jail time for the offense,
he shall be entitled to credit for the time served in any correctional facility in
connection with the charge before the court.
(d) At any time and for any appropriate reason, the probationer, his
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probation officer, the district attorney, or his treatment provider may petition
the court to reconsider, suspend, or modify its order for rehabilitation or
treatment concerning that probationer.
(e) The burden of proof at all such hearings shall be the burden of proof
required to revoke probation as provided by law.
E. The appropriate treatment program shall report the following
changes or conditions to the district attorney at any periodic reporting period
specified by the court:
(1) The probationer is changed from an inpatient to an outpatient.
(2) The probationer is transferred to another treatment center or
program.
(3) The probationer fails to comply with program rules and treatment
expectations.
(4) The probationer refuses to engage constructively in the treatment
process.
(5) The probationer terminates his participation in the treatment
program.
(6) The probationer is rehabilitated or has obtained the maximum
benefits of rehabilitation or treatment.
F. Upon successful completion of the Veterans Court program and its
terms and conditions, the judge, after receiving the recommendation from the
district attorney, may vacate the judgment of conviction and dismiss the
criminal proceedings against the probationer or may discharge the defendant
from probation in accordance with the provisions of Code of Criminal
Procedure Articles 893 or 894.
G. Discharge and dismissal under this Chapter, as provided in Code of
Criminal Procedure Articles 893 and 894, shall have the same effect as an
acquittal, except that the conviction may be considered in order to provide the
basis for subsequent prosecution of the party as a multiple offender and shall
be considered as an offense for the purposes of any other law or laws relating
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to cumulation of offenses. Dismissal under this Chapter shall occur only once
with respect to any person. Nothing herein shall be construed as a basis for the
destruction of records of the arrest and prosecution of the person.
H. Nothing contained in this Chapter shall confer a right or an
expectation of a right to treatment for a defendant or offender within the
criminal justice system.
I. Each defendant shall contribute to the cost of any treatment received
in the Veterans Court program based upon guidelines developed by the
Veterans Court program. Any and all fees may be waived at the discretion of
the court.
J. Each judicial district that establishes a Veterans Court probation
program shall adopt written policies and guidelines for the implementation of
a probation program in accordance with this Chapter. The policies and
guidelines shall include provisions concerning the following:
(1) How to examine the defendant initially to determine if he is qualified
for enrollment.
(2) How to advise the defendant of the program if the court has reason
to believe the defendant may suffer from alcohol or drug addiction or mental
health problems or illnesses.
(3) What licensed treatment programs are certified by the court.
K. Each Veterans Court program shall develop a method of evaluation
so that its effectiveness can be measured. These evaluations shall be compiled
annually and transmitted to the judicial administrator of the Supreme Court
of Louisiana.
L.(1) Except as otherwise provided for by law, the registration and other
records of a treatment facility are confidential and shall not be disclosed to any
person not connected with the treatment facility or the Veterans Court program
and district attorney without the consent of the patient.
(2) The provisions of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection shall not restrict
the use of patients' records for the purpose of research into the cause and
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treatment of alcoholism and drug addiction and mental health illnesses,
provided that such information shall not be published in a way that discloses the
patient's name and identifying information.
M. No statement, or any information procured therefrom, with respect
to the specific offenses with which the defendant is charged, which is made to
any probation officer or program treatment worker subsequent to the granting
of probation, shall be admissible in any civil or criminal action or proceeding,
except a Veterans Court program probation revocation proceeding.
N. A record of the fact that an individual has participated in a Veterans
Court program shall be sent to the office of the attorney general and shall be
made available upon request to any district attorney for the purpose of
determining if an individual has previously participated in a Veterans Court
program.
O. (1) The provisions of Code of Criminal Procedure Article 893(A) and
(D) which prohibit the court from suspending or deferring the imposition of
sentences for violations of the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Law
or for violations of R.S. 40:966(A), 967(A), 968(A), 969(A), or 970(A) shall not
apply to prosecutions in Veterans Court programs as authorized by this
Chapter.
(2) The minimum mandatory sentence provided for in R.S. 14:98(D)(1)
and (E)(1), which shall otherwise be imposed without benefit of probation,
parole, or suspension of sentence, may be suspended if the offender is
prosecuted in a Veterans Court program pursuant to the provisions of this
Chapter.
§5367. Additional veteran indicator documents
In addition to the documents used to verify veteran status referred to in
R.S. 13:5365(A), the following documents may be used to establish veteran
status:
(1) DD-2 US Uniformed Services Identification Card.
(2) DD-214 Report of Separation.
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(3) DD-217 Discharge Certificate.
(4) DD-256A Honorable Discharge Certificate.
(5) DD-256AF Honorable Discharge Certificate.
(6) DD-256CG Honorable Discharge Certificate.
(7) DD-256MC Honorable Discharge Certificate.
(8) DD-256N Honorable Discharge Certificate.
(9) DD-257A General Discharge Certificate.
(10) DD-257AF General Discharge Certificate.
(11) DD-257CG General Discharge Certificate.
(12) DD-257MC General Discharge Certificate.
(13) DD-257N General Discharge Certificate.
(14) DD-303 Certificate in Lieu of Lost or Destroyed Discharge.
(15) DD-303AF Certificate in Lieu of Lost or Destroyed Discharge.
(16) DD-303CG Certificate in Lieu of Lost or Destroyed Discharge.
(17) DD-303MC Certificate in Lieu of Lost or Destroyed Discharge.
(18) DD-303N Certificate in Lieu of Lost or Destroyed Discharge.
(19) AGO-525 Discharge Certificate.
(20) AGO-755 Discharge Certificate.
(21) AGO-01252 Discharge Certificate.
(22) AGO-01254 Discharge Certificate.
(23) AGO-01502 Discharge Certificate.
(24) Bureau of Investigation No. 6 Discharge Certificate.
(25) Bureau of Investigation No 53 Discharge Certificate.
(26) Bureau of Investigation No 118 Discharge Certificate.
(27) Bureau of Investigation No 213 Discharge Certificate.
(28) NAVCG-2510 Honorable Discharge, U.S. Coast Guard.
(29) NAVMC-455 U.S. Marine Corps Certificate of Service, In Lieu of
Lost or Destroyed Discharge Certificate.
(30) NAVMC-70-PD Honorable Discharge, U.S. Marine Corps.
(31) NAVMC-78-PD U.S. Marine Corps Report of Separation.
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(32) NMC-258 A&I Discharge Certificate.
(33) NMC-2571 A&I Honorable Discharge, U.S. Marine Corps.
(34) NAVPERS-563 Navy Discharge-Notice of Separation from U.S.
Naval Service.
(35) NAVPERS-566 Standard Statement of Service.
(36) NAVPERS-660 Honorable Discharge from U.S. Navy.
(37) NAVPERS-661 Certificate of Discharge, U.S. Naval Service.
(38) NAVPERS-663B Discharge Certificate.
(39) WD AGO-53-58 Enlisted Record and Report of Separation General
Discharge.
(40) WD AGO-53-90 Certificate of Service.
(41) WD AGO-53-98 Military Record and Report of Separation
Certificate of Service.
(42) WD AGO-280 Certificate of Service, AVS.
(43) WD AGO-525 Honorable Discharge from the United States Army.
(44) WD AGO-755 Honorable Discharge, Women's Army Auxiliary
Corps.
(45) WD AGO-0729 Honorable Discharge from Army of the United
States of America.
(46) WD AGO-01502 Certificate in Lieu of Lost or Destroyed Discharge
Certificate.
(47) WD AGO-01504 Discharge Certificate.
Section 2. R.S. 44:4.1(B)(6) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as
follows:
§4.1. Exceptions
* * *
B. The legislature further recognizes that there exist exceptions, exemptions,
and limitations to the laws pertaining to public records throughout the revised
statutes and codes of this state. Therefore, the following exceptions, exemptions, and
limitations are hereby continued in effect by incorporation into this Chapter by
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citation:
* * *
(6) R.S. 13:1905, 2593, 3715.3, 3715.4, 3734, 4687, 5108.1, 5304, 5366(L)
* * *
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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Lake Charles attorney
indicted on domestic abuse,
other charges
Posted: Jun 12, 2014 2:50 PM CDT
Updated: Aug 11, 2014 3:02 PM CDT
LAKE CHARLES, LA (KPLC) - Michael P. Ned, a local attorney and former candidate for the
14th Judicial District Court seat, was indicted Thursday on charges of domestic abuse
battery, violation of a protective order and filing a false public record.
Ned turned himself in and was arrested in April in connection with a domestic
disturbance on Sept. 27, 2013.
According to Kim Myers, spokeswoman for the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office, the victim
said Ned punched her in the face and knocked her out. A witness said Ned dragged the
unconscious victim into the house and held a pillow to her face.
A protective order had been issued on Oct. 17, 2013, ordering Ned to stay away from the
victim.
Ned has been indicted on one count of domestic abuse battery (strangulation), two
counts of violation of a protective order and one count of filing a false public record.
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DA turns over Ned case to state
Last Modified: Saturday, September 06, 2014 10:41 AM
By Johnathan Manning / American Press
The Calcasieu Parish District Attorney’s Office is turning over the
prosecution of a local lawyer and former judicial candidate to the state
Attorney General’s Office.
Michael Pierre Ned, 44, has three cases in 14th Judicial District Court:
filing or maintaining false public record and violating a protective order;
public intimidation and retaliation; and domestic abuse battery by
strangulation.
Ned’s wife is also being prosecuted by the state in an unrelated matter,
prosecutor Carla Sigler said. Sigler said the District Attorney’s Office is
recusing itself from Ned’s cases and the one involving his wife.
“It is unethical for our office to handle any case where the victim is also a defendant we are prosecuting,” Sigler said in a
statement. “That was the reason for the recusal agreement in all of the cases.”
Ned ran for a judgeship in 14th Judicial District Court in April, after Wilford Carter stepped down midterm. Sharon Wilson
won the election to fill the rest of the term, garnering 68 percent of the vote. Ned received 21 percent, and Derrick Kee
received 12 percent.
The District Attorney’s Office said that although most of the charges stem from a September 2013 incident, it did not
formally charge Ned until after the election so as not to influence the results.
Ned has claimed since his arrest that the District Attorney’s Office prosecuted him to keep him from running again in the
Nov. 4 election. Wilson was unopposed and was re-elected.
“They’ve come to terms that there was a serious conflict involved from the beginning,” Ned said.
He is accused of knocking his wife unconscious on their back porch, then dragging her inside and putting a pillow over
her face. He is also accused of illegally trying to obtain an order of protective custody against his wife.
Ned has denied the accusations.
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Former judicial candidate
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violence charge
Posted: Apr 09, 2014 11:05 AM CDT
Updated: Jun 17, 2014 3:32 PM CDT
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LAKE CHARLES, LA (KPLC) - Michael P. Ned, a local attorney who unsuccessfully ran for a
14th Judicial District Court seat, turned himself in to authorities on Wednesday.
Ned, 43, was arrested on charges of domestic violence with child endangerment, two
counts of violating protective orders and filing a false report. Bond was set at $7,000.
Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Kim Myers said 50-year-old Vanessa R.
Tutson also turned herself in Wednesday. Tutson, of Lake Charles, has been charged with
filing a false public record. Her bond was set at $2,000.
"On Sept. 27, deputies were dispatched to a Lake Charles home after receiving a phone
call from (a woman who claimed that) a domestic disturbance occurred at her home the
previous night," Myers said. "The victim said her husband, Ned, struck her in the head
with a closed fist and knocked her unconscious."
Myers said a 13-year-old family member witnessed Ned dragging the unconscious victim
into the house where he put a pillow over her face and stated "she had to die."
"All of these charges are false" Ned said. "I am in the middle of a custody battle and
people are trying to muddy the water" Ned added.
A protective order was issued Oct. 17, ordering Ned to stay away from the victim.
Ned said he also has a protective order against his wife for threats she's made to him.
Myers said deputies received a complaint from the victim on Dec. 12, claiming that Ned
and Tutson used false information to obtain an order of protective custody for the victim
because they claimed she was a danger to herself and her children.
"The victim willingly submitted to a psychological evaluation," Myers said. "She was
released by the hospital that same day."
Myers said the victim called deputies on Jan. 12, claiming Ned had been contacting her
through a third party, which is a violation of the protective order.
"I have a mother, a sister and three daughters that I cherish deeply and I strictly oppose
domestic violence" Ned said. "The DA's office is aware of the credibility problem they
have on their hands" he added.
Ned lost to Sharon Wilson on Saturday in the race to fill the unexpired term of Judge
Wilford Carter, who retired in October.
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Re: Video Records Request
OCTOBER 7, 2015
KPLC
Dub Request
PO Box 1490
Lake Charles, LA 70602
CC:
Mari Wilson
Production Manager & Community Affairs Director
KPLC
mariwilson@kplctv.com
337-437-7531
Dear Records Officers,
Please provide a file to download at the email address. Please reserve my option to be
provided a DVD if any computer related problems prevent access.
Please see included money order for $100.00. I request that a copy of video footage
documents [or documents containing the following information] be provided:
Suspected Date(s):
• April 7, 2014
• April 8, 2014
• April 9, 2014
Approximate Date Range: April 4, 2014 – April 11, 2014
Content: CPDA John Derosier interview with KPLC in regards to the Michael Ned
Indictment. Derosier’s interview is discussing that he was being accused of manipulation
of the Judge election after the Micheal Ned indictment. Derosier’s response specifically
was that he manipulated the election for good and not bad.
Example printed article: Please see attached KPLC printed article, “Former judicial
candidate turns self in on domestic violence charge.”
Thank you for your consideration of this request.
Sincerely yours,
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This is a request under the Louisiana Public Records Act. Section 44:32(D) of the Louisiana Public Records
Act requires a response within three business days.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "Wilson, Mari"
Date: Oct 21, 2015 12:31 PM
Subject: RE: Fwd: KPLC dub - Michael Ned story
To:
Cc:
Hi –
The audio that is on this clip is the audio that aired in the package, the video you see with no sound after 1:43 is just
pad. (We have to have some extra video on the end of story so the director can switch from one story to another during
a live newscast) This is the story in its entirety.
Thanks
Mari Wilson
Director of Production & Community Affairs, KPLC Connections @ Midday
(337)437.7531
www.kplctv.com
From:
Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2015 5:01 PM
To: Wilson, Mari
Subject: Fwd: Fwd: KPLC dub ‐ Michael Ned story
1

Hi Mari,
I am following up with you in regards to the video requested. The audio on the file you sent is
apparently damaged.
Please send another version with the full audio for the requested video. Send a you tube link format for
review. After we are certain the full video and audio is correct, then let's go ahead and send a CD or USB
drive in a computer format such as mp4 or so. Your timely response is appreciated!
Thanks,
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From:
Date: Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 3:46 PM
Subject: Re: Fwd: KPLC dub - Michael Ned story
Mari, the audio on that video cuts out halfway through. Please send a copy with the full audio.
Thanks
On Oct 12, 2015 3:06 PM, wrote:
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "Wilson, Mari"
Date: Oct 12, 2015 2:07 PM
Subject: KPLC dub - Michael Ned story
To:
Cc:
Pursuant to your request for the story regarding Michael Ned from 4/9/14, please find below the link
to the story.
KPLC retains all rights to the video, and the video may not be used for any advertising or commercial
purposes.
2

If you have any questions please feel free to call me at 337.437.7531.
Thank You,
Mari Wilson
Production Manager & Community Affairs Director
https://youtu.be/H3uJjF0shcs

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The state Department of Environmental
Quality has approved Sasol’s
air and water permits, a move that
will allow the company to begin construction
of an ethane cracker and
gas-to-liquids complex at its Westlake
plant.
DEQ approved Sasol’s permits
— 17 in all — last Friday, one day
after the Calcasieu Parish Police
Jury approved Sasol’s application
to rezone 1,470 acres of residential,
agricultural and light industrial land
in Mossville to heavy industrial. The
panel’s approval will create more
space for Sasol’s projects.
Sam Phillips, DEQ assistant
secretary of environmental services,
said the state’s decision means Sasol
“can absolutely start construction”
in areas where there are no wetlands.
Sasol has a wetlands modification
permit application pending with the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
The company has also applied for
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CPSO raid
targets items
for faking
drug tests
By Johnathan Manning
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Smoke shops in Lake
Charles and Moss Bluff were
raided Thursday for selling
synthetic urine and other drug
paraphernalia, authorities
said.
Calcasieu Parish Sheriff
Tony Mancuso and District
Attorney John DeRosier announced
the raids — on Blaze
Smoke Shop, 3427 Ryan St.,
and Up in Smoke, 869 Sam
Houston Jones Parkway — at a
news conference Friday.
In addition to synthetic
urine, liquids to help flush a
person’s system, as well as
“hideaways,” were being sold,
Mancuso said. Hideaways are
items such as soda cans, cleaning
supply cans or bottles that
have a hidden compartment.
Synthetic urine and detox
liquids were also being sold
at nine convenience stores in
Calcasieu Parish, Mancuso
said. The clerks who sold the
items were issued misdemeanor
summonses for selling
a product for the purpose of
falsifying a drug screen. Mancuso
said he would like the
liquor licenses of those stores
to be reviewed.
Authorities began investigating
in November
after complaints about the
products being sold at Up in
Smoke, Mancuso said. During
undercover investigations,
deputies were told that the
synthetic urine and detox
flushes were being sold in
bulk “in the parking lots of
some of our industries to
pass these drug tests,” Mancuso
said.
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Calcasieu Parish Sheriff Tony
Mancuso said no changes need to
be made to the Calcasieu Correctional
Center’s trusty program,
although two trusties walked off
work sites in the past week. Both
were caught within a day’s time.
“I don’t want the public to
lose confidence,” Mancuso said.
“There’s nothing going wrong;
there’s no procedures not being
followed. This is what happens
sometimes when you have programs
like this.”
Mancuso said the jail has 283
trusties, about 150 of whom are
nonviolent offenders who work
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‘We’ve been working on the permits for the better
part of a year. The end product does not look like
what was originally submitted.’
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a permit with the Corps to build a
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Phillips said many changes were
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outside the jail. Trusties work
at Burton Coliseum, McNeese,
the West-Cal Arena, Sowela, the
Sheriff ’s Office farm and maintenance
garage, and on litter crews
and other special details, as well
as for public works and animal
control, Mancuso said.
It would cost about $5 million
to hire the same-size staff
at minimum wage, although the
economic impact could be as
high as $10 million, he said.
“I’m not trying to justify. I’m
trying to say there’s a purpose of
why we use trusties,” Mancuso
said.
“We’re trying to teach them
that there are privileges if you
work hard. In jail, your privilege
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for air and water permits.
He said it would take “a four-day
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Ken Peplowski and the Astral Project quartet perform Friday during the Blue Dog Concert at
the Governor’s Mansion in Lake Charles. Proceeds from the event, which included an auction
of more than $50,000 in art, will benefit the Foundation for Fairplay and the George Rodrigue
Foundation of the Arts. F3 was established by the Foundation at Lake Charles Memorial
Hospital to provide a more level playing field in the areas of preventable injury needs. The fund
will assist schools in acquiring equipment such as high-quality football helmets, training room
equipment needed for the rehabilitation of sports-related injuries and creating safe physical
fitness surroundings.
Mancuso: Nothing wrong with trusty program
is you get a contact visit. You get
to see your mother, your father,
your children, your wife, your
girlfriend, in person, face to face.
That’s a privilege you get for being
a trusty.”
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on Thursday, he was among
four trusties being watched by a
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supervisor put the other three
inmates in a van and reported
the escape. A perimeter was set
up, but Hilton was not found
until Friday morning, when he
was located in Westlake, Mancuso
said.
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“We’ve been working on the
permits for the better part of a year,”
Phillips said. “The end product does
not look like what was originally
submitted.”
Phillips said that while Sasol’s
new facilities will emit about 10 million
tons of new greenhouse gases
every year into the atmosphere, the
company’s projects “are not the largest
greenhouse gas facilities” that
DEQ has ever permitted.
See SASoL, A3
Bill to kill levee
lawsuit approved,
goes to governor
By Jim Beam
jbeam@americanpress.com
The state Senate has given final legislative approval
to a bill that is designed to kill a lawsuit
filed against 97 oil, gas and pipeline companies.
The measure goes to Gov. Bobby Jindal, who
supports the legislation.
Senate Bill 469, by Sen. Bret Allain, R-Franklin,
was approved 59-39 by the House on Thursday
and went back to the Senate for concurrence
in a House committee amendment. The vote
to concur was 25-11. Sens. Ronnie Johns, R-
Sulphur; Dan “Blade” Morrish, R-Jennings; and
John Smith, R-Leesville, voted with the majority.
The lawsuit was filed by the Southeast Louisiana
Flood Protection Authority-East. The companies
being sued have been accused of causing
the loss of coastal wetlands as a result of their
exploration and drilling activities. Supporters
of the lawsuit said 37 studies have proved that
the companies are responsible for over 36 percent
of the land loss. They said much of that is
attributed to canals companies dug that caused
saltwater intrusion.
Critics call the lawsuit an attack on a valuable
state industry, and they say the levee board
had no authority to file it.
See BiLL, A3
Senate sends
budget to Jindal
By Jim Beam
jbeam@americanpress.com
Senate changes to Gov. Bobby Jindal’s nearly
$25 billion budget for fiscal year 2014-15 were
approved 75-22 by the House on Friday, and the
proposal goes to the governor for his signature.
Rep. Jim Fannin, R-Jonesboro and chairman
of the House Appropriations Committee,
called it the best budget proposal adopted in the
last three years. He said it contains increases
for health care, higher education and aid to the
disabled and pay raises for state workers and
state police.
Voting for the budget were House Speaker
Chuck Kleckley, R-Lake Charles, and Reps. Mike
Danahay, D-Sulphur; A.B. Franklin, D-Lake
Charles; Johnny Guinn, R-Jennings; and Frank
Howard, R-Many. Reps. Brett Geymann, R-Moss
Bluff, and Dorothy Sue Hill, D-Dry Creek, voted
against. Reps. James Armes, D-Leesville, and
Bob Hensgens, R-Abbeville, were recorded as
absent.
Rep. John Bel Edwards, D-Amite, said the proposal
is built on $75 million in expected savings
recommended by a firm hired by the governor
that may not materialize. Two he mentioned
were using 1-inch rather than 2-inch asphalt
on some roadways and the use of midwives to
deliver babies.
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Rep. Joel Robideaux, R-
Lafayette, handled Allain’s bill
in the House. He said S.B. 469
has two purposes — kill the
lawsuit and dedicate any funds
that might be recovered to
coastal restoration.
Allain’s bill would define
which government entities
can bring legal claims about
management of Louisiana’s
sAsoL
Continued from A1
Phillips said concerned residents
will have two opportunities
to appeal DEQ’s decision
to approve Sasol’s permits.
Residents who requested that
DEQ mail them the decision
will have 30 days from the date
on which it is mailed to file
an appeal. Phillips said DEQ’s
mailing will include an explanation
of the appeal process.
He said the department hopes
to get the mailings out early
next week.
In addition, Phillips said
residents have 60 days from
the date of issuance to file a
BUDgeT
Continued from A1
The $40 million WISE fund
for higher education has only
$17 million in recurring dollars,
Edwards said. He said
the additional money doesn’t
come close to making up for
the $700 million in higher
education cuts made over the
last 6 1/2 years by the Jindal
administration.
Edwards said the state is
coastal zones to entities
designated in the Coastal
Zone Management Act. Levee
boards aren’t on the list. That
would offer a legal argument
to have the levee board’s lawsuit
thrown out.
The bill specifies that its
provisions “shall be applicable
to all claims existing or actions
pending.”
Rep. John Bel Edwards,
D-Amite, said the 19th Judicial
District has already ruled the
flood authority had every right
to file the lawsuit. He said it
petition with the Environmental
Protection Agency, which
reviewed all of Sasol’s air and
water permit applications to
DEQ.
Once Sasol begins construction,
DEQ officials will monitor
the project’s stormwater runoff
to ensure it does not get into
the soil, Phillips said. When the
facilities are up and running,
he added, DEQ “will seriously
engage in oversight to make
sure the emissions they have
predicted are accurate.”
“They also have to keep us
informed as to where they are
in the construction process
in terms of the percentage
complete, and they will make
regular reports to us about
expected to have a $990 million
deficit next year when time
comes to fashion a budget for
fiscal year 2015-16.
The Public Affairs Research
Council earlier said that figure
doesn’t include potential new
demands for state money from
such things as privatization of
the charity hospital system. It
noted that $233 million for the
budget is a temporary source
of revenue that is coming from
depletion of the Medicaid
Trust Fund. And PAR said $262
from pAges A1, A2 l sTATe
would have been dismissed already
if the authority weren’t
qualified.
S.B. 469 also has a retroactive
feature, which enables it
to reach back and try to kill
the lawsuit.
Robideaux said the bill is
aimed at protecting a valuable
industry that has contributed
$80 billion to Louisiana in the
form of severance taxes and
royalties.
Those who argued against
the legislation said all of the
arguments used by Robideaux
DEQ ‘will seriously
engage in oversight
to make sure the
emissions they have
predicted are accurate.’
sam phillips
dEQ assistant secretary of
environmental services
that,” Phillips said.
Sasol’s proposed $7 billion
ethane cracker will produce
ethylene, which, in turn, will
be used to make products such
as synthetic fibers, detergents,
paints and fragrances. The
million will come from the
state’s tax amnesty program.
“The Legislature should
lessen the long-term impact
of paying the state’s operating
costs with non-recurring
revenue that will be unavailable
to help balance future
budgets,” PAR said.
Fannin said the budget
approved Friday is $800 million
below the current year’s
spending plan. Kleckley
acknowledged it does contain
one-time money, but said it
need to be resolved in court,
not in the Legislature. Robideaux
said the bill gives the
court additional information
on which to base its rulings.
Rep. Patrick Connick, R-
Marrero, wanted to know how
the Allain legislation served
the public interest. Robideaux
said its goal is to protect
private entities that are important
to the state. The state
drafted the legislation in 2006
that created the flood authority,
Robideaux said, “and we
can modify it.”
facility is expected to produce
about 1.5 million tons of
ethylene a year. Construction
on the facility is expected to
begin next spring.
The company’s GTL complex
is expected to produce
more than 96,000 barrels of
diesel fuels and chemicals
each day. The complex will
also house Sasol’s second linear
alkyl benzene unit, which
will increase the company’s
production of detergent alkylates.
The project will cost $11
billion-$14 billion. Sasol is
expected to break ground on
the complex in 2016.
When completed, Sasol’s expansion
projects will more than
quadruple the size of its plant.
doesn’t exceed the cap allowed.
Jindal has authority to veto
those items in the budget that
he doesn’t like.
The Senate reversed some
reductions made by the House.
It restored cuts made to contracts,
state jobs and economic
development spending. The basis
for restoring some spending
was the Revenue Estimating
Conference projection
that the state will collect $65
million more next year than
anticipated.
Saturday, May 31, 2014 aMErICaN PrESS A3
Senate OKs earlier 2016 primary
The Senate unanimously an elections bill (House Bill
voted to move up Louisiana’s 431) sponsored by Rep. Tim
2016 presidential primary by Burns, R-Mandeville. Amedee
two weeks, sending the idea to said the change would help
the House for consideration the state get more attention
with a few days to go before the from the presidential candidates.
Burns’ bill heads back
legislative session must end.
Sen. Jody Amedee, R-Gonzales,
added the language to
Wire
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“We have a lot of work
fixing to come to Southwest
Louisiana, and we certainly
don’t need people on drugs
that are high doing this work
for us,” Mancuso said. “It
could pose a danger to others
and to our community with
the kind of work we do here.”
While deputies were raiding
the smoke shops Thursday
night, two people came
into the store, having seen
the officers, and requested
items, Mancuso said. One
wanted a pipe and the other
materials to help him pass a
drug test, the he said.
“They know they were
detectives; they had their
badges on and let them in the
door,” Mancuso said.
One person then traveled
from Lake Charles to Moss
Bluff, Mancuso said.
“The danger of these
products is that there’s basically
only one purpose for
them and that is to mask the
fact that you are under the
influence of drugs of some
kind, generally marijuana,”
DeRosier said. “Now is not
the time in Calcasieu Parish
or in Louisiana or in this
country to lower the bar to
accommodate substandard
behavior. That’s what these
products are doing.”
Selling products to falsify
a drug is a misdemeanor.
Louisiana law says it is
illegal to supply a product
“for the purpose of falsifying
a screening test.” It is not
illegal, however, to buy the
product, Mancuso said.
“We worked closely with
the District Attorney’s Office
in this particular case
because they do have certain
smoking devices that are
legal and of course some are
illegal,” Mancuso said. “We
had to make sure that we
were within the law.”
Blaze owner Yossi
Galamidi, 35, 113 W. 15th St.,
as well as Dylon Dugas, 20,
4510 Common St., and Andrew
Singer, 25, 1607 Campfire
Road, were arrested for
selling a product to falsify a
drug screen. Galamidi also
faces a charge of illegal use
of currency. Galamidi’s bond
is $15,000, Dugas’ is $40,000
and Singer’s is $10,000.
Up in Smoke owner Lillian
Mitchell, 40, 3602 Center
St., was arrested for selling
a product to falsify a drug
screen, as was John Garrett,
45, 3602 Center St. Mitchell
also faces a charge of illegal
use of currency. Her bond
was set at $34,000, and Garrett’s
bond was set at $14,000.
Both smoke shops are still
open, Mancuso said.
DeATHs
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Richard Victor Tonn Jr.
Richard Victor Tonn Jr.
(“Dick Tonn”) was born and
grew up in Jennings, La.
He was the youngest child
of Richard Victor Tonn and
Dolores Longman Tonn and a
precious nephew of Herbert
and Edith Tietje. Dick had
one older sister, Nona Herring,
who preceded him in
death.
Dick did well in school,
worked on tugboats during
the summers and enjoyed
boating and water skiing on
the bayou with his friends.
While they lived in two small
towns just 10 miles apart
in Louisiana, Dick met his
sweetheart, Carol Ann Coles,
on a UN high school trip to
New York City in 1962. They
courted through high school
and college, and married on
July 1, 1967. Dick continued
calling Carol “his bride” and
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was known for his generosity,
and being an example of patience,
Dick earned his bachelor’s Cottage.” He continued as an
persistence, kindness,
degree in 1968 from the
University of Southwestern
Louisiana in Lafayette, La.,
and was a proud member of
the Sigma Nu Fraternity. He
taught History for a while
instructor, teaching finance
and insurance sales in the
Service Life F&I school from
1982 until early 1992. Dick
was promoted to the Board
of Directors and served as
love and gratitude for every
day up until his last day, in
which he left peacefully at his
home in the company of his
family on May 27, 2014, at the
age of 68.
(like his mother, who was also President of Service Life He is survived by his wife,
a teacher). While he continued
to love the study and subject
of History throughout his
life, his love of cars led him
into the automobile business,
in which he was involved for
over 27 years.
He began his automotive
career in 1969 with Motors
Insurance Corporation in Lafayette,
La. He was one of the
and Casualty in 1985. In this
position, Dick oversaw the
operations of the company
and its several divisions,
which provided service for
over 1,100 automobile dealerships
in 48 states.
While Dick loved his work
and the people he worked
with, he achieved his goal of
early retirement at the age of
Carol; his daughters and
spouses, Shelly and Robert
Wilcox of Pflugerville, Texas,
and Vicky and Neil Mijares of
Seabrook, Texas; his brotherin-law,
Al Herring of Charlotte,
N.C.; his sister-in-law,
Mary Lee Coles of Welsh, La.;
his nieces and their families
Lynn and Wayne Northrop of
Raymond, Calif., Dee Smith
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and insurance instructors
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years with his bride, traveling Shane Boudreaux of Spring,
in the early 1970s. During to the coast, boating and fish-
Texas; and his grandsons,
his 13 years with General
Motors, he traveled all over
the southwest United States,
calling on dealers from New
Orleans to Phoenix, which
resulted in he and Carol making
their home in Odessa, El
ing, golfing and taking adventures
to the Caribbean with
family and friends. His early
retirement also allowed for
him to truly spend time with
his grandsons, Coleton and
Reece, who came into his life
Coleton and Reece Wilcox.
A visitation for Dick will be
held at four o’clock in the afternoon
on Saturday, May 31,
2014, followed by the funeral
service at five o’clock in Cook-
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BATON ROUGE — Gov. Bobby
Jindal has scheduled a July 17 meeting
with Education Superintendent
John White to try to negotiate a compromise
in their dispute over testing
tied to the Common Core education
standards, the governor’s office announced
Wednesday.
White was directed by the state education
board last week to seek a meeting
with the governor, and Jindal’s
office said the governor had agreed.
By Justin B. Phillips
jphillips@americanpress.com
Seven businesses tied to
recent synthetic urine busts
by the Calcasieu Parish
Sheriff ’s Office were stripped
of their liquor licenses for
30 days during Thursday’s
Lake Charles Alcohol Review
Board meeting.
The businesses are More
Four Less No. 2, at 1310 N.
Martin Luther King Highway;
Food Post at 425 N. Martin
Luther King Highway; Tobacco
Plus at 2027 N. Martin
Luther King Highway; Super
But a sit-down between Jindal and
White wasn’t set until The Associated
Press asked for two days about
the meeting date and time. Jindal
spokesman Mike Reed announced
next week’s meeting plan an hour
after the Department of Education
said no meeting was scheduled.
Jindal suspended a contract that
White intended to use to buy testing
material aligned with Common Core,
as a way to derail use of standards
the governor opposes. The Jindal
7 businesses stripped
of liquor licenses
By Johnathan Manning
jmanning@americanpress.com
The owner of a local smoke
shop is asking for the return
of 12,000 glass smoking pipes
taken during a raid of his
store.
A motion was filed in state
district court on behalf of
Yossi Galamidi, 35, owner
of Blaze Smoke Shop. Blaze
was one of two smoke shops
raided in May as part of an
investigation into synthetic
urine being sold.
Authorities began looking
into smoke shops after
Food Mart at 1539 N. Martin
Luther King Highway; Smokers
Paradise and Spirits No.
1 at 1014 Martin Luther King
Highway; Smokers Express
at 3501 Gerstner Memorial
Drive; and Raceway No. 6946
at 1213 N. Martin Luther King
Highway.
Assistant District Attorney
Brett Gaspard told the board
that the whole process began
with work done by the Sheriff
’s Office.
“Vice with the Calcasieu
Parish Sheriff ’s Office
conducted some undercover
buys at a couple of stores in
Moss Bluff and Lake Charles
receiving complaints about
products being sold at Up in
Smoke, a Moss Bluff store,
said Calcasieu Parish Sheriff
Tony Mancuso. Synthetic
urine was being sold to pass
work drug tests, he said.
Galamidi was arrested for
selling a product to falsify a
drug screen, possession of
drug paraphernalia and illegal
use of currency.
A total of 12,113 glass pipes
were seized, as were brownie
mixes, digital scales, metal
and glass accessories, mouth
cleanser, hair follicle cleanser
and other items, according
administration said White’s department
violated state procurement
laws in moving to the Common Coretied
standardized tests without seeking
competitive bids for the contract.
Despite Jindal’s opposition, lawmakers
and the Board of Elementary
and Secondary Education have voted
to maintain Common Core in public
school classrooms. White and BESE
President Chas Roemer say Jindal
has overstepped his legal authority
and they intend to continue with
of synthetic urine,” he said.
“Basically synthetic urine
is outlawed in Louisiana
statutes. It falls underneath
any devices or anything that’s
used to falsify a drug screen.”
Gaspard said there is a
misconception that selling
the products doesn’t really
have harmful effects on the
community.
“Some of the people have
said, ‘Well, these are just
misdemeanor crimes,’ ”
Gaspard said. “We know for a
fact through statements and
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“The pipes are legal to possess
and sell and should not
have been confiscated as contraband,”
the motion reads.
When the motion will
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will hear it has yet to be
determined, though, because
charges have not yet been
filed.
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from February to May, an
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Common Core.
The disagreement has stalled testing
plans for the upcoming school year.
The governor’s office scheduled
the sit-down between Jindal and
White one day before the superintendent
was asked to report back to
BESE about his efforts to meet with
Jindal. Meanwhile, the education
board is moving ahead with plans to
hire contract lawyers for a possible
lawsuit against the governor if no
agreement can be reached.
Checking out the puppets
LEESVILLE — James Williams, the new
Vernon Parish school superintendent, was
sworn in Thursday, beginning his tenure
with a slew of items to address in preparing
for the upcoming school year.
Williams, chosen by the School Board in
December, replaces Jackie Self, who retired.
“I am very honored to be in this position,”
he said. “I appreciate the opportunity to
work with this board and this school system,
which is one of the best school systems
in the state and probably anywhere else
around.”
Williams did not offer an opinion on
Common Core State Standards during the
meeting, but assured the board that the plan
is to “stay the course” until the state makes
a decision.
The Common Core standards have
been adopted by more than 40 states.
The grade-by-grade English and math
benchmarks are supposed to be fully
phased into Louisiana’s classrooms
and testing by the upcoming year.
Supporters of Common Core
say the standards promote critical
thinking and raise expectations for
students. Jindal says the federal
government is trying to use Common
Core to control local curriculum and
educational systems.
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they’re called, regardless of what they’re
categorized as,” he said. “We’re going to continue
pushing our rigorous standards and
framework with our principals like we have
been doing.”
The board voted to receive bids to refurbish
the Leesville and Pickering high tracks.
The two lowest bids — $189,900 for Leesville
High and $121,500 for Pickering High — were
taken under advisement, as recommended
by Finance Director Tim Ward, to ensure the
bids meet the specifications.
Advertising for several district positions
was also opened during the meeting.
The School Board will seek an administrative
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Students at 19 Calcasieu
Parish schools will get to eat
breakfast and lunch free —
regardless of their income
status — when school starts in
the fall.
Last month, the Calcasieu
Parish School Board approved
district participation
in the Community Eligibility
Provision, a U.S. Department
of Agriculture program that
subsidizes the cost of breakfast
and lunch at schools that
meet certain criteria.
The schools that qualify are
Barbe, Brentwood, J.D. Clifton,
College Oaks, Combre,
Fairview, Henry Heights, J.J.
Johnson, M.J. Kaufman, J.F.
Kennedy, Oak Park, T.H. Watkins,
Pearl Watson and Ralph
Wilson elementary schools;
Jake Drost Special School;
Brenda Hunter Headstart;
Molo and Oak Park middle
schools; and Washington-Marion
Magnet High School.
Patricia Hoseman, district
food service director, said all
students at the 19 schools will
eat at no charge and that parents
don’t have to fill out any
paperwork or applications.
She said schools qualify if
they have at least 40 percent
or higher “identifiable
students,” which means they
receive food stamp benefits
or qualify for the Head Start
program. Students who are
homeless or in foster care also
qualify.
“I had 29 schools that qualified.
However, I selected all the
schools that were 90 percent
and higher and qualify for
100 percent Title I and E-rate
from pAge A1 l STATe
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Debbie Callaway, right, fourth-grade teacher at Pinewood
Elementary, gets some assistance from Pinewood
bookkeeper Kim Fogleman while unloading supplies for
her classroom.
Feds end Jefferson Parish
school bias probe
By The associated Press
Poverty Law Center filed two
2012 complaints alleging that
NEW ORLEANS — Officials
Jefferson failed to provide
say Jefferson Parish public
needed services for students
school administrators have
struggling to learn English.
reached an agreement with
School officials failed to translate
key materials or provide
the federal government to end
an investigation into discrimination
against English-lan-
interpreters, making it difficult
for students and families
guage learners.
to understand school policies,
NOLA.com/The Times-Picayune
reports the three-year
according to the complaints.
The complaints said Jefferson
teachers routinely
agreement, brokered with the
U.S. departments of Education
and Justice, requires that
interrogated students about
citizenship status, creating a
Jefferson make a number of
hostile learning environment.
changes to its programs:
Tensions came to a head when
l Revise enrollment materials
to ensure they don’t
a teacher allegedly called a
Latino student a racial slur
discourage a student from
during physical education
enrolling because of citizenship
or immigration status. The “incredibly compre-
class at West Jefferson High.
Administrators shouldn’t hensive” agreement will
require that a child present a resolve many of the complainants
grievances, said Jennifer
Social Security card in order
to enroll or graduate.
Coco, a Southern Poverty
l Create a bilingual parent Law Center attorney. “It’s
advisory committee to make taken several years, but we are
recommendations on servicing
English language learners. said.
happy for a resolution,” she
Provide updates on potential An Education Department
harassment and bullying. spokesman said Wednesday
l Train faculty, staff and that it is typical for school
students at West Jefferson systems to enter voluntary
High School, where the alleged agreements to resolve these
bullying of these students cases, without going to court.
occurred, on anti-bullying, Jefferson officials have
harassment and diversity. already made some headway
l Implement translation in improving programs, chief
and interpretation policies, academic officer Michelle Blouin-Williams
said. The school
to ensure parents of these
students receive essential information
in a language they translators and interpreters,
system has worked to secure
understand.
and it has created policy for
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all children regardless.
... All these kids
will get two well-balanced,
healthy meals
on school days.’
patricia Hoseman
district food service director
funding,” Hoseman said.
“That was the safe route because
there has not been a lot
of guidance from the Louisiana
Department of Education
on this yet.”
Hoseman said the district
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By The associated Press
BATON ROUGE — Education
leaders tried Thursday
to broker a compromise with
Gov. Bobby Jindal on the
standardized tests used in
Louisiana’s public schools
next year, but they hit
resistance in the continuing
dispute over the Common
Core education standards.
Leaders of the state Board
of Elementary and Secondary
Education proposed
to use a mix of Louisianaspecific
test questions and
material aligned to Common
Core in the school year that
begins next month. They said
the approach would address
contracting concerns raised
by Jindal, while keeping Louisiana
in line with its shift to
the multi-state standards.
“It’s not 100 percent of
what he wants,” said BESE
President Chas Roemer. “It
is a step toward him, and it
requires a step from him. But
it maintains the academic
standards that I would hope
every parent in this state
would expect their children
to have.”
But the idea appeared to
be a non-starter with the
Republican governor, who
opposes Common Core and is
trying to find ways to end its
use in Louisiana’s schools.
Commissioner of Administration
Kristy Nichols
said the education department’s
existing contracts
don’t appear to allow for the
approach proposed by BESE
President Chas Roemer and
board leaders.
“The Louisiana Department
of Education needs to
follow the procurement code.
We are not at all comfortable
for those schools for four
years. The 19 schools were a
safe choice, she said, in case
their “identifiable student”
percentages lowered over the
next few years. “This way the
district is not going to lose
any money,” she said.
Hoseman said parents at
the schools will be able to save
money because of the program.
Normally, the full cost
for a child to eat breakfast
for the year is $86; lunch for
grades K-5 is about $232 and
for grades 6-12 about $254.
According to Hoseman,
other benefits will include
less paperwork for parents
and the schools. In addition,
the district will not have to
account for unpaid charges.
For example, participating
schools had about $93,000 in
charges combined at the end
of last school year.
that this new proposal is consistent
with the law,” Jindal
said in a statement.
The continued impasse
leaves public school students
and teachers in third-grade
through eighth-grade with no
idea what standardized tests
they’ll use in the spring. BESE
is hiring attorneys to start the
groundwork if the board decides
to file a lawsuit against
the governor over the dispute.
The Common Core standards
are grade-by-grade
benchmarks of what students
should learn in English
and math that have been adopted
by more than 40 states.
Supporters say the standards
promote critical thinking
and raise expectations for
students. Jindal says the
federal government is trying
to use Common Core to
control local curriculum and
educational systems.
Jindal suspended a
contract that Education
Superintendent John White
intended to use to buy Common
Core testing material.
He said White’s department
violated state procurement
laws in moving to the Common
Core-tied tests without
seeking competitive bids for
the contract.
White and Roemer say
Jindal has overstepped his
legal authority and is trying
“Our philosophy has been
that we feed all children regardless,”
Hoseman said. “We
do lose money on charging.
So, this is a positive thing for
everyone as long as the school
percentages are pretty high.
All these kids will get two
well-balanced, healthy meals
on school days.”
Hoseman said she expects
some backlash from
families who have one child
at a school that qualifies and
another child at a school that
doesn’t. She said she hopes
more schools can eventually
participate.
“Our kids cannot learn if
they come to school hungry,”
she said. “Now, we can give
every student at these schools
breakfast and lunch, and most
of these schools are on our
after-school snack program.
All of those are free.”
Education leaders propose
new testing strategy
‘It’s not 100 percent of what he wants. It is
a step toward him, and it requires a step
from him.’
Chas roemer
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to undermine use of education
standards supported
by BESE and the Louisiana
Legislature.
The proposal offered
Thursday by Roemer, board
vice president Jim Garvey
and board secretary Holly
Boffy would create a hybrid
testing system for the upcoming
school year.
It would keep Louisiana’s
standardized tests known
as LEAP and iLEAP with
state-developed questions,
while also using English
and math questions aligned
with Common Core that were
developed by the Partnership
for Assessment of Readiness
for College and Careers.
The education department
would seek competitive
bids for testing services for
the 2015-16 school year and
beyond.
Nichols said the department
can’t create a new
LEAP test under its existing
testing contracts. “I don’t see
how there’s a path to use an
existing contract in the 2015
school year,” she said.
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investigations that people that
are working at the plants are
engaging in purchasing synthetic
urine with the purpose
of passing drug screens. We
feel that presents a pretty big
danger to this community and
the parish.”
Most of the owners in
attendance said they didn’t
know the synthetic urine was
being used to cheat drug tests.
Several said that only one or
two such items had been sold
at their location before they
learned the products were
illegal. A few others said they
weren’t formally notified that
the products were illegal,
despite getting the synthetic
urine items from reputable
wholesalers. Others said losing
their liquor license could
jeopardize their business.
Board member Reggie
Landry said the owners knew
the products were illegal and
chose to sell them anyway.
“The store owner, he could
hire a person who missed an
alcohol check and sold liquor
to a 17-year-old. Even though
it’s his business, that could
happen and it could be a mistake,”
Landry said. “This is
more deliberate where you’re
doing this knowing it’s in
violation.”
One store owner tried to
explain to the council that the
only reason the products were
being sold in his store was because
he thought it was a legal
way for people to “clean their
systems.”
“They could be saying, ‘I
want heroin to clean my system,’
but you’re not going to
be selling heroin in your store
because you know it’s illegal,”
Landry told the store owner.
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purchases at Blaze, according
to the motion. The detective
bought synthetic urine; a
smoking pipe, or bong; a prosthetic
urinating device; and a
detox herbal supplement.
“On all accounts, based on
affidavits from (a detective),
smoking devices sold in the
store were not concealed, and
were openly on display in the
store,” the motion reads.
“Some were hanging from
the ceiling of the store on display.
There were signs informing
the customers that the
products were not being sold
for use in criminal activity.”
Mancuso said in May that
the Sheriff ’s Office worked
closely with the District Attorney’s
Office because “they do
have certain smoking devices
that are legal, and of course
some are illegal.”
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Judge: Corporate spy case can go on
by Johnathan manning
jmanning@americanpress.com
A lawsuit that alleges that corporate
spies surveilled and monitored
a local environmental group in the
1990s may proceed, a judge in state
district court said.
Laura Cox, an environmentalist,
claims in the lawsuit that Condea
Vista (now Sasol North America)
hired a private investigative firm to
spy on her activities after an ethylene
dichloride spill in 1994.
Smoke shop
will not get
pipes back
before trial
by Johnathan manning
jmanning@americanpress.com
A state district court judge
on Friday declined to order the
return of some 12,000 smoking
pipes to the owner of Blaze
Smoke Shop.
The issue of whether the
pipes are drug paraphernalia
is to be determined at trial, not
before, Judge Ron Ware said.
Glen Vamvoras, an attorney
for store owner Yossi
Galimidi, asked Ware to order
the return of the items, which
he said were worth about
$300,000.
Authorities raided Blaze
Smoke Shop on Ryan Street,
as well as Up In Smoke, a Moss
Bluff store. A total of 12,113
glass smoking pipes were
seized from Blaze, as were
brownie mixes, hideaways,
synthetic urine and THC testing
kits, according to court
documents.
“Whether these items are
paraphernalia or not, the
state must prove that at trial,”
Ware said. “If I find they’re
not paraphernalia, then does
that deprive the state from
prosecuting the paraphernalia
charge? We’re not going to do
that twice.”
Ware told the defense that
if they believed the items were
seized without probable cause
or through an “overbroad”
search and seizure, or for any
other reason, a separate motion
may be filed. Vamvoras
said he planned to do so by the
end of Friday.
Fellow defense attorney Michael
Antoon argued that because
it was a Fourth Amendment
search-and-seizure issue,
See PiPes, A5
Attorneys for Sasol claimed that
the time limit to pursue the case had
expired and that Cox had not shown
just cause. Judge Sharon Wilson ruled
Tuesday that the case may proceed.
“I just want people to know that
ordinary people have a right to stand
up to giant corporations when their
privacy and their rights are violated,”
attorney Jim Cox said. “The
only way you can get their attention
is through statutes which allow for
punitive damages and treble damages.
It’s not up to us to decide those
Field general
Kirk Meche / Special to the American Press
Rhyder Reynolds plays his own football game Friday night as the Iowa Yellow
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Police arrest 3rd beating death suspect
by doris maricle
dmaricle@americanpress.com
OBERLIN — The last
of three people wanted in
connection with the beating
death of an Elton man has
been arrested, authorities
said.
Shane Deshotel, 30,
of Oakdale was arrested
Wednesday at the Calcasieu
River bridge just west of
Oakdale, said Sheriff Doug
Hebert III.
Tips led authorities to
the bridge, where Deshotel
was camping out, he said.
Two others, Kyle James
Fuselier, 27, of Crowley and
Kaleigh R. Courville, 25, of
Oberlin, are being held in
connection with the July 13
beating death of George
Glenn “Stagger Lee” Raggio,
64.
The three were originally
charged with second-degree
battery and second-degree
robbery. But the charges
were upgraded to seconddegree
murder after Raggio
died of his injuries Aug. 31
in Rapides Regional Medical
Center in Alexandria.
Authorities believe the
three robbed and beat Raggio
at a camp near the Calcasieu
River bridge on La. 26, just
west of Oberlin.
All three are being held
in the Allen Parish jail on $1
million bond.
They face life in prison if
they’re convicted of seconddegree
murder.
amounts. It’s up to a jury.”
Jim Cox, of law firm Cox, Cox,
Filo & Wilson, is Laura Cox’s father
and a former state senator. They are
seeking damages under the Louisiana
Electronic Surveillance Act as
well as damages under the Louisiana
Racketeering Act. Exact amounts
sought will depend on the amount of
money Condea Vista was making at
the time, Jim Cox said.
Sasol does “not typically comment
on ongoing litigation,” spokesman
Mike Hayes said. Sasol took over Condea
Vista’s local plant in March 2001.
Attorney Tom Filo sued Condea
Vista and Conoco on behalf of people
claiming to have been affected by the
spill. His then-wife, Laura Cox, was a
volunteer organizer for Greenpeace
USA, Calcasieu League for Environmental
Action Now and Mothers for
Environmental Action Now, the lawsuit
says. She held CLEAN meetings
and conducted business for the other
environmental groups at the law firm.
The lawsuit alleges Condea Vista
hired Beckett Brown International, a
private security firm, in about 1998.
BBI allegedly wiretapped the firm,
hacked into email, went through
dumpsters and even broke into the
building.
Peter Markey, the former manager
of supply chain operations for
Condea Vista, admitted in a Feb. 1,
2007, deposition that from 1997 to
2000, Condea Vista hired a detective
agency to surveil environmental
groups in the area.
Sempra president
applauds DOE
changes to permits
by Frank diCesare
fdicesare@americanpress.com
The U.S. Department of
Energy’s recent changes to the
award process for exporting licenses
will allow the most feasible
projects to move forward
in the permitting process, said
Octavio Simoes, president of
Sempra LNG.
Simoes said Friday that
Sempra and other LNG
companies, including Cheniere
and Exxon, support the
department’s decision to end
granting conditional approvals
for its free trade agreement
and non-FTA export licenses.
The department will only
award exporting licenses to
companies that have received
full approval from the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission.
By The Associated Press
BATON ROUGE — Premiums
for almost all of
Louisiana Citizens Property
Insurance Corp.’s commercial
customers will increase an average
of 2.3 percent beginning
in February, under a proposed
rate filing.
But the 307 customers
whose properties lie below the
Gulf Intracoastal Waterway
will see rates drop by 17.5
percent.
Citizens Chief Financial
Officer Steve Cottrell says the
average policyholder there
will see annual rates drop to
$4,764, a savings of $1,011.
Cottrell tells The Advocate
the main reason for the rate
See sPY, A5
Simoes, whose company
was awarded final approval for
its non-FTA permit from DOE
on Wednesday, said the department
should only grant export
permits to projects that are
feasible — those with a realistic
business plan, customers
and contracts.
“The feasibility of a project
is not done by the Department
of Energy; it’s done by the
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission process as the
leading agency in the NEPA
process,” Simoes said. “The
problem is that to go through
the FERC process costs a significant
amount of money.”
Simoes said the FERC
process costs companies $100
million to $200 million. He said
companies that lack that kind
See PeRmits, A5
Citizens ups rates for most
commercial customers
change is that the cost of
reinsurance, the insurance
that insurers buy to protect
themselves from excessive
claims, has fallen.
Four parishes account for
almost all of the policies below
the Intracoastal: Lafourche,
Plaquemines, Terrebonne and
Jefferson. Citizens cut commercial
rates in those areas
an average of 23.8 percent for
2014.
Citizens has 4,023 commercial
policies above the Gulf Intracoastal
Waterway. Roughly
half of those properties lie in
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Many Vernon Parish businesses
and some recreational vehicle and
mobile-home parks will soon need
to install costly devices that help
keep contaminants from entering the
water system.
According to Jennifer Kihlken, a
district engineer with the Department
of Health and Hospitals, Vernon Parish
water systems were likely cited
for cross-connection violations when
they were last surveyed by the agency.
All water systems in the state
are surveyed every three years, and
those found in violation are given 90
days to fix the problem or request an
extension, she said.
Water districts will be requiring
businesses that use potentially
hazardous chemicals in their daily
operations to install backflow preventers.
Businesses with fire suppression
sprinkler systems that use
anti-freeze will also be required to
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install one.
Ken Pastorick, a spokesman with
DHH, said the devices help prevent
cross-contamination in the potable
water source. He said the law has
been on the books for some time, but
that many parishes did not enforce it
until recently.
Kihlken said the average cost of a
backflow preventer is about $230 for
a double-check valve, or a reducedpressure
zone device. Businesses can
opt for an air-gap connection, she
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Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., center, joined by Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., left, and Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., right, speaks
during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington in October 2013. Landrieu’s office completed a review of flight
payments she promised last month and repaid nearly $34,000.
Landrieu repays part of questioned travel costs
by the associated press
Democratic Louisiana Sen. Mary
Landrieu said Friday that her campaign
has reimbursed the federal government
$33,727 for flights she took that included
political fundraising events dating back
to February 2002.
“I take full responsibility. They should
have never happened, and I apologize for
this,” Landrieu said in a news release. “A
new system has been established that has
been successfully used by a number of
Senate offices to provide a safeguard from
this happening in the future.”
Landrieu is seeking a fourth term in
November and is considered one of the
most vulnerable Senate incumbents this
year.
Louisiana Republican Party director
Jason Dore filed a complaint Sept. 2 with
the Senate Ethics Committee, accusing
Landrieu of billing taxpayers for campaign
travel.
In February 2002, rules changed about
flights that include both official business
and campaign activities. If political
events make up at least 15 percent of the
time for a senator’s trip, the campaign
must pay a prorated share of the flight
cost. Before then, costs were fully paid either
by the government or the campaign.
Hours before Landrieu released her
statement Friday, the Republican National
Committee’s communications director,
Sean Spicer, issued a memo questioning
specific charter flights Landrieu had taken
from 2000 to 2008. Spicer said the trips
coincided with some donations listed on
Landrieu’s campaign finance reports.
said, for a nominal fee. Those with
larger connections will be required
to install a more costly device, she
said, that runs about $1,500. The
devices must installed by a master
plumber and must be inspected annually
at a cost of about $150.
Leesville Mayor Rick Allen said
a third of all businesses in the city
will be affected by the enforcement.
He said he received a letter requiring
compliance for cross connections
for his businesses about a year ago,
by the associated press
NEW ORLEANS — Texas
asked a federal appeals court
Friday to allow the state to
immediately enforce a law
requiring all abortion clinics
to adhere to costly standards
required for walk-in surgical
clinics, which would close
more than half of the state’s
abortion facilities.
Texas Solicitor General
Jonathan Mitchell asked the
5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
to temporarily reinstate
the requirement, which was
ruled unconstitutional by a
lower court last month. The
New Orleans-based appeals
court has already upheld
another new abortion restriction
that has shuttered several
abortion clinics in Texas.
Enforcement of the surgical-standards
provision would
close 13 of the 20 abortion
clinics currently in operation
statewide, said Stephanie Toti,
an attorney for the Center for
Reproductive Rights. The New
York-based group is representing
four clinics and four
doctors.
That would leave seven
abortion facilities in the
second most-populous state in
the nation. Mitchell said he believed
that would be enough,
because “the vast majority
of the state’s reproductiveage
women will live within
150 miles” of the remaining
clinics.
The three-judge panel
hearing the arguments didn’t
immediately rule Friday.
The provision was ruled
unconstitutional on Aug. 29
by Judge Lee Yeakel, who also
exempted clinics in McAllen
and El Paso from the law’s
but that most businesses will not be
required to install them until the end
of this year.
“I didn’t feel that was right,” he
said. “I wanted them to have time because
a lot of people don’t have $1,000
for a preventer just lying around.”
Water districts are expected to
begin informing businesses and
mobile-home and RV parks within
the next few months. Allen said some
residences may also be required to
install the device.
texas asks court
to allow closure of
most abortion clinics
requirement that doctors
who perform abortions must
have admitting privileges at
a nearby hospital. Mitchell
asked the appeals court to put
all of Yeakel’s order on hold.
The 5th Circuit upheld the
admitting privilege provision
in March, overturning a ruling
Yeakel issued in October.
Yeakel had said the requirement
placed an unconstitutional
burden on women
seeking an abortion.
Judge Jennifer Walker Elrod,
who was among the three
judges who made that March
ruling, noted during oral arguments
Friday that the court let
Texas to enforce the admitting-privilege
requirement
while that case was on appeal.
She repeatedly asked Toti why
the court should do otherwise
with Yeakel’s latest ruling.
Toti said this case was different,
because the two sides
disagreed last year about how
many clinics would close because
doctors couldn’t admit
patients to nearby hospitals.
Now, she said, both sides
agreed that if Texas enforces
the surgical clinic standards,
“more than a dozen abortion
clinics will close overnight.”
Of Texas’ 433 licensed
outpatient surgical clinics, 336
have waivers of state standards
because they were in
business before the standards
went into effect. Yeakel noted
that abortion clinics couldn’t
get such “grandfathered”
waivers. He also ruled that,
taken together, the admittingprivileges
and clinic standards
requirements make it
too difficult for women to get
abortions, making the law
unconstitutional.
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it should be resolved both
before and during trial.
Galimidi, 36, was charged
with one felony count of
conducting a transaction
involving proceeds of drug
crimes and nine misdemeanors
— seven counts of supplying
products to falsify drug
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Tom Filo, Laura Cox and
the law firm did not learn
they were being watched until
an investor in BBI called to
say he had documents they
would be interested in, the
lawsuit says.
“We suspected it, but we
had no knowledge. We had a
break-in one time and Laura
had members of her own organization
that were suspicious
— they looked like plants,”
Jim Cox said. “She began to
notice things were missing,
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of capital often put their hopes
on getting what some have referred
to as a “taxi medallion.”
Companies would get their
exporting licenses from DOE
before FERC approval, just
as some drivers get six-figure
taxi medallions in large cities
before financing their cars.
“That may have prevented
people who already had a car
and had good financing and
a good project to get that taxi
medallion,” he said. “That’s
what the DOE got themselves
out of, and I think it was a
very good idea to do so.”
Simoes said that if the DOE
had made the change in 2012
or 2013, Sempra would have
received its non-FTA permit
screens, distribution of drug
paraphernalia and possession
of drug paraphernalia with
intent to distribute.
The state can’t possibly
use all the pipes as evidence
in Galimidi’s trial, Vamvoras
argued. Prosecutor Brett
Gaspard said the state didn’t
intend to present them all,
but that “the items were all
seized as evidence of these
crimes.”
Furthermore, he said, if
but we had no proof.”
John Dodd, the investor,
called Filo on April 20, 2006,
to tell him that he had been
spied on, the lawsuit reads.
Dodd then began providing
documents to back up his
claim.
A Maryland man named
a lot faster. Sempra received
conditional approval for its
non-FTA permit in February.
Simoes said the DOE changes
will be good for America’s
domestic and international
gas markets.
“It will give certainty as to
the projects that are really going
forward, which ones they
are,” he said. “The producers
will know what they can count
on and what gas they can
produce. So I think it balanced
everything out.”
Sempra plans to expand
its Cameron LNG plant in
Hackberry with three new
Galimidi is found guilty, the
pipes will be considered contraband.
If Galimidi isn’t found
guilty, though, the pipes will
eventually be returned to him,
Vamvoras said.
In the meantime, Galimidi’s
business is affected, he said.
“This is this man’s livelihood,
and they’re treating it like an
item of evidence,” Vamvoras
argued.
Galimidi had a trial date set
‘We have documents showing they paid
those corporate spies. As a consequence, we
feel we have a good case.’
Jim Cox
attorney
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Jay Arthur Bly broke into
the law firm and stole lawsuit
information, as well as tax
information of firm members
and Laura Cox, the lawsuit
says. He took other items,
including telephone bills, from
the firm’s trash.
Named as defendants along
trains capable of producing
up to 12 million metric tons
of LNG per year for export.
The project is expected to cost
about $10 billion.
for Jan. 20, but it was moved
up to Nov. 17.
The pipes are not in and of
themselves drug paraphernalia,
Vamvoras said. Blaze had
signs that said “tobacco use
only” and signs that instructed
shoppers that if they discussed
drug use, they would be
asked to leave, he said.
“Until its use and intended
use is determined on a case-bycase
basis, it’s only an item,”
Vamvoras said.
with Sasol, Markey and Bly
are Timothy Ward, of Beckett
Brown International; Lake
Charles man Wendell Richard
“Dick” Rogers, alleged to have
been an undercover operative;
Mary Lou Sapone, alleged to
have trained Rogers; and Mary
Ann Fisher, vice president and
general counsel for Condea
Vista.
“We have documents showing
they paid these corporate
spies,” Jim Cox said. “As a
consequence, we feel we have
a good case, and my daughter
Laura is not going to back
down. She’s looking forward to
a trial by jury.”
Sempra’s non-FTA license
will allow the company to
export LNG from Hackberry
to Japan, India, Taiwan and
European nations.
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Sentencing for Ceaser Williams,
who was convicted of murder last
month, was postponed Friday in state
district court.
Williams was to be sentenced
Wednesday or Friday, but he asked
for an acquittal and a new trial.
Judge Mike Canaday denied the motions,
but there is a 24-hour waiting
period after a motion for new trial
and sentencing.
Williams was ready to waive the
Public Meetings
Public meetings for Oct.
13-17:
Monday
Southwest Louisiana team
Green: noon, 10th-floor conference
room, city Hall, 326 Pujo
St.
Mayor’s armed Forces commission:
3:30 p.m., council chambers,
city Hall, 326 Pujo St.
Wards 5/6 Gravity drainage district
6: 5 p.m., Historic Municipal
building, 218 e. Fourth St.,
deQuincy.
Lake charles Planning and Zoning
commission: 5:30 p.m.,
council chambers, city Hall,
326 Pujo St.
Ward 4 Water district 9: 5:30
p.m., conference room, 4015
Sherry St., Sulphur.
Sulphur city council: 5:30 p.m.,
city Hall, 802 S. Huntington St.
deQuincy city council: 6 p.m.,
city Hall, 300 North Holly St.
Ward 4 Water district 4: 6 p.m.,
Westlake recreation board
room, 1221 Sampson St.
Ward 1 Fire district 1: 6 p.m.,
central Station, 134 Firehouse
road, Moss bluff.
Ward 8 Gravity drainage district
7: 6:30 p.m., 799 West Miller
ave., Iowa.
Iowa town council: 7 p.m., town
Hall, 115 N. thomson ave.
Ward 8 Fire district 2: 7 p.m.,
Lebleu Settlement Fire Station,
6443 La. 3059, Lebleu Settlement.
cRiMe bRieFs
DERIDDER — The Beauregard
Parish School Board
on Thursday unanimously
approved installation of a new
scoreboard at DeRidder High
School’s baseball field — work
that will be paid for mostly
with donations.
The one bid received for the
scoreboard was $26,898 from
Little Rock, Ark., firm REI
Contracting Inc. on Monday.
The cost covers installation
and materials.
More than $19,000 will
waiting period, but the victim’s family
was not present Friday.
Williams, 26, was found guilty of
second-degree murder, aggravated
battery and aggravated property
damage in the May 31, 2011, shooting
death of 32-year-old Westlake man
Cory Demond Thomas at Sunlight
Manor. A woman was also shot in the
foot.
Williams will be sentenced to
mandatory life in prison for seconddegree
murder.
Among the reasons for the request
for a new trial was that the only two
Tuesday
Ward 3 Gravity drainage district
4: 4 p.m., 1204 Lakeshore
drive.
calcasieu Public trust authority:
5 p.m., thielen conference
room, central Library, 301
West claude St.
Wednesday
Gulf coast Soil conservation
district: 9 a.m., Suite b, 1400
La. 14.
Lake charles city council: 5:30
p.m., council chambers, city
Hall, 326 Pujo St.
West calcasieu community
center authority: 5:30 p.m.,
West-cal arena, Sulphur.
chennault International airport
authority: 5:30 p.m., cIaa
board room, 3650 J. bennett
Johnston.
Jeff davis Parish Sanitary Landfill
commission: 5:30 p.m., Police
Jury annex, Jennings.
Ward 8 Fire district 1: 6 p.m., district
office, 105 South thomson
ave.
Ward 2 Fire district 1: 6 p.m., bell
city-Hayes Fire Station, 8141
Galley road, Hayes.
Niblett’s bluff Park commission:
6 p.m., park pavilion, Vinton.
Thursday
calcasieu Parish Public Library
board of control: 11 a.m.,
central Library, 301 West
claude St.
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come from a fundraising drive
and school funds, said school
system purchasing agent Tina
Simmons. The rest of the cost
will come from ad valorem
funds.
Board members also approved
a series of changes
to requirements for elected
officials, including requiring
them to maintain residency
during their term. If district
lines are changed, the person
would maintain his or her seat
until the next election.
They also approved changes
to the number of terms board
members are allowed to serve
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black male jurors were excused.
When the trial went into a second
week, both asked to be removed from
the jury.
One claimed a financial hardship,
while the other claimed that as the
trial went along, he was realizing he
knew family members in the audience.
“I believe the composition of the
jury changed significantly on the
second Monday,” defense attorney
King Alexander said. He said that if
the two jurors has been allowed to
remain, the result likely would have
Special to the american Press
the course for the gator 100 go-kart race is designed using
the existing pavement around the civic center.
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championship heat. Firstplace
awards will be given for
the 50- and 30-lap heats. The
championship heat will have
awards for the first-, secondand
third-place finishers.
Drivers on Friday participated
in time trials to determine
their positions on the
track for race day. Each race
team has a pit chief and two
pit crew members.
Hager said attendees should
bring lawn chairs and can
view the race from the Civic
Center balcony. He said he
— up to three consecutive
terms. If the current board
members are re-elected, they
would be allowed to serve two
more terms.
The board also approved
an item that would require 24
hours’ notice for scheduled
executive sessions, exempting
weekends and holidays. For a
expects 2,000-2,500 people to
attend. “It’s a buzz, there’s no
doubt,” he said.
After the race, a committee
will give awards for the best
overall theme, best team uniforms,
team spirit, fan favorite,
fastest qualifying time and
the fastest pit time. A golden
muffler award will be given for
the greatest blunder.
Hager said awards will
also be given for best design.
He said one go-kart is painted
with stars and stripes in honor
of veterans. “Each one is creatively
designed and so unique
to each team,” he said.
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Online: www.gator100.com.
Monday executive session the
board would have to have it
posted by Friday.
been a hung jury.
The jury, which was completed
with two alternates, voted 10-2 in favor
of second-degree murder, 11-1 in
favor of aggravated battery and 12-0
for aggravated property damage.
There was “no guarantee” the two
dismissed jurors would have voted
not guilty, prosecutor Carla Sigler
said, noting that both the shooter and
the victim are black.
The prosecution relied on the testimony
of Williams’ cousin, Tracey
Williams, and a woman, Sheena Leday,
to convict Ceaser Williams. Both
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Judge denies Williams’ motions, delays sentencing
The Beauregard Parish
Sheriff ’s Office reported the
following arrests:
William Perkins, 27, deridder
— three counts of drug
possession. bond: $40,000.
Jonathon Thibodeaux, 28,
deridder — dWI, improper
lane use. bond: $11,000.
Damian McLendon, 32, deridder
— criminal conspiracy,
obstruction of justice, two
counts of improper lane use,
possession of crack.
Carl Marzetti, 44, deridder —
criminal conspiracy, obstruction
of justice, improper lane
use, possession of crack.
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The Calcasieu Parish
Sheriff ’s Office reported the
following arrests:
Robin Brachelle Sinegal, 39,
7551 roberts Way — secondoffense
dWI, driving under
suspension. bond: $7,500.
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Diamond Edmond Garrick,
21, 1011 W. 18th St., No. 111 —
second-degree battery. bond:
$5,000.
Tony Dwayne Washington,
35, rayne — four counts of
drug possession with intent to
distribute. bond: $9,500.
Johnnie Matthew Boudreaux,
49, 801 rennalds
ave., ragley — four counts of
drug possession with intent to
distribute. bond: $9,500.
Gregory Anthony Cole Jr., 34,
1101 canvasback St. — three
counts of theft under $500, theft
$1,500 or more. bond: $5,500.
Nicholas D. Brabham, 48, 836
Post Oak road — domestic
abuse battery, strangulation.
bond: $5,000.
Steven Michael Molina, 35,
2817 deaton St. — dWI, driving
under suspension, expired
plates, probation violation.
bond: $12,500.
WHY STAND YE GAZING INTO HEAVEN?
Having gained victory over death, hell and the grave, Jesus proceeded
to witness His aliveness in person to many, by infallible proofs. He spoke
to them of the kingdom of God for many days and then led His disciples
to the mount called Olivet for His departure to heaven in full view of all.
As He left, the disciples continued to look upward until two angels broke
their gaze, “Which said, ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into
heaven…?” The disciples returned to Jerusalem to await the advent of the
promised Holy Spirit.
Jesus had said, “And I will pray the Father and He shall give you
another Comforter that He may abide with you forever…even the Spirit
of truth whom the world cannot receive because it seeith Him not, neither
knoweth Him…He dwelleth with you and shall be in you. I will not leave
you comfortless, I will come to you. At that day ye shall know that I am
in my Father and ye in me and I in you.” (John 14:15-20).
“Why stand ye gazing?” Paul said, “God has sent me to help His church
and to tell His secret plan to you Gentiles…and this is the secret (mystery);
That Christ in your hearts is your only hope of glory.” (Colossians 1:25-
27 LNT). The life or church which the gates of hell shall not prevail
against is one in which the Holy Spirit is given room and great liberty to
do His work. (Galatians 5:11-23; Acts, chapters 1 – 2).
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The owner of Blaze Smoke Shop on
Ryan Street is getting his 12,000 smoking
pipes back, but he can’t sell them in
Louisiana, per a plea deal in state district
court Friday.
Yossi Galimidi, 36, pleaded guilty to one
misdemeanor count of supplying products
to falsify drug screens.
Six counts of supplying products to
falsify drug screens, one count of distribution
of drug paraphernalia and one count
of possession of drug paraphernalia with
intent to distribute were dropped.
Judge Ron Ware deferred Galimidi’s
sentence and gave him a year’s unsupervised
probation. Ware ordered him to pay
a $250 fine and $2,400 to cover the cost of
the investigation.
The 12,000 pipes are reportedly worth
about $300,000. Defense attorney Glen
Vamvoras previously asked for the items
back, citing search-and-seizure violations,
but Ware said Galimidi could not have
them back until it was decided at trial
whether they were drug paraphernalia.
“We were prepared to make issues of
that and we decided after negotiations
with the state that this was a fair way to
work it out and we’re pleased with the way
it came out,” Vamvoras said.
He said the defense will provide transportation
to retrieve the items, which will
be sold in businesses Galimid owns out of
state, he said.
Smoke shops and convenience stores
selling synthetic urine were raided in May.
“Our goal was to eliminate synthetic urine
from the market,” District Attorney John
DeRosier said.
Synthetic urine was found in Galimidi’s
shop and house, although it was
not for sale on the shelves, prosecutor
Brett Gaspard said. The glass smoking
pipes and other items were also seized.
Galimidi sold synthetic urine on Feb. 3 to
an undercover agent who “made it clear”
he wanted the product to falsify a drug
screen, Gaspard said.
“We also incidentally discovered other
things, which is a lot of paraphernalia,”
DeRosier said. “Drug paraphernalia can
be something that is as innocuous as a
container that has a concealed compartment.
People hide money around their
home all the time and hide other things.
Well, the fact that something can be used
to hide marijuana, if that’s what you want
to buy it for, does not necessarily mean
that it is illegal by itself.”
Galimidi will get back all items seized,
except anything that “is illegal on its
face,” such as the synthetic urine and
marijuana test kits, DeRosier said.
JENNINGS — Authorities
in Jeff Davis and Acadia
parishes are asking the
public to help them identify
two women who stole a
credit card from a Crowley
resident.
The two black women
used the stolen credit card
to make $1,200 in unauthorized
purchases from Wal-
Mart in Jennings, officials
said.
Authorities were able to
obtain security video showing
the women exiting the
store.
Anyone with information
can contact the Jeff
Davis Parish Sheriff ’s
Office at 337-821-2106 or
824-3850.
were at the scene of the crime.
Tracey Williams said in a 2011 police
interview that Ceaser Williams
was the shooter. At first, he said the
“streets” told him Ceaser was the
shooter, then he told police he knew
Ceaser was the shooter.
But on the stand during the trial
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night.
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“Once I found out I was illegal I
stopped selling it at the store. A few weeks
later they came, they did a bust, but they
treated me much different than they
treated any other store,” Galimidi said.
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I went through. I’m glad today ... I’m a free
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DeRosier disagreed with the assertion
that Galimidi was treated worse. Galimidi
paid a $2,400 fine, while the convenience
stores paid $4,800 fines.
Galimidi said he will continue selling
“tobacco pipes and tobacco water pipes
and tobacco vaporizers.” The glass smoking
pipes are not sold to be used with marijuana,
he said.
“Of course I dispute that,” he said.
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JENNINGS — The manger of a local novelty
smoke shop and three other people were arrested
Monday on drug related charges following a
raid at the business and several homes.
Matt Brucchaus, manager of Blaze Smoke
Shop at 542 N. Main Street, and Tyler Mitchell,
were arrested for distribution of marijuana.
Brucchaus was also charged with operating a
disorderly business.
Also arrested were Kelsey Chapman, 19, for
possession of synthetic marijuana and possession
of a firearm and Cade Broussard for
distribution of marijuana and possession with
intent to distribute marijuana and drug paraphernalia.
A juvenile was also taken into custody, but no
chargers have been filed at this time.
More arrests are pending further investigation,
according to Police Chief Todd D’Albor.
The investigation is suspected to be connected
to similar raids conducted in Lake Charles in
May.
During Monday’s raids, authorities seized
marijuana and other items used for smoking
marijuana.
Authorities launched an investigation into
the business shortly after the shop opened on
Nov. 1, D’Albor said.
“A short time after it opened, within hours, I
had personally received calls from citizens who
were concerned this business was in the market
of catering to people with addictions,” D’Albor
said. “After visiting this business personally, I
had my own concerns.”
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Plans made to
repair DAV facility
in Lake Charles
By Lance traweek
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The Calcasieu Parish Sheriff ’s Office has
partnered with a local non-profit to initiate repairs
on the local Disabled American Veterans
facility in Lake Charles.
Dave Sensat, DAV past chapter commander,
said the 60-year-old building — located at 5516
U.S. 90 East — has a caved-in roof, slanted walls
and mildewed carpet because of years of leaked
rain. He said the conditions create an unsafe
environment for veterans utilizing the former
church building.
Rebuilding Together Calcasieu and CPSO
will spearhead the project, donating time and
labor to either fix the building or construct a
new facility.
Sensat said the organization is trying to get
enough funds to begin construction.
“We just need to get some funds from different
people in the area,” Sensat said. “Depending
on what we get determines what we can do with
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aboard a B-17 bomber he named
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German fighters on every flight with a
combination of skill, resolve and a lot of
luck.
“When you’re a veteran in combat,
you know what’s going to happen but you
never know if it’s going to be the same,”
Oakley said from his home in Lake
Charles. “I was just young, confident and
ignorant. It was an adventure, but it was
deadly.”
The son of a World War I veteran,
Oakley volunteered for military service
a week after the Japanese attacked Pearl
Harbor in December 1941.
But the harrowing stories of the
trench warfare that marked World War I
compelled him to join the Air Force. If he
was going to face death, he said, he was
going do it at 25,000 feet above sea level,
not in a trench.
“You went up there and faced death,
but you came home to a clean bed, an
officer’s club and then you went out the
next day,” Oakley said. “You didn’t stay
in a trench. They couldn’t catch me in an
airplane.”
Oakley spent his first year of service
in cadet school, a journey that brought
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Leesville resident T.L. “Sonny”
Berry, 82, is a veteran, an advocate
whose relationships brought quality
of life improvements to Fort Polk
and a hometown hero.
His two years in the Army with
the 25th infantry division, 89th tank
battalion were exceptional, earning
him a Bronze Star for his valor during
the Korean War in 1952. Berry
disregarded his own safety and
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Bobby Hill and Lee Perkins of the Marine Corps League of Lake Charles use a sword to slice
the cake Monday during a special cake cutting ceremony in honor of the 239th birthday of
the United State Marines. The ceremony was held in conjunction with the Veterans Day celebration
at the Southwest Louisiana War Veterans Home in Jennings.
LC home to 109-year-old
veteran of World War II
By Lauren Manary
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Frank Levingston does
not regret the time he served
overseas for the United States
Army. He said he is proud
of his service in spite of the
cultural and historical climate
of the day, which barred
him from fighting alongside
any other service members
besides other African-Americans.
The Lake Charles veteran
will turn 109 this Thursday,
making him possibly the oldest
living American to have
served in World War II.
Levingston was born in
1905 in Cotton Valley, La. He
became a young man during
the Roaring ’20s, was devastatingly
poor during the
Great Depression and was
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D’Albor asked members
of the department’s directed
patrol unit and narcotics officers
to “take a look at this
business to make sure it was
operating within the confines
of the law.”
“Within days of this business
opening agents with the
directed patrol unit had verified
the fact the manager of
this business was facilitating
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Patricia Beckcom O’Brien
Patricia Beckcom O’Brien,
68, of Port St. Lucie, Fla.,
formally of DeRidder, passed
from this life on Saturday,
Nov. 8, 2014, at Lake Charles,
La.
She was born on Saturday,
May 18, 1946, to Dr. Floyd and
Inez Morrison Beckcom in
DeRidder, La. Patricia graduated
from DeRidder High
School in 1964 and attended
McNeese State University,
where she met her husband,
and they were married 50
years. Patricia was a remarkable
woman, wife and
mother. She was a woman of
many talents, more so than
many of her closest friends
and family realized. She was
a master chef, specializing
in Louisiana cuisine; she
was a gardener, electrician,
plumber, carpenter, laid tile
and carpet. She loved stitchery
and quilting and made
gifts for family and friends.
Patricia was a former member
of the Junior Women’s
Club of DeRidder, where she
was chosen as woman of the
year. She was instrumental in
raising funds to build a teen
center at West Park in De-
Ridder. She was a counselor
at the Crisis Center Phone
Line in DeRidder, where she
helped many people through
their time of need. Patricia
was appointed by the mayor
to the DeRidder recreation
board as secretary. Anyone
who became her friend became
part of her family. God
has a new angel.
She is survived her husband,
Patrick O’Brien of Port
St. Lucie, Fla.; son, Michael
“Mikey Troy” O’Brien of Port
St. Lucie, Fla.; and a daughter,
Kathleen O’Brien of Lake
Charles, La.
Funeral service will be
held on Thursday, Nov. 13,
2014, 10 a.m. at St. Joseph’s
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La., with Father Jude
Brunnert officiating. Burial
will follow at Beauregard
Cemetery under the direction
of Labby Memorial Funeral
Home of DeRidder, La.
Visitation will be held on
Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2014,
5 p.m. until 9 p.m. at Labby
Memorial Funeral Home in
DeRidder, La.
Words of comfort may be
shared with the family at
www.labbymemorial.com.
Donald W. Shirley Sr.
Donald W. Shirley Sr., 68, of
DeRidder, died Sunday, Nov.
9. Funeral service will be at
11 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 12,
at Grace Church of DeRidder.
Burial will be at Hopewell
Cemetery, Dry Creek, under
the direction of Labby Memorial
Funeral Home of DeRidder.
Annie Simmons
SULPHUR — Annie Lauria
Simmons, 82, passed away
Sunday, Nov. 9, 2014, in a local
hospital.
Annie, a native of Orange,
married her husband Kenneth
in 1950. As an Air Force
family they moved quite often
and in 1969 they settled in
Sulphur. She retired from Calcasieu
Parish School Board
after 15 years of service as a
cafeteria worker. Annie enjoyed
gardening, traveling in
their motor home and loved
cooking for her family. Before
her illness she was very active
member of Calvary Baptist
Church and had a passion
for helping others.
Survivors include her son,
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extent of utilizing items from
their inventory and shelves,”
he said.
Agents were also able to
determine several co-conspirators
off the sales that
were taking place outside
the business and obtained
search warrants Monday for
the Blaze Smoke Shop and
two residences located at 521
Fourth Street and 812 N. State
Street, he said.
Arrests were made at all
locations.
Several thousands of dollars
worth of items including
glass pipes, concealed
pipes, hookahs, gas masks
and tobacco products used
to cater to people with drug
addictions were located on
the store shelves and in a rear
storage room.
Those items were individually
being inventoried as
potential evidence, D’Albor
said.
“Our stance at the Jennings
Police Department
is that we will not tolerate
any type of facilitation of
drugs into this city and to
the people that live and visit
Robert K. Simmons and wife
Susie of Sulphur; daughter,
Katrina McCauley and husband
Keith of Kinder; sister,
Gloria Jacobs of Orange; 12
grandchildren and numerous
great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death
by her husband of 63 years,
Kenneth K. Simmons; son,
Richard K. Simmons; daughter,
Karen K. Shortridge;
granddaughter, Jessica A.
Shortridge; parents, Odelia
and Owen McPayne; brothers,
Owen Patrick McPayne,
Richard Dyson, Willie Dyson;
sisters, Peggy Merritt, Fannie
Williams, Belle Kennedy, Parwarna
Elmore and Margaret
Welch.
Visitation will be 11 a.m.—
7 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 11,
in Hixson-Sulphur Memorial
Funeral Home and resume
11 a.m. until time of service
on Wednesday. Her funeral
service will be held at 2 p.m.
Wednesday, Nov. 12, in the
funeral home. The Rev. W.T.
Darnell will officiate. Burial
will follow in Big Woods Cemetery.
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shared with the family at
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here,” he said.
District Attorney Michael
Cassidy said his office will
aggressively pursue the prosecution
of these cases.
“We have to nip it in the
bud,” Cassidy said. “Any time
you come into a small, rural
community and start selling
this type of drug paraphernalia,
that is clearly used to
enhance people who have
addictions, it needs to be
stopped. We need to treat it as
seriously as it is. Distribution
of drugs cannot be tolerated
and anyone who is helping
Billie Marie West Smith,
85, of Lake Charles, died
Saturday, Nov. 8, 2014, at a
local hospice following a brief
illness.
Mrs. Smith was a native
of Glenmora and a longtime
resident of Lake Charles. Her
career was as a licensed practical
nurse, and she worked in
many area medical facilities
including Charity Hospital
and as a private duty nurse.
She was a Christian and
member of Boulevard Baptist
Church.
Preceding Mrs. Smith in
her death were her husband,
Webster Lee Smith; son, Warren
Paul Stanford; parents,
Bill and Mertie Willis West;
sister, Ruthie Thacker;
brother, Arnold Lee West.
Those left to honor and
cherish her memories are her
daughter, Elva Marie Duhon
and husband David Wayne;
sons, Glenn Wayne Smith and
wife Cynthia, Michael Dale
Smith, Jimmy Ray Smith and
wife Debbie, and Alton Lee
Smith; daughter-in-law, Missi
Stanford; brothers, Larry
Gene West and wife Brenda
and Donald West; sisters, Nelva
Gaye Robbins and Betty
McArthur and husband Clarence;
15 grandchildren; 16
great-grandchildren; and two
great-great-grandchildren; as
well as a host of nieces, nephews
and extended family.
Visitation will be from 4
p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov.
11, 2014, at Johnson Funeral
Home. Funeral service will
be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Nov.
12, 2014, at the funeral home
with the Rev. James Moore officiating.
Burial will follow at
Highland Memorial Gardens.
Billie’s family wishes to
thank the nurses and staff of
St. Patrick Hospital 4 west,
Dr. Ken Nguyen, the nurses
and staff of Harbor Hospice
as well as the many friends
who assisted them during
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those with addicted behaviors
continue that path toward
destruction must be stopped.”
The city revoked the business’
occupational license
based on suspected illegal
sales taking place in the business,
management’s knowledge
of the illegal activity
and disorderly place.
The business was operating
without a proper permit
to sell tobacco products.
Welsh Police Chief Marcus
Crochet and the Alcohol and
Tobacco Control also assisted
the city in the investigation.
their mother’s final days.
The compassion and kind
and gentle care of their dear
mother will never be forgotten.
Words of comfort to the
family may be expressed at
www.johnsonfuneralhome.
net.
Henry Thomas
Worthington
Henry Thomas Worthington,
92, of Grand Lake, died
Saturday, Nov. 8, in a local
care facility. Funeral service
will be at 11 a.m. today, Nov.
11, at the Johnson Funeral
Home Chapel. Burial will be
in Prien Memorial Park.
Hardey
plans meet
and greet
in Westlake
By Frank Dicesare
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Westlake Mayor-Elect Bob
Hardey is wasting no time
in backing his promise for
a more transparent government
at City Hall.
Hardey said he is planning
to hold a meet and
greet with the city’s newlyelected
officials at the
Managan Recreation Center
sometime in mid-December.
Hardey was elected
Westlake’s eighth mayor last
week, defeating fellow council
member Lori Peterson
Manuel
Hardey said Westlake’s
newly-elected Police Chief
Christopher Wilrye will be
hired as assistant police
chief on Dec. 1 to help with
the department’s transition.
Wilrye defeated Rodney
Grantham Jr. last week 54
percent to 46 percent.
Wilrye will succeed Chief
Michael Dickerson, who announced
in August that he
would not seek re-election
after one term in office.
In other news, Westlake
officials announced that the
city’s annual Christmas Parade
will take place on Dec.
13, beginning at 10 a.m.
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NEW ORLEANS — The
deaths of three children, their
mother and grandmother in a
New Orleans house fire Tuesday
stunned a community of
neighbors that included students
and staff at the school
the young victims attended
just steps away from their
front door.
“All good kids. No problems.
I hate for them to go
like that,” said Laurent
“Coco” Paige, a 63-year-old
neighbor who witnessed the
fire and was visibly shaken
by the deaths. He shook his
head as he sat on his porch
swing, waving to neighbors
and school workers Tuesday
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morning.
The victims were Martha
Anderson, 77, and her grandchildren,
Jade Anderson, 12;
Jason Anderson, 11; and Jala
Anderson, 7. The mother was
identified as 33-year-old Christina
Squire.
The fire happened across
the corner from Andrew H.
Wilson Charter School in the
Broadmoor neighborhood.
The badly charred house added
to the blight that still pocks
some blocks of the recovering
area more than nine years
after Hurricane Katrina.
An abandoned house with a
collapsing roof sits nearby
and boarded up windows are
visible at a house down the
street.
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Five dead in New Orleans house fire
Fire Chief Timothy McConnell
said the fire was reported
around 12:15 a.m. Tuesday and
that the house was engulfed
in flames when firefighters
reached the house.
He said the children’s
father, Derrick Anderson, escaped
the blaze and tried to reenter
the house to rescue the
family, but the flames blocked
his way. He was not injured.
He walked around the outside
of the house throughout the
morning, stunned, saying
little as neighbors sought to
comfort him.
Firefighters said Anderson
identified himself as the
mother’s boyfriend and said
the house did not have smoke
detectors.
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Michaels said last week that
the company hopes to submit
its application to FERC by
next November. After the Monkey
Island project receives
FERC approval, Michaels
said, Siffert will lead it in its
engineering and construction
phases.
Siffert will be based in
SCT&E LNG’s headquarters in
Houston. SCT&E’s main office
is in Temecula, Calif., about 70
miles southeast of Los Angles.
Siffert comes to SCT&E
LNG with more than 15 years
of experience in the LNG
business, most recently as vice
president and project director
for gas monetization at Foster
Wheeler, an engineering firm
with offices in more than 30
countries.
During his time at Foster
Wheeler, Siffert led the due
diligence work for Blackstone’s
equity investment in
Cheniere’s Sabine Pass liquefaction
facility and Global
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the areas could keep from being
in non-attainment concerning
the EPA’s air quality
standards.
One of the early steps
taken by the city came in July
when the council approved an
ordinance to allow the city to
buy alternative fuel mowers
for use by the Recreation and
Parks Department.
Geyen talked about a number
of cities in the state that
have been successfully making
the transition to alternative
fuel, including Lafayette,
Alexandria, Shreveport and
Baton Rouge. In particular, he
said, he was curious as to how
Lafayette went through the
process.
“I know they didn’t do it all
at one time. I’d like to know
somehow the steps that they
took in order to get where they
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and maintained by the state
Department of Wildlife and
Fisheries.
Kevin Savoie, sea grant
agent for the Southwest region,
said the facility is a good
idea that will help sustain the
aquatic resources in the area.
“We have 80 to 90 licensed
charter guides that operate in
Calcasieu Lake,” he said. “All
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A Welsh man whose odd
behavior led to a lockdown
at Hathaway High School on
Monday was charged with
cruelty to a juvenile, authorities
said.
Cody Downen, 27, was arrested
after Jeff Davis Parish
sheriff ’s deputies responded
to a call about an irate man in
Infrastructure Partner’s $850
million equity investment in
Freeport LNG, Michaels said.
As Foster Wheeler’s project
sponsor for Sempra’s Cameron
LNG export facility, Siffert
was the senior participant
for the FERC and front-end
engineering and design stages,
Michaels said.
SCT&E began its search for
someone to lead its Monkey
Island project in August, a job
Michaels estimated will pay
$250,000-$350,000 a year, plus
stock options.
SCT&E plans to build an
LNG plant on a 230-acre parcel
on Monkey Island in Cameron,
a site less than three miles
from the Gulf of Mexico. The
plant, estimated to cost $9 billion,
will consist of six trains
capable of producing up to 12
million metric tons a year for
export, officials have said.
SCT&E executives have
applied to the Department of
Energy for permits to export
LNG to free trade agreement
countries and with those that
do not have an FTA with the
United States.
are,” Geyen said.
Mayor Randy Roach said
the Calcasieu Parish School
Board passed a resolution that
would assist the city in switching
to alternative fuels.
Councilwoman Luvertha
August introduced a resolution
focused on Martin Luther
King Jr. Day on Jan. 19. The
resolution requested that the
city host a family day in the
Lake Charles Civic Center
exhibition hall.
“The event would include
games and activities, especially
for children, but would
be a free event for all who
wish to attend,” August said.
“This would not interfere
with the regular activities
that commonly go on. This is
something the city would do
on behalf of that particular
holiday.”
The council’s next regular
meeting will feature items on
the 2014 COPS hiring grant
and city employee salaries.
those guides make their living
chartering people to go fishing.
It’s a big part of our economy,
and it’s big that we are getting
a part of it.”
The other center would be
in Plaquemines Parish. The
report says the facility would
focus mostly on “marine
baitfish research,” including
species like the Gulf killifish
and the Atlantic croaker.
A similar fish hatchery, Sea
Center Texas, has been in Lake
Jackson, Texas, since 1996.
Welsh man charged
with cruelty to juvenile
David
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Deputies said Downen was
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around the vehicle screaming.
Witness said he also physically
abused a 3-year-old inside
the vehicle, authorities said.
Downen was booked into
the parish jail with bond
pending.
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School Board members and
substitutes will not get the
stipends.
“The board has done a very
good job on finding a way to
continue with our annual
The Calcasieu Parish
Sheriff ’s Office has announced
the following arrests:
Shawn Ray Ducre, 34, 2421
11th st. — operating a vehicle
while intoxicated, third offense;
operating a vehicle
while under suspension for
certain prior offenses; possession
of alcoholic beverages
in motor vehicles; amplified
devices in public places, quiet
zones. bond: $16,500.
James Nathan Guillory, 22,
915 5th ave.: home invasion;
simple criminal damage to
property $500 to $50,000.
bond: $5,000.
Darrel Paul Stubin, 25, 6985
rue renard rouge, Iowa, La.:
resisting an officer by flight;
battery of a police officer;
possession of marijuana, first
offense; contraband defined,
certain activities regarding
contraband in penal institutions
prohibited; resisting an
officer with force or violence;
illegal possession of stole
firearms; possession of firearm
or carrying concealed weapon
by a person convicted of certain
crimes; illegal carrying of
weapons, first offense; illegal
carrying of weapons during
commission of a crime in presence
of Cds. bond: $21,950.
Brittany Dawn Bertrand, 27,
9205 Castex Landing, Jennings:
resisting an officer;
A standoff at the Days Inn
on Lakeshore Drive on Tuesday
ended peacefully, with at
least one person taken away
by authorities, officials said.
Lake Charles police found
in the motel’s parking lot a
vehicle matching the description
of one reported
stolen at about noon, said
Deputy Chief Mark Kraus
Crime BrieFs
supplement, and hopefully
our employees are grateful,”
Superintendent Michael
Doucet said.
The stipends will be paid
in the form of a 13th check
distributed by Dec. 10.
“Every year at this time
we work very hard and long
hours to get all of the payrolls
out to our employees,” Doucet
said. “I am confident that our
staff will do an exceptional
simple burglary. bond: $8,000.
Randy Paul Ceasar, 47, 107
Franklin st.: domestic abuse
battery.
Nelson Jerome Toney, 18, 718
Tallow road. no. 13: domestic
abuse battery.
Dshawn Darnell Perry, 25,
3521 W. roosevelt st.: 11
counts of simple burglary; six
counts theft under $500; theft
of a firearm. bond: $164,000.
Michial Wayne Fontenot,
23, 210 roaddam, sulphur:
second-degree battery. bond:
$6,000.
The Sulphur Police Department
has announced the
following arrests:
Michael Keith Winder, 44, yokum
street, deQuincy: simple
criminal damage to property.
Yolanda Rachelle Breaux, 35,
sulphur: outstanding bench
warrants and five counts of
contempt of court.
Brett James Starnes, 33, sulphur:
unauthorized moveable
and theft.
Amanda Wright, 23, sulphur:
theft of goods.
Devin Dwight Chesson, 20,
singer: outstanding warrant,
contempt of court and unauthorized
entry of a dwelling.
Colton Douglas Bell, 20, de-
Quincy: disturbing the peace
by public intoxication.
days Inn standoff
ends peacefully; one
person taken away
said.
A man refused to leave his
room, and the nearby rooms
were evacuated as a precaution,
Kraus said.
After less than an hour,
the suspect came out of the
room and communicated
with authorities, he said.
Kraus said no charges have
been filed yet.
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job with this difficult task.
However, to a few it is never
fast enough.
“We must wait until the
closing date as stated in
the resolution then begin
researching all employees’
work history to make sure
they qualify. Hopefully board
members and principals will
continue to explain this procedure
and why it has to be done
this way.”
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JENNINGS — Police have
arrested a fifth person in
connection with the raid of a
local smoke shop Monday.
The raid of Blaze Smoke
Shop, at 542 North Main St.,
and several residences in the
city followed a brief investigation
of drug activity at the
shop, said Police Chief Todd
D’Albor.
Residents had voiced
concerns about crime as a
result of the business since it
opened Nov. 1, he said.
Monday’s raid initially
led to the arrest of Matthew
Bruchhaus, 32, and Tyler
Mitchell, 19, on marijuana
distribution charges. Bruchhaus,
who was identified
by police as the manager of
the shop, was also charged
with operating a disorderly
business.
The school district traditionally
provides annual
stipends at the end of the year
with funds from the gambling
compact and revenue from a
1 percent sales tax dedicated
to salaries and benefits. The
sales tax was approved by voters
in July 2003.
The stipends must be
funded before money can be
appropriated, Doucet said.
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Kelsey Chapman, 19, was
charged with possession of
synthetic marijuana and
possession of a firearm. Cade
Broussard was charged with
marijuana distribution, marijuana
possession with intent
to distribute, and possession
of drug paraphernalia.
A fifth person, Samuel
Domingue, 21, was charged
with marijuana distribution.
Police said they seized
over an ounce of marijuana
and drug pipes from the shop
and from the residences of
those arrested.
The business was also
found to be operating without
a state tobacco permit,
authorities said.
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In order to help to determine my status to assess fees, you should know that I am an individual seeking
information, and this request is made as part of news gathering and not for commercial use.
I request a waiver of all fees for this request. Disclosure of the requested information to me is in the public
interest because it is likely to contribute significantly to public understanding of the operations or activities
of the government and is not primarily in my commercial interest.
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4. From August 15, 2015 to present please provide any and all emails, documents, letters, text
messages, reports, notes, and any and all other documents that was communicated or provided to
Calcasieu Parish District Attorney's Office, Lake Charles Fire Department "LCFD" or LCFD Fire
Prevention Chief Wayne Rigmaiden.
In order to help to determine my status to assess fees, you should know that I am an individual seeking
information, and this request is made as part of news gathering and not for commercial use.
I request a waiver of all fees for this request. Disclosure of the requested information to me is in the public
interest because it is likely to contribute significantly to public understanding of the operations or activities
of the government and is not primarily in my commercial interest.
Thank you for your consideration of this r.equest.

CYNTHIA KILLINGSWORTH
FIRST ASSISTANT
DISTRICT ATIORNEY
JOHN F. DEROSIER
District Attorney
FOURTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
CALCASIEU PARISH
December 8, 2015
P.O. BOX 3206
LAKE CHARLES, LA 70602
PHONE (337) 437-3400
FAX (337) 437-3325
Re:
Public Records Request
Lake Charles Fire Department 111eeti11gs
I am the Public Records Custodian for the Calcasieu Parish District Attorney's
Office. In response to one of your six public records requests filed on November 30,
2015, and received by my office on December 7, 2015, please note that the information
you requested is not public record. Furthermore, as a policy matter the District Attorney's
Orfice does not and cannot advise the public of any and all potential criminal litigation,
since it would defeat the protections that the law affords this arena under multiple Jaws.
Not only is such disclosure prohibited by the Public Records Law and not required under
any statute, but it could further pose a security threat for information to be given to the
public about such matters.
I hereby certify that this Jetter satisfies the legal obligation of the Calcasieu Parish
District Attorney's Office under the Public Records Law, LSA-R.S. 44: 1 ct seq. If you
need anything further in this case, or in the future, please do not hesitate to contact me for
assistance.
Sincerely,
CSS/kra
Carla S. Sigler
Assistant District Attorney
Public Records Custodian

RANDY ROACH
MAYOR
CITY OF LAKE CHARLES
326 l'ujo St. • l'.O. lfox 900
L:1kc Ch,1rle,,, LA 70602-0900
(337)-491-1523 • FAX (337)-191-1-188
LEGAL DEPARTMENT
Billy E. Loftin, Jr.
City Allorney
Writer's Direct Address:
Billy E. Loftin, Jr./Brian M. Bradford
Loftin, Cain, & LeBlanc, LLC.
113 Dr Michael DeBakey Drive
Lake Charles, Louisiana 70601
Phone: 337-310-4300
Fax: 337-310-4400
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December 11, 2015
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RE:
Public Records Request
Blaze Smoke Shop
The City of Lake Charles is in receipt of your Public Records Request regarding
the Lake Charles Fire Prevention Bureau Inspection Report following an inspection at
Blaze Sitloke · Shop that occurred on or about September 2, 2015. Pursuant to my
communications with LCFP Fire Prevention Chief W ayne Rigmaiden, please find below
the following responses to your inquiries contained therein:
1. Although we have an obligation to provide you with public records upon
request, we have no obligation to respond to your inquiries in the form presented.
However, in answer to your inquiries, no meetings occurred between the
Calcasieu Parish District Attorney's Office and Lake Charles Fire Department
from August 25, 2015 through the present date regarding the above-referenced
matter, and, accordingly, there exist no such documents pursuant to same.
2. Although we have an obligation to provide you with public records upon
request, we have no obligation to respond to your inquiries in the form presented.
However. the answer to your inquiries is no.
3. Although we have an obligation to provide you with public records upon
request. we have no obligation to respond to your inquiries in the form presented.
However, the answer to your inquiries is no.
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CYNTHIA KILLINGSWORTH
FIRST ASSISTANT
DISTRICT ATIORNEY
JOHN F. DEROSIER
District Attorney
FOURTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
CALCASIEU PARISH
December 8, 2015
P.O. BOX 3206
LAKE CHARLES, LA 70602
PHONE (337) 437-3400
FAX (337) 437-3325
Re:
Public Records Request
Malicious Prosecution
I am the Public Records Custodian for the Calcasieu Parish District Attorney's
Office. In response to one of your six public records requests filed on November 30,
2015, and received by this office on December 7, 2015, please note once again that
Public Records Law does not require us to answer interrogatories or to give legal advice.
LSA-R.S. 44: I et seq. It would be grossly im fi roper for us to provide legal advice to you
since we prosecuted you for a crime under 14 11 Judicial District Court Docket No. 17170-
14, for which you were convicted of conspiracy to possess CDS lI. I suggest you consult
an attorney to answer your legal questions.
I hereby certify that this letter satisfies the legal obligation or the Calcasieu Parish
District Attorney's Office under the Public Records Law, LSA-R.S. 44: I et seq. If you
need anything further in this case, or in the future, please do not hesitate to contact me for
assistance.
Sincerely,
CSS/kra
Carla S. Sigler
Assistant District Attorney
Public Records Custodian

RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST
November 30, 2015
TO:
Carla S. Sigler
Assistant District Attorney
Public Records Custodian
901 Lakeshore Dr, Lake Charles, LA 70601
337-437-3290 (office)
337-437-3325 (fax)
csigler@cpdao.org
Holly Carter
Community Relations Release Person
Calcasieu Parish District Attorney’s Office
901 Lakeshore Dr, Lake Charles, LA 70601
337-437-3290 (office)
337-437-3325 (fax)
hcarter@cpdao.org
John Derosier
District Attorney
Calcasieu Parish District Attorney’s Office
901 Lakeshore Dr, Lake Charles, LA 70601
337-437-3290 (office)
337-437-3325 (fax)
jderosier@cpdao.org
Dear Public Records Request Officers,
This is a request under the Louisiana Public Records Act. Section 44:32(D) of the Louisiana Public Records Act
requires a response within three business days.
I request that a copy of the following documents [or documents containing the following information] be
provided:
1. Please State the Federal and Louisiana laws that provide prosecutors or law enforcement
employees some protection from liability of malicious prosecution.
2. Prosecutors who bring cases without adequate justification and their conspirators or accomplices
carrying out vendettas such as fire inspectors, media outlets, or other agencies acting outside
jurisdictions may be sued for doing so, and are not protected by “prosecutorial immunity” if the
prosecutors' actions were egregious. Please state any claims from any persons that made claims of
Malicious Prosecutions involving the Calcasieu Parish District Attorney’s Office since 2005 to
present.
3. Malicious prosecution refers to a criminal or civil case that is filed without an adequate basis and
for an improper purpose, such as harassing a defendant, ruining another person’s reputation, or to
knowingly place blame on someone other than the actual wrongdoer. Please state any settlement
agreements or financial damages paid by the Calcasieu Parish District Attorney’s Office for
malicious prosecution from 2005 to present.
4. Have there been any claims against the Calcasieu Parish District Attorney’s Office that any
employee or prosecutor abused the legal process and abused his authority as a prosecutor?
Possible claims could be for damages such as being jailed, cost of defending charges, lost business
due to missed work, damage’s to reputations in the community?
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5. Have any person made complaints or brought suit claiming that any prosecutor acted outside
jurisdiction or authority in the process of pursuing a case to bring civil fines or criminal charges?
6. Have there been any complaints of any CPDA employee or prosecutor acting outside their authority
by manufacturing witnesses, statements or documents?
7. Have there been any complaints of any CPDA employee or prosecutor paying a witness to testify to
certain things?
8. Have any CPDA employees or prosecutors been alleged of wrongdoing of giving legal aid and
assistance by “selling” justice in exchange for compensation with either money or other favors?
In order to help to determine my status to assess fees, you should know that I am an individual seeking
information, and this request is made as part of news gathering and not for commercial use.
I request a waiver of all fees for this request. Disclosure of the requested information to me is in the public
interest because it is likely to contribute significantly to public understanding of the operations or activities
of the government and is not primarily in my commercial interest.
Thank you for your consideration of this request.
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Embattled Angola warden Burl Cain target of new
criminal investigation
Embattled Angola
Warden Burl Cain is
the target of a criminal
investigation by the
Inspector General’s
Office and the State
Police with the
cooperation of the
Department of Public
Safety and Corrections,
officials said Friday.
The announcement
comes two days after
the Inspector General’s
Office confirmed a new
probe was starting, but
the news conference
held Friday at DPSC
headquarters made
clear multiple agencies
are working together
on the investigation.
Corrections Secretary James LeBlanc said he could not elaborate
Advocate staff photo by BILL FEIG -- Joint press conference with, from left, Louisiana State Police Superintendent Col. Mike Edmonson, Chief
on the substance of the review. A representative from the
Investigator with the IG's office Greg Phares, Department of Public Safety and Corrections Secretary Jimmy LeBlanc and Inspector General Stephen
Street to announce an investigation into Louisiana State Penitentiary Louisiana Warden Burl Legislative Cain. Auditor’s Office, which already announced a
probe into Cain’s private real estate dealings following articles in
The Advocate, would have been part of Friday’s news conference if
there had been more time to prepare for it, LeBlanc said.
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Dec. 18, 2015; Cain, who made a surprising announcement last week that he was
0:11 p.m. stepping down in the wake of allegations against him, did not
attend.
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11 Comments“As you’re aware, there have been several allegations about
Warden Cain over the last several weeks. In the last week, there
have been announcements about reviews by multiple agencies,”
LeBlanc said in his brief remarks, highlighting that the security of the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola is his
highest priority.
Last month, The Advocate reported Cain, who served as head of the MORE ON THIS TOPIC
storied penitentiary for two decades, did real estate deals with family
and friends of two inmates who, during their sentences at Angola, were
Legal loophole allowed
offered favorable treatment not available to most offenders. The
Angola warden Burl Cain to
transactions appeared to go against corrections rules prohibiting
receive nearly $800,000 in
“nonprofessional relationships” between employees and inmates’
retirement benefits
friends and relatives. Based on the articles, the corrections department
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announced it would do an internal review that would be complete by
to Angola warden's undoing
Christmas. LeBlanc said Friday the results would be handed to the
Legislative Auditor’s Office — which is conducting its own review — before they’re publicized.
But Greg Phares, chief investigator at the Inspector General’s Office, reiterated that the new criminal probe concerns a
different matter involving Cain than the real estate transactions reported by The Advocate.
State Police Superintendent Col. Mike Edmonson, who was recently reappointed by incoming Gov. John Bel Edwards,
said his investigators are pulling records at Angola, including timesheets of corrections employees, in connection with
the new probe.
“Keep in mind that we deal with facts,” Edmonson said. “To maintain the stability of that prison is paramount. … It’s so
easy to be caught up in the moment of rumors and things that are being said, but until we can base them on facts, please
give us the opportunity to work with those.”
The Edwards team has not made an announcement yet about whether LeBlanc will stay on as corrections secretary or
whether a new person will be appointed. LeBlanc and Cain, who have worked together for some 30 years, are close
professional and personal allies, and LeBlanc recused himself from the corrections department’s internal investigation
into Cain.
Inspector General Stephen Street said Friday that in his investigations over the years, “Secretary LeBlanc and his staff
have always been most helpful, most cooperative. We believe a joint investigation in this matter, along with Col.
Edmonson at State Police, will actually help us get to the bottom of this situation more quickly.”
No deadline for the criminal probe was announced.
Efforts to reach Cain on Friday were unsuccessful.
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Former St. Tammany DA Walter Reed indicted on
multiple counts of wire, mail fraud, money laundering,
filing false statements to IRS
Walter Reed, for 30
years the tough-oncrime
district attorney
of St. Tammany and
Washington parishes,
was indicted by a
federal grand jury
Thursday on 18 counts,
one for conspiracy
with his son, Steven
Reed, and multiple
counts of wire fraud,
mail fraud, money
laundering and filing
false statements on
income taxes.
Steven Reed also is
named on one of the
wire fraud counts.
Walter Reed
If found guilty on all
counts, Walter Reed
faces a maximum of 277 years in prison, and his son faces a
maximum of 65 years, U.S. Attorney Ken Polite said in a news
conference immediately following the indictment. However, both
would almost certainly receive far more lenient sentences than

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The federal case hinges largely on a theory that Reed sought to
feather his nest by helping himself to taxpayer money that wasn’t
his and by converting campaign cash to personal use.
For a federal white-collar indictment, the case is unusually focused on
the alleged misuse of campaign money, some of which prosecutors say
was diverted to Reed’s son. They also charge that Reed committed
fraud in his work for St. Tammany Parish Hospital, accusing the DA of
taking money for himself — to the tune of roughly $30,000 a year for
20 years — that should have gone to the office.
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But the bulk of the 30-page indictment is devoted to laying out an
alleged conspiracy by father and son to funnel campaign money to the
younger Reed by having Reed’s campaign overpay for work purported
to be for the DA’s re-election efforts. Those alleged overpayments
included an anti-drug video and Steven Reed’s supposed services at
large fundraisers that the elder Reed held at the Castine Center in
Mandeville. The indictment also says the younger Reed received
money from his father’s campaign in connection with a housewarming
party that the government says had nothing to do with the campaign.
The father and son gave conflicting accounts to the news media of
what services the younger Reed actually provided at the Castine
Center fundraiser, which took place in 2012. Walter Reed said his son
provided alcohol, while Steven Reed said he provided bar setups but no
booze. Steven Reed was paid $29,400 for the event, for services the
indictment says “were not commensurate” with that amount.
The indictment also details a scheme in which the Reed campaign
allegedly purposely overpaid two companies that provided services for
a 2012 fundraiser by $5,000 apiece and then directed the firms to
return that money to companies controlled by his son.
While the indictment doesn’t name the two firms — they are listed
“Company A” and “Company B” — it’s clear from the facts in the
indictment that the first is White Oak Productions, of New Orleans,
and the second is the Lake House, a restaurant in Mandeville. Reed’s
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reports show that the Lake House was paid $35,000 for catering and that White Oak was paid $32,700 for “production
expenses.”
The two firms were then told to write checks to companies controlled by Steven Reed, the indictment says. Those two
transactions are cited in the two counts of money laundering.
Ed White, listed on state records as the president of White Oak, did not immediately return phone and email messages
left Thursday by The New Orleans Advocate. Nor did Cayman Sinclair, proprietor of the Lake House.
Steven Reed allegedly used the money he received from the companies to repay the bulk of a $60,000 loan that he and
his father owed to Gulf Coast Bank & Trust Co., the indictment says. The loan was for Steven Reed’s bar, Tugendhaft’s
Tavern.

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While it’s unusual for federal authorities to file criminal charges for misuse of campaign funds — in part because the rules
on what constitutes an acceptable expenditure are murky — experts have said that the fact that Walter Reed was
allegedly using the money to satisfy a personal loan gives the case a clearer nexus.
The indictment also notes that in 2014, Steven Reed amended his tax return for 2012 to include as income, for the first
time, the $29,400 he was paid by his father’s campaign account. That followed widespread media coverage of the
payment, the court document said.
The indictment’s six counts of wire fraud detail other instances in which Walter Reed allegedly used campaign money for
personal expenses. One of those counts includes Steven Reed and deals with the check for $29,400 that was drawn from
Reed’s campaign fund and was deposited into one of Steven Reed’s companies, Liquid Bread LLC, in connection with the
2012 fundraiser.
The wire fraud counts include two dinners that Walter Reed hosted for Pentecostal pastors to recruit them for the
purpose of getting them to refer private civil legal work to him, a Thanksgiving dinner he hosted for 10 people and a
birthday party he threw for a 17-year-old boy.
That was the only mention in the indictment of Reed’s pursuing of private civil work, a practice exposed by The New
Orleans Advocate that some legal experts have deplored as a conflict of interest. But it figured in the indictment as an
alleged misuse of campaign money rather than an abuse of Reed’s office.
Reed also was charged with four counts of making false statements on tax returns covering 2009 through 2012. Reed
listed income for those years that the government said is less than what he earned. The income he listed ranged from a
low of $270,149 in 2010 to a high of $714,060 in 2012.
In a news conference announcing the long-expected charges, Polite was flanked by representatives from the FBI and the
IRS.
Jerome McDuffie, acting special agent in charge at the IRS’ New Orleans office, said Reed’s indictment is a reminder that
“no one is above the law.”
In an unusual gambit, Richard Simmons, attorney for Reed, also held a news conference after the indictment was
announced. He said the government’s case is about campaign money, which he stressed is different from taxpayer
money.
“It’s important to remember that campaign funds are not public funds,” he said.
He called the government’s accusations “basically a tax case with allegations of mail fraud/wire fraud and money
laundering based on the tax issues.”
He also sought to blunt the government’s charge that Reed committed fraud in helping himself to the money from St.
Tammany Parish Hospital, listed in the five mail fraud counts, that prosecutors say should have gone to the DA’s Office.
The indictment says an assistant district attorney identified as “L.C.” began advising the public hospital’s board on legal
issues in 1990. That was Lane Carson, who then worked in the DA’s Office. In 1992, the board formalized the relationship,
passing a resolution calling for the DA to provide legal representation in exchange for a retainer that increased over
several years until it stood at $30,000 a year.
The indictment says Reed schemed to steal from taxpayers by depositing those checks into his personal account, noting
that he “on dozens of occasions” sent an assistant district attorney to sit in on the meetings in his stead. The indictment
also accuses Reed of transmitting an unsigned hospital board resolution last July that claimed to recognize Reed had
advised the board in his personal capacity since May 1, 1994.
“As Walter P. Reed well knew the Hospital Board did not discuss, vote on, or pass the purported resolution,” the
indictment said. The hospital has provided the news media with resolutions showing that its board voted on three
occasions — in 1992, 1994 and 2001 — to hire the DA’s Office, not Reed personally.

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The indictment says Reed provided a tax ID number to the hospital for it to file 1099s, but the number was affiliated with
Old English Antiques, an entity owned by Reed.
Simmons, Reed’s lawyer, said the arrangement had always been with Reed’s private practice but said it is “regrettable
(that) we cannot 20 years later find any formal resolution or contract between the hospital and Walter.”
Simmons also pointed out that since 2008, when Louisiana officials began having to fill out personal financial disclosure
forms, Reed has listed the hospital work as private income. Simmons distributed copies of the forms.
Polite began his news conference by bemoaning the fact that it was “another month, another public official being
charged with violating the public trust.” He called for zero tolerance for public corruption, noting that in his 18 months
on the job, the Reed case is the second time a charge has been brought against an elected official in St. Tammany Parish
— the other being former St. Tammany Parish Coroner Peter Galvan, who is serving time in federal prison in Oakdale.
But Polite said the specter of political corruption is not unique to any one place. “If you violate the public trust, you will
most likely end up in prison,” he said.
St. Tammany Parish President Pat Brister, who last summer asked the state legislative auditor to thoroughly audit the
DA’s Office, said the parish, which prides itself on good government, has been through enough scandal at the hands of
what she called “old-school political players.’’ She said she hoped Reed’s indictment would be St. Tammany’s “last
embarrassment.’’
St. Tammany Parish Sheriff Jack Strain called the indictments an important step in resolving the problems of the parish’s
past. “The residents of St. Tammany Parish deserve public servants who honor the trust placed in them,” he said.
Warren Montgomery, who succeeded Reed as DA in January, said the best for the community is for Reed to have a
speedy, fair trial by an impartial jury.
“In the meantime, we are continuing to prosecute cases,” he said, “and we will continue to be about the people’s
business.”
Staff writers Gordon Russell, John Simerman, Faimon A. Roberts III and Matt Sledge contributed to this report. Follow
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Paxton also had a similar arrangement with a financial management firm that was
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Greater New Orleans
Former DA Walter Reed and son indicted Thursday
[http://connect.nola.com/user/jvarney/index.html] By James Varney, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune [http://connect.nola.com/user/jvarney/posts.html]
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on April 23, 2015 at 3:40 PM, updated April 25, 2015 at 3:00 PM
Walter Reed [http://topics.nola.com/tag/walter%20reed/index.html] , who parlayed his folksy
law manner into three decades as the most powerful law enforcement figure in St. Tammany
Parish, was indicted by a federal grand jury Thursday (April 23) on corruption charges.
Reed's son, Steven, was also indicted.
Reed used thousands of dollars in campaign contributions to make personal payments to Steven
Reed, prosecutors said. The former north shore district attorney also kept payments in a $30,000
a year contract with a public hospital that should have been paid to his public office instead, the
indictment said.
The indictments were read Thursday by Magistrate Judge Joseph Wilkinson Jr. at the federal
courthouse in New Orleans. Walter Reed faces 18 counts of wire fraud, money laundering and tax
evasion. Steven Reed, 43, was indicted for money laundering and wire fraud.
U.S. Attorney Kenneth Polite said Walter Reed could face 277 years in prison and up to $4.5
million in fines if convicted on all the counts. Steven Reed could face 65 years and up to $1
million in fines, Polite said.
"In total, Walter Reed spent at least $100,000 from the Walter Reed Campaign Fund bank
account on personal expenses in this manner, including to recruit potential clients for his private
legal practice, to pay off various expenses incurred by his son, Steven Reed, and to pay for
private and personal dinners,'' Polite said in a news release.
(More coverage: Reed's career in pictures
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Walter Reed, son Steven, in federal
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St. Tammany Parish grand jury
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Walter Reed, Steven Reed ask
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[http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2015/04/scenes_from_da_walter_reeds_ca.html#incart_2box_northshore_index.ssf] .
Leaders react [http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2015/04/local_leaders_react_to_walter.html] . The indictment
[http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2015/04/read_walter_reeds_indictment_o.html#incart_river] .Walter Reed's attorney
goes on offensive [http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2015/04/walter_reed_attorney_wait_for.html] .)
Polite alleged that Walter Reed ordered two companies to inflate their bills by $5,000 each and that the money was kicked back to
Steven Reed. The companies were only identified as "company A'' and "company B.''
In some instances, federal prosecutors allege, Steven Reed needed or used the money to pay off unspecified personal expenses. In
other cases, such as the $8,352.64 Walter Reed allegedly paid Globop, a Steven Reed company, for an April 2012 housewarming
party, the services were completely divorced from any campaign function.
Polite said Reed also misspent thousands of dollars of campaign money on personal expenses such as flowers for family members and
an $1,800 Thanksgiving dinner for Reed and 10 family members.
"Walter Reed and Steven Reed devised a scheme to defraud the Walter Reed Campaign and contributors to the Walter Reed
Campaign by using donations to Walter Reed's campaign to pay for goods and services either unrelated to the campaign or in an
amount that grossly exceeded the value of the services provided," Polite's press release read.

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Both Reeds were indicted on wire fraud stemming from a $29,400 payment to Steven Reed's company, Liquid Bread LLC, for catering
and bar services at a Walter Reed campaign function.
"These are services we allege were never rendered,'' Polite said.
Walter Reed was also indicted on counts he dined with religious leaders and clergy members - "Pentecostal Preachers" as the
prosecutor's press release identified them - with the purpose of those dinners to recruit or refer work to his private legal practice, Polite
alleged. The dinner was at a north shore steakhouse and cost $2,635. The steakhouse was not named.
Finally, Reed was charged with wire fraud stemming from the payments he got from St. Tammany Parish Hospital. Reed did disclose
those $30,000 annual stipends on state documents, but the indictment cites Reed for "diverting into his personal accounts funds from
St. Tammany Parish Hospital that were intended for the Office of the District Attorney for the 22nd Judicial District."
At a news conference at his office in Metairie later Thursday, Walter Reed;s attorney, Rick Simmons, asked the public to "take a step
back" and wait for the facts of the case to come out at trial.
"Even the U.S attorney today said this is not evidence of guilt," he said, holding up a copy of the indictment
[http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2015/04/read_walter_reeds_indictment_o.html#incart_river] . "My client has a presumption
of innocence . . . The indictment is merely an allegation on a piece of paper. Every piece of paper has two sides, and you'll hear our
side later on."
Simmons said while Polite tried to lump Reed with the legion of former Louisiana politicians whose misdeeds were exposed, the
indictment doesn't have anything to do with "kickback and bribery schemes" of Reed doing favors for people as a public official.
The indictment is largely about the use of campaign funds, he said. "It's important the public remember, campaign funds are not public
funds."
St. Tammany Parish President Pat Brister termed the indictment another "embarrassment'' for the parish.
"This parish has endured several scandals over the last few years brought on by old school political players. Today's indictment of our
former, long-time District Attorney is another sad example of alleged corruption and misuse of the public trust," she said in a statement
emailed to reporters Thursday. "It is my hope that this parish will suffer its last embarrassment today and that we can move past the
misgivings and abuses by people whom we entrust with public responsibilities and taxpayers' monies. We are confident that justice will
be served."
In 1984 Reed became District Attorney for the 22nd Judicial District, which covers St. Tammany and Washington parishes. During his
long tenure, Reed established a reputation as a stern prosecutor, one who pushed his staff to have at least 100 jury trials a year. In the
process, his office earned the moniker "St. Slammany" for its at-times draconian approach.
In July 2014, Reed, who will turn 69 years old in June, announced he would not seek re-election for a sixth term
[http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/07/with_da_walter_reed_not_runnin.html] . The announcement followed weeks of
revelations about questionable financial transactions that chiefly involved campaign money and the contract between the District
Attorney's office and St. Tammany Parish Hospital.
A joint news investigation by NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune and WVUE Fox 8 News
[http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/06/five_findings_about_walter_ree.html] detailed last year how Reed pocketed the
hospital money. Hospital officials said they hired Reed's office, but the then-district attorney declared the money each year as personal
income on financial disclosures filed with Louisiana's Board of Ethics. Reed also listed the money as personal income in on his tax
returns, according to his attorney.
Reed's political career had been on cruise control for years – he had not faced an opponent for re-election since 1996 – when the news
organizations reported in February 2014 that his campaign had spent almost $95,000 on companies owned by his son, Steven. Most of
that money had been spent on catering, expenditures that looked excessive given the limited role Steven Reed's companies performed
at Reed campaign events at the Castine Center in Mandeville.
Records later subpoenaed by the federal grand jury showed Steven Reed did little or no work for much of the payments. The Reed
campaign payments included $14,300 to Steven Reed for a 1-minute anti-drug video that an experienced professional producer said
likely cost no more than $750 to produce.

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Then, last May, more revelations came that Reed's campaign dropped some $2.6 million over the years on "meetings" at expensive
restaurants, payments to family members and donations to a private school while another son was a student there, among other
questionable expenses.
That lavish spending did not involve tax money, and some of Reed's other transactions that might attract investigators' interest also did
not involve tax money. Instead, Reed used "discretionary spending" of accounts filled with court costs and fines imposed on those
before the court.
Traditionally, district attorneys and other court officials have been granted wide latitude in how those funds are spent, Reed's attorney,
Simmons, argued.
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A judge in state district court on Tuesday threw out a second-degree murder indictment
against a man who reportedly shot a pastor during a Friday night revival service in
2013.
Judge Clayton Davis’ decision does not remove the initial indictment of manslaughter
against Woodrow Karey, 55, who is accused of shooting and killing Pastor Ronald
Harris, 53, on Sept. 27, 2013, at Tabernacle of Praise Worship Center on Deshotel
Lane. Karey immediately called law enforcement and admitted to the shooting, saying
he had done so because Harris had raped his wife.
When prosecutors first brought the case to a grand jury on Nov. 14, 2013, the panel
had the option of charges of second-degree murder or manslaughter, but chose
manslaughter. However, prosecutors brought the case back to a grand jury on June 26,
resulting in the higher charge of second-degree murder.
Karey’s defense attorneys, Todd Clemons and Adam Johnson, claim that they turned
over the names of witnesses to testify before the first grand jury under an agreement that the first grand jury would be the decider. They claim that
prosecutors broke that agreement when they brought the case back to another grand jury.
Prosecutors say that no such agreement was in place.
Davis heard from four witnesses Tuesday morning — Calcasieu District Attorney John DeRosier, prosecutors Hugo Holland and Brett Sandifer
and Clemons — and issued a written opinion at 5 p.m.
Particularly relevant, Davis wrote, was information provided by Clemons to Sandifer about key evidence from witnesses “who could testify before
the grand jury in what the court finds was a joint-effort to steer the grand jury towards a Manslaughter indictment.”
“In this case, the defendant revealed information ‘not otherwise available to the state,’ based on the implicit understanding that both sides would
live with the result of the initial grand jury — either Manslaughter or Second Degree Murder,” Davis wrote. “Whether or not such information
actually benefitted the state later in obtaining the later indictment is not the point. The point is that more information was made available by the
defendant than he was obligated to provide. This perceived benefit binds the state to what was at the time its desired result.”
Clemons said that the agreement was never written down, but was an understanding “man-to-man.”
“I’m glad Judge Davis had to the courage to do what was right,” Clemons said. “I think it’s obvious he agreed with our position that there was an
agreement in place with Mr. DeRosier. I think Mr. DeRosier was an honorable man and I think Mr. Holland was an honorable man, but for
whatever reason, after the fact they reneged on the agreement.”
“A lot of people were praying for Woody during and for the hearing on the motion to quash,” Johnson said. “We are so happy with the result and
thank God for Judge Davis’ ruling.”
The District Attorney’s Office declined to comment on the ruling.
The situation was a unique one in which the defense was willing to give up certain rights in order for their witnesses to testify before the grand
jury, Clemons testified before Davis. Davis asked Clemons what prosecutors had to give up as part of the agreement. Clemons said that
prosecutors wanted assistance from the defense because of problems with the family.
“I felt like (DeRosier) wanted the cover of the grand jury to give the perception that this was a grand jury decision,” Clemons said. “He said, ‘If
you’re concerned that we’re going to be pounding the table asking for second-degree murder, let me assure you that won’t happen.’ And, it didn’t
happen.”
Davis wrote that he believed testimony that Harris’ family was pushing for a second-degree murder indictment, “even though the circumstances of
this case, at least on the surface and based on what was known at the time, indicated that Manslaughter was the more appropriate charge.”

At the time of the murder, Sandifer was the prosecutor in Davis’ division, to which Karey was allotted. Sandifer has since left the Calcasieu District
Attorney’s Office for the state Attorney General’s Office. Holland is a contract prosecutor who works at district attorney’s offices around the state.
Both said that all they did was operate inside the law when bringing the information to the grand jury to have it “fairly” decided.
“All we agreed to was to subpoena the witnesses (the defense) provided and let the grand jury decide,” Sandifer said. At the time of the first
indictment, the investigation was still open and there were “a lot of people law enforcement had not talked to.”
Clemons emailed a list of witnesses and information about their testimony to Sandifer, according to testimony.
“Before you gave us this list, I had no idea who these people were,” Sandifer said under questioning from Clemons.
Clemons said that he and Johnson held a phone conference with DeRosier, Holland and Sandifer on Oct. 30, 2013. He said he also had a
separate phone call with DeRosier.
DeRosier, like Holland, said he did not recall the conference call, but did remember speaking with Clemons about the case. Clemons called him
on his cell phone one night while he was cooking dinner, he said. During that phone call, it was Clemons who asked if he could present witnesses
to the grand jury, DeRosier said.
“You said you had concerns because you had been a prosecutor and knew a prosecutor could sway a grand jury,” DeRosier told Clemons. “I said
something to the effect, ‘Present your witnesses and the grand jury is going to do what it is going to do.’ ”
DeRosier said he told Clemons that the case would be presented “fairly” to the grand jury, but that didn’t amount to an agreement.
“What is the difference between an agreement and a binding agreement,” Clemons asked the district attorney.
“None,” DeRosier replied.
Clemons said more than once that he had no problem with the way Holland had handled the case, but that his issues were with others.
After the grand jury’s decision, Holland shook Clemons’ hand and told him, ‘you made the right decision,’ Clemons said.
Holland told Clemons that the case could go either way, but that it was a good idea to call the defense’s witnesses if the jurors were going to
decide on manslaughter, Holland testified.
“I thought there was potential that could happen if you presented witnesses,” Holland said.
Holland was adamant that Karey’s wife, Janet Karey, testify — Clemons claimed that she waived spousal privilege to do so, while Holland said
the grand jury could have subpoenaed her without assistance from the defense.
Clemons asked Holland about a of couple statements he had made.
First, Clemons asked Holland whether he had said that he could get more justice done over a few beers than in a courtroom. Holland said that he
had said that, then said, after a brief pause, “I would also note that we never had a few beers.”
Clemons then asked Holland whether he had said that the Karey murder case was a rare situation in which the accused had more integrity than
the victim. Holland said he did not recall saying exactly that, but had said something similar.
Under questioning from Clemons, Holland said a plea deal had once been extended to Karey, although there was no documented evidence
entered. Holland said it was usually his practice to make such offers in writing. Holland, who also expressed surprise that Karey had not
immediately pleaded guilty when he was first indicted on a manslaughter charge, said Karey was offered to plead guilty to manslaughter and
sentencing would be left to the discretion of Davis, although an added charge of firearm enhancement was also going to be added.
Sandifer said he did not remember a plea deal being offered. He filed the firearm enhancement on Nov. 22, 2013, at DeRosier’s direction, he
said.
No offer has been made to Karey, Clemons testified.
The defense also wanted to call other witnesses, but Davis did not allow them to be called, saying that only the prosecutors and defense
attorneys would have had direct knowledge of whether an agreement had been made.
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Posted By: just saying On: 1/13/2015
Title: Justice?
According to these posts, most folks seem to think that it's justifiable to go around killing anyone we want dead, then accuse them of , in this case, sexual
abuse. From what i've read/heard about this case, there seems to be reasonable doubt as to the allegations of "rape". According to current Louisiana law, LA
Revised Statue RS 14:30.1 Second Degree Murder:
Second degree murder:
A. Second degree murder is the killing of a human being:
(1) When the offender has a specific intent to kill or to inflict great bodily harm;
B. Whoever commits the crime of second degree murder shall be punished by life imprisonment at hard labor without benefit of parole, probation, or
suspension of sentence.
Verbatim from OUR current criminal code. No special circumstance for " if you THINK the intended victim did something you don't like or agree with. This case
has , unfortunately, like so many criminal cases, been cleverly morphed into s parody of what is supposed to be about one man intentionally carrying a loaded
firearm into a chuch with the
" specific intent to kill or to inflict great bodily harm " to Ronald Harris. Period. Entirely too often, instead of evidence or what actually happened, these cases
become about the attorneys or the process.
This current bickering seems to be about what lawyer said or did or disn't say or do. What about the law, the witnesses, or evidence? No matter what the
verdict of the " deal, agreement ", or vision clouding banter of this costly, time-consuming side-bar results in, Ronald Harris, his family, and church have
suffered a loss. No matter what you believe, untill we change the laws in place, this Woodrow Karey has committed Second Degree Murder. Call it whatever
you wish, rationalize or justify it by whatever theory fits your mindset. If Karey had walked in on his wife, daughter, or mother being assaulted, I would agree
200% with shooting the assailant dead on the spot. And would be legally justified in doing so. But that is a far cry from what happened here. But apparently that
doesn' really matter.
Second degree murder:
A. Second degree murder is the killing of a human being:
(1) When the offender has a specific intent to kill or to inflict great bodily harm;
B. Whoever commits the crime of second degree murder shall be punished by life imprisonment at hard labor without benefit of parole, probation, or
suspension of sentence.
Verbatim from OUR current criminal code. No special circumstance for " if you THINK the intended victim did something you don't like or agree with. This case
has , unfortunately, like so many criminal cases, been cleverly morphed into s parody of what is supposed to be about one man intentionally carrying a loaded
firearm into a chuch with the
" specific intent to kill or to inflict great bodily harm " to Ronald Harris. Period. Entirely too often, instead of evidence or what actually happened, these cases
become about the attorneys or the process.
This current bickering seems to be about what lawyer said or did or disn't say or do. What about the law, the witnesses, or evidence? No matter what the
verdict of the " deal, agreement ", or vision clouding banter of this costly, time-consuming side-bar results in, Ronald Harris, his family, and church have
suffered a loss. No matter what you believe, untill we change the laws in place, this Woodrow Karey has committed Second Degree Murder. Call it whatever
you wish, rationalize or justify it by whatever theory fits your mindset. If Karey had walked in on his wife, daughter, or mother being assaulted, I would agree
200% with shooting the assailant dead on the spot. And would be legally justified in doing so. But that is a far cry from what happened here. But apparently that
doesn' really matter.
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Posted By: Molly Hamish On: 1/12/2015
Title: Mitigating Circumstances
The rape allegation is pertinent to the decision on whether to charge manslaughter or murder because it is a mitigating factor. If Karey did not believe Harris
had raped his wife, would he have done what he did? Also, Karey's documented actions after the shooting indicate he was not trying to commit a crime and
escape justice. I'm not saying he doesn't deserve to serve jail time. Rapist or not, a man died. But I don't think it qualifies as second-degree murder.
I would personally like to know more of what happened with the rape allegations. The infamous text, as I read it, did not sound like a man threatening a woman
to keep her silent. It sounded like a man blowing off an unwanted lover. I wonder if it might have been a false allegation by the wife when her husband found

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Court issue
Last Modified: Tuesday, June 24, 2014 2:38 PM
By Johnathan Manning / American Press
State district court judge Sharon Wilson on Friday refused to grant a
request to force the Calcasieu Parish District Attorney’s Office to
“cease and desist” providing case information to the Clerk of Court’s
Office about which division to which cases are to be allotted.
Attorney Wilford Carter filed the motion after a debate over which
division most of the defendants of drug sting “Operation 27” should be
assigned.
Wilson said that the testimony she heard “concerns me,” but that nothing rose to the level of a cease and desist order.
She said that in hearing testimony about the issue over the course of the past month, “I’ve been impressed with the
honesty of all the witnesses.”
She denied the order to cease and desist, but advised the Clerk of Court’s Office that the burden is on it to make the
allotments. Wilson said that she believes the Clerk’s Office has the information or a way to get the information.
“At the end of the day, we want to avoid even the appearance that someone gets an unfair advantage,” she said.
Carter, who said he is trying to get the issue before the Third Circuit and the Supreme Court, said he will appeal the
ruling to the Third Circuit.
Cases in the 14th Judicial District Court are randomly allotted to one of seven criminal divisions by a computer, Kay
Miller, clerks supervisor, said Friday. If a defendant has a prior or pending felony, any new charges are sent to the same
division. There are also other exceptions in the local court rules.
The District Attorney’s Office provides a list of defendant’s previous cases to the Clerk of Court’s Office. The Clerk of
Court’s Office does not research nor double-check the information, based on an agreement made previously by different
parties of the court, Miller testified. Miller said that if the Clerk of Court’s Office knows a case is incorrectly allotted, it
corrects the error.

Lynn Jones, Clerk of Court, said that if his office has to research the information internally, it will be an added burden. In
addition, Miller said, the court rules aren’t clear where cases are to be allotted.
Emails showed that after the cases were allotted, a list was sent back to the District Attorney’s Office. Miller said she only
realized that was being done on Wednesday and has instructed that the practice be stopped.
Attorney Jonathan Brown argued that if a person at the District Attorney’s Office is determining which cases are pending,
so too could a person be found at the Clerk of Court’s Office to make the same determination.
“Court rules say no outside influence: That’s what we have here,” Brown argued to Wilson. “We’re not asking you to
change the local rules; we’re asking you to enforce them.”
Prosecutor Carla Sigler said that the District Attorney’s Office has the most information — rap sheets, prior felonies and
pending felonies — which is why the information is provided. If the information is not provided, the system will grind to a
halt, she said.
“Zero evidence” has been provided that the District Attorney’s Office has tried to manipulate allotments, she said.
“I’ll tell you why it hasn’t been presented: It doesn’t exist,” Sigler said.
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TCR at a Glance
No Money, No Defense
February 18, 2013 07:32:23 am
By Katy Reckdahl
A half-century after the Supreme Court’s historic
judgment recognizing every American’s right to
counsel, the Court is being asked to weigh in on
whether there is also a constitutional obligation to
ensure that the poorest defendants do not suffer for
lack of funds.
The case, Boyer v. Louisiana, turns on a
defendant’s claim that his constitutional right to a
speedy trial was violated because the state refused
to pay for his defense counsel for five years.
Photo by StockMonkeys.com, via Flickr
The defendant, Jonathan Edward Boyer, now 32,
was indicted for first-degree murder in 2002 in
connection with the death of Bradlee Marsh, then 21, who gave Boyer and his brother a ride in his pickup truck
as they walked along a highway in Sulphur, a town in southwest Louisiana.
The capital charge against Boyer was reduced by prosecutors in 2007 to second-degree murder and armed
robbery. He was convicted of both charges in 2009.
The Court’s landmark 1963 Gideon v. Wainwright decision
(http://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/372/335/case.html) required the state to provide lawyers for
defendants, regardless of their ability to pay—a ruling that transformed the nation’s legal landscape. But it
didn’t spell out how the lawyers should be provided, much less how they would be paid.
The case now before the Court, which is expected to deliver a ruling later this year, “shines a light on this
country’s problems with indigent defense,” says Norman Reimer, executive director of the National Association
of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL), which filed one of the amicus briefs
(http://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/publications/supreme_court_preview/briefs/11-
9953_pet_amcu_nacdl-etal.authcheckdam.pdf) supporting Boyer’s argument.
Shortfalls in funding for public defender’s offices across the country mean that the right to counsel promised
by Gideon remains unrealized for many poor Americans caught up in the criminal justice system, adds Reimer.
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“It’s almost poetic justice that Boyer is before the Supreme Court in this term, which marks the 50
th
anniversary
of Gideon,” he says.
Waiting for a Lawyer
Boyer’s situation, which left him without counsel for five years, is particularly egregious. But experts say it’s not
unusual for indigent defendants across the nation to sit in jail for weeks and months awaiting a public defender
who can take their case.
Louisiana has “one of the most poorly funded indigent-defense systems in the nation,” according to Reimer but
he pointed out that other states have similar problems, citing lawsuits lodged in Michigan
(http://aclumich.org/sites/default/files/duncanvgranholm.pdf) and New York
(http://www.nyclu.org/files/releases/public_defense_complaint_110807.pdf) .
Defense lawyers and legal advocates hope that the Court will use Boyer to address the systemic shortcomings
that they’ve documented for decades.
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“Ever since Gideon, the Sixth Amendment right to counsel has been an enormous unfunded mandate, where
the Supreme Court declares that the right is fundamental and must be enforced but the legislative and
executive branches leave 100 percent of the funding to the states,” William Leahy, head of the New York State
Office of Indigent Legal Services (http://www.ils.ny.gov/) told The Crime Report.
“Essentially, we have been living a fiction,” Leahy added. “(We are) proclaiming that the right to counsel as a
fundamental constitutional value while enduring decade upon decade of inadequate funding and political
neglect.”
Though it’s unclear why prosecutors downgraded the original first-degree murder charge against Boyer, the
cost of paying for his legal defense almost certainly played a role.
According to court rules in Louisiana and a number of other death-penalty states, indigent defendants who face
death must be appointed a two-lawyer defense team including capitally certified lead counsel and a mitigation
specialist, whose work is used at the penalty phase of the case to show reasons why the defendant shouldn’t
receive death.
Though Boyer didn’t go to trial for seven years, the Court case only concerns five of those years – the period of
time that the state chose to pursue capital charges.
Failure to Pay
Boyer’s lawyer, Richard Bourke of the Louisiana Crisis Assistance Center
(http://www.thejusticecenter.org/lcac/), says the state’s failure to pay his court-appointed counsel accounted for
that five-year delay.
The defense team, argues that this was a violation of Boyer’s Sixth Amendment rights to a “speedy and public
trial.”
Boyer’s lawyer filed “a motion to quash” shortly after a three-year Louisiana deadline, but Boyer’s issues
regarding unpaid counsel weren’t resolved for two more years, when prosecutors reduced his charges.
The state of Louisiana, represented by Carla Sigler, an assistant district attorney in Calcasieu Parish, counters
that Boyer’s lead counsel caused the court’s delays because he asked for or agreed to nine different motions
that postponed a hearing about funding.
Even if the court decides that the state’s lack of funding was to blame for the delay, Sigler said, “those delays
must be excused because they were a valid reason”—to pay for the “generous” two-attorney defense teams
mandated in Louisiana state courts for all capital cases.
The defense brief was filed jointly with Pascal Calogero, the former chief justice of the Louisiana Supreme
Court.
A ruling in Boyer’s favor is likely to add more pressure on already budget-strapped courthouses and state
legislatures across the country, who will need to increase their budgets for indigent defense.
Calls to a number of criminal-justice and legislative-watch groups turned up no one who even recognized the
case’s name, much less had calculated its possible costs.
Norman Lefstein, dean and professor of law emeritus at the Indiana University School of Law, who’s written
extensively about Gideon and indigent defense
(http://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/publications/books/ls_sclaid_def_securing_reasonable_caseloads.authcheckdam.pdf) ,
said that he believes that Boyer “is absolutely under the radar of most states and counties.”
Lawyers for both sides declined to be interviewed for this story.
$33 Million Budget
Frank Neuner, chair of the Louisiana Public Defender Board (http://www.lpdb.la.gov/index/index.php), said that
the state has in recent years stepped up and doubled its appropriation for indigent defense to roughly $33
million.
“It’s still not enough money,” he said, noting that they still have shortfalls and restrictions on services, and that it
would take another $10 million to provide a public defender to everyone in Louisiana who needs it.
Even with the additional money, Neuner said, most public defender’s offices couldn’t provide health insurance
and retirement benefits, standard benefits for those who work for district attorneys, he said.

Last year, in its report “System Overload: The Costs of Under-Resourcing Public Defense,”
(http://www.justicepolicy.org/research/2756 (http://www.justicepolicy.org/research/2756)), the Justice Policy
Institute described a system in “chronic crisis” that serves four out of five people charged with crimes but
“saddles defenders with excessive workloads and inadequate resources.”
The report cited a finding from the Census of Public Defense Offices (http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/index.cfm?
ty=dcdetail&iid=401), conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics, that nearly three-quarters of countybased
public-defender offices lacked enough attorneys to meet national caseload standards set by a U.S.
Department of Justice advisory board. State-based defender offices had a median 67 percent of the lawyers
needed to meet the guidelines.
During oral arguments in the case last month, Justice Sonia Sotomayor noted that prosecutors were paid —but
not defense attorneys.
“Why isn’t that a deliberate choice?” she asked.
The NACDL brief, which looked at indigent-defense systems within Louisiana and Calcasieu Parish, noted that
in the year Boyer was indicted, the public-defender’s office had eight attorneys on a 17-member staff and a
budget of $1.2 million while the district attorney’s office had 17 attorneys on an 88-member staff and a budget of
$3.7 million.
One Lawyer—Or Two?
But Justice Antonin Scalia said that, if Boyer had been interested in a speedy trial, he could have waived state
defense rules and proceeded to trial with one lawyer, which is all the U.S. Constitution requires.
Sigler also argued that Boyer didn’t need to wait.
“You could either demand what Louisiana in its generosity has given to capital defendants, namely the right to
two counsels,” she said. “Or you could demand your right to speedy trial. That was your choice.”
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg asked whether Boyer knew his options.
“Did anyone ever tell this man with an eighth-grade education what his rights were?” she asked.
While there was some disagreement among the court about the scope of the case, only Scalia seemed to
advocate going beyond the general issue: whether the state is responsible for a Sixth Amendment-speedy trial
violation if a case is delayed because the state didn’t pay for indigent defense.
If the court sticks to that general issue and finds that the state is responsible, the case could be remanded back
to a Louisiana court, which would examine the specifics of the case and determine, for instance, whether both
of Boyer’s convictions, for murder and armed robbery, should be affected.
Mary Schmid, senior counsel for the Constitution Project (http://www.constitutionproject.org/), which also filed
an amicus brief (http://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/publications/supreme_court_preview/briefs/11-
9953_pet_amcu_const-proj.authcheckdam.pdf) on Boyer’s behalf, believes that, if the court rules in Boyer's
favor, states could end up paying for indigent defense in a more timely manner—resulting in fewer long-delayed
cases and perhaps avoiding wrongful criminal convictions.
Legal cases suffer from the passing of time because witnesses die, evidence can be lost and memories fade,
she noted.
“While the question the Court is asked to decide in Boyer is relatively narrow, its implications for the criminal
justice system are extraordinarily important,” she said.
Indigent defendants whose day in court is delayed by unpaid or overworked defense counsel would be greatly
impacted if the Court held that the state isn’t to blame for the delays in Boyer, Reimer said.
“There would be no remedy for defendants, who would just have to sit and wait,” he said.
Katy Reckdahl, a former reporter for The Times-Picayune newspaper, is a New Orleans-based freelance
journalist in who has reported for The New York Times, the Christian Science Monitor and The Lens, a local,
online investigative news site. She welcomes comments from readers.

Trial date set for Stevedores-Port
of LC dispute
BY LANCE TRAWEEK
LTRAWEEK@AMERICANPRESS.COM
State district court Judge Sharon Wilson on Monday set a trial date for
the Lake Charles Stevedores case against the Port of Lake Charles, which
includes allegations the port misappropriated funds.
The racketeering claims are just one aspect of a complicated case that
addresses multiple contracts over a 50-year period.
Wilson also ruled on technical pleadings filed by the port’s attorneys to
amend what was said in earlier pleadings. In October 2013, former state
district court Judge Wilford Carter ruled in favor of the Lake Charles
Stevedores, granting the company $5.56 million in liquidated damages
from the Port of Lake Charles.
Out of the three motions heard Monday in a two-hour hearing at the
14th Judicial District Court, none of the motions were to get Carter’s
decision thrown out. However, all three motions were in favor of the
Lake Charles Stevedores.
The lawsuit was filed in March 2013 as a result of the termination of
Lake Charles Stevedores’ long-term contract for unloading services at the
City Docks in 2011. Tom Flanagan, owner of Lake Charles Stevedores,
bought the contract a few years before, and the port decided to cancel it.
The case is set to go to trial Monday, Oct. 27.
Stevedores’ attorneys allege the port misappropriated public funds by
paying the prior owners, Cooper T. Smith and Cavalair, $1.3 million in
liquidated damages.

Stevedores’ attorneys claim the contract was canceled without cause,
but the port is adamant there was cause, which included a poor safety
record.
Stevedores’ attorneys claim the contract was canceled without cause, but
the port is adamant there was cause, which included a poor safety record.
“I find that there was in the record by the port allegations that Lake
Charles Stevedores, while Mr. Flanagan owned it, did not do everything
he should have done,” Carter said in October.
Carter added that if the port did have cause they waived that right
because they didn’t mention it in the letter of termination — thus, they
owed the Stevedores the liquidated damages for canceling the contract.
“The port chose as a business decision to get out of this contract, and
there are consequences to getting out of a contract,” Carter said.
Wilson said Monday she was not going to revisit the judgment by
Carter.

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Greater New Orleans
Red-light camera fight gets new life as state
Supreme Court declines to take up issue
A Metairie lawyer will have a chance to continue his legal crusade against red-light cameras, thanks to a decision by the
Louisiana Supreme Court not to take up the issue. (Times-Picayune archive)
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A Metairie lawyer will have a chance to continue his legal crusade to pull the plug on New Orleans
red-light cameras [http://topics.nola.com/tag/traffic%20cameras/index.html] after the
Louisiana Supreme Court chose not to take up the issue.
In a unanimous vote, the state's high court refused to consider the case, leaving in place a lower
court ruling that revived a constitutional challenge to the city ordinance.
The state's 4th Circuit Court of Appeal ruled in December that the city had not fully addressed
Joseph McMahon's claim that the cameras violate a driver's right to due process under the law.
The city did not immediately respond to a request for a comment regarding McMahon's revived
legal prospects. Attempts to reach McMahon were unsuccessful.
McMahon's fight against New Orleans red-light and speeding cameras began in 2010, but he's
been involved in at least four other challenges in Lafayette and Jefferson Parish, as well as
federal court, to no avail.
McMahon has attacked the cameras on multiple fronts, including an argument that the city's
procedures rely on improper or incompetently drafted affidavits, unauthenticated photographic
evidence and hearsay.
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many rights to due process as they would in a criminal case.
In 2012, a specially appointed judge ruled in the city's favor and tossed out McMahon's case.
McMahon appealed the decision to the 4th Circuit, which ruled that the city should at least have to
argue that its process preserves some amount of due process. "Administrative proceedings are
not devoid of all evidentiary requirements and parties are entitled to due process protections for
civil penalties as the situation demands," the panel said in its opinion.
Thus, McMahon will have another opportunity to challenge the specifics of the city's process for
imposing fines from red-light and speeding cameras.
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