Published: Sep 21, 2005 BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Police found cases of food, clothing and tools intended for hurricane victims at the home of the chief administrative officer for a New Orleans suburb, authorities said Wednesday.
Posted on 09/21/2005 8:33:50 PM PDT by TheOtherOne
Police Find Relief Supplies in City Official's Home
Published: Sep 21, 2005 BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Police found cases of food, clothing and tools intended for hurricane victims at the home of the chief administrative officer for a New Orleans suburb, authorities said Wednesday.
Officers searched Cedric Floyd's home because of complaints that city workers were helping themselves to donations for hurricane victims. Floyd, who runs the day-to-day operations in the suburb of Kenner, was in charge of distributing the goods.
Police plan to seek a charge of committing an illegal act as a public official against Floyd, and more charges against other city workers are possible, police Capt. Steve Caraway said.
The donations filled a large pickup truck four times. "It was an awful lot of stuff," Caraway said.
The donated materials must be processed as evidence but eventually will be distributed to victims. "We have lots of families that are begging for these supplies," said Attorney General Charles Foti, whose office assisted in the investigation.
Attempts to reach Floyd were unsuccessful at home numbers listed under his name in Kenner. His office number went unanswered after business hours.
Philip Ramon, chief of staff to Kenner Mayor Philip Capitano, has said city officials were investigating the alleged pilfering but added that many employees were themselves hurricane victims.
AP-ES-09-21-05 2236EDT
Have ya seen this one?
Soon, millions of federal disaster relief dollars will be pouring through this guy's hands.
Ping
Hope this is rare but I'm afaid that I'll be wrong.
Who is going to baby sit the baby sitter?
NOLA; the American corruption capitol.
And a goodly percentage will stick thereto.
SSDD for government officials in southern
Louisiana.
once again no party affiliation........gee let me guess..... D?????????
This makes me very concerned about the billions of our tax $$$$$ that are going to pass through the hands of these people. It's unbelievable that there's no one that they are accountable to.
Corruption rules.
President Bush must've planted this stuff in that guys house!
50% of LA is under water and 50% under indictment. M
Shocked, shocked, I tell you, etc., etc.
Nah. He's prepositioning the supplies for the next hurricane. Or the highest bidder; whichever comes first.
It appears that if you are an "OFFICIAL" in Louisiana you are either a crook or incompetent!!
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