Police Find Relief Supplies in City Official's Home

AP ^ | AP-ES-09-21-05 2236EDT

[TheOtherOne]

Police Find Relief Supplies in City Official's Home
The Associated Press
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

[nutmeg]

Whoa... thanks, hoosiermama!

[nutmeg]

Interesting little tidbit ping! (Thanks, hoosiermama!)

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[billnaz]

It's Louisiana. Sorry, I can't register too much surprise.

[hoosiermama]

Saw you post on a thread the other night and pass the word and thought you/yours might be interested.....


BTW did you see the thread posted that stated AUnt Phyllis Landrie is president of the NOLA city school board....Apparently they voted before Katrina NOT to let their buses be used for evacuation......

[IronMan04]

Kenner must be one of New Orleans' Liberal Democratic Suburbs.

[Congressman Billybob]

Okay, so a public official in the New Orleans area is corrupt. He's also stupid, to store the stolen goods in his own home. The sad thing is, there's no evidence that Governor Blanco has stolen anything.

Is she too stupid to steal? What a terrible condemnation of a Louisiana politician.

Congressman Billybob

Latest column: "Kathleen Blanco: Beyond Gross Public Dumb"

[Deetes]

Just had to know it was in LA .

[Brad’s Gramma]

Ahem!

[ncountylee]

This is Jefferson Parish -Aaron Broussard President.

[Pompah]

Three Words :

Lyndon Baines Johnson.

[Lijahsbubbe]

Thanks for posting this.

I saw a blip about it on the news last nite.

What a hurricane whore this Floyd guy is. Unbelievable.

[torchthemummy]

My first picture post - cool!

Cedric Floyd!

[Drammach]

Congratulations on your first PP... ;0P~~

[Salvation]

uh-oh!

Floyd is out of a job.

[angelsonmyside]

Oh My, thank you for posting.

[torchthemummy]

Thanks!

[dk/coro]

Add BLACK to that statement -- and you will have it just right!!!

[zeaal]

This is the guy that was in a fight with the chief of police of Kenner on Anderson Cooper (CNN) the other night. The chief was insisting that there were people not getting what they needed - Hispanic - and were remaining in houses with mold growing up the walls. This section of town was the only one without electricity. Cedric just kept saying the chief was only playing a political game because he lost an election for something recently. Looks like Mr. Cedric is the guy that was playing games. SHAME ON CEDRIC!

[clee1]

I wasn't going to go there because, while true, white Louisiana politicians are blatantly corrupt and have been for over a century.

[I got the rope]

Excellent post!