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Daley, Webb, Pennington Outline City Responses to Terrorism

By Judy Sheahan
November 5, 2001

Conference Past Presidents Richard M. Daley, Mayor of Chicago and Wellington E. Webb, Mayor of Denver along with Superintendent Richard J. Pennington of the New Orleans Police Department outlined their city's responses as well as future plans for action to potential terrorist attack. The mayors and Superintendent Pennington praised Conference President New Orleans Mayor Marc H. Morial for his leadership in representing the interests of local government, and for calling the Mayors Emergency, Safety and Security Summit to allow the nation's mayors, police chiefs, fire chiefs and emergency personnel to share ideas with one another about what is being done in communities and what needs to happen in the aftermath of the attacks. Below are highlights of their remarks during the October 24 opening Plenary Session.

New Orleans Police Superintendent Richard J. Pennington

"We are in a crisis," Superintendent Pennington said. "Every emergency we plan for can not be taken lightly." With 1,700 police officers and upcoming events such as Value Classic, Sugar Bowl, Mardi Gras, National Automotive Dealers, and the Superbowl, Pennington stressed the making of the interior and exterior of New Orleans like a fortress.

Pennington discussed the metrowide committee that was formed which comprise personnel from the police, fire, emergency, airport, water utility, Coast Guard and the U.S. Attorney. The committee will share intelligence, information and resources with one another.

Although Pennington outlined his plan to work with local universities to develop a massive training program for police, Pennington also said the federal government needs to step up with additional resources as well as more information sharing.

Pennington also praised Mayor Morial who, despite the fact that he was in Washington DC on September 11, held a conference call with all major departments within 30 minutes of the incident and held a press conference within an hour to assure the citizens that steps were being taken for their security.

Pennington stressed to the audience, "We must remain ever vigilant and we must act like a free nation with vigilance."


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524 posted on 09/27/2005 2:28:13 PM PDT by VRWCTexan (History has a long memory - but still repeats itself)
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U.S. Department of Justice
U.S. Attorney's Office
Eastern District of Louisiana
News Release





Jim Letten * U.S. Attorney

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
July 02, 2004
Contact:
Jim Letten
Hale Boggs Federal Building, 500 Poydras Street, 2nd Floor
New Orleans, LA 70130
Phone: 504/680-3078



FEDERAL CHARGES FILED AGAINST 10 INDIVIDUALS FOR EXTORTION AND THEFT FROM NEW ORLEANS SCHOOL SYSTEM




Jim Letten, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, FBI Special Agent in Charge Louis Reigel, U.S. Department of Education, Office of Inspector General Special Agent in Charge Patricia VAngilder, IRS CID Special Agent in Charge Mike Nelson, and New Orleans Police Superintendent Eddie Compass, announced today the filing of three separate Bills of Information charging a total of ten individuals with federal felonies involved in fraud kickbacks involving the Orleans Parish school system. The first Bill of Information charges LILLIAN T. SMITH HAYDEL age 46, with conspiracy, along with former Orleans Parish school system risk manager Carl Coleman, to engage in a series of kickbacks in order to preserve insurance contracts on which she was a broker. The Bill of Information charges violation of 18 U.S.C. 1951, Hobbs Act Conspiracy which carries a maximum statutory penalty of twenty years incarceration.

The second Bill of Information charges 8 current and former employees of the Orleans Parish school system with engaging in a kickback scheme whereby teachers, secretaries and para-educators would receive illicit monies they did not earn in the form of false travel reimbursements, fraudulent stipend payments or (in one instance), paychecks for an employee who had left the system. In return for these illegal monies, the employees would and did kickback fifty percent of the amount of the illegal payments. The Bill of Information charges that approximately $70,000.00 of school system money was involved in the extortion scheme. The Bill of Information charges that LOUIS SERRANO, age 29, CONCHETTA CARBO, age 25, ARMTRICE COWART, age 27, TREMICA KNIGHT-HENRY, age 27, RACHELLE HUNTER, age 27, MONIQUE LANDRY, age 28, LATASHA WILLIAMS, age 31, and TAMIKA WINESBERRY, age 31, violated 18 U.S.C. 1951, Hobbs Act Conspiracy, which carries a maximum statutory penalty of twenty years incarceration.

The third Bill of Information charges TERRI SMITH MORANT, a former payroll clerk in the Orleans Parish school system payroll office with stealing approximately $250,000.00 from the school system in a series of checks made out to herself under her maiden name. MORANT is charged with violating 18 U.S.C. 666, Theft of Funds from Program Receiving Federal Funds, which carries a maximum statutory penalty of ten years incarceration. According to the United States Attorney, the second 2 bills of information, charging the 7 employees with Hobbs Act extortion, and the information charging TERRI SMITH MORANT with program fraud, are the result of an investigation conducted by the members present who form a large part of the recently-established FBI-led New Orleans School System fraud working group.

According to the United States Attorney, all of these 10 defendants have agreed to plead guilty to these felonies; hence the filing of bills of information charging them. United States Attorney Jim Letten said.....

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540 posted on 09/27/2005 2:34:54 PM PDT by VRWCTexan (History has a long memory - but still repeats itself)
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