Posted on 04/10/2008 6:23:08 PM PDT by TornadoAlley3
RUSTY COSTANZA / THE TIMES-PICAYUNEState Sen. Derrick Shepherd, left, leaves the Hale Boggs Federal Courthouse in New Orleans accompanied by his attorney Clarence Roby on Thursday morning.
A federal grand jury indicted state Sen. Derrick Shepherd today after months investigating allegations that the Marrero Democrat laundered $141,000 for an unlicensed bond broker.
From his Poydras Street office, U.S. Attorney Jim Letten announced the 41-count indictment on charges of conspiracy to commit mail wire fraud, mail fraud, wire fraud, participation in the business of insurance by a person previously convicted of a felony involving dishonesty, conspiracy to commit money laundering and money laundering.
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If he were in Congress and kept it in his freezer, it’d be all good.
Anything evil by the left is (negative)X(negative) and is also like (Evil)X(Evil)=(Good). The party of crooks does not eat their own if they can influence events.
Leni
Gee-Whiz, another corrupt Louisianna politican. The place has always been a political cesspool. In fact, LA is the poster boy of what the dems would like the entire country to be, stupid, low class, no upward mobility ambition and wards of the state....expecting the gov’mint to run all aspects of their lives.
It’s a plantation thing, 150 years removed.
As a native of south Louisiana I can tell you this man will walk away laughing at the courts and the law. William Jefferson’s case should tell you all you need to know.
A corrupt politician? In Louisiana?
How about the new Speaker of the House - Tucker.
He spoke in favor of a bill (officially sponsored by the democrat in the neighboring parish - he was the only speaker for the bill in the House committee) allowing a a mandatory move of a child support case if one parent lived out of town and the other parent moved to a new parish due to the hurricanes.
What he failed to mention, despite the questions and concerns the reps had about ‘forum shopping’ was that his wife wanted to move her case to a new forum (having lost an appeal) and was planning on using this particular law as the means to do so.
It is a pity the move was only about 10 miles - and due to her marrying the speaker - and not due to Katrina.
She is seeking to move the case from Plaquemines parish to New Orleans parish...
Now the parties are locked in an expensive court battle do declare that law unconstitutional.
It seems Jindal’s ethics reforms may be nothing more than more smoke and mirrors.
Betty Jefferson, William Jefferson's family member, mentioned in indictment.
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