NEW ORLEANS CITY ATTORNEY CONVICTED OF FEDERAL CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATION
Henry Dillon III, a former Deputy City Attorney/Prosecutor for the City of New Orleans, was accused of raping a young woman after luring her into his office by offering to help her with a municipal citation. The victim and her family came to the MCC concerned that politically connected Mr. Dillon would not be successfully prosecuted in the state criminal justice system. The MCC conducted a preliminary investigation and filed a report with the FBI and U.S. Attorney. The MCC urged federal officials to charge Mr. Dillon with civil rights violations. He was ultimately prosecuted for felony civil rights violations against multiple victims. This case is the first time that this law/statute was used in a rape case in the Eastern District of Louisiana. The investigation revealed at least five additional victims, establishing Henry Dillon as a serial rapist that the MCC helped, in part, to remove from the community.
MCC TIP SOLVES BANK ROBBERIES, ARMORED CAR ROBBERY, SHOOTING
Based upon a tip from a reliable MCC informant, five individuals were arrested for participating in a spree of robberies including four bank robberies, an armored car robbery, and a robbery in which a woman was shot with an AK-47. The informant notified the MCC of the suspects’ identities, whereabouts, and direct involvement in these crimes. The MCC provided the tip to the appropriate authorities who executed arrests against these violent criminals.
HARAHAN CAPTAIN IMPLICATED IN TICKET-FIXING/OVERTIME FRAUD
The MCC brought to light that Harahan Police Captain Joseph Schaub had been receiving overtime compensation to deliver tickets to Jefferson Parish and New Orleans prosecutors to have them fixed. When the MCC’s inquiry became known, the Captain refunded the overtime compensation and implicated the Harahan Police Chief. Captain Schaub alleges that the overtime was approved by his superiors and his superiors gave him orders to deliver the tickets for fixing. This case has been presented to local prosecutors.