MCC COMPLAINT LEADS TO ETHICS FINE FOR HEAD OF NEW ORLEANS CITY PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
The MCC received a tip alleging that Kerry DeCay, Director of the New Orleans Department of Property Management, had a city employee use city-owned materials perform work at his home while being paid by the city. The MCC forwarded the report to the city’s Office of Municipal Investigation, which led to formal charges being filed by the Louisiana Board of Ethics. In 1998, Mr. DeCay pled guilty to two state ethics violations and was fined $1,500.
CAUSEWAY OVERHAULS TICKET WRITING SYSTEM AFTER MCC UNCOVERS TICKET FIXING
A former employee of the Causeway Police Department reported a problem with ticket fixing to the MCC and presented bags of shredded tickets as proof of this practice. In the course of the MCC’s investigation into the ticket fixing accusation, the MCC found that there was poor accountability for tickets written by Causeway Police that made it easy to conceal when tickets were shredded rather than forwarded to court for prosecution. In response to the MCC’s findings, the Causeway implemented a new ticket writing system which better documented tickets and made it more difficult to resolve traffic citations outside of official channels.
ORLEANS CRIMINAL DISTRICT COURT JUDGE CENSURED FOR SEEKING LENIENCY FOR CONVICTED MOBSTER
An MCC complaint to the Judiciary Commission lead to the public censure of Criminal District Court Judge Frank Marullo. When reputed mobster Anthony Carollo was convicted of racketeering, Judge Marullo wrote a letter seeking leniency from the judge sentencing Mr. Carollo. The MCC learned of Judge Marullo’s request and filed a complaint with the Louisiana Judiciary Commission. The Judiciary Commission found Judge Marullo in violation of Supreme Court rules and publicly censured him for his misconduct.