TWENTY-EIGHT NOW CHARGED IN FEDERAL PROBE INTO THE STAGING OF AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS

Friday, September 18, 2020 NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – United States Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced today the indictment of nine additional defendants bringing the total to twenty-eight charged for intentionally staging automobile accidents. Today’s indictment charges CORNELIUS GARRISON (“GARRISON”), age 54, of New Orleans, Louisiana; DONIESHA GIBSON (“GIBSON”), age 29, of New Orleans, Louisiana; CHANDRIKA…

INVESTIGATIVE UNIT: Trooper calls co-worker ‘f****** n*****’; no discipline from state police

UPDATE: On Thursday evening, the NAACP Baton Rouge Branch responded to the allegations against Louisiana State Trooper August McKay in a Facebook post, saying McKay “should be forced to immediately resign” and calling his actions “deplorable.” Click here to view the NAACP’s full statement. ****   BATON ROUGE – A Louisiana State Trooper who was caught calling…

ELEVEN MORE CHARGED IN EXPANDING FEDERAL PROBE INTO THE STAGING OF AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS

Friday, August 21, 2020 NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – United States Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced today the Indictment of RODERICK HICKMAN (“HICKMAN”), age 49, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana; LOIS RUSSELL (“RUSSELL”), age 61, of Gibson, Louisiana; JAMES WILLIAMS (“WILLIAMS”), age 65, of Gibson, Louisiana; TANYA GIVENS (“GIVENS”), age 42, of Gibson, Louisiana; JOHN DIGGS (“J.…

New Orleans Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Stage Automobile Accidents in Order to Defraud Insurance and Trucking Companies

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – United States Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that DAMIAN LABEAUD (“LABEAUD”), age 48, of New Orleans, entered a plea of guilty today to Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 371, arising out of staged automobile accidents with tractor-trailers occurring in New Orleans. According…