The owner of a south Louisiana home health care company and his chief nurse, who together masterminded a health care fraud scheme were both convicted recently, and on top of that their company was ordered by the court to pay back to Uncle Sam $17.1 million. As the...
Month: August 2013
Can video games provoke murder?
The eyes of all of Louisiana are focused on a case that unfolded in East Feliciana Parish when a child with no apparent motive allegedly shot to death his 90-year-old caregiver in a bizarre murder that has local police mystified. East Feliciana Parish Sheriff's Office...
Some drug cases are messier than others
Sometimes, cops catch the drug operator in the wide open, but in others the scenario can become more complex, especially in this case where cops chase a suspect all the way to his home and break in on the suspicion that drug offences are being committed. Such cases...
No statute of limitations on murder
Some criminals hide away for a long, long time in the mistaken belief that John Law will finally give up the chase. When it comes to murder the case may go cold, but it is never forgotten. A woman's body was found March 13, 2003, in a wooded area near her home. An...
A tangled web of fraud unravels
In a story that gives credence to the old saw, "What a tangled web we weave when we first practice to deceive," executives were caught up in a white collar crime that became far-reaching. Three executives who worked for convicted Ponzi-schemer R. Allen Stanford were...
Road rage leads to Five Deaths
A Baton Rouge woman fired up over road rage began a deadly racing duel with another car and now stands convicted of five counts of negligent homicide homicide in the case of five innocent victims who haplessly got in the way of the two careening vehicles. The other...
Baton Rouge men arrested on defunct sex law
In a story that has gone viral, especially in the gay community, it has been charged that some dozen East Baton Rouge men were arrested since 2011 for sex offenses that should have been no longer on the books. Although sex in public and solicitation of "unnatural...
Accused rapist jailed after bond violation
The storied "long arm of the law" was illustrated recently when an Orleans Parish man accused of rape who had managed a hefty cash bond was thrown back in the slammer after violating the conditions of his pre-trial release. Luck finally ran out for the 42-year-old as...
Baton Rouge citizens warned of credit card hackers
Perhaps the most common property crime against individual citizens is fraud hallmarked by the unauthorized use of a credit card. Credit card companies are fielding perhaps hundreds of calls from of Baton Rouge residents, who have noticed unauthorized charges to their...