A federal grand jury indicted New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell on Friday after a long corruption investigation. Cantrell, who is term-limited, will leave office in January.
A federal grand jury indicted New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell on Friday after a long corruption investigation.
Cantrell’s lawyer, Eddie Castaing, confirmed to The Associated Press that an indictment was returned, and her name was read aloud by a federal magistrate judge as a defendant. The charges weren’t immediately known.
The indictment is the culmination of a long-running federal investigation into Cantrell, the first female mayor in the city’s 300-year history.
