Por: The Advocate Crime September 17, 2022
A former Southern University associate professor who fled the U.S. in 2011 to evade charges of mail fraud and money laundering that cost the school $157,366 was sentenced Thursday to two years in federal prison, the U.S. Justice Department said. Parviz Sharifrazi, a 70-year-old from Baton Rouge, was indicted in 2011 on the charges along with a former director of information technologies at the university, but Sharifrazi had already left the... + full article
The Advocate USA Crime September 17, 2022
JACKSON, Miss. — Newly revealed text messages show how deeply a Mississippi governor was involved in the state paying more than $1 million in welfare money to to help fund one of the retired NFL quarterback's pet projects.Instead of the money going to help low-income... + más
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A former chief credit officer of First NBC Bank, under the weight of risky loans, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to conspiracy to commit bank fraud, becoming the latest former bank employee or customer to admit to a fraud charge amid a sweeping federal probe.Federal prosecutors... + más
After new trial led to murder conviction again, judge hands down life sentence for Ascension man | The Advocate
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A 22-year-old Holden man was sentenced to 50 years in prison for distributing fentanyl pills in Livingston Parish, according to prosecutors.Colton Boudreaux, 22, pleaded guilty to two counts of distribution of fentanyl and one count of entering contraband into a penal... + más
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Two Tangipahoa Parish officials have pleaded guilty to violating federal election laws years after a sweeping FBI investigation into vote buying allegations in the parish.Former Amite City police chief Jerry Trabona, 72, and current city council member Kristian Kris Hart, 49,... + más
Louisiana coastal worker fined after rupturing oil pipeline at BP spill restoration site | The Advocate
Another First NBC Bank executive pleads guilty ahead of federal fraud trial | The Advocate
ABC News USA Entertainment September 17, 2022
ST. LOUIS -- A federal jury on Friday convicted a former star of the St. Louis-based reality TV show “Welcome to Sweetie Pie’s” of arranging the shooting death of his nephew.The jury deliberated about 17 hours over three days before reaching its verdict in the... + más
Livingston Parish jury finds man accused of killing estranged wife guilty of first-degree murder | The Advocate
After key witness flees, Baton Rouge prosecutors drop charges in fatal double shooting | The Advocate
The Advocate USA Opinion September 17, 2022
Southern University football coach Eric Dooley may have seen it all before. Not even a year ago, in fact.It was Nov. 20, 2021 when Dooley, then coach at Prairie View A&M in Texas, led his Panthers of the Southwestern Athletic Conference into College Station to play the home team... + más
Ed Pratt: No matter the final score between LSU and Southern, it will be a night to remember in Baton Rouge | The Advocate
‘Don’t give up’: Speakers at LSU, Southern entrepreneur event give advice on resources, persistence | The Advocate
Come 6:30 p.m. Saturday night, more than 100,000 people are expected in LSU’s Death Valley football stadium in what may be one of the most in the city’s history.The LSU Tigers, the behemoth from the southside of Baton Rouge, will play my Southern University Jaguars, a... + más
Our Views: LSU, Southern share a football field and a vision for a better Louisiana | The Advocate
Here's a look at LSU's efforts to identify patents with 'commercial potential' | The Advocate
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