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New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell is accused of criminal cover-up to keep affair with officer secret

Officials allege she defrauded the city while trying to keep hidden her relationship with a police officer assigned to ...

Indictment far from the first time Mayor Cantrell accused of misusing public money

The allegations hearken back to 2017, when Cantrell was a city councilwoman, and this reporter reviewed hundreds of pages of her city credit card records.
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What's next for New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell after federal indictment?

Stephanie Grace, editorial director and columnist for The Times-Picayune and The Advocate, joined Louisiana Considered to ...
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Faimon Roberts: The end of LaToya Cantrell's political career was inevitable

Friday's indictment of New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell was huge news, but it wasn't a surprise, Faimon Robertst writes.

Next up for Cantrell: Arraignment and bond setting in federal court

NEW ORLEANS — With Mayor LaToya LaToya Cantrell now under federal indictment, accused of fraud, conspiracy, and covering up ...

Former Nagin Prosecutor: Cantrell indictment marks historic first

“This is the first time that a sitting mayor has actually been indicted by federal or state charges,” said former Assistant U ...