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  • Judge delays ex-BP engineer's trial

    May 17, 2013 3:48 PM

    NEW ORLEANS - A federal judge has agreed to postpone the trial of a former BP engineer charged with deleting text messages about the company's response to its 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Kurt Mix's trial was scheduled to start June 10, but U.S. District Judge Stanwood... more »
  • Ex-BP engineer claims feds withheld evidence

    May 14, 2013 4:35 PM

    NEW ORLEANS - A former BP engineer charged with deleting text messages about the company's response to its 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico claims that Justice Department prosecutors withheld evidence and should be sanctioned. U.S. District Judge Stanwood Duval Jr. didn't immediately rule Tuesday on whether sanctions... more »
  • Experts say grads finding health, engineer jobs

    May 3, 2013 4:33 PM

    BATON ROUGE - In a few short weeks thousands of college students will be off campus and hopefully off to work. "It's not easy by no means but it's a rewarding feeling you know to know that you're about to be an adult with a degree," says Southern University... more »
  • Federal judge delays ex-BP engineer's trial

    January 14, 2013 4:20 PM

    NEW ORLEANS - A federal judge has agreed to postpone the trial of a former BP engineer charged with deleting text messages about the company's response to the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Kurt Mix's trial was scheduled to start Feb. 25, but U.S. District Judge Stanwood... more »
  • Judge won't dismiss charge faced by ex-BP engineer

    November 8, 2012 2:21 PM

    NEW ORLEANS- A federal judge has refused to throw out one of the two obstruction of justice charges faced by a former BP engineer in connection with the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Kurt Mix is accused of deleting text messages about BP's response to the disaster. Defense lawyers... more »
  • Ex-BP engineer: Most deleted texts were routine

    July 2, 2012 4:57 PM

    NEW ORLEANS - Lawyers for a former BP engineer are pressing federal prosecutors to explain how their client impeded a grand jury probe by deleting text messages about the company's response to the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. In a court filing Monday, Kurt Mix's attorneys also... more »
  • Judge eases ex-BP engineer's travel limits

    May 29, 2012 3:35 PM

    NEW ORLEANS - A federal magistrate has agreed to ease the travel restrictions he imposed on a former BP engineer charged with deleting text messages about the company's response to the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. U.S. Magistrate Daniel Knowles III ruled Tuesday that 50-year-old Kurt Mix,... more »
  • Ex-BP engineer pleads not guilty in spill probe

    May 3, 2012 2:45 PM

    NEW ORLEANS- Federal prosecutors say a former BP engineer was arrested last week because they feared he would leave the country for a job in Australia and not return. The engineer pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges he deleted text messages to a supervisor and a contractor to prevent them... more »
  • Man sentenced on bribery charge

    November 19, 2010 5:39 AM

    NEW ORLEANS - A Destrehan engineer has been sentenced to six months in federal prison and fined $20,000 after pleading guilty to bribing a former St. John the Baptist Parish president. Ray A. Davezac admitted paying a $5,000 bribe to former parish President William Hubbard. He admitted owning and operating... more »
  • Natchitoches man charged over false air permit

    July 9, 2010 5:18 AM

    A Natchitoches man has pleaded guilty to filing false air permit documents after he falsely represented himself as an engineer. Nathan Redwine was arrested in April 2009 and pleaded guilty in state court to three felony counts of filing false public documents. He faces up to five years in prison... more »

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