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• Family claims 95-year-old swindled by Council on Aging director Play Video

  March 29, 2017 5:42 PM

  BATON ROUGE- There are allegations of coercion and violations of state ethics rules at the East Baton Rouge Parish Council on Aging. All of this centers around a will that was drawn up late last year for a 95-year-old woman. Helen Plummer died this month, and that's when the family... more »

• Deputy's vacation gets attention of ethics commission

  February 1, 2016 7:56 PM

  BATON ROUGE - An East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office employee faces ethics fines and charges after an investigation by the state ethics commission. The watchdog body said Mike Crawford accepted gifts from a vendor while working as a purchaser for the sheriff's office in 2013. Crawford identifies himself... more »

• Walter Monsour, son face ethics charges for RDA deals

  December 2, 2015 5:34 PM

  BATON ROUGE - The Louisiana Board of Ethics filed conflict of interest charges Wednesday against Walter Monsour, the former head of the East Baton Rouge Redevelopment Authority, over deals between the agency and clients represented by his son Jordan Monsour. The board also charged Jordan Monsour as part of... more »