New Orleans mayor indicted for corruption over alleged bodyguard romance
by Ramon Antonio Vargas in New Orleans and agencies from US news | The Guardian on (#6ZBN0)
Grand jury charges LaToya Cantrell with using city property and resources for purported affair
The New Orleans mayor, LaToya Cantrell, was indicted by a federal grand jury Friday on corruption charges involving a purported romance with her former bodyguard.
Cantrell, 53, thus became the first New Orleans mayor in the city's 307-year history to be charged by the US government with crimes while still in office.
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