MONROE, La. (KNOE 8 News) - A criminal investigation looking into Monroe's Department of Engineering has wrapped. Now the district attorney office will decide whether it will go to court. Possible pay roll fraud and other state law violations--have been the subject of several investigations.
The city of Monroe, auditors, and state police have each concluded investigations on the matter. The city didn't find anything wrong, but state auditors dug up different results.
The audit revealed to the public last year suggests that City Engineer Sinyale Morrison may have violated state law by hiring employee Ricardo Nance for a job he wasn't qualified for and paid him over 50 thousand dollars plus thousands for overtime for a job auditors say he never performed. He wasn't the only one, according to the report, messy payroll records also allowed other workers to get hundreds of hours of unapproved overtime pay.
And Morrison herself took over 40 hours off from work, but the time wasn't deducted from her leave, she told auditors that the errors were mistakes with the payroll. The report quotes Morrison denying the accusations and calling the auditor's facts "misinterpretations."
Now the state police's criminal investigation report is in the hands of Assistant District Attorney Neil Johnson. City attorney Nancie Summersgill released the following statement: "We await the next step in the judicial process, which is to hear from the D.A.'s office after they review the state police report. This remains an ongoing legal matter. Depending on what the results are, we will take any appropriate action (if any is called for) when the matter has been finally concluded."
Johnson tells us, the report is lengthy and will take some time to review. But if probable cause for criminal intent is found, the matter will go to a grand jury. The district attorney's office couldn't give us a timeline for when a decision will be reached.
Thursday, May 23 2013 2:19 PM EDT2013-05-23 18:19:36 GMT
GONZALES, La. (AP) - Ascension Parish sheriff's deputies arrested a 25-year-old man accused of beating one of his dogs to death and dumping the animal's taped-up body.
GONZALES, La. (AP) - Ascension Parish sheriff's deputies arrested a 25-year-old man accused of beating one of his dogs to death and dumping the animal's taped-up body.
Thursday, May 23 2013 9:12 AM EDT2013-05-23 13:12:50 GMT
MONROE, La. (KNOE 8 News) - Monroe Police are investigating a car crash into an apartment building Wednesday night.It happened just before 9 P.M., at the Windsor Inn, off Washington Street. So far, it
MONROE, La. (KNOE 8 News) - Monroe Police are investigating a car crash into an apartment building Wednesday night.
Thursday, May 23 2013 2:01 PM EDT2013-05-23 18:01:29 GMT
PITTSBURGH (AP) - The parents of a 2-year-old boy who fell into a wild African dogs exhibit and was mauled to death last fall have sued the Pittsburgh zoo.
PITTSBURGH (AP) - The parents of a 2-year-old boy who fell into a wild African dogs exhibit and was mauled to death last fall have sued the Pittsburgh zoo.
Thursday, May 23 2013 2:30 PM EDT2013-05-23 18:30:39 GMT
GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) - A new study has determined for the first time just how quickly frogs and other amphibians are disappearing around the United States.
GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) - A new study has determined for the first time just how quickly frogs and other amphibians are disappearing around the United States.
Thursday, May 23 2013 8:20 AM EDT2013-05-23 12:20:47 GMT
DENHAM SPRINGS, La. (KNOE 8 News) - Authorities say a 40-year-old corrections officer assigned to the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola has been arrested in a Livingston Parish home invasion case.
DENHAM SPRINGS, La. (KNOE 8 News) - Authorities say a 40-year-old corrections officer assigned to the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola has been arrested in a Livingston Parish home invasion case.
