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Friday, Mar 26, 2010 13:40 EDT
Feds reduce charges against ACORN pimp James O’Keefe
Four who were arrested after entering office of Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., now facing misdemeanor charges
AP/Salon Salon composite of James O’keefe behind bars, taken from a booking photo provided by the U.S. Dept. of Justice. James O’Keefe and the three other men arrested with him after they tried one of the video stunts O’Keefe has become famous for at the office of Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., were hit with federal felony charges after their arrest. Now, the charges have been reduced, down to a single misdemeanor each. The four men initially faced penalties of up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. Now, the maximum punishment they can receive is six months in prison and a $5,000 fine. As the Associated Press notes, the way these charges were reduced seems to indicate that a plea deal is on its way, and a lawyer for one of the men essentially confirmed that to the AP. More Alex Koppelman

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O’Keefe made headlines last year when he posed as a pimp, and accomplice Hannah Giles posed as a prostitute, and made a secret videotape of themselves getting advice from a Philadelphia ACORN office.

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Deputies seized 2 motels, owners arrested
Associated Press – March 26, 2010 8:34 AM ET
METAIRIE, La. (AP) – Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s deputies have arrested a husband and wife and seized two Metairie motels.
Authorities say an investigation revealed the couple was dodging local taxes and employees were turning a blind eye to prostitution on the property.
Forty-2-year-old Anil Patel and 38-year-old Mayaben Patel were booked Wednesday with two counts of failing to account for local taxes and obstruction of justice.
Sheriff Newell Normand said the Patels are accused of underreporting occupancy at the motels. Investigators discovered as much during a search of the property which turned up two separate sets of books.
Normand said the latest investigation stems from an earlier probe by undercover detectives with the sheriff’s office vice squad.

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4 murdered -including preschooler- in Upper 9thNew Orleans police are investigating the apparent shooting deaths of four people, including two children. Police say the dead include a 24-year-old female, 17-year-old female, 7-year-old female and a 4-year-old male …Read More
Video – Crackdown goes after Airline Drive hotels and motels
A bunch of hotels on Airline Drive in Metairie are in trouble with the law after a sting operation that included cops posing as pimps and prostitutes.  Sheriff Newell Normand today announced the big undercover operation to go after illegal activity along the notoriously seedy stretch of road in Jefferson Parish. Read More
OIG again slams Riley over NOPD documentsThe New Orleans Inspector General has released a letter sent to the New Orleans City Council in response to an earlier letter from NOPD Chief Warren Riley. Riley contended in the early letter that he has been in full compliance with the law concerning turning over documents to the city’s new police monitor and the OIG …Read More

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Video – Crackdown goes after Airline Drive hotels and motels
A bunch of hotels on Airline Drive in Metairie are in trouble with the law after a sting operation that included cops posing as pimps and prostitutes.  Sheriff Newell Normand today announced the big undercover operation to go after illegal activity along the notoriously seedy stretch of road in Jefferson Parish. Read More
OIG again slams Riley over NOPD documentsThe New Orleans Inspector General has released a letter sent to the New Orleans City Council in response to an earlier letter from NOPD Chief Warren Riley. Riley contended in the early letter that he has been in full compliance with the law concerning turning over documents to the city’s new police monitor and the OIG …Read More
Nagin vetoes attempt to ban felons from getting city contractsNew Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin has issued a veto over an ordinance passed by the City Council, an ordinance that would have prohibited the city from entering in contract with anyone convicted of a felony within the last five years …Read More

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A bunch of hotels on Airline Drive in Metairie are in trouble with the law after a sting operation that included cops posing as pimps and prostitutes.
Sheriff Newell Normand today announced the big undercover operation to go after illegal activity along the notoriously seedy stretch of road in Jefferson Parish.
“We certainly need to punish property owners that are letting their premises for illegal activities,” Normand said.  “It’s something that maybe we’ve been remiss in really going after them for many, many years.”
Normand says they sited nine hotels or motels:
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“We worked out a strategy as to how we would go in utilizing undercover agents posing as pimps and prostitutes,” Normand explained.  “We had the pimp working, the prostitute in the room and we had undercover agents acting as johns coming in.”

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… They kept meticulous records. They had the set they paid taxes on, and they had the set that they didn’t,” said Normand. He confirmed the Patels owe the Parish about $535,000 in back taxes, penalties and interest. “Basically, what these people were doing was stealing from the public.”
The latest investigation stems from an earlier probe by undercover detectives with the Sheriff’s Office Vice Squad. Normand said detectives posed as a pimps and prostitutes and tried to rent rooms at motels as part of a larger effort to target the parish’s “problem properties.”
On Aug. 18 and Sept. 22, the detectives visited La Village and made it clear the rooms would be for the working girls. A clerk working the desk rented the “pimp” a room for two hours and even suggested they wait until 10:30 so none of the guests would complain, according to Sheriff’s Office incident reports.

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Tiana, appreciative and somewhat humbled by her experience growing up and maturing in a very musical and very comfortable New Orleans, prides herself on her hard work and little else. The girl’s knack for pretty much owning whichever kitchen she sets foot in, echoes largely through the satisfaction of her friends and family. In The Princess and the Frog, Tiana’s chance to move to the next level and begin her own career as an amateur restaurateur takes quite a bit of a detour however, with the chance encounter with a talking frog — who, in turn, changes Tiana into a frog as well.
The talking frog is a once pompous and self-confident prince Naveen now lead astray by one Dr. Facilier, a conniving witch doctor. Facilier is a charismatic “shadow man” known for turning tricks and emptying wallets. He covets the wealth and success of the young prince, and in doing so chances an opportunity to deceive the young man into giving up his fame for a shot a simpler life.

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REGGIE BUSH’S GIRLFRIEND KIM KARDASHIAN USED TO CHECK HIS INCOMING AND OUTGOING CALLS!
Friday March 26, 2010
KIM Kardashian used to check beau Reggie Bush’s phone to see if he’d been cheating on her.
The reality TV star suspected the New Orleans Saints running back was seeing other women behind her back, so memorized the password to his cell and scanned his incoming and outgoing calls.
“She has the password to Reggie’s phone and checks his incoming and outgoing calls and she’s already found sexy text messages from strange women,” a source divulged.
Kim was right to have her suspicions.
Radar Online reported Thursday that Bush has been having secret rendezvous with January Gessert — a waitress he met at Sunset Strip bar-restaurant Red Rock.
Reggie has also reportedly hooked up with a beauty named Crystal in Las Vegas, a Danielle in New Orleans and sexy Miami model Carmen Ortega.

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House Dems on track for vote on $940B health billHouse Democrats say they are on track for a Sunday vote on a $940 billion health care bill that will expand coverage to millions.  The Number 2 Democrat in the House said the health care package will also reduce the federal deficit by more than $100 billion over its first 10 years – and more than $1 trillion in the second decade… Read More
Cops: Men shot at prostitute after learning she was a he
Police say two men are behind bars after shooting at a man in women’s clothes. It reportedly happened after a sexual encounter. Cops responding to a call of shots fired in Alexandria, Louisiana, say two men were trying to shoot a prostitute who had just performed oral sex acts on them for cash …Read More

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