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Kenner police reported the following incidents. The arrest reports are compiled in a binder kept at the Kenner jail.
Suzannie A. Carter , 42, 68 Furman Circle, Kenner, was arrested April 1 in the 200 block of Emerson Place and booked with alprazolam possession and later at the jail with battery on a police officer and resisting an officer.
Tiffany Ethridge , 25, Atlanta, Ga., was arrested April 1 in the 2100 block of Veterans Memorial Boulevard and booked with prostitution and crime against nature.
Aisha Simmons , 19, Denver, Colo., was arrested April 1 in the 2100 block of Veterans Memorial Boulevard and booked with letting premises for prostitution.
Mary Asumendi , 24, 915 27th St., Kenner, was arrested April 1 in the 2200 block of Veterans Memorial Boulevard and booked with prostitution.

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May ran a Metairie store, Herbal Connections, where he is accused of selling synthetic drugs allegedly manufactured by Tran. Authorities say Tran, who specialized in his own brand called Nola Diamond, sold the drug from his own chain of Smoke Solutions stores on the West Bank.
Also arrested were:
Cuong Tran, 30, Tommy Tran’s brother Gina Leggio, 38, May’s wife Giang Troung Vo, 30, a clerk of one of the stores Amer Zughayer, 34, owner of a Marrero store that allegedly sold drugs manufactured by Tommy Tran Harold Bourgeois, 26, who is suspected to be involved in manufacturing.
Thanh Nguyen, 29, was arrested during the raids and booked with possession of cocaine.
George May of Metairie, left, and Thanh ‘Tommy’ Tran of Marrero
Normand said the Sheriff’s Office intends to close businesses caught selling synthetic drugs. The plan is to use the same tactics employed on Airline Drive motels, which the Sheriff’s Office seized and demolished for tax fraud and prostitution.

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To pen in the brothels and sporting houses so the police might gain some measure of control over the raging lawlessness, Story crafted legislation in 1897 that designated 16 square blocks just off the French Quarter where vice would be legal.  Once the law was passed, hundreds of prostitutes celebrated by staging a parade down Canal Street, marching or riding nude or arrayed in elaborate Egyptian costumes. In self-proclaimed victory, they drank liquor and put on a bawdy display that brought hoots from the men on the streets who followed them into New Orleans’ new playground. Sidney Story saw it as a victory, too, but only until he learned that the district’s happy denizens had named it after him.
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But E. J. Bellocq wasn’t just photographing ships and machines. What he kept mostly to himself was his countless trips to Storyville, where he made portraits of prostitutes at their homes or places of work with his 8-by-10-inch view camera. Some of the women are photographed dressed in Sunday clothes, leaning against walls or lying across an ironing board, playing with a small dog. Others are completely or partially nude, reclining on sofas or lounges, or seated in chairs.

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After hearing less than two days of testimony, on July 3, 1997, Chehardy deliberated about 10 minutes and returned with her decision: guilty as charged.
Chehardy, who was elected to the state 5th Circuit Court of Appeal the next year, declined to comment Thursday. Landry, now 46, is serving a 15-year sentence in prison for burglary. He could not be reached for comment.
Losing freedom, then wife
Williams left behind his wife, Mia, and their 2 1/2-year-old son, Michael Williams Jr. Five months after he arrived at Angola, Mia, 32, suffered a brain aneurysm and died on New Year’s Eve 1997.
Michael Williams,46, of Avondale talks about his release from prison in November 2011 after having served 15 years in prison for the 1995 murder of a prostitute . Williams was released when the only witness in the case recanted.

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What binds all these diverse folks together is a commitment to be a person in the world who builds up, rather than tears down. Who sees a chance to serve others and says, “I will do something. I can do something. I must do something.” 
The week I was in New Orleans, the news was dominated by a story about radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh, who on his program verbally attacked and tore down another human being. He called a young woman named Sandra Fluke a “slut” and a “prostitute” for her public stand on a controversial issue. Regardless of the pros or cons of the debate, it was a shocking example of what happens when we humans choose to tear down and not build up in this life.  

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As a prosecutor, Perricone has had a hand in some of the U.S. attorney’s most illustrious victories, including the bribery conviction of Mose Jefferson, the brother of former U.S. Rep. William Jefferson and a longtime leader of one of New Orleans’ formerly dominant political organizations.
Mike Fawer, one of Jefferson’s attorneys, called Perricone a “tough prosecutor” but said he had “never had an ethical problem or issue with him.”
Nonetheless, Fawer plans to review Perricone’s online postings to see whether he said anything prejudicial or inappropriate about the Jefferson case. In one comment, under the handle “legacyusa,” it appears Perricone called Fawer a “douche bag.”
While Perricone helped Letten put some big trophies on the wall, he was also involved in two of the office’s more notable setbacks, though neither was an out-and-out loss. One was the Canal Street brothel case, which prosecutors announced with fanfare in 2002, only to see it fizzle out in a little over a year with lenient sentences for all involved.

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What binds all these diverse folks together is this: a commitment to be a person in the world who builds up rather than tears down.  Who constructs rather than destructs.  Who sees a chance to serve others, a neighbor in need and says, “I will do something. I can do something. I must do something.”  A child of God like you or me who sees a devastated neighborhood, a city hurting, or folks without a home and declares that rather than decrying the problem she will be a part of the solution. To build up.
The week I was in New Orleans the news was dominated by a story about radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh who on his program, verbally attacked and tore down another human being. He called a young woman named Sandra Fluke a “slut” and a “prostitute” for her public stand on a controversial issue. Regardless of the pros or cons of the debate, it was a shocking example of what happens when we humans choose to tear down and not build up in this life.  

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Perricone’s colorful past includes hit-and-run, brothel bust and more
Perricone’s colorful past includes hit-and-run, brothel bust and more
wwltv.com
Posted on March 16, 2012 at 4:49 PM
Updated
yesterday at 5:22 PM
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In 2002, as the lead prosecutor in the so-called “Canal Street Brothel” case, Perricone defended a bust of a high-end New Orleans brothel that was linked to a national network of madams and brothels from coast-to-coast.
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But the case quickly was subjected to withering criticism as a questionable use of federal resources. When defense attorneys filed court motions that could have revealed many of the prominent and well-heeled clients of the brothel, Perricone was removed as the public face of the prosecution. Ultimately, lenient plea deals were struck for nearly all of the defendants and the master list of clients remained secret.

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NEW ORLEANS — A prosecutor working for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in New Orleans is the individual responsible for hundreds of online posts under the pseudonym “Henry L. Mencken1951,” officials said on Thursday. The poster was identified as Sal Perricone, an attorney who has handled such high profile cases as the Canal Street brothel and Operation Wrinkled Robe.U.S. Attorney Jim Letten made the announcement at a media briefing at his office. It came three days after the owner of a Westbank landfill filed a petition in civil court seeking to depose Perricone and fellow prosecutor James Mann in a precursor to a likely defamation lawsuit.Letten said he was speaking to “address and put to rest” the matter regarding Mencken.In his opening remark, Letten said that Perricone on Tuesday “acknowledged and revealed for the first time to

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Letten: Online Posts Came From My Office
Dept. Of Justice To Handle Investigation Into Prosecutor ConductPOSTED: 2:19 pm CDT March 15, 2012UPDATED: 6:50 pm CDT March 15, 2012
NEW ORLEANS — A prosecutor working for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in New Orleans is the individual responsible for hundreds of online posts under the pseudonym “Henry L. Mencken1951,” officials said on Thursday. The poster was identified as Sal Perricone, an attorney who has handled such high-profile cases as the Canal Street brothel and Operation Wrinkled Robe.
U.S. Attorney Jim Letten made the announcement at a media briefing at his office. It came three days after the owner of a Westbank landfill filed a petition in civil court seeking to depose Perricone and fellow prosecutor James Mann in a precursor to a likely defamation lawsuit.

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