By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Deputy U.S. Marshal Josie Wells was shot in the neck and killed Tuesday in a gun battle in Baton Rouge, La. Wells, 27, a native of Mississippi, had been with the U.S. Marshals Service since January 2011. Authorities said that Wells was part of a team executing arrest warrants on fugitive…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Jury selection began on Monday in the trial of a former Louisiana mayor charged with a number of crimes, reports theadvertiser.com. George L. Grace, the former Mayor of St. Gabriel, La., in the Baton Rouge metropolitan area, faces charges of racketeering, extortion, obstruction of justice, false statements, bribery, mail fraud, wire fraud and…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI may have thought Michael F. Mara looked grandfatherly when they dubbed the serial bank robber the “Grandad Bandit”. Wait til he gets out of prison. They may want to consider changing his nickname to the “Great Grandad Bandit.” Mara, 53, of Baton Rouge, La., was sentenced Wednesday in federal…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com James Stanley “Stan” Lemelle announced Monday that Attorney Gen. Eric Holder Jr. has named him interim U.S. Attorney in Baton Rouge. He replaces David Dugas, a Bush appointee,who stepped down last week. “I have been an Assistant United States Attorney for the Middle District for 31 years,” Lemelle said in a…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Baton Rouge U.S. Attorney David R. Dugas, a Bush appointee who took office five weeks after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, announced he is stepping down at the end of the week to join a national law firm with offices in Louisiana. “Serving as United States Attorney has been the greatest…
