Police chief Louisiana, U -Bahn owner for bribery and declaration | crime

Lafayette, La. (News 15) – Federal Prosecutor's Office in Lafayette became against several police chiefs from small cities in Louisiana and revealed allegations of bribery in an immigration program.

The authorities have charged and arrested five people, including three current or former police chiefs, a marshal and a business owner. All come from Central -Louisiana cities nearby.

Among the accused subway -sandwich -shop owners Chandrakant “Lala” Patel, Oakdale City Marschall Michael Slaney and Chad Doyle, chief of police from Oakdale. The charges follow the raids of ICE agents, the FBI and the Louisiana State Police at various locations in Rapides and all communities, including the home house of Chief Doyle. The authorities have not announced what was confiscated.

“People, not residents to stay in the United States because of this new visa program. The new program requires that they are victims or witnesses of crime, and they would simply invent it. At least we said that,” said lawyer Alexander van Hook, the US lawyer Alexander van Hook.

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Lafayette, La. (AP) – The federal authorities have charged three current or former chiefs of police in Louisiana because they submitted a visa because of the submission of false police reports that require a visa with which certain victims of crime remain in the usus lawyer Alexander. He said the police officers had paid 5,000 US dollars for any name for which they delivered fake reports and that there were hundreds of names. Two other people, including a marshal and a businessman from the small town of Oakdale, are also charged in the alleged program.

The charges claim that the law enforcement officers have accepted 5,000 US dollars for every name in false crime reports in order to obtain visas.

“In this case, people paid thousands of dollars for the production of this status and have a abbreviation for the privilege of staying in our great nation. We expect our law enforcement officers to protect the public and honor the trust not to sell this trust in the honor of their badge for personal profit,” remarked the investigator of the federal government, Jonathan Tapp.

If they are convicted, the accused could be exposed to a considerable prison period.

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