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19 hrs ago | WWL-TV New Orleans

Tickfaw man pleads not guilty to scheme to steal $20 million from investors

NEW ORLEANS A 26-year-old Tickfaw man accused of running a Ponzi scheme that took nearly $20 million from 160 investors pled not guilty to 64 counts in court Monday.

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Thu Nov 26, 2009

Jennings Daily News

Amateur historian recognizes fallen JPD officer

The name E. Cameron Coffin may not ring a bell for many local residents, but Jennings Police Department officials will soon be making sure he gains a place in the city's long history - all thanks to one Southeast Louisiana man.

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Tue Nov 24, 2009

Seattle's WB

Police: La. man for creating a Ponzi scheme that cost 200 investors over $11 million

A Louisiana businessman was arrested Thursday on charges he engaged in a Ponzi scheme that cost at least 200 investors more than $11 million, money he allegedly used to finance a lavish lifestyle.

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Mon Nov 23, 2009

2theadvocate.com

About Town for Nov. 19, 2009

Bird Fair and Sale EVENT: Bird Fair and Sale. DATE: Today. TIME: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. PLACE: Chesterton Square, 143 Northwest Railroad Ave., Ponchatoula.

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Sat Nov 21, 2009

2theadvocate.com

Ponchatoula man out on bail in fraud case

A Hammond businessman accused of bilking more than 200 investors out of $11 million posted bail to gain his release from custody Friday, according to court and jail records.

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Fri Nov 20, 2009

ABC News - Brian Ross

La. Businessman Indicted in Alleged Ponzi Scheme

A Louisiana businessman was charged Friday with engaging in a Ponzi scheme to defraud about 160 investors - mostly elderly people - out of roughly $19.5 million and using some of the money to pay for cars, cruises, sports tickets and a house.

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Thu Nov 19, 2009

WWL-TV New Orleans

Ponchatoula man arrested for running Ponzi scheme

A Ponchatoula man was arrested for running a Ponzi scheme that lured in at least 200 investors and cost them over $11 million, which was allegedly to use to fuel an extravagant lifestyle for him and his wife, according to a statement from the state Attorney General's Office.

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Wed Nov 18, 2009

Times-Picayune

Texas man arrested in threat

St. John the Baptist Parish authorities arrested a Texas man for allegedly threatening another with a handgun after the two were involved in a minor vehicle accident early Monday evening, a department spokesman said.

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Fri Nov 06, 2009

The Shreveport Times

Quick hits: JP overstayed welcome; tax amnesty the right call; day care centers on notice

Ponchatoula is more than 300 miles from Shreveport-Bossier City but when an elected justice of the peace declines to marry an interracial couple because of his personal prejudices, that smears the entire state.

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Wed Nov 04, 2009

Shreveport Times

La. judge done after flap over interracial wedding

At least four times in the last 21 2 years, Keith Bardwell says he refused to marry interracial couples while serving as a Louisiana justice of the peace.

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Fri Oct 30, 2009

Examiner.com

Ponchatoula Bird Fair on November 14-15 2009 welcomes all bird lovers and buyers

Approximately fifty-five breeders and vendors from Texas, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Florida, and Arkansas will be on hand at the Pontchatoula Bird Fair to answer your questions and to educate you about birds.

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Thu Oct 22, 2009

KLFY-TV Lafayette

Man pleads no contest to hit-run fatality

A 26-year-old man has pleaded no contest to striking and killing a woman pedestrian and injuring her two young children in October 2008.

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Wed Oct 21, 2009

4 WWL-TV

No paper tickets at Miley Cyrus concert, confusing some

Sports fans and concert goers beware -- you might be in for a surprise when walking through the turnstiles of the Superdome or New Orleans Arena.

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Mon Oct 19, 2009

WAFB-TV Baton Rouge

Interracial marriage story sparks media frenzy

From Arizona to Cleveland and all the way to Russia, a story from South Louisiana is continuing to grab the world's attention.

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Sat Oct 17, 2009

WGNO

Motorcycle crash takes life of Ponchatoula Resident

Hammond - Yesterday at 6:54 pm, Louisiana State Police Troop L investigated a two vehicle fatal crash on LA 3158 at the intersection with Old Covington Highway in Tangipahoa Parish.

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Thu Oct 15, 2009

WBRZ-TV Baton Rouge

Tangipahoa litter creating problems

Tangipahoa Parish's litter problem is creating high levels of pollution in Ponchatoula Creek and Yellow Water River, two main water drainage routes for central and south Tangipahoa Parish.

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Tue Oct 13, 2009

WAFB-TV Baton Rouge

Man wanted on federal warrant arrested

A man wanted on a federal drug warrant has been arrested in Ponchatoula. Narcotics agents with the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office had been told that John Dail was going to a home in Ponchatoula to buy illegal drugs.

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Sun Oct 11, 2009

The Baptist Message

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'We already had two scheduled to be baptized and now we will baptize 13,' said Karen Lemoine, Vacation Bible School director at Bayou des Glaises in Moreauville, which is part of the Louisiana Baptist Association.

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Thu Oct 08, 2009

WDSU.com

Officer Charged With Attacking Other Officers

A 23-year-old Ponchatoula police officer has been arrested on charges that he attacked another officer.

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Wed Oct 07, 2009

WAFB-TV Baton Rouge

Ponchatoula man arrested...again

A Ponchatoula man who has been arrested and charged with more than 30 crimes in the last year has been arrested again.

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