A slow return to normal as COVID-19 guidelines loosen It feels good to be among people again because during COVID, everything was so isolated and it was different and this is a slight norm, Ford-Louis said. Author: Erika Ferrando (WWL) Updated: 10:16 PM CDT May 2, 2021
CHALMETTE, La. Whether dancing at a festival or dining in a restaurant, right now COVID-19 restrictions are the most relaxed we ve seen in more than a year in Louisiana. Masks aren t required everywhere and businesses are open. It s a change to get out and mingle among people, Anita Ford-Louis said at the Louisiana Crawfish Festival. We re eating out just about every Sunday and we re thankful for it, said Pastor Tyrone Jefferson while eating at Lakeview Harbor after church Sunday.
St. Bernard Parish Sheriff s Office employee fired for alleged unlawful use of $40k in sales tax
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ST. BERNARD PARISH - State officials say an employee with the St. Bernard Parish Sheriff’s Office may have been responsible for thousands of dollars that went missing from the department s sales tax collections.
A report from an independent auditor indicates that an employee working in the sales tax collection office was alleged to have altered receipts and misappropriated sales taxes paid in cash.
The auditor s report notes that the amount missing was estimated to be about $40,000.
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Show Transcript So we re gonna start with the incident at the Louisiana Crawfish Festival here in shell matt, Everybody was excited. There s probably the, the only event since uh, the pandemic uh here in Sanford Orlando metropolitan area. And it turned out it went pretty good for most of the evenings, no thursday, friday, All day Saturday and including Sunday, it all went well. I believe it could be record crowds that was actually at the festival, so everybody was pleased about that. But shortly after seven p.m. on Saturday, something happened on jean. Lafitte is out of the fair where it was predominantly rides in that area where there was an incident that we believe was an altercation. There was several in the area, but one in p
St. Bernard Sheriff s employee stole $40,000 in sales tax payments, report says
The amount of misappropriated sales tax funds was estimated to be about $40,000 based on preliminary investigation.
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FILE - In this June 15, 2018, file photo, 20-dollar bills are counted in North Andover, Mass. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File) Author: WWL Staff Updated: 11:11 AM CDT May 3, 2021
CHALMETTE, La. A St. Bernard Parish Sheriff’s Office employee was fired in February for allegedly stealing $40,000 in sales tax collections after an independent auditor discovered the funds were missing.
A new report released Monday by the Louisiana Legislative Auditor says the employee worked in the sales tax collection office and was alleged to have altered receipts and misappropriated sales taxes paid in cash.