[StBernard] St. Bernard Parish judge is jailed in fraud conspiracy

[Westley Annis]

This is so sad.All he had to do was release the people on their own
recognizance and nothing would have been said or done. It's sad that so many
of our officials are only in it for the MONEY!!! Just my opinion and believe
me I mean to insult no one.  Corruption is running rampant and the system
should and is now to be considered defunct and rotten to the core.

Ben

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	    St. Bernard Parish judge is jailed in fraud conspiracy
	    by Bob Warren, The Times-Picayune
	    Friday April 24, 2009, 8:43 PM
	    .
	    
	    Judge Wayne Cresap, right, who was arrested Friday by the FBI in
a
	    wire-fraud conspiracy, makes a call during the 2006 Louisiana
	Judicial
	    College reception in Destin, Fla.State District Judge Wayne
Cresap
	of St.
	    Bernard Parish arrested by the FBI on Friday on suspicion of
	conspiracy to
	    commit wire fraud
	    
	    U.S. Attorney Jim Letten said the arrest resulted from "an
ongoing
	    corruption investigation by FBI and U.S. attorney's office."
	    
	    "Cresap entered into an illegal agreement with unnamed lawyers
in
	which
	    Cresap accepted money to convert secured bonds to unsecured
personal
	surety
	    bonds, thereby allowing the releases of charged individuals on
	signatures,
	    and without collateral security," a statement from Letten's
office
	said.
	    
	    The scheme to accept money to release suspects from jail
"deprived
	citizens
	    of his honest services in the course of his officials duties, "
	according to
	    the charge against him.