A former New Orleans Police Department officer who has been under a federal investigation for weeks has been indicted on seven counts of wire fraud and one count of making false statement charges. A grand jury indicted former officer Jeffrey Vappie on Friday. New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell was implicated in the indictment as “Public Official One, mayor of the City of New Orleans.”Vappie is accused of incurring more than $47,000 in costs connected to work trips while he traveled with Cantrell. Those costs included meals, lodging, incidentals, and his salary. According to the indictment, Vappie “knowingly submitted false timecards to NOPD in excessive payments.”According to the indictment, Vappie and Cantrell began a romantic relationship in November 2021, a relationship the indictment said Vappie routinely denied having. The indictment goes on to say that Vappie and Cantrell exchanged personal and romantic messages through photographs, text messages, voice notes, and Whats …
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