On January 7, 2010, Jennifer Stromberg (W/F, age 34), was arrested by the Louisiana State Police Detectives and booked into the Jefferson Parish Correctional Center on charges of Indecent Behavior with a Juvenile. The arrest was a result of further investigation and a computer analysis of Michael Chatellier’s computer that was seized by detectives on November 24, 2009. Detectives recovered images which contained Stromberg and Chatellier engaging in sexual acts while their two-year old child was present. Stromberg and Chatellier were married at the time the photos were taken.

Story for original arrest:

On November 24, 2009, Louisiana State Police Detectives arrested former Orleans Parish Sheriffs Office deputy Michael L. Chatellier (W/M, 38 yoa) for engaging in a sexually explicit manner with undercover agents over the internet. State Police Detectives received information about the indecent behavior of Chatellier with, what he believed was a 14-year-old female in an internet chat room. Detectives were able to identify Chatellier and found that Chatellier was recently released from prison where he served two years for possession of child pornography and computer aided solicitation of a juvenile.Detectives obtained an arrest warrant and a search warrant for Chatellier and his home, located at 3209 Bauvais St., Metairie, LA. During the search warrant, Detectives located 116 pornographic images involving juveniles. Chatellier was arrested and booked at the Jefferson Parish Correctional Center on five counts of indecent behavior with a juvenile, two counts of computer aided solicitation of a minor, three counts of sex offender registration violations and 116 counts of possession of pornography involving juveniles.
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Trooper Melissa Matey
Public Affairs Unit
Louisiana State Police – Troop B

A benefit is being held for 3 Central High School students who were injured in 2 separate accidents recently. The benefit will be held on January 16th @ Oak Point on the corner of Greenwell Springs Road and Sullivan Road. Tickets are $6.00 each. For more information and to donate food please contact Dirk Arnold at 225.329.5564. The City of Central has set up an event on facebook for this benefit. You can find it by following this link.

Below is the information/names of the 3 students the benefit is being held for:

Michael Calamia is a student at Central High School and was involved in a head on collision and sustained multiple life threatning injuries and was hospitalized. He has recently recovered enough to return home to his family.

Ebony Watkins was involved in the same accident as Michael and she also suffered very serious injuries.

Kelsey Lieux was involved in a serious car accident on Wednesday, December 9, 2009. She’s been in a medically induced coma ever since. Wednesday, January 6, Kelsey will be in surgery for her neck injury. Her c2 vertebra is fractured so the doctors are going in and fusing C1,C2 and C3 vertebra together and adding a few screws.

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United States Attorney David R. Dugas announced today that a federal grand jury returned two indictments against MICHAEL LEE, age 46, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. One is a six count indictment charging LEE with conspiracy to violate the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), violation of the RICO Act, three counts of using an interstate facility in aid of racketeering, and one count of false statements. The indictment alleges that LEE conspired with Edward James, Leonard Jackson, Flitcher Bell and others to accept or extort bribes from individuals with pending criminal charges in the Baton Rouge City Court in exchange for arranging for the matters to be dismissed or otherwise “fixed.”

The second indictment is a one count indictment charging LEE with illegal possession of a firearm. The indictment alleges that LEE was subject to a domestic restraining order and was therefore legally prohibited from possessing a firearm.

LEE was arrested in connection with the above charges on December 17, 2009, pursuant to a Criminal Complaint issued by Magistrate Judge Christine Noland, and is currently detained and in the custody of the U.S. Marshal’s Service.

The charges against LEE result from Operation “Illegal Motion,” an ongoing investigation conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the United States Attorney’s Office with the cooperation of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; the Louisiana Office of Inspector General; the Louisiana State Police; the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigative Division; the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Office of Inspector General; and the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality, Criminal Investigations Division. The cases are being prosecuted by Deputy Criminal Chief Corey R. Amundson and Assistant United States Attorney M. Patricia Jones.

LEE is the ninth individual charged as a result of Operation “Illegal Motion.” Seven individuals have previously pleaded guilty to charges arising out of the investigation.

LEE faces a maximum sentence of twenty (20) years in prison and a fine of $250,000 on each of the RICO counts and a maximum sentence of five (5) years in prison and a fine of $250,000 on each of the racketeering and false statements counts. He also faces a maximum sentence of ten (10) years in prison and a fine of $250,000 on the firearms charge.

For further information, contact David R. Dugas, U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Louisiana, or Lyman Thornton, First Assistant U.S. Attorney, at (225) 389-0443.

NOTE: An indictment is a determination by a grand jury that there is probable cause to believe that offenses have been committed by the defendant. The defendant, of course, is presumed innocent until and unless they are proven guilty at trial.

Here is the full list of those charged so far:

Flitcher Bell: Baton Rouge City Prosecutor; Charged with accepting money in exchange for having charges dismissed; entered guilty plea and resigned from the Clerk of Court’s Office

Darrell Johnson: Baton Rouge Police Sergeant;  Charged with fixing a prostitution charge; entered guilty plea and resigned from the Baton Rouge Police Dept.

Leonard Jackson: Baton Rouge Police Officer;  Charged with bribery in connection with fixing charges in Baton Rouge City Court;   admitted to accepting a bribe  to collect a $10,000 debt using his position as an office; plead guilty and resigned.

Edward C. James: Chief Investigator for the Public Defender’s Office;  Charged with taking money from people within the judicial system that had pending charges. He would then share the money with someone from the prosecutor’s office or some other court official to have the charges dismissed. Resigned from the Public Defender’s Office

Evelyn Holden: Clerk of Court’s Office; Charged with conspiracy which stems from her alleged solicitation of cash from those with criminal and/or traffic charges in Baton Rouge; plead guilty and resigned

Koveria Williams: Friend of Flitcher Bell; Charged with conspiracy to use interstate facilities in aid of racketeering by accepting bribes in exchange for using his connection to Bell for having charges reduced or dismissed in city court. Has not yet plead to these charges as of 11-19-09.

Ann Warr: Clerk of Court’s Office; Charged with accepting cash in exchange for doctoring community service hour sheets; expected to enter a plea later this afternoon (11-19-09)

Samuel Wilson: Civilian;  Bill of Information with conspiracy to violate the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) and with use of an interstate facility in aid of racketeering for allegedly accepting or extorting bribes from individuals with pending criminal charges in the Baton Rouge City Court (12-11-09)

Michael Lee: Conspiracy to violate the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), violation of the RICO Act, three counts of using an interstate facility in aid of racketeering, and one count of false statements.