Racketeering charges used for first time in New Orleans blight case

Racketeering charges used for first time in New Orleans blight case
Racketeering charges used for first time in New Orleans blight case

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NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Racketeering charges were used in a blight case for the first time in Louisiana.

District Attorney Jason Williams said a grand jury indicted a New Orleans real estate developer, Edward Neal Morris III. Williams said the case involved multiple properties managed through companies controlled by Morris.

“Through this filigree of companies and LLC’s Morris, the defendant, allowed dozens of properties across New Orleans to deteriorate to the point of being legally declared public nuisances,” Williams said.

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