By GottaLaff
This is breaking as we speak:
This morning, the US Attorney’s office in the Southern District of Mississippi handed down a 16 count indictment accusing Republican Gulfport Mayor Brent Warr and his wife Laura Warr of illegally obtaining grant monies for personal use. If convicted on all counts, they each face a total of 210 years in federal prison and up to $4 million in fines. This has been a cooperative investigation between the FBI, HUD, Homeland Security, Office of the Inspector General, the US Attorneys Office and State Auditor Stacey Pickering’s office. [...]
Arraignment was held in front of Magistrate Judge John Roper in Gulfport this morning.
Here is a copy of the indictment. Interestingly, this indictment was handed down and sealed on November 6, 2008 and unsealed this morning.
At issue seems to be whether or not Warr used this beach house as a primary residence to comply with grant monies received for restoration. The Gulf Coast News has been all over the story since the beginning of last year. This [...] will center on whether or not Warr was a resident of the property for which he obtained a grant.
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