March 13, 2003
Jennings Firefighters, Police Charged with Malfeasance in Office
The Advertiser reports reports that five men accused of taking computers and televisions from a wrecked tractor-trailer while they were working as Jennings firefighters or police officers have been charged with malfeasance in office, prosecutors announced Wednesday. Fifteen individuals were intially accused, but Jefferson Davis DA Michael Cassidy said that a police investigation shoed that not all of the men's actions rose to a criminal level. The men, four of whom have resigned or been fired, will be eligible for a pre-trial intervention program.