Shreveport Businessman Arrested

The Times reports the arrest of contractor Joe Whitaker. Whitaker, who was preparing to leave today to assume the position of senior advisor to the Iraqi Minister of Health, was arrested in El Paso, Texas on allegations of "contractors' misapplication of payments." Whitaker's company, Whitaker Construction, was once Louisiana's third-largest construction firm, but was forced into bankruptcy last year. The company has been involved in several high profile projects and has recently been involved in lawsuits with the City of Shreveport related to renovations of Independence Stadium (see here).

Posted by AJR at July 17, 2003 07:29 AM