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Emotional testimony in sexual abuse case involving St. Tammany school janitor

Emotional testimony in sexual abuse case involving St. Tammany school janitor

The trial began Wednesday with an education administration expert telling the judge the school district failed to reasonably protect Justin Bleker and the students at Abney Elementary when they hire janitor Dino Schwertz.

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Emotional testimony in sexual abuse case involving St. Tammany school janitor

A judge will decide if the school district was negligent in protecting the boy.

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Cantrell on flooding: 'We can do better, and we will'

"This past Friday's rain event was a tough one, but you know what? I'm glad that it occurred because it allowed our administration to really gauge a baseline."

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Cantrell on flooding: 'We can do better, and we will'

Although the Sewerage & Water Board's pumps, power and manpower were working "as designed," according to spokesman Rich Rainey, Cantrell is still trying to get a handle on how City Hall's portion of the drainage system - catch basins and subsurface drain

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Attorneys say sexual abuse by janitor is fault of St. Tammany school system

Man was attacked in bathroom when he was 11 years old

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Attorneys say sexual abuse by janitor is fault of St. Tammany school system

Man was attacked in bathroom when he was 11 years old

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Statutory rape charge filed in lingering case highlighted by WWLTV/Advocate report

Sources close to the case said DNA tests revealed Cowell's DNA was found in Phares's bathing suit bottoms.

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'It happened to my child. It can happen to somebody else's child'

Bleker and his mother say they hope their case exposes, and closes, gaps in security for students at St Tammany schools.

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'It happened to my child. It can happen to somebody else's child'

As a young boy, Justin Bleker had problems finding his voice. He didn't speak until he was 4-years-old. When his Abney Elementary School janitor, Dino Schwertz, raped him repeatedly in the 4th grade, Bleker's voice helped put Schwertz in jail for 999 year

KATIE-MOORE
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Fmr. State Police Commissioner files defamation lawsuit over police report

Braxton accuses State Police of orchestrating a false incident report against him in June 2016 to get him removed from the commission.

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Fmr. State Police Commissioner files defamation lawsuit over police report

Braxton accuses State Police of orchestrating a false incident report against him in June 2016 to get him removed from the commission.

KATIE-MOORE
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First NBC founder's contractor working with feds in bank fraud case

The feds clearly want Dunlap to testify against First NBC founder Ashton Ryan Jr., who is identified in court records as "Bank President A."

DAVID-HAMMER
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'They treat them like they're candy'- Female OPSO deputies sexually harassed

"They treat them like they're candy," one former deputy said about her fellow guards.

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'They treat them like they're candy'

The jail administrator appointed by a federal judge to fix the lock-up declined to comment on a long list of specific allegations uncovered in a joint WWL-TV/New Orleans Advocate investigation, and dismissed them all in a one-sentence statement.

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Feds charge Slidell contractor, close in on First NBC founder

The charging document alleges "Bank President A" conspired with Dunlap to "unjustly enrich themselves."

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Police Sgt. faced punishment after video of roadside CPR hit Facebook

"This may very well fall under the category of no good deed goes unpunished."

MIKE-PERLSTEIN