Courts Judge endorses $12.5 million settlement for Bob Dean's evacuated nursing home patients BY JOHN SIMERMAN | Staff writer Updated Nov 27, 2024 A Jefferson Parish judge approved a class-action settlement Monday for the 843 patients of seven south Louisiana nursing homes that Bob Dean e…
+2 Courts Bob Dean's nursing home empire in tatters as judge weighs insurance settlement BY JOHN SIMERMAN | Staff writer Nov 3, 2022 Louisiana nursing home magnate Bob Dean Jr. enjoyed a life of wealth and luxury, counting properties from Oregon to Maine, ranches, a herd of cattle and a slew of high-end classic cars to his name.
+2 Courts Nursing home owner Bob Dean loses legal control as judge weighs Ida evacuation settlement BY JOHN SIMERMAN | Staff writer Nov 1, 2022 A Jefferson Parish judge is scheduled to consider a proposed class-action settlement Wednesday over nursing home owner Bob Dean Jr.’s botched evacuation of 843 south Louisiana patients for Hurricane Ida.
News Special Report Bob Dean BY ANDREA GALLO and JOHN SIMERMAN | Staff writers Jan 1, 2022 Bob Dean: Botched hurricane evacuation, fallout
+23 Photos Photos: Gov. John Bel Edwards Aerial Assessment of St. Bernard, Plaquemines and Tangipahoa Parishes BILL FEIG | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Sep 3, 2021 Gov. John Bel Edwards, Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser and Major General Keith Waddell, Adjutant General for the Louisiana National Guard, did an aer…
News BY FAIMON A. ROBERTS III | Staff writerUpdated Nov 26, 2024 During his nearly two decades in federal law enforcement, former drug agent Chad Scott was adept at shepherding cases from the street through …
Courts Beatings, drug smuggling, gangs: suit alleges Tangipahoa jail officials ignored pleas for help BY FAIMON A. ROBERTS III | froberts@theadvocate.com Jan 8, 2019 A man who claims he was brutally beaten, forced to sleep on the floor and fight other inmates in the Tangipahoa Parish Jail has sued Sheriff D…
Crime Police Coroner: Natural causes, not beating, led to death of man who spent 12 days in Tangipahoa jail BY FAIMON A. ROBERTS III | froberts@theadvocate.com Sep 3, 2018 The death of Ponchatoula businessman Dave Berwick two days after he had been transferred from the Tangipahoa Parish Jail to a hospital was due…
+2 Crime/Police Major lapse at Amite police HQ: Drugs, weapons stolen in brazen heist; many cases affected BY JIM MUSTIAN and FAIMON A. ROBERTS III | jmustian@theadvocate.com froberts@theadvocate.com Jul 23, 2018 An ex-convict raided the Amite Police Department's evidence room this year and carted off a smorgasbord of prescription pills, heroin and othe…
+2 Courts Justice Department 'framed' longtime DEA agent Chad Scott, attorney claims BY FAIMON A. ROBERTS III and JIM MUSTIAN | froberts@theadvocate.com jmustian@theadvocate.com Jun 13, 2018 The defense attorney for indicted former federal narcotics agent Chad Scott has launched a counterattack on the U.S. Justice Department, accus…