5 reservists, 2 New Orleans police indicted for stealing from the Army
The Associated Press
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NEW ORLEANS — A New Orleans Police detective and an officer, along with five others, have been indicted for stealing more than $100,000 from the U.S. Army.
Detective Chantelle Davis, 35, Officer Lynea Sanders, 41, and five members of the U.S. Army Reserve were indicted Friday for allegedly claiming reimbursements for their service at military funeral honors ceremonies that never happened, the U. S. Attorney’s Office said in a news release.
According to the indictment, Christopher O’Connor, 40, who is a former Army pay technician, submitted the fraudulent reimbursement claims on behalf of Davis, Sanders, Leroy Daniels Jr., 45, Derrick Branch, 36, Cody Francis, 31, and Terrance Howard, 54. All are charged with conspiring to commit theft of government funds and theft of government funds. If convicted, they face up to 10 years in prison, three years of supervised release and a fine of up to $250,000. It was unknown if any of them have attorneys who could speak on their behalf.