Mayor Cantrell calls Irvin Mayfield a true son of the city as musician awaits sentencing in library fraud case
Mayfield and partner now seek to pay $1.1 million in restitution into a court account, in accordance with their plea agreement, prior to their sentencing. Author: By David Hammer / Eyewitness Investigator Published: 6:40 PM CDT June 3, 2021 Updated: 6:56 PM CDT June 3, 2021
NEW ORLEANS Even as they prepare to pay $1.1 million in restitution for illegally transferring money from the city’s public library charity to their jazz orchestra, musicians Irvin Mayfield and Ronald Markham are getting support from top local officials.
Mayor LaToya Cantrell, whose administration runs the library system, and Sheriff Marlin Gusman, the top elected law enforcement official in the city, both stood in front of a crowd at the Magnolia Mansion during a sold-out Mayfield performance Saturday and extolled the Grammy winner.