New details in a wide-ranging staged wrecks scheme were revealed in court Monday afternoon. A New Orleans businessman and two attorneys were indicted along with several other suspects in the case last week. One of the suspects, Leon Parker, was in court Monday for a detention hearing, during which new details about the scheme were revealed. He is being represented by Stephen Haedicke, who was assigned through the federal public defender’s office. Parker was shackled and in an orange jumpsuit for the hearing. Parker has been accused of being involved in the scheme to kill a witness who was cooperating with the federal government in the investigation. He was involved in three suspected staged wrecks and was arrested in November. An FBI agent testified, saying Parker played a part in the killing of Cornelius Garrison after New Orleans businessman Sean Alfortish tried to pay Garrison to go to the Bahamas …
