Orleans Parish employee arrested misappropriating funds [Video]

ALERTS TURNED ON. LET’S GET BACK NOW TO THAT BREAKING NEWS. WE ARE FOLLOWING THE ORLEANS PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS THEY ARE INVESTIGATING SEVERAL SCHEMES AND MULTIPLE FINANCIAL MISCONDUCT ISSUES WITHIN THE AGENCY, AND THIS COMES AS WE LEARN THAT AN LPSO EMPLOYEE WAS ARRESTED THIS MORNING. WDSU REPORTER ARIELLE BRUMFIELD IS LIVE WITH MORE ON THIS INVESTIGATION AND THE ARREST THAT WAS MADE TODAY. ARIELLE. WELL, LADY, SHERIFF HUDSON, SHE TELLS US THAT THE PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE FOR ABUSING AND MISAPPROPRIATING THOSE FUNDS, THEY WILL NOT GO UNPUNISHED. AND THE DEPARTMENT IS ACTUALLY ALREADY TAKING ACTION AGAINST SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE. WE ARE TOLD THAT THAT ONE PERSON WAS ARRESTED THIS MORNING AND HIS NAME IS KENNETH LAWSON. HE IS A FORMER GRANTS DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEE. HE WAS ARRESTED FOR MULTIPLE FELONIES, INCLUDING THEFT, BANK FRAUD AND CONTRACT FRAUD. NOW, INVESTIGATORS SAY LAWSON CREATED A FAKE BUSINESS TO MISAPPROPRIATE MORE THAN …