Board chairman of the Luling, La.-based St. Charles Parish Hospital was arrested Monday on four counts of filing false public records and four counts of conspiracy to file false records, according to the St. Charles Parish Sheriff's Office.
John Joseph Landry III, 59, was arrested after criminal charges were filed in an ongoing investigation conducted by the State Attorney General's Office, according to the police report.
This investigation is related to the parish's former district attorney, Harry Morel, who was arrested for obstructing justice and offering leniency to women in exchange for sexual favors, according to a local report from The New Orleans Advocate. Mr. Morel pleaded guilty only to the obstruction of justice charge after helping a woman falsify community service records, according to the report. As a favor, the Luling-Boutte Lions Club agreed to attest that the work had been performed, Mr. Morel admitted in his plea.
Mr. Landry was the president of the Lions Club and friends with Mr. Morel, thus he was charged in connection to the case, according to the report.
More articles on legal and regulatory issues:
Obama health officials uphold California's required abortion coverage
Device maker Analogic to pay $15M for bribery violations
Jury awards former Covenant Medical Center employee $500k for wrongful termination