New Orleans businessman faces bond revocation hearing
Updated: 8:04 AM CDT Aug 16, 2013
WDSU
SOURCE: WDSU
A federal magistrate is scheduled to hold a hearing Friday on whether to revoke the bond for a businessman who pleaded guilty to bribing former Plaquemines Parish Sheriff Irvin "Jiff" Hingle.New Orleans resident Aaron Bennett was jailed Tuesday, accused of violating the terms of his release on bond.A court filing says Bennett was indicted in Mississippi on a charge he bounced an $11,080 check at a Gulfport casino where he was gambling in November 2011.Bennett was prohibited from entering a casino or gambling while he was free on bond and awaiting his sentencing by a federal judge in the Eastern District of Louisiana.Bennett is scheduled to be sentenced on Nov. 13. He faces a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison.
A federal magistrate is scheduled to hold a hearing Friday on whether to revoke the bond for a businessman who pleaded guilty to bribing former Plaquemines Parish Sheriff Irvin "Jiff" Hingle.
New Orleans resident Aaron Bennett was jailed Tuesday, accused of violating the terms of his release on bond.
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A court filing says Bennett was indicted in Mississippi on a charge he bounced an $11,080 check at a Gulfport casino where he was gambling in November 2011.
Bennett was prohibited from entering a casino or gambling while he was free on bond and awaiting his sentencing by a federal judge in the Eastern District of Louisiana.
Bennett is scheduled to be sentenced on Nov. 13. He faces a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison.