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Baton Rouge Schools Chief Cole Faces Corruption Charges
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BATON ROUGE, La.
— A special grand jury indicted East Baton Rouge Parish Schools Superintendent LaMont Cole Wednesday afternoon on felony corruption charges tied to his former role as a Metro Council leader.
Cole, 52, faces two counts of conspiracy to commit public bribery, two counts of money laundering and a single count of malfeasance in office.
The grand jury also indicted contractors Terral “TJ” Jackson and his wife, Erica Jackson, on the same two bribery conspiracy counts Cole faces, along with two additional money laundering counts against the couple.
Sources familiar with the investigation say the grand jury had been reviewing evidence against Cole for several months before Wednesday’s indictment.