NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — In a letter penned to the Louisiana State Police, Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry is ordering them to investigate the dumping of case files from the Orleans Parish Criminal Court.

On Aug. 1, Clerk of Criminal Court and Orleans Parish Chief Elections Officer Darren Lombard's office was alerted of city officials removing and possibly destroying court documents.

He says destroyed documents were dumped into a debris field at the Department of Public Works Maintenance Yard on Clark Street. At the yard, office personnel reportedly found a 40 foot long by eight to 20 foot wide container of documents was dumped and mixed among general trash.

In a post to X (Twitter) Landry says:

"This is a disgusting abuse of power and a slap in the face to crime victims. Those who participated

See Full Page