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New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell was indicted Friday on federal charges alleging she carried on an “intimate relationship” with a taxpayer-funded security guard and conspired to defraud the city of more than $70,000, according to a superseding indictment unsealed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.

The 18-count indictment accuses Cantrell, 53, and former New Orleans Police Department Officer Jeffrey Vappie of conspiracy, wire fraud, obstruction of justice, making false statements and making false declarations before a grand jury.

“Our office is aware of the indictment that was filed today against Mayor LaToya Cantrell,” City Councilman JP Morrell’s spokesperson said in a statement to Fox News Digital. “This is a

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