A New Orleans jury convicted the city's former 911 director late Friday on all charges related to an alleged coverup of a 2023 vehicle collision he admitted causing from the witness stand hours earlier.

Tyrell Morris was found guilty on charges of malfeasance in office , insurance fraud , false personation of a peace officer, and second-degree injuring of public records. The jury of six deliberated for less than an hour before returning its verdict.

Criminal District Judge Simone Levine ordered Morris, the former director of the Orleans Parish Communication District, jailed pending an Oct. 1 sentencing date, and two Orleans Parish sheriff's deputies handcuffed him after the verdict came in about 4:45 p.m. Friday.

Morris, 39, was accused of falsifying records to avoid a drug and alcohol

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