The former 911 director for the Orleans Parish Communications District has been sentenced for lying and covering up a wreck in his agency-issued car.

Tyrell Morris was sentenced to one year in prison for malfeasance in office, fined $1,000 for insurance fraud, fined $1,000 for impersonation of a peace officer, and given probation for injuring public records, as well as 1,000 hours of community service. Advertisement

He was found guilty on all charges last Friday after a jury deliberated for less than an hour.

Morris was convicted of charges including false impersonation of a peace officer, malfeasance in office, injuring public records, and insurance fraud.

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