Mayor Asks For More Info About His Fraud Case

Mississippi Gulfport Gulfport Mayor Brent Warr and his wife have pleaded not guilty to charges they lied to get disaster assistance to repair their Hurricane Katrina-damaged beachfront home.
by The Associated Press
Published: Wed, February 18, 2009 - 4:33 pm CST Last Updated: Wed, February 18, 2009 - 5:05 pm CST
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - Gulfport Mayor Brent Warr has asked a
federal judge to order prosecutors to release more details about
the fraud case against him.
Warr and his wife, Laura, have pleaded not guilty to charges
they lied to get disaster assistance to repair their Hurricane
Katrina-damaged beachfront home.
U.S. Magistrate John Roper has scheduled a hearing for Thursday
in federal court in Gulfport to hear Warr's request for more
information on the government's case.
The government contends the beachfront home was not the Warrs'
primary residence when Katrina hit in 2005, so they were not
entitled to the $150,000 homeowner's grant they received.

(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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