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Bills of Information and Guilty Pleas in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on Charges of Using Interstate Facilities in Aid of Bribery

U.S. Attorney’s Office November 19, 2009
  • Middle District of Louisiana (225) 389-0443

BATON ROUGE, LA—United States Attorney David R. Dugas announced today that EVELYN J. HOLDEN, age 52; KOVERIA D. WILLIAMS, age 44; and ANN M. WARR, age 58, all residents of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, were charged in Bills of Information arising out of Operation “Illegal Motion.” All three were arraigned today before U.S. District Court Judge James Brady and pled guilty to the charges contained in the Bills of Information filed against them.

The Bill of Information filed against EVELYN D. HOLDEN charges that from in or about 2008 through October of 2009, while employed in the property section of the 19th Judicial District Court, HOLDEN conspired with Flitcher Bell and others to engage in bribery by soliciting payments from individuals with criminal and traffic matters pending in Baton Rouge City Court with the promise that the charges would be dismissed or otherwise “fixed.” HOLDEN faces a maximum sentence of five (5) years in prison and a fine of $250,000.

The Bill of Information filed against KOVARIA D. WILLIAMS charges that from in or about 2008 through October of 2009, WILLIAMS conspired with Flitcher Bell and others to engage in bribery by soliciting payments from individuals with criminal and traffic matters pending in Baton Rouge City Court with the promise that the charges would be dismissed or otherwise “fixed.” WILLIAMS faces a maximum sentence of five (5) years in prison and a fine of $250,000.

The Bill of Information filed against ANN M. WARR charges that from in or about 2008 through October of 2009, WARR, while employed with the Baton Rouge City Court, conspired with Edward James and others to engage in bribery by soliciting payments from individuals who were required to perform community service with the promise that the requirements would be fraudulently satisfied by falsely creating court documents reflecting performance of community service by the defendants. WARR faces a maximum sentence of five (5) years in prison and a fine of $250,000.

The charges resulted from Operation “Illegal Motion,” an ongoing investigation conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the U.S. Attorney’s Office with the cooperation of the Louisiana Office of Inspector General; the Louisiana State Police; the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigative Division; the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Office of Inspector General; and the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality – Criminal Investigations Division. The cases are being prosecuted by Deputy Criminal Chief Corey R. Amundson and Assistant United States Attorney M. Patricia Jones.

For further information, contact David R. Dugas, U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Louisiana, or Lyman Thornton, First Assistant U.S. Attorney, at (225) 389-0443.

NOTE: A Bill of Information is a determination by the U.S. Attorney’s Office that there is probable cause to believe that an offense has been committed by the defendant. The defendant, of course, is presumed innocent until and unless he or she is proven guilty at trial.

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