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By Kim Chatelainand Robert Rhoden

Sta� writers

Questionable spending hab-its by the St. Tammany Parish Coroner’s Offi ce have revved up discussions about the need for an

inspector general on the north shore, an idea being pushed by St. Tammany Parish President Pat Brister and other parish leaders.

Voters would have to autho-rize the concept of a new govern-ment watchdog and a funding source would be needed, but offi -cials say the demand for more transparency and accountability in the affairs of local government is now palpable in the wake of

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Scandals erupt over public spending

St. Tammany leaders call for a watchdog

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By Laura Maggiand Bruce Alpert

Sta� writers

A young New Orleans lawyer who returned to the city after spending most of his early career in New York City has won the crucial backing of U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu to become U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana.

Kenneth Polite Jr., 37, spent more than three years as a federal prosecutor before coming home to join the Liskow & Lewis fi rm.

He will need the nomination of President Barack Obama and a U.S. Senate confi rmation to succeed former U.S. Attorney Jim Letten, who resigned in December amid a fl ap over the anonymous online rantings of his first assistant, Jan Mann, and

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Lawyer has strong backing

Candidate named for Letten’s post

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By Gordon Russelland Juliet Linderman

Sta� writers

A federal investigation into former St. Charles Parish District Attorney Harry Morel is focused on whether the longtime DA offered defendants plea deals in exchange for sexual favors, according to sources with knowledge of the case.

While a recent federal subpoena sent to the St. Charles clerk of court targets Morel’s handling of DWI cases in particular, at least one case the feds are investigating goes back several years and

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Ex-St. Charles prosecutor targeted

Sex allegations part of probe into local DA

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s a toddler, when his family took him to Mardi Gras parades, Devon Julian would pretend he was marching in the band and would drum the air. Eventually, he told his grandmother he wanted to go to St. Augustine High School.

“I said, ‘Son, I don’t think so, too much money,’ ” she said.

But that was Julian’s dream. For a while, the dream was lost, swept away by Hurricane Katrina. His family relo-

cated to Houston for three years when 14 feet of water destroyed his grandparents’ home, where he had been living with his mother and sister. When his family returned to New Orleans, he was about to start eighth grade, and the dream pulled at him again.

Julian got into St. Augustine and began going to band practice that summer. “He was very determined to get on a set of drums,” his mother said.

St. Aug drum captain couldn’t get the beat out of his head. So against the odds, he followed it.

Devon Julian, 17, drum captain of the St. Augustine Marching 100, lines up for the bus heading to the band’s fi rst parade of the 2013 Carnival season, the Krewe of Cleopatra, on Jan. 25.

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Drum captain Devon Julian takes pride in the Marching 100 program.See video at

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Harry Morel Accused of offering plea deals in exchange for sexual favors while DA

D’ETAT: The satirical Krewe D’Etat turns onto St. Charles Avenue on Friday. The krewe puts its own twist on Carnival tradition, eschewing a monarch for a mysterious dictator. Its theme this year was ‘The Dictator’s Reading Room.’

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HERMES: The traditional krewe, founded in 1937, takes its 29-fl oat presentation to the Uptown streets Friday night.

CENTURIONS: The krewe makes its way through the streets of Metairie, leading the way for the weekend’s parades.

Kenneth Polite Jr.N.O. native worked as fed-eral prosecutor in New York

See ST. TAMMANY, A-21

See MOREL, A-6

See POLITE, A-15

Floats of Fancy

See MARCHING BAND, A-13