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  1. Prep basketball: University captures Hoopfest title; see new photosRead the original story

    Thursday Nov 26 | News-Star

    ... McKenzie Townsend had 13, and Taylor Holzmeir 10. Tavarsha Scott scored 22 points for Ringgold. Ruston 40, Ponchatoula 28 -- Ruston rolled to an 18-6 lead after one quarter and held off Ponchatoula the rest of the way in a shootout bracket game. ...

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  2. Prep basketball: University captures Hoopfest title; see new photosRead the original story

    Thursday Nov 26 | Monroe News Star

    ... McKenzie Townsend had 13, and Taylor Holzmeir 10. Tavarsha Scott scored 22 points for Ringgold. Ruston 40, Ponchatoula 28 -- Ruston rolled to an 18-6 lead after one quarter and held off Ponchatoula the rest of the way in a shootout bracket game. ...

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  3. Louisiana judge in interracial marriage debacle resignsRead the original story w/Photo

    Tuesday Nov 24 | Frost Illustrated

    ... also said he referred the couples to other justices of the peace. Elected in 1975 as justice of the peace in Ponchatoula, La., Bardwell's term was to run through 2014. But according to NYDailyNews. com, he hadn't planned to seek re-election, even ...

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    Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Bobby Jindal, Republican, US House of Representatives, Life, Interracial,Multiracial, Multiethnic, and Multicultural

  4. Police: La. man for creating a Ponzi scheme that cost 200 investors over $11 millionRead the original story

    Tuesday Nov 24 | Seattle's WB

    ... more than $11 million, money he allegedly used to finance a lavish lifestyle. William J. Chaucer Jr., 60, of Ponchatoula, used money invested in his loan companies to pay for more than $400,000 in Mardi Gras expenses, $5,500 worth of plastic surgery ...

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  5. Amateur historian recognizes fallen JPD officerRead the original story

    Monday Nov 23 | Jennings Daily News

    ... he gains a place in the city's long history - all thanks to one Southeast Louisiana man. Lt. Wayne Norwood of Ponchatoula, a St. John's Parish sheriff's deputy and the owner of the Louisiana Treasures Museum, discovered Coffin's name recently while ...

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    Related Topix: Cameron, LA, Jennings, LA, Newfoundland, Canada, St. John's, NL

  6. Ponzi scheme suspect freed on bondRead the original story

    Sunday Nov 22 | KLFY-TV Lafayette

    ... million in an alleged Ponzi scheme has been released on $150,000 bond. Sixty-year-old William J. Chaucer Jr., of Ponchatoula, was booked into a Tangipahoa Parish jail following his arrest Thursday. He was freed Friday after posting bond. State ...

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  7. Ponchatoula man out on bail in fraud case

    Saturday Nov 21 | 2theadvocate.com

    ... and jail records. State fraud investigators and sheriff's deputies on Thursday arrested William Chaucer, 60, of Ponchatoula, who owned Chaucer Financial Services in Hammond, and booked him on multiple counts of fraud and trading unregistered ...

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    Related Topix: Hammond, LA, Amite, LA

  8. Another La. businessman accused in an alleged Ponzi schemeRead the original story

    Saturday Nov 21 | The Shreveport Times

    ... obstruction of justice. U.S. Attorney Jim Letten said the Pizzolato case is unrelated to charges that another Ponchatoula resident defrauded at least 200 investors of $11 million in what state authorities also described as a Ponzi scheme. In a ...

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    Related Topix: Tickfaw, LA, Hammond, LA

  9. Businessman indicted in alleged $20 million Ponzi schemeRead the original story

    Friday Nov 20 | WWL-TV New Orleans

    ... never made the investments he promised, instead using their money to buy luxury items ranging from a house in Ponchatoula to cruise ship tickets. "He is charged with having purchased hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of luxury cars, including a ...

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    Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law, Tickfaw, LA, Hammond, LA, Metairie, LA

  10. Ponzi scheme suspect freed on bondRead the original story

    Friday Nov 20 | WLOX-TV Biloxi

    ... million in an alleged Ponzi scheme has been released on $150,000 bond. Sixty-year-old William J. Chaucer Jr., of Ponchatoula, was booked into a Tangipahoa Parish jail following his arrest Thursday. He was freed Friday after posting bond. State ...

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  11. La. businessman indicted in alleged Ponzi schemeRead the original story

    Friday Nov 20 | SanLuisObispo.com

    ... spent most of the money he raised from investors, including about $600,000 for the construction of a home in Ponchatoula, authorities said. On Thursday, another Ponchatoula resident was charged in a separate case with defrauding at least 200 ...

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    Related Topix: Louisiana, Tickfaw, LA, Hammond, LA

  12. Man Indicted In Alleged $20M Ponzi SchemeRead the original story

    Friday Nov 20 | WDSU.com

    ... that investors didn't authorize. The indictment comes a day after the state attorney general's office charged a Ponchatoula man in a similar case. William J. Chaucer Jr. is accused of bilking investors out of $11 million. Chaucer was released from ...

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  13. Walmart opens Mandeville store this morningRead the original story

    Friday Nov 20 | NOLA.com

    ... ee continued economic development and new jobs come to our community." Recommend Recommend ( 0 ) Previous story: Ponchatoula man charged with running Ponzi scheme Next story : Average local price of gasoline is down this morning

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    Related Topix: Mandeville, LA

  14. La. man arrested in alleged Ponzi schemeRead the original story

    Friday Nov 20 | Daily World

    ... more than $11 million, money he allegedly used to finance a lavish lifestyle. William J. Chaucer Jr., 60, of Ponchatoula, used money invested in his loan companies to pay for more than $400,000 in Mardi Gras expenses, $5,500 worth of plastic surgery ...

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    Related Topix: Hammond, LA, Covington, LA, New Orleans, LA

  15. Ponchatoula man charged with running Ponzi schemeRead the original story w/Photo

    Thursday Nov 19 | NOLA.com

    ... With him at the Tangipahoa Courhouse, from left, are Rhonda Reeves, Len Riviere and Scott Perrilloux. A Ponchatoula man has been arrested for running a Ponzi scheme in which he bilked at least 200 investors out of more than $11 million and allegedly ...

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    Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Louisiana, Law, Tangipahoa, LA, Reeves, LA

  16. Ponchatoula man accused of running Ponzi schemeRead the original story w/Photo

    Thursday Nov 19 | WAFB-TV Baton Rouge

    ... On Thursday morning, that lifestyle came crashing down on her and her husband's home in the outskirts of Ponchatoula. Investigators with the State Attorney General's office arrested her husband, William Chaucer, Jr., for allegedly creating a Ponzi ...

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  17. Ponchatoula Man Accused In $11M Ponzi SchemeRead the original story

    Thursday Nov 19 | TheNewOrleansChannel

    A Ponchatoula man has been arrested and accused of creating a Ponzi scheme that cost at least 200 investors more than $11 million, according to the Attorney General's office.

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  18. AM EditionRead the original story

    Thursday Nov 19 | Daily Report

    The Louisiana Attorney General's Office has charged William J. Chaucer Jr., of Ponchatoula with operating an alleged $11 million Ponzi scheme that defrauded at least 200 investors.

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    Related Topix: Louisiana, Hammond, LA, Covington, LA, Baton Rouge, LA

  19. Man arrested in alleged schemeRead the original story

    Thursday Nov 19 | WBRZ

    Authorities today arrested a Ponchatoula man for allegedly running a Ponzi scheme that cost at least 200 investors more than $11 million.

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  20. Capital One awards $405,000 education-related grantsRead the original story

    Thursday Nov 19 | NOLA.com

    ... id Dr. Andre Perry, CEO of the Capital One-UNO Charter School Network. Recommend Recommend ( 0 ) Previous story: Ponchatoula man charged with running Ponzi scheme Next story : Entergy Corp. boosts capacity at Vermont Yankee reactor

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    Related Topix: New Orleans, LA

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