LA. POLITICIAN PLEADS GUILTY TO EVASION
Friday, May 23rd, 2008Joseph Anthony Impastato, a former St. Tammany Parish, La., councilman, 36, pleaded guilty to two counts of an indictment that dates back to Hurricane Katrina.
The two charges to which Impastato admitted guilt included federal bribery through illegal solicitation and receipt of payments in connection with a Hurricane Katrina debris removal contract and making false statements in his 2001 federal income tax return.
Specifically, within two weeks following Hurricane Katrina, Impastato obtained
