Former New Orleans mayor guilty of graft in Katrina recovery

By Kathy Finn NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – A federal jury on Wednesday discovered former New Orleans Mayor C. Ray Nagin guilty of accepting bribes and buying and selling on the public belief all through the very important years of rebuilding after Hurricane Katrina devastated town in 2005. A jury of six men and 6 girls convicted Nagin on 20 of 21 counts, including bribery, wire fraud, conspiracy, cash laundering and tax evasion. U.S. District Judge Helen Berrigan advised Nagin, after reading the verdict in court, that she is enhancing the terms of his bond to require that he put up to "location monitoring" and be subject to house detention unless his sentencing.