U.S. District Judge Stanwood Duval requested, but never received, a satisfactory explanation for why contractor Aaron Bennett didn’t get transported from his jail cell in Tangipahoa Parish to federal court Wednesday morning for his scheduled sentencing on bribery charges.
Bennett finally got on his way, but it was too late for the judge, who postponed sentencing until March 12 for Bennett, who was brought down by a corrupt sheriff and then helped federal authorities nab former Mayor Ray Nagin.