Meg Gatto

3 weeks ago | fox8live.com | Meg Gatto

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A local bank has filed for foreclosure against The Willows apartments in New Orleans East, a property that has long been plagued by what residents describe as deplorable living conditions, according to FOX 8 Defenders reports. Now, Whitney Bank says the nonprofit that owns the complex hasn’t repaid millions in bond funding. Court documents filed Friday in federal court outline more than $11 million that the bank says the owners of The Willows owe.

1 month ago | fox8live.com | Meg Gatto

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - More homeowners are trying to track down a north shore company they say took their money but failed to install functioning solar panel systems. In this follow-up to a Fox 8 Defenders investigation, we also speak to a former employee who says she had problems getting paid by Tren Solar. Peyton Cefalu says she’s filled with regret. Wracked with guilt, over the situation some homeowners now say they’re in after purchasing solar panels from Tren Solar.

1 month ago | fox8live.com | Meg Gatto

CARRIERE, Miss. (WVUE) - Looking to save money on his electric bill, a Mississippi man says he shelled out nearly $100,000 for new solar panels for his property. But he says the company hired to do the work seemingly has vanished. Inside his 3,000 square-foot shop, Jim Dutton works meticulously restoring vintage cars. This is a labor of love. So, too, is his property in Carriere, Miss. Last August, Dutton says his son expressed interest in keeping the property in the future.

1 month ago | kalb.com | Meg Gatto

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - It is a fate most people could never imagine: Locked up for decades for a crime you didn’t commit. Now, some state lawmakers - supported by Louisiana’s Attorney General - want to abolish a fund that helps to rebuild the lives of freed exonerated prisoners. Reginald Adams remembers his first moments of freedom. “The day I had a chance to actually hug my mother, without being behind closed doors,” Adams recalled. Thirty-four years had been taken from them.

1 month ago | fox8live.com | Meg Gatto

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - It’s a fate most people could never imagine: Locked up for decades for a crime you didn’t commit. Now, some state lawmakers -- supported by Louisiana’s Attorney General -- want to abolish a fund that helps to rebuild the lives of freed exonerated prisoners. Reginald Adams remembers his first moments of freedom. “The day I had a chance to actually hug my mother, without being behind closed doors,” Adams recalled. Thirty-four years had been taken from them.