The public safety director at New Orleans’ Ernest N. Morial Convention Center — where officials are erecting a makeshift hospital for patients infected with COVID-19 — stole 80 masks recommended for healthcare workers battling the deadly disease and was arrested Friday, according to court records.
Vernon Giscombe, 58, who has held his position since 2013, faces one count of malfeasance in office, Louisiana State Police wrote in the records.
The sales and marketing vice president of the convention center, Tim Hemphill, said Saturday that Giscombe had been suspended indefinitely following his arrest while the facility conducted an internal investigation.
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