New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell has been indicted on federal charges connected to an alleged ‘intimate’ years-long relationship she had with a bodyguard, which prosecutors claim cost the city $70,000 in travel during domestic and international trips.

The first female mayor in New Orleans’ 300-year history has been charged with conspiracy, fraud and obstruction.

New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell will continue charging the city’s school system millions of dollars in processing fees for collecting taxes that fund schools in defiance of a law prohibiting the practice,