Officials allege she defrauded the city while trying to keep hidden her relationship with a police officer assigned to protect her.

Mayor LaToya Cantrell is now the second New Orleans mayor to face criminal charges, after a federal indictment landed Friday, and the first to do so while in office.

Baby, the bayou is boiling! New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell — the first woman to ever hold the job — just made history in a way nobody saw coming. Sis has officially been indicted on federal charges, and the allegations sound like a messy season of Scandal mixed with Love & Hip Hop: New Orleans.