A federal grand jury has issued a superseding indictment for New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell, concluding a lengthy corruption probe into the city's first female mayor. Newsweek reached out to the New Orleans mayor's office for comment via email on Friday.

A federal grand jury returned a criminal indictment Friday against New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell, accusing the mayor of pursuing an illicit affair with her police bodyguard on taxpayers’ dime, then lying to federal officials and deleting evidence to hide the relationship.

A federal grand jury indicted New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell on Friday after a long corruption investigation. Cantrell’s lawyer, Eddie Castaing, confirmed to The Associated Press that an indictment was returned,