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Norman Francis, LRA Chairman, feels clear that the perpetrator had inside information
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In the most brazen robbery yet in a month that has seen several high-profile thefts, the Louisiana Recovery Authority reports that it was robbed for an estimated $592 million dollars last week.
Several witnesses described the perpetrator to local law enforcement officials.
“He was well-dressed, well-spoken, and I have to say genial, but also very dangerous,” said Walter Leger, LRA member. “He and his partners approached me in a very calm manner and said, ‘you have in front of you a very daunting task, which includes us.’ He didn’t need to show me a gun. I took the hint all right.”
Leger said that he was led by the man to the office of LRA Chairman Norman Francis in order to obtain the key to the safe.
“He seemed to know exactly where the safe was,” Francis reported. “It’s clear that he and his cronies had cased the joint.”
As Francis and Ledger filled the monogrammed silk pillowcases provided by the perpetrators, the man in charge of the robbery warned them not to try anything funny.
“We realize that high electric and gas rates can kill recovery,” the man said. “And we don’t want that.”
Francis pleaded for the man not to do any physical harm, that the LRA was complying with his demands, but the man did not assuage Francis’ fears.
“We can't concede there won't be any sort of rate increase," he said.
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"We can't concede there won't be any sort of rate increase," the unidentified man said.
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As the perpetrators bundled up their pillowcases and headed for the door, Ledger called out that he had an abiding faith that law enforcement would apprehend them for their crime.
“Faith is optional,” the unidentified man said, standing at the exit. “But belief in quasi-public utility monopolies is mandatory.”
