Mid-City bomb-laden truck allegedly part of man's insurance fraud scheme | NOLA.com

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A federal grand jury on Thursday indicted a New Orleans man accused of trying to bomb his own pickup truck before filing a fraudulent insurance claim in February. The bomb scare caused police to shut down traffic around the busy intersection of Canal Street and Jefferson Davis Parkway and evacuate the area for four hours...

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