New Orleans, La. –
A judge has dismissed charges against a Gretna man accused of stealing a truck owned by the garbage company SDT. It’s a case that dates back to 2009, and it had SDT owner Sidney Torres offering a $10,000 reward for the person who did it.
Surveillance video of the incident prompted the sheriff’s department in St. Bernard Parish to arrest Phillip Barbarin for allegedly stealing an SDT truck and illegally dumping sewage into a New Orleans storm drain.
“I was set up from the beginning,” says Barbarin. “I always said I was innocent. The DA always wanted me to take a deal. I refused to take deals. I am an innocent man that got framed.”
The St. Bernard Sheriff’s Office arrested Barbarin three and a half years ago, at the time saying they had proof he was the man who stole the truck from SDT and owner Sidney Torres. But this week, the St. Bernard DA’s office dismissed the charges against Barbarin.
“This is one of the worst cases I’ve ever seen,” says Barbarin’s attorney, John Fuller. “And I’ve handled 10,000 cases in my career.”
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