Former Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome and many of the current Metro Council members have been subpoenaed to testify before a grand jury as prosecutors continue to inside Baton Rouge government.
Broome and nine members of the Metro Council who have held seats in the past few years were called to testify this week, said multiple sources with direct knowledge of the investigation.
Sources confirm that council members Brandon Noel, Rowdy Gaudet and Denise Amaroso are among the those who have received subpoenas. None of them has been accused of wrongdoing in the probe.
Since late 2025, a special grand jury has been reviewing evidence in a widening probe by the state Attorney General’s Office that has already netted indictments of seven people, including three current or former public officials.
Broome and several council members did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Broome, who was mayor from 2017 to 2024, has not been accused of any wrongdoing.
In January, was indicted on charges of theft, conspiracy, bribery and money laundering connected to contracts with CATS, the East Baton Rouge Parish public transit system.
Former transit administrator along with Dunn. Thomas is accused of helping funnel fraudulent contracts to companies, one of which was registered to an associate of Dunn.
Prosecutors say Dunn received money from that associate, Jay Colar, for helping award the contract to Colar’s company, Supreme Solutions.
Another transit contract mentioned in indictments was awarded to Broad Innovation Market Firm, which was hired to address COVID-19 issues and develop a contactless payment system for CATS. Investigators say the company was actually assisting a CATS campaign for a tax renewal for the transit system.
In February, for Broome, was indicted on similar charges in a separate alleged contract scheme. She faces counts including conspiracy, contract fraud and bribery.
Authorities say Scott received nearly $200,000 in kickbacks from a friend she helped get government-funded contracts, some of which were funded by the now defunct Safe, Hopeful, Healthy BR initiative.
Investigators say Scott used much of that money to pay off her mortgage and credit card debt.
Safe, Hopeful, Healthy is a subsidiary of the Mayor’s Healthy City Initiative, which began in 2008 under then-mayor Kip Holden. It serves as a nonprofit through which grant money is funneled to pay for social programs. Under Broome’s administration, Safe, Hopeful, Healthy BR paid for violence intervention and community development programs.
Both Broad Innovation and Supreme Solutions received money through Safe, Hopeful, Healthy contracts, though they have not been implicated in any alleged fraud related to that city-parish funded work.
The attorney general’s investigation stems from a federal grand jury probe in 2024.
Multiple waves of subpoenas hit City Hall that year for records related to the healthy city nonprofit. FBI agents also interviewed witnesses and obtained records related to the transit system, court records show.