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Vernon Giscombe mugThe public safety director at New Orleans’ Ernest N. Morial Convention Center — where officials are erecting a makeshift hospital for patients infected with COVID-19 — stole 80 masks recommended for healthcare workers battling the deadly disease and was arrested Friday, according to court records.

Vernon Giscombe, 58, who has held his position since 2013, faces one count of malfeasance in office, Louisiana State Police wrote in the records. 

The sales and marketing vice president of the convention center, Tim Hemphill, said Saturday that Giscombe had been suspended indefinitely following his arrest while the facility conducted an internal investigation.

According to troopers, a state Department of Public Safety officer became suspicious when he spotted a woman emerge from the back of the convention center carrying two boxes, which she then placed in a silver sedan about 11:20 p.m. Friday. The officer stopped the car and learned that the woman and the driver — Giscombe — worked for the state-owned convention center’s public safety department.
 
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