# 'Bourbon Street Hustler,' arrested after Kansas City reporter's death, needs resentencing for fraud history: AG

## Louisiana woman arrested after Adan Manzano was found dead in hotel outside New Orleans before Super Bowl

Louisiana’s attorney general has stepped in to seek a harsher sentence for past crimes committed by a woman who was arrested after the death of a Kansas City-based Telemundo reporter during Super Bowl week in 

Danette Colbert was arrested in Jefferson Parish in February and charged with fraud and theft for allegedly using debit and credit cards belonging to , who was found dead in his hotel room outside New Orleans while covering the Super Bowl for Dallas’ local Telemundo affiliate KGKC.

The Orleans Parish Coroner reportedly found Xanax in Manzano’s system. He did not have a prescription for the medication.

Colbert was allegedly seen on hotel security footage with Manzano early in the morning of his death in Kenner, leading to suspicion that he was drugged.





Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill has invoked the state’s habitual offender bill against Colbert, which could allow her to be sentenced to more jail time for a fraud charge she was convicted of in November.

Colbert, 45, is a five-time convicted felon, 

Despite her lengthy criminal history, Orleans Criminal District Court Judge Nandi Campbell gave Colbert a 10-year suspended prison sentence and five years of probation after the November conviction.





The habitual offender bill allows prosecutors to seek longer sentences for repeat offenders who have previously been convicted of 

"After consultation with Orleans Parish District Attorney Jason Williams, my office will be handling the case going forward due to the cross jurisdictional conduct," Murrill said in a statement. "A motion to correct an illegal sentence can be filed at any time. The District Attorney’s Office has already filed a revocation on the defendant’s probation, and our position is the original sentence was not eligible for probation."

Colbert has not been charged in Manzano’s death, but is being held without bond while Murrill’s office asks Campbell to impose a harsher sentence.





Kenner police described Colbert as a "career criminal." (Kenner PD)

NOLA.com reported that just days after the fraud and theft charges were levied against Colbert in Manzano’s death, she was named as a suspect in the Dec. 15 death of a 55-year-old man named John Jenkins, who died from cocaine and an ethanol toxicity in a New Orleans hotel room.

Colbert has not been charged in that death either.

Upon the news of his death, KGKC described Manzano as a "true professional and rising star who exemplified excellence in his work."



Adan Manzano was on assignment at the Super Bowl in New Orleans. (Telemundo Kansas City)



Peter D'Abrosca is a writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business. Email tips to 
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