Ethics charges brought against former official

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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The Louisiana Board of Ethics has made public conflict-of-interest charges against former East Baton Rouge Parish Alcoholic Beverage Control Board member Ralph Johnson.

The Advocate reports (http://bit.ly/TtBNwL) Johnson resigned from the board in October 2011 after his arrest on bribery and extortion charges by the state office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control.

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