Kermit Warren’s life savings are in the hands of the federal government after a civil seizure and he is battling in court to get his money back.
A Lower Ninth Ward man said he scrimped and saved money for more than 20 years, stacking bills in a Mason jar. He worked for FEMA cleaning up his neighborhood after Hurricane Katrina, helped make muffalettas at the legendary Central Grocery in the French Quarter and, more recently, manned the shoeshine stand inside the Roosevelt Hotel.
