CLICK FOR VIDEO By Natasha Robin | WVUE | November 10, 2020 NEW ORLEANS, La. (WVUE) – 168 People were killed on the streets of New Orleans so far this year. “This year, we know and acknowledge that homicides are up,” says NOPD Police Chief Shaun Ferguson. It’s an 87 percent spike, according to the Metropolitan Crime…
By WGNO Web Desk | November 10, 2020 CLICK FOR VIDEO NEW ORLEANS — According to a report released by the Metropolitan Crime Commission, the number of carjackings in New Orleans is up by 126% so far this year. But the numbers are much higher in some months. We’ll show you some of those cases in…
By Newell Normand | WWL Radio | November 10, 2020 The Metropolitan Crime Commission has released their 2019-2020 Orleans Parish crime report, which includes some eye-catching statistics about calls for service, arrests, inmate population trends and more, and today, Mayor Cantrell’s administration reacted by sending out Communications Director Beau Tidwell to deliver comments. “We…
By David Hammer | WWL-TV | November 10, 2020 NEW ORLEANS — Grammy-winning trumpeter Irvin Mayfield and his business partner Ronald Markham pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud by transferring more than $1 million in public library donations to their jazz orchestra and lying about it in fabricated records. They entered the plea in…
Tuesday, November 10, 2020 NEW ORLEANS – The U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Louisiana (EDLA) announced that IRVIN MAYFIELD, age 43, a resident of New Orleans, and RONALD MARKHAM, age 42, also a resident of New Orleans, pleaded guilty today to one count of conspiracy to defraud the New Orleans Public Library Foundation out…