Daily Archives: March 16, 2023

Calls for third-party to investigate Officer Vappie after alleged missteps during his investigation

By Rob Masson | WVUE | March 16, 2023 CLICK FOR VIDEO NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – The city’s independent Police Monitor says it will not investigate alleged missteps in the Jeffery Vappie investigation. That was after statements made by the mayor’s former security officer were sent to the city attorney’s office. The head of the…

Dog training company from Vermillion Parish paying for Orleans commanders’ hotel stays during Mardi Gras

Bu Paul Murphy | WWL-TV | March 16, 2023 CLICK FOR VIDEO NEW ORLEANS — A dog training company out of Vermillion Parish near Lafayette offered to cover nearly $20,000 in hotel expenses for top Orleans Sheriff’s Office commanders. Sheriff Susan Hutson thanked LAK9 owners Paul Leblanc and Lance Broussard. Broussard’s Facebook page showed Hutson…

Orleans DA invokes habitual offender law; applies it to 1st case

By Arielle Brumfield | WDSU | March 16, 2023 CLICK FOR VIDEO Orleans Parish District Attorney Jason Williams has invoked the habitual offender statute for violent offenders for the first time this week. The habitual offender statute is a tool Williams said he wouldn’t use, but now, more than two years into his administration, he’s…