By Rob Masson | Fox 8 New Orleans | July 1, 2019 at 1:09 PM CDT – Updated July 1 at 5:43 PM NEW ORLEANS, La. (WVUE) – The Metropolitan Crime Commission released a report calling the local inmate risk assessment program a waste of money Monday afternoon (July 1). “The Public Safety Assessment is…
By Amanda Roberts | June 24, 2019 at 9:42 PM CDT – Updated June 25 at 7:00 AM NEW ORLEANS, La. (WVUE) – Walking across the stage, it appears Ashley Crawford did earn a Juris Doctor degree from Loyola university in 2016. But earning the degree doesn’t give you the license to practice law. Rafael Goyeneche with the…
By Grace Toohey and Lea Skene Rogers Johnson Jr. spent six days behind bars for misdemeanor public intoxication because he couldn’t afford to post bail. He was released from East Baton Rouge Parish Prison on Saturday afternoon — just in time to spend Father’s Day with his three children. “I just want to hug them…
By David Blake | WWL | June 3, 2019 Juvenile crime has been talked about for months and it frequently makes headlines in New Orleans. Tonight, the new juvenile curfew takes effect and there are both skeptics and others optimistic it will work. Rafael Goyeneche, Director of the Metro Crime Commission, is hopeful this kind…
By Natasha Robin | Fox 8 New Orleans | May 23, 2019 at 5:25 PM CDT – Updated May 23 at 5:51 PM NEW ORLEANS, La. (WVUE) – With a juvenile crime problem escalating across New Orleans, Mayor Latoya Cantrell said one way to effectively stop it would be to create Evening Reporting Centers. “It’s a cooperative agreement…
By Kimberly Curth | Fox 8 New Orleans | May 21, 2019 at 9:57 PM CDT – Updated May 22 at 7:03 AM NEW ORLEANS, La. (WVUE) – The man charged in the 2015 armed robbery of a well-known television reporter is now accused in a double shooting and murder. Not only does he have a long criminal…
BY MATT SLEDGE | The Advocate | Apr 12, 2019 – 4:15 pm A former state fire inspector who tried to hide the fact that he failed to visit a Grand Isle motel months before a fatal fire was convicted of attempting to injure public records on Thursday, New Orleans prosecutors said. Orleans Parish Criminal…
By Rob Masson | Fox 8 New Orleans | April 4, 2019 at 4:30 PM CDT – Updated April 4 at 5:49 PM NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – A St. Claude business incubator has partnered with a new company whose goal is to eliminate wait times for people who get in car accidents in New Orleans. The New…
By Sara Pagones and Katie Moore | The Advocate | March 14, 2019 Terry Cederholm II, a patrol deputy who was fired by the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office this week following a felony drug arrest, had a rocky history with the agency, having resigned in 2009 under the cloud of a criminal investigation. But…
By Kiran Chawla | March 13, 2019 at 7:04 PM CDT – Updated March 14 at 10:26 AM PORT ALLEN, LA (WAFB) – Louisiana State Police says it is not investigating West Baton Rouge Sheriff Mike Cazes. The development comes as the FBI considers investigating after a report from the 9News Investigators showed an undocumented…