By Andres Fuentes | WVUE | May 4, 2023 CLICK FOR VIDEO NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – Thursday afternoon (May 4), Orleans Parish District Attorney Jason Williams stood side-by-side with notable New Orleans East figures – all united against the crime wave plaguing the city. Business owners, faith leaders and city officials were at the eastbound…
By Lee Zurik & Dannah Sauer | WVUE | May 3, 2023 CLICK FOR VIDEO NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – The federal monitor in charge of overseeing the New Orleans Police Department’s compliance with the consent decree says the department’s Public Integrity Bureau has been “backsliding.” The monitor’s 44-page report specifically cites the internal investigation into…
By Lee Zurik & Dannah Sauer | WVUE | May 2, 2023 CLICK FOR VIDEO NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – New Orleans police officer Jeffrey Vappie was removed from Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s security detail in November 2022 amid a series of Fox 8 investigations. Those reports focused on his time spent with the mayor, both on…
By Mike Perlstein | WWL-TV | April 29, 2023 CLICK FOR INTERVIEW TRAIL LED TO ARREST AFTER KILLING Johnell Hampton and his Uber driver Andrew Stiller were riddled with bullets during an ambush-style shooting on Lundi Gras. Stiller’s devastating injuries caused him to crash onto the Interstate-10 and into a passing car, injuring the…
By Gordon Russell, Claire Taylor, & Sam Karlin | The Advocate | April 28, 2023 A broad kickback scandal tied to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and at least two Louisiana district attorney’s offices has officials scrambling, opting to put some contracts on ice while commissioning audits aimed at assessing the scope of the damage. The scandal’s…
By Cassie Schirm | WDSU | April 27, 2023 CLICK FOR VIDEO NEW ORLEANS — A call for more supervision over those protecting the New Orleans mayor, the Office of Inspector General just released a report raising concerns over a lack of procedure in place for Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s executive detail. “We determined that the executive protection…
By Rob Masson | WVUE | April 27, 2023 CLICK FOR VIDEO NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – Thursday (April 27), a federal consent decree monitor told a federal judge that NOPD manpower issues might be causing the department to regress. The NOPD did not attend a consent decree hearing for the first time, causing the federal…
By Meg Farris | WWL-TV | April 25, 2023 CLICK FOR VIDEO NEW ORLEANS — Last year was the highest homicide rate in New Orleans since 1994. That’s according to numbers compiled by the Metropolitan Crime Commission. So far this year, all types of homicide are down five percent, but does that mean there are…
By Natasha Robin | WVUE | April 25, 2023 CLICK FOR VIDEO NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – The New Orleans Police Department is preparing to increase patrols over the summer, joining forces with Louisiana State Police to launch Operation Golden Eagle for the third time. The program aims to deter crime and catch the most violent…
Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office Eastern District of Louisiana Monday, April 24, 2023 NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that LOIS RUSSELL (“RUSSELL”), age 63 of Gibson, Louisiana, was sentenced on April 20, 2023 after previously pleading guilty to Conspiracy to Commit Mail Fraud, a violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section…