Morgan Lentes, WDSU September 5, 2023 A federal monitor has claimed the investigation violated the department’s consent decree. City leaders returned to federal court Tuesday to discuss the New Orleans Police Department’s handling of an internal investigation into Officer Jeffrey Vappie. Vappie, who serves on Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s protective detail, was accused of payroll fraud,…
Chris Nakamoto, WBRZ 2 Corruption watchdogs are calling for a top-to-bottom audit of a contract that was awarded in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic costing you nearly $50 million dollars. In June of 2020, the WBRZ Investigative Unit exposed a questionable contract awarded to a company while no-bid provisions were in effect due to…
By David Jones, FOX8 August 30, 2023 The federal judge in charge of overseeing the implementation of the consent decree in New Orleans called city leaders to court to answer questions surrounding the police department’s investigation into Officer Jeffrey Vappie. The hearing on Thursday (Aug. 31) will focus on the Public Integrity Bureau (PIB) and…
Darryl Forges, WDSU August 29, 2023 New trends are emerging about crime in New Orleans, as the city looks for their next permanent police chief. The newest Metro Crime Commission numbers show crime is still down 18 percent compared to this time last year, but shootings and killings amongst juveniles are up. Data from the…
By Fox 8 Staff August 28, 2023 Longtime criminologist Peter Scharf died Sunday (Aug. 27) at the age of 78, his employer the LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans announced Monday. “Dr. Peter Scharf, an accomplished member of the faculty of LSU Health New Orleans’ Schools of Medicine and Public Health, passed away after a…
By Shay O’Connor August 28, 2023 New Orleans Police Department officers were called out to a hotel in New Orleans East on Sunday to investigate reports of shots fired. When they arrived at the Siegel Select, once known as Motel 6 at 12330 Interstate 10 Service Road, officers said two gunshot wound victims were located…
By WWL Staff August 24, 2023 One of the principal concerns facing Louisiana voters is the continuing increase in violent crime, which tops the survey as the most important problem in the state. In an exclusive WWL-TV Gubernatorial Election poll of 800 voters, one of the principal concerns facing Louisiana residents is the continuing increase…
By Fox 8 Staff August 23, 2023 New Orleans police are investigating multiple separate overnight shootings that left at least one person dead and four people injured on Tuesday (Aug. 22). Two of the surviving victims were juveniles. Police found a man shot and killed in the 2400 block of Eads Street near St. Roch…
By Maddie Kerth, Fox 8 August 21, 2023 New Orleans’ Inspector General Ed Michel on Monday (Aug. 21) advised the City of New Orleans to take a firmer stand over code violations at the blighted downtown Plaza Tower. With multiple calls for service, fires and a falling death in 2023 alone, the Office of Inspector…
By Joseph Cranney, nola.com (photo credit: Sophia Germer) August 19, 2023 Days after a private security guard shot a man in the back outside the New Orleans library’s main branch this month, library staff members and administrators gathered to air a host of complaints about the firm that has held the library security contract for the last several years. In that…