By Cassie Schirm, June 23, 2023 Orleans Parish Communication Executive Director Tyrell Morris is under investigation by the Office of Inspector General of New Orleans regarding the altering of public documents as well as a car accident he was involved in back in May. That’s according to sources within City Hall. WDSU Investigates confirmed the…
By: FOX 8 Staff | fox8live.com | July 10, 2023 NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – A second suspect has been arrested in the armed robbery, shooting, and paralyzation of UNO student Noah Hansard. Police say Hansard, 24, was robbed and shot in the 2400 block of Paris Avenue in the Lake Terrace neighborhood of New Orleans…
By: Kenny Lopez | wgno.com | June 22, 2023 NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Igor’s is the latest business in New Orleans to be hit by criminals. In this case, police say employees did fight back. Crime experts say in that split second, you have to make a decision, and it must be a smart one.…
By: Lee Zurik and Dannah Sauer | fox8live.com | June 16, 2023 NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – The head of a New Orleans crime watch group calls an investigation into a former member of the mayor’s security team “flawed” and “incomplete.” The New Orleans Police Department’s Public Integrity Bureau (PIB) launched an investigation into Officer Jeffrey…
By Missy Wilkinson | NOLA.com | June 1, 2023 Days after a 17-year-old boy was shot while driving on Interstate 10 near the Elysian Fields exit, New Orleans police on Thursday remained tight-lipped about the shooting and potential strategies they may be considering to end the bloodshed on highways that feel increasingly unsafe. The teen was…
By: Danae Columbus | uptownmessenger.com | June 1, 2023 Lawyer Bill Aaron, a former city attorney under Mayor Sidney Barthelemy, raised a few eyebrows recently when he posted support for Republican state Rep. Debbie Villio’s House Bill 321, the Truth and Transparency Act, which would make public the criminal records of juveniles over the age of 13…
By Kenny Kuhn | WWL-TV | May 15, 2023 CLICK FOR VIDEO NEW ORLEANS — The New Orleans Police Department is investigating four separate shootings that left three people dead and one wounded Sunday night, two of those shootings happened just minutes apart from each other. The first was a shooting in the 2300 block of Toledano…
By Joseph Cranney | NOLA.com | May 12, 2023 A controversial Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office employee whom Sheriff Susan Hutson said she was dismissing in March has still not been let go, and it’s not clear when she might be on her way out. Instead, Kristen Morales is working remotely, doesn’t submit timesheets and has…
By Natasha Robin | WVUE | May 12, 2023 NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – Three women have lost their lives in separate incidents over the past 24 hours, adding to the concerning rise in the number of female victims across the city. Two women were shot multiple times in the 1000 block of North Claiborne early…
By Dionne Johnson | KLFY | May 10, 2023 CLICK FOR VIDEO LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) A bribery scheme of kickbacks that involved a former contract employee within the 15th Judicial District, Lafayette’s District Attorney’s has captured the attention of the Metropolitan Crime Commission. The commission president, Rafael Goyeneche, says he has never seen anything that…