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…
By Natasha Robin | WVUE | April 21, 2023 CLICK FOR VIDEO NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – An Eleanor McMain student, just 12 days away from graduating, lost his life to gun violence. He’s one of three juveniles killed in four separate shootings in New Orleans. Five people died in a matter of hours across New…
By Kiran Chawla | Unfiltered with Kiran | April 19, 2023 BATON ROUGE — The Baton Rouge Police Department has rehired an officer who was fired over 20 years ago bringing the question of potential disparate discipline to the forefront. BRPD Officer Tramelle Neldare in 1998 in the 61st Academy graduating class The now 56-year-old…
By Arielle Brumfield | WDSU | April 10, 2023 CLICK FOR VIDEO Easter weekend, a time usually spent with family, friends, and honoring religion, became a time of despair for some and a time of mourning for others. A hot spot location for shootings over the weekend, Councilman Eugene Green of District D says it’s…
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NOIG Press Release – OPCD Credit Cards Audit – Apr. 6, 2023
By Mike Perlstein | WWL-TV | April 6, 2023 CLICK FOR VIDEO NEW ORLEANS — Long before controversy gripped the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office over the decision to get hotel rooms for 13 top deputies while they helped with Carnival security, acrimony had been brewing among the agency’s top executives. In fact, according to multiple sources and…
By Natasha Robin | WVUE | April 4, 2023 CLICK FOR VIDEO NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – After New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell refused to allow city employees to speak at public hearings on the consent decree without her permission, a federal judge has ordered the presence of several of the city’s top officials. In a court…
By Amy Russo | WGNO | April 4, 2023 CLICK FOR VIDEO NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — The federal judge overseeing the NOPD consent decree is ordering several high-ranking city leaders to court next week. Some of those include Police Chief Michelle Woodfork and Chief Administrative Officer Gilbert Montano. The order comes after Mayor Latoya Cantrell’s…
Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office Eastern District of Louisiana Friday, March 31, 2023 NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that, on March 29, 2023, U.S. District Judge Sarah S. Vance sentenced TROYLYNN BROWN (“BROWN”), age 35, after she pleaded guilty to Conspiracy to Commit Mail Fraud in violation of Title 18, United States…