By Eleanor Tabone | WWL-TV | January 3, 2023 CLICK FOR VIDEO NEW ORLEANS — Three days into the new year and the city’s crime problem continues to take lives. It’s the most recent bloodshed in New Orleans – four people were shot Tuesday evening on S. Rocheblave Street, near Washington Avenue. All of them…
By Lee Zurik & Dannah Sauer | WVUE | December 1, 2022 CLICK FOR VIDEO NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – FOX 8 obtains records the City of New Orleans first refused to turn over after a FOX 8 attorney sent a demand letter to the City Attorney’s Office. The City Attorney first said the records were…
Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office Eastern District of Louisiana Wednesday, October 12, 2022 NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today that HERBERT ALLEN (“ALLEN”), age 37, and DION RIDLEY (“RIDLEY”), age 23, agreed to plead guilty to count one (1) of their indictment, charging Conspiracy to Commit Mail Fraud in violation of Title…
By Michaela Romero | WGNO | September 20, 2022 CLICK FOR VIDEO NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — New Orleans has skyrocketing homicide rates in 2022. According to the Wall Street Journal, New Orleans has the highest homicide rate of any major city so far this year. Their data shows that there are about 41 homicides per 100,000 residents.…
By Shay O’Connor | WDSU | September 20, 2022 CLICK FOR VIDEO NEW ORLEANS — The city of New Orleans has been declared the murder capital of the United States for the first half of 2022, according to the Metropolitan Crime Commission. The MCC said when comparing the number of homicides with the population, the…
By Natasha Robin | WVUE | September 19, 2022 CLICK FOR VIDEO NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – New Orleans has become the homicide capital of the country. “It’s no wonder that we are the homicide capital of the United States, when you’re seeing a 46 percent surge in homicides,” said Rafael Goyeneche, president of the Metropolitan…
By Cameron McWhirter | Wall Street Journal | September 16, 2022 Violent crime in New Orleans has grown to the point that Ibrahim Rabee no longer feels safe at his auto shop. At least seven people have been killed within blocks of his store since the beginning of the year, according to police records. Customers bring…
By Natasha Robin | WVUE | September 14, 2022 NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – According to data from the Metropolitan Crime Commission, gun violence in New Orleans has sent 584 people to the hospital this year. Of those injured, the MCC says 208 of them died since Jan. 1. “Since 2019, homicides are up 140%. Shootings…
By Joseph Cranney & Blake Peterson | NOLA.com | September 11, 2022 Two weeks after Orleans Parish District Attorney Jason Williams was acquitted on federal tax evasion charges, he made headlines for another reason: He accepted a side job with the law firm that successfully defended him in his criminal trial. Williams might not end up joining Schonekas, Evans, McGoey…
By Mike Perlstein | WWL-TV | September 8, 2022 CLICK FOR VIDEO NEW ORLEANS — From almost the day she took office, Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson has been hit by one crisis after another, from an inmate’s death in a fight, to a suicide, to a standoff with inmates who took over an entire…