Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office Eastern District of Louisiana Friday, March 3, 2023 NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that BERNELL GALE (“GALE”), age 46 of Raceland, Louisiana, TANYA GIVENS (“GIVENS”), age 45, of Gibson, Louisiana; and DAKOTA DIGGS (“D. DIGGS”), age 27, of Ft. Smith, Arkansas, were each sentenced on March 1, 2023 in United States District…
By Natasha Robin | WVUE | March 3, 2023 CLICK FOR VIDEO NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – “I mean it was throw me something mister and she was throwing ‘get out of free’ cards 15 times to gun cases,” says Rafael Goyeneche. The Metropolitan Crime Commission obtained and shared with FOX 8 the Magistrate Court transcripts…
By Natasha Robin | WVUE | March 2, 2023 CLICK FOR VIDEO NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – An Orleans Parish Magistrate Judge set a $2.8 million bond for a man accused of killing two people and wounding a third in an interstate shooting in New Orleans East on Feb. 20. “It’s senseless. It’s barbaric. I’ve never seen anything…
By Lee Zurik & Dannah Sauer | WVUE | March 1, 2023 CLICK FOR VIDEO NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – In about two years, Dr. John King, the longtime coroner in Lafourche Parish, earned an extra $69,900 of taxpayer money on top of his salary. A 2011 ordinance set King’s salary at $25,000. Before the council…
By Natasha Robin | WVUE | February 28, 2023 CLICK FOR VIDEO NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – Gun violence has sent over 100 people to the hospital in New Orleans through the first two months of the year, according to data from the Metropolitan Crime Commission, not counting victims who died from their injuries. In the…
By Jordan Lippincott | WGNO | February 28, 2023 CLICK FOR VIDEO NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) – Data from the Metropolitan Crime Commission shows some violent crimes are down, like carjackings and armed robberies, but when it comes to shootings, the stats are a little more complicated. According to Metropolitan Crime Commission President Rafael Goyeneche, the…
By Ka’Cell El-Mansura | WGNO | February 25, 2023 NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — On Tuesday (Feb. 21) during Mardi Gras, the NOPD confiscated around 250 guns, but those accused of carrying the illegal firearms will not be facing charges. According to the New Orleans Metropolitan Crime Commission, during a bond hearing the District Attorney’s office…
By David Jones | WVUE | February 24, 2023 CLICK FOR VIDEO NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – A Tennessee man allegedly caught carrying a modified machine gun on Bourbon Street was among more than a dozen arrestees whose cases were refused by a prosecutor from Orleans Parish District Attorney Jason Williams’ office on Mardi Gras. Keaton…
By Rob Masson | WVUE | February 24, 2023 CLICK FOR VIDEO NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – A decision made by a top prosecutor within the Orleans Parish District Attorney’s office freed over a dozen people who were found illegally carrying a weapon during Mardi Gras festivities and is now facing heavy criticism. A crime watchdog group and…
By WWL Staff | WWL-TV | February 23, 2023 CLICK FOR VIDEO NEW ORLEANS — Louisiana’s Lt. Governor slammed the prosecutors’ decision to refuse charges against almost two dozen individuals who were arrested in New Orleans on Lundi Gras. Court documents revealed that the Orleans Parish District Attorney’s Office refused charges in 19 cases, including 15 cases against individuals…