By Natasha Robin | WVUE | June 23, 2022 CLICK FOR VIDEO NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – Chief Ferguson decided to make a plea to the public after what he calls a concerning trend of negligent homicides. Wednesday evening (June 22), a 2-year-old boy died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in the 8600 block of Apple…
By Mid-City Messenger | June 22, 2022 A woman was carjacked near the Lafitte Greenway on Tuesday afternoon (June 21), the New Orleans Police Department reported. She was walking to her vehicle in the 2100 block of Lafitte Street at about 3:55 p.m. when a man approached her from behind. He grabbed the keys from…
By WDSU Digital Team | WDSU | June 22, 2022 NEW ORLEANS — The Metropolitan Crime Commission has added a new data set to their Orleans crime trends that they routinely track. The commission unveiled new district-level crime statistics. The commission will update these statistics weekly. The data shows crime in New Orleans broken down…
By Mykal Vincent | WVUE | June 22, 2022 CLICK FOR VIDEO NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – Two people were killed and a third was injured in two separate overnight shootings in New Orleans, police say. According to the New Orleans Police Department, two men were gunned down just before 11 p.m. Tues., June 21 in…
By Kiran Chawla | Unfiltered with Kiran | June 21, 2022 CLICK FOR VIDEO Sgt. John Dauthier was placed on administrative leave on Monday, June 20, 2022. “Yesterday, for reasons unknown and undisclosed, John was put on administrative leave by BRPD,” said Dauthier’s attorney Cliff Ivey. “This came just moments after a meeting I had…
By Natasha Robin | WVUE | June 21, 2022 CLICK FOR VIDEO NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – Mayor LaToya Cantrell says addressing crime is the city’s top priority. Meanwhile, crime victims say they’re fed up, and in some cases, ready to leave the city. “I feel like I am the crisis mayor,” Cantrell said. “For four…
By Natasha Robin | WVUE | June 20, 2022 CLICK FOR VIDEO NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – After three of his vehicles were broken into in a matter of weeks, a man living on St. Charles Avenue decided to hire his own armed security, who was also victimized. “It’s concerning to think that we have this…
By David Jones | WVUE | June 17, 2022 CLICK FOR VIDEO NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – It’s no secret that New Orleans struggles with violent crime, but new statistics paint a grim picture of the Crescent City being on pace to be the murder capital of the United States if trends don’t change in 2022.…
By Kevin Gallagher | LouisianaRadioNetwork.com | June 16, 2022 A crime & corruption watchdog group calls for review of a Tangipahoa Parish case wherein a rape victim was ordered to pay child support to her alleged attacker. Metropolitan Crime Commission director Rafael Goyeneche says the victim was just 16 when the attack occurred, and the…
By John Simerman | NOLA.com | June 16, 2022 Public confidence in the New Orleans Police Department has nosedived, while a dwindling minority of residents feels the city is safe, according to a newly released survey from the New Orleans Crime Coalition. The rising sense of peril and frustration with police crossed neighborhoods, races and…