BY MISSY WILKINSON and CARLIE KOLLATH WELLS | NOLA.com | MAY 16, 2022 A 31-year-old man was killed in a shooting Monday morning in the Musicians’ Village area of St. Claude, New Orleans police said. It’s the second homicide in the area in less than a week. On Friday, a person was killed a block away…
By Meg Gatto | WVUE | May 12, 2022 CLICK FOR VIDEO Every day in New Orleans someone becomes a crime victim. The violence touches every neighborhood and affects all walks of life. Carjackings, armed robberies, and murders are happening at an alarming rate in New Orleans and sometimes the crimes can have more than just…
By Charisse Gibson | WWL-TV | May 11, 2022 CLICK FOR VIDEO Violent crime in New Orleans has unfortunately left many families with a familiar feeling – a feeling of devastation and loss. While some arrests have been made in homicide cases, giving families some closure, others are left in the dark. That’s the case…
By Ken Daley | WVUE | May 11, 2022 NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – A man was shot to death in the Seventh Ward on Tuesday night (May 10), New Orleans police said. The NOPD said the 58-year-old victim, whose identity has not been disclosed, was shot multiple times around 10:23 p.m. near the corner of…
By JOSEPH CRANNEY and FAIMON A. ROBERTS III | NOLA.com | MAY 11, 2022 Months before Kenner’s abrupt and controversial decision in 2020 to replace its long-term garbage collector with IV Waste, a top city official helped the company secure a separate contract with a city-supported agency by sharing a competitor’s quote. Top Kenner administrator Chad…
By WDSU Digital Team | May 9, 2022 CLICK FOR VIDEO NEW ORLEANS — Residents in the New Orleans Metro area have a chance to help solve crimes and get paid an extra $1,000 for doing it. Crimestoppers announced the new initiative to solve violent crimes at a news conference Monday. The program offers $1,000…
By Kaitlin Rust | WVUE | May 9, 2022 CLICK FOR VIDEO NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – The Orleans Parish District Attorney and New Orleans Police Chief respond for the first time to last Friday’s mass shooting, the second mass shooting in just a week’s time. “This is excellent police work, working through the night, responding…
By John Simerman & Missy Wilkinson | NOLA.com | May 5, 2022 Police say it was months of deadly tit-for-tat between well-armed groups on either side of the Mississippi River that reached Magazine Street last Friday night, in a roll-up gun attack that left six people shot at Balcony Bar. As details emerge on the man…
By David Jones | WVUE | April 29, 2022 CLICK FOR LINK NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – A man who was gunned down Thursday evening while walking home in the Irish Channel marks the city’s 92nd homicide victim since the start of the year. If the trends continue, New Orleans could be looking at its bloodiest…
Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office Eastern District of Louisiana Thursday, April 28th, 2022 NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today that DAVID BROWN (“BROWN”), age 50, of Morgan City, pled guilty on April 27, 2022 to Count One (1) of his indictment, charging him with Conspiracy to Commit Mail…