By Matt Sledge | NOLA.com | June 15, 2022 The New Orleans Police Department has moved patrol officers to 12-hour shifts and hopes to lure cops from other agencies to reduce 911 response times and stem violent crime, Superintendent Shaun Ferguson said Wednesday. Five months after Ferguson faced a grilling during a carjacking surge,…
By Meg Farris | WWL-TV | June 14, 2022 The Metropolitan Crime Commission says a lot went wrong when Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson made the decision to pull deputies from the courthouse on Monday, forcing the court’s closure. “There’s actually a Louisiana law that mandates that every sheriff has to provide court security, so she…
By FOX 8 Staff | WVUE | June 14, 2022 NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – Two men who died in the Orleans Parish Justice Center have been identified by the parish coroner’s office. One man, identified as Philip Soublet Jr., was killed in a jailhouse brawl while awaiting trial for second-degree murder. Officials say Soublet died…
By Jillian Kramer | NOLA.com | June 14, 2022 Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson, who said this week that a critical staffing shortage played a role in the weekend deaths of two men held at the Orleans Justice Center, would not provide information Tuesday on jail staffing levels, saying it could pose a new security…
By Roby Chavez | PBS | June 14, 2022 NEW ORLEANS – Moments after Morris Jeff Community School’s graduation ceremony ended May 31, gunshots pierced the air. The crowd of students, many still in caps and gowns, and family members scattered. Some attendees fell to the ground as the joyful moment turned deadly for members…
By Chris Nakamoto | WBRZ | June 14, 2022 CLICK FOR VIDEO PONCHATOULA – A corruption watchdog told WBRZ Tuesday he’s requesting an outside law enforcement entity to come in and review the case where a rape victim was ordered to pay her perpetrator child support. Less than 24 hours after the WBRZ Investigative Unit…
By Missy Wilkinson | NOLA.com | June 14, 2022 A man sitting in his pickup truck in Mid-City was yanked from the vehicle by a carjacker Monday afternoon, New Orleans police said. Police responded to the carjacking at the intersection of South Murat and Banks streets at around 5:14 p.m. They said that after the…
By Jackie Galli | Mid-City Messenger | June 14, 2022 Bianka Lebeouf was putting up fliers this weekend with her children for a neighborhood public safety meeting when she heard gunshots. One of the shots she heard resulted in a man’s death. Those gunshots were just one of several incidents Lebeouf experienced this past weekend;…
By LBJ & Anna McAllister | WGNO | June 13, 2022 NEW ORLEANS (WGNO)— After the Orleans Parish Criminal Court closed its doors on Monday, local officials were questioned about why. WGNO’s LBJ spoke with Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson for an exclusive insight on the court’s operations and what role law enforcement plays. And,…
By Michael Perlstein | WWL-TV | June 13, 2022 CLICK FOR VIDEO NEW ORLEANS — After a fight involving four inmates at the Orleans Justice Center on Friday that left one inmate dead and two in the hospital, followed by an inmate suicide on Sunday, Sheriff Susan Hutson announced she was pulling deputies from criminal court…