By David Hammer | WWL-TV | December 2, 2021 CLICK FOR VIDEO NEW ORLEANS — After a WWL-TV investigation prompted the FBI to raid the Sewerage & Water Board Plumbing Department in early November, the city blocked the head of that department, Jay Arnold, from getting permits for private gas line repairs and installation jobs.…
Wednesday, December 1st, 2021 NEW ORLEANS – U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that former long-time St. Tammany Parish Sheriff RODNEY J. STRAIN (a/k/a Jack Strain), age 56, from Abita Springs, Louisiana, pleaded guilty today before United States District Judge Jane Triche Milazzo to Count 15 of the Indictment returned in August 2019, charging him…
By Ken Daley | WVUE | December 1, 2021 NEW ORLEANS – The city’s 2021 homicide count continued climbing toward 200 on Wednesday (Dec. 1), following a fatal shooting Tuesday night and word that a man shot in Broadmoor on Nov. 16 has died nearly two weeks later. The latest two shooting deaths brought New…
By Kenny Lopez | WGNO | November 23, 2021 CLICK FOR INTERVIEW NEW ORLEANS — According to The Metropolitan Crime Commission since 2019, carjackings are up 170 percent and 28 percent up from 2020. “Over the last four days here have been at least 7 carjackings. It has gotten progressively worse over the last two…
By Natasha Robin | WVUE | November 19, 2021 CLICK FOR INTERVIEW NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – “This is a grand experiment creating this external agency to the police department. I’m not aware of any other police department in the country that does it in this manner,” says Rafael Goyeneche. It’s an external agency running the…
Wednesday, November 17th, 2021 NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today that CHANDRIKA BROWN (“BROWN”), age 30, of New Orleans, Louisiana, entered a plea of guilty today to Conspiracy to Commit Mail Fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 371, arising out of staged automobile accidents with…
By Lea Skene & John Simerman | NOLA.com | November 11, 2021 Union Parish District Attorney John Belton hadn’t yet seen all of the damning body camera footage of Louisiana State Police troopers repeatedly beating and tasing Ronald Greene before his death on a dark roadway in May 2019 — but what he viewed was…
By Matt Sledge | NOLA.com | November 10, 2021 For years as a member of the New Orleans City Council, Jason Williams fought against budget increases requested by former District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro, while questioning his leadership and financial stewardship. Ten months after Williams became district attorney, the tables were turned as he asked the…
Wednesday, November 3rd, 2021 NEW ORLEANS – U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that IRVIN MAYFIELD, age 44, a resident of New Orleans, and RONALD MARKHAM, age 43, also a resident of New Orleans, were sentenced today for defrauding the New Orleans Public Library Foundation out of approximately $1,316,232. The Honorable Jay Zainey sentenced the…
By Garey Forster | The Advocate | November 3, 2021 The Census Bureau says 391,000 people live in New Orleans. Louisiana’s secretary of state says Orleans Parish has 266,856 registered voters. Yet only 51,342 picked LaToya Cantrell to be mayor, and merely 41,564 elected Jason Williams as district attorney. Those were two different election cycles.…