By Stephen Stock, Dannah Sauer and Jon Turnipseed | fox8live.com | May 27, 2025 NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – The ongoing search for two remaining Orleans Parish jail escapees is costing New Orleans hundreds of thousands of dollars each week and draining law enforcement resources from other duties, Fox 8 has learned. A top city official tells Fox 8 that…
By: Jasmine Franklin | wdsu.com | May 19, 2025 NEW ORLEANS — Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry issued multiple executive orders after 10 inmates escaped the Orleans Parish Jail early Friday morning. In a news conference Sunday, Landry ordered an audit of the Orleans Correctional Facility by the Department of Corrections. The audit would remove all…
By: Ken Daley and Rob Masson | fox8live.com | April 16, 2025 NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – Longtime New Orleans criminal court Judge Darryl Derbigny costs city taxpayers millions in jailing and police overtime costs because of the glacial pace with which cases progress through his courtroom, according to a new watchdog report on judicial efficiency. Derbigny…
By: Ken Daley | fox8live.com | April 14, 2025 NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – The city’s Civil Service Commission found Monday (April 14) that Mayor LaToya Cantrell improperly infringed on the promotion of high-ranking New Orleans Police Department officers last year in a specific effort to benefit Lt. Sabrina Richardson. The commission noted Cantrell’s refusal to…
By: Thanh Truong | fox8live.com | March 5, 2025 NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – The heightened police presence in New Orleans during Mardi Gras helped deliver one of the safest Carnival seasons in recent history, according to law enforcement officials and public safety advocates. Following the deadly New Year’s Day attack on Bourbon Street, the U.S.…
By: Chris Joseph | fox8live.com | February 24, 2025 (WVUE) – A federal judge sentenced former NOPD Sgt. Todd Morrell to five years probation plus restitution and community service on Tuesday (2/25) for six counts of wire fraud. Judge Jay Zainey ordered Morrell to pay a $5 thousand fine, avoid taking on additional debt without…
By: Missy Wilkinson | nola.com | January 5, 2025 Bryan Lagarde spent New Year’s Eve as he usually does: facing a bank of video screens, working. The criminologist and former police officer, who for years has directed the Project NOLA National Crime Camera Program, was monitoring nationwide feeds and helping law enforcement where he could.…
By: Anthony McAuley and Stephanie Riegel | nola.com | January 1, 2025 As New Orleans officials responded Wednesday to a horrific attack that killed at least 15 people and wounded dozens more, they also faced questions about the city’s readiness to host one of the world’s biggest sporting events — Super Bowl LIX — in…
By: Thanh Truong | fox8live.com | December 19, 2024 NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – In a press briefing Wednesday and multiple releases Wednesday and Thursday, the New Orleans Police Department shared major updates on several violent crime investigations. Police announced the arrests of two suspects in the mass shooting near the Nine Times Second Line parade that left…
By: Jonah Gilmore | wdsu.com | December 19, 2024 NEW ORLEANS — Members of a gang were indicted in connection with violent crimes across New Orleans, according to the Orleans Parish District Attorney’s Office. Orleans Parish District Attorney Jason Williams announced the indictment Thursday afternoon. The indictment lists six counts dating from July 1 to…