By Ken Daley | WVUE | January 31, 2022 NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – A person’s body was discovered inside a vehicle burning in New Orleans East early Sunday (Jan. 30), but New Orleans police have not immediately declared the case a homicide. The NOPD said the person’s identity, gender and age were not immediately known…
By Natasha Robin | WVUE | January 27, 2022 CLICK FOR VIDEO NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – The NOPD isn’t arresting people for the majority of carjackings across New Orleans, according to recent city council data. While the police department disputes the numbers, one crime watchdog says the arrests shouldn’t reflect on the amount of carjackings…
By David Jones | WVUE | January 26, 2022 CLICK FOR VIDEO NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – The New Orleans Police Department is looking at reimplementing a “proactive component” to address the city’s rise in incidents of violent crime. Anti-crime advocates expect to see a task force similar to the ones disbanded in 2020. On Tuesday,…
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By Ken Daley | KNOE | January 24, 2022 NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – As New Orleans’ homicide count climbed to 19 in the first month of 2022, three more victims were identified Monday (Jan. 24) by the Orleans Parish Coroner’s office. Craig Magraff, 34, was the man stabbed to death last Wednesday (Jan. 19) at 1:56 a.m.…
By Olivia Vidal | WVUE | January 21, 2022 CLICK FOR VIDEO NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – Police responded to reports of an armed robbery and car theft on Thursday, January 20 in the 6200 block of Marshal Foch Street in Lakeview. The incident happened shortly after 6 p.m., a busy time of day for the…
By Devin Bartolotta | WWL-TV | January 20, 2022 CLICK FOR VIDEO NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans is grappling with both a serious crime problem and a cop problem. New Orleans Police Superintendent Sean Ferguson had a tough conversation with City Council Thursday, in which he said the department is getting about half the applications…
By Danae Columbus | Uptown Messenger | January 20, 2022 Every partner in New Orleans criminal justice system is partially responsible for the city’s spiraling crime rate and every partner must do their job to help alleviate it, Councilman at-large J.P. Morrell said on WWL-TV earlier today (Jan. 20). “People are afraid to leave their…
By Fox 8 Staff | WVUE | January 19, 2022 NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – The president of the Police Association of New Orleans penned a letter addressed to the city council where he laid blame for the broken criminal justice system on the district attorney’s office, city administration, and the current police manpower issue. In…
By Site Staff | Biz New Orleans | January 18, 2022 NEW ORLEANS — The Metropolitan Crime Commission — a private, nonprofit watchdog group — will begin issuing a weekly updated crime bulletin including year-to-date changes in major categories of violent crime in Orleans Parish since 2019 (homicide, shooting, carjacking and armed robbery), as well…