Staff Editorial | July 17, 2021 When the attorney general of Louisiana is on your company payroll, why not whistle up his investigators to help you with a family dispute? That is what businessman Shane Guidry of Jefferson Parish did, seeking help from his friend Attorney General Jeff Landry. Investigators from Landry’s office went well beyond the…
By John Simerman | NOLA.com | July 9, 2021 Shane Guidry, the Louisiana oilman and major GOP political donor, needed help. On a Saturday night in late January, Guidry’s adolescent daughter found out — via a text message from her biological mother — that she was adopted as a toddler. Lacey Hooper, who has bounced…
By Rob Masson | WVUE | July 7, 2021 CLICK FOR VIDEO NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) -Faced with low manpower levels, and rising crime, two groups ask the Cantrell administration to do more when it comes to the hiring and retention of police officers. They want the city to follow the president’s recommendation and tap into…
By Natasha Robin | WVUE | July 6, 2021 CLICK FOR VIDEO NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) -Criminal District Court is expected to get much busier in the weeks ahead. We’re told jurors have already been empaneled for a Grand Jury and a Special Grand Jury. Court officials say the prospective juror’s response was promising. From here,…
WDSU Digital Team | July 6, 2021 NEW ORLEANS — Jury trials have been put on pause for 16 months due to the coronavirus pandemic in New Orleans, resulting in a massive backlog of cases. Jury trials are set to resume Tuesday in the city. The City of New Orleans said the public can volunteer…
By Mike Perlstein | WWL-TV | July 1, 2021 CLICK FOR VIDEO NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans police have linked 21-year-old Don Robiho to as many as 80 car burglaries. Police viewed him as enough of a menace last fall to broadcast a “be on the lookout” bulletin with security camera video footage and his…
By Danae Columbus July 1, 2021 It will take a lot more than worn-out platitudes to make New Orleanians feel safe in their homes, cars and neighborhoods. While the three-pronged effort Mayor Cantrell presented earlier this week that focuses on prevention, apprehension and intervention might sound good, the results are disappointing. “Crime is up in…
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 2021 NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that ANTHONY ROBINSON (“A. ROBINSON”), age 67, and AUDREY HARRIS (“HARRIS”), age 54, of New Orleans, were sentenced today for participating in a scheme to defraud a trucking company and their insurer by staging an automobile accident with a tractor-trailer…
By Natasha Robin | WVUE | June 28, 2021 CLICK FOR VIDEO NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – A woman still lives in fear after a teenager carjacked her, beat her, and then ran over her last November. “It’s troubling because I can’t go anywhere without thinking it’s going to happen again. I can’t,” says Diane Rogers.…
By Jim Mustian | Associated Press | June 25, 2021 MONROE, La. (AP) — More than a year and a half after Louisiana state troopers were captured on body camera video brutalizing Black motorist Ronald Greene during his fatal arrest, police brass were still trying to blame his death on a car crash at the…