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…
Some judges fail to act when defendants on ankle bracelets defy them. By: Mike Perlstein | wwltv.com | December 12, 2024 Matt Dennis was visibly angry as he displayed the more than 40 violation reports compiled against convicted multiple-time felon Nicholas Miorana for breaking his home incarceration orders. French Quarter Shooting New Orleans Criminal Court Judge…
By: Aubry Killion | wdsu.com | December 10, 2024 ST. CHARLES PARISH, La. — A criminal watchdog says the St. Charles Parish sheriff owes the public an explanation after three former top deputies pleaded guilty to payroll fraud and other charges. Records show ex-Chief Deputy Rodney Madere was allowed to retire before he was arrested…
By: Rachel Handley | wwltv.com | December 5, 2024 NEW ORLEANS — The NOPD is searching for a suspect it said rammed a police unit Wednesday night. Its Public Integrity Bureau is also investigating one of the officers inside the unit who fired at the suspect’s car before it sped off, as it is required…
By: Michelle Hunter | nola.com | December 3, 2024 Three former high-ranking deputies from the St. Charles Parish Sheriff’s Office, who were arrested this summer on allegations of theft and payroll fraud, have pleaded guilty in the case, the St. Charles Parish District Attorney’s Office announced Tuesday. Former Chief Deputy Rodney Madere Jr., who served…