By Rob Masson and Mykal Vincent | WVUE | June 15, 2021 CLICK FOR VIDEO NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – An Orleans Criminal Court judge has revoked bond for the man accused of killing Portia Pollock. Bryan Andry was out on bond for armed robbery charges when he allegedly killed Pollock during a carjacking, according to…
By Kaitlin Rust | WVUE | June 14, 2021 CLICK FOR VIDEO NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – A call for more answers follows the arrest of Bryan Andry in the fatal stabbing of 7th Ward physical therapist Portia Pollock. Many want to know why a man with a criminal history like his was released on a…
By Matt Sledge | NOLA.com | June 11, 2021 New Orleans police monitor Susan Hutson resigned Friday, barely a month after she began a leave of absence to run in the Oct. 9 election against Orleans Parish Sheriff Marlin Gusman. The resignation was announced in an email and takes effect Monday, leaving Hutson’s small agency,…
By Jasmine Anderson | KNOE | June 10, 2021 CLICK FOR VIDEO MONROE, La. (KNOE) – The Associated Press released new body camera footage of a May 2020 arrest in Franklin Parish after a high-speed chase. State police say Antonio Harris got out of his car and immediately laid on the ground. Investigators say three troopers used excessive and…
By Kenny Lopez | WGNO | June 10, 2021 CLICK FOR VIDEO KENNER, La.— Another carjacking case that started in New Orleans, ended in a crash today in Kenner. The car chase spanned about 20 miles starting in Orleans Parish and ending in Jefferson Parish. First, the carjacking happened in New Orleans East on the 12300…
By Jim Mustian | Associated Press | June 9, 2021 CLICK FOR VIDEO BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The same Louisiana State Police unit whose troopers stunned, punched and dragged Ronald Greene on video during a deadly 2019 arrest is now under internal investigation by a secret panel over whether its officers are systematically targeting…
By Emily Lane & Greg Larose | WSDU | June 9, 2021 CLICK FOR VIDEO The pandemic-related backlog of cases ready for jury trial in Orleans Criminal District is “monumental,” said Rafael Goyeneche, president of the New Orleans Metropolitan Crime Commission. “Even more daunting than Katrina,” he added. Orleans Criminal District Judge Camille Buras on…
By Amanda Roberts | WVUE | June 7, 2021 Click for video NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – New Orleans has always been a little different than the rest of the state of Louisiana, but the city may have been leading the state in policing marijuana. Senate legislators voted 20 to 17 to approve House Bill…
By Danae Columbus | Uptown Messenger | June 3, 2021 Operation Golden Eagle, the new collaborative partnership between the Louisiana State Police and the New Orleans Police Department, began Tuesday (June 1). Though Mayor LaToya Cantrell is unable to quantify exactly how many state troopers are participating, both she and NOPD Superintendent Shaun D. Ferguson…
By Andrea Gallo | The Advocate | May 31, 2021 Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry’s newly disclosed role as a paid board member for his top political ally’s oil services company is raising questions about whether Landry is following a state law that instructs the attorney general to devote “his full time” to the Attorney General’s office…