By Mike Perlstein | WWL-TV | June 16, 2021 CLICK FOR VIDEO NEW ORLEANS — Recently disclosed body cam video from State Police Lieutenant John Clary of Troop F in Northeast Louisiana shows motorist Ronald Greene being dragged from his car by fellow troopers, shocked with a stun gun, beaten while in handcuffs, dragged by…
By Anna McAllister | WGNO | June 15, 2021 CLICK FOR VIDEO NEW ORLEANS —Tuesday morning Judge Angel Harris revoked Bryan Andry’s bail. This hearing was for two armed carjackings he’s accused of committing last year, prior to allegedly stabbing Portia Pollock to death. Harris is the same judge who reduced Andry’s bail on the…
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…