James Gill MAY 18, 2019 – 10:30 PM It wasn’t hard for the cops to identify suspects in the murder of New Orleans pizza deliveryman Richard “Chris” Yeager five years ago. Electronic monitors, which had been attached to the ankles of Rennel Brown and Shane Hughes while they awaited trial on other offenses, put them…
BY MATT SLEDGE | MSLEDGE@THEADVOCATE.COM MAY 15, 2019 – 7:33 PM After months with an electronic monitor strapped to his ankle, Aaron Jones was ready to leave the criminal justice system behind him when he walked into Orleans Parish Criminal District Court Judge Paul Bonin’s courtroom last May. Jones pleaded guilty to a felony and…
By Drew Broach, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune For all of Chris Roberts’ political wheeling and dealing – plenty of it over 20 years in elected office – it wasn’t public corruption that the federal government ultimately alleged in the 29-count indictment against him. The defendant here is not so much Roberts the politician as Roberts…
MAY 9, 2019 NEW ORLEANS – The United States Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Louisiana announced that CHRISTOPHER LORELL ROBERTS, JR., age 41, a resident of Gretna, Louisiana, was charged today in a 29-count Indictment with wire fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1343, and tax evasion, in violation of…
May 02, 2019 4:06 PM in News Source: WBRZ By: Chris Nakamoto and Erin McWilliams BATON ROUGE – Two weeks after a man broke into one of the state’s most secure homes staffed with security, Louisiana State Police have refused to answer any questions about the incident. “The Louisiana State Police can’t comment in regard…
By Heather Nolan, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune A former fire marshal’s inspector who was convicted of attempting to injure public records for trying to hide his failure to inspect a Grand Isle motel where two people died in a fire was sentenced Thursday (April 25) to one year of probation. Nunzio Marchiafava, 73, was convicted…
By Kimberly Curth | April 19, 2019 at 5:17 PM CDT – Updated April 19 at 5:31 PM NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – For the first time, New Orleans Mayor Latoya Cantrell responds to criticism over her decision to lower the threshold for speeding tickets in school zones. But a local watchdog has concerns about how…
BY MATT SLEDGE | The Advocate | Apr 12, 2019 – 4:15 pm A former state fire inspector who tried to hide the fact that he failed to visit a Grand Isle motel months before a fatal fire was convicted of attempting to injure public records on Thursday, New Orleans prosecutors said. Orleans Parish Criminal…
District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro’s office on Friday (April 12) announced the felony conviction of a former inspector with the state fire marshal’s office who attempted to hide his failure to inspect a Grand Isle motel where two people died in a blaze in September 2012. At the end of a one-day bench trial, Criminal District…
By Rob Masson | Fox 8 New Orleans | April 4, 2019 at 4:30 PM CDT – Updated April 4 at 5:49 PM NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – A St. Claude business incubator has partnered with a new company whose goal is to eliminate wait times for people who get in car accidents in New Orleans. The New…