by: Jordan Lippincott | WGNO NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — It’s been six months since the New Orleans City Council voted to put the Pontalba apartment being used by Mayor LaToya Cantrell back on the market. However, the Metropolitan Crime Commission is reporting she hasn’t moved out her belongings, which is why the council is now threatening…
BY JOHN SIMERMAN | Staff writer Mar 6, 2024| Nola.com A report published Wednesday by the Metropolitan Crime Commission paints a bleak picture of Orleans Parish District Attorney Jason Williams’ office in its first two years, claiming the rate at which prosecutors secured felony convictions in that span plummeted. The commission, a privately funded local…
4WWL NEWS The report said that with Williams modifying some of his policies things have improved, the DA’s office says his new initiatives made the difference. NEW ORLEANS — The Metropolitan Crime Commission released a scathing report on Orleans District Attorney Jason Williams’ first two years in the position, alleging that the DA “undermined the…
Newell Normand/ WWL/ March 1 Is New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell holding the Pontalba Apartment hostage after the City Council revoked it from her use? Records show it is still sitting unused despite orders that it should be made available for lease. Rafael Goyeneche, President of the Metropolitan Crime Commission, told WWL’s Newell Normand that…
WGNO-by: Rachel Hernandez-Jan 5, 2024 NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Crime may be down in New Orleans, but hot spots remain. The Metropolitan Crime Commission released a series of maps that show where those hot spots are. In 2023, almost half of all murders happened in the 5th and 7th districts. That encompasses the 9th Ward and New Orleans…
By Joseph Cranney, nola.com August 7, 2023 The private security guard who shot a man in the back outside of the New Orleans library’s main branch Saturday was allowed to receive her license last year after just eight hours of firearm training and two arrests on battery charges in 2021. Kia Simmons, 23, had worked for Metairie-based Pinnacle Security for fewer…
By Morgan Lentes, WDSU August 7, 2023 A 3-year-old male is in critical condition after being shot early Saturday morning. The New Orleans Police Department says the shooting happened around 12:30 a.m. on Interstate 10 Service Road near Crowder Boulevard. Initial reports from the NOPD indicate that the victim was asleep in his bed when…
By Shay O’Connor | wdsu.com | May 29, 2023 NEW ORLEANS —There have been at least nine shootings since Thursday, the start of the Memorial Day weekend in New Orleans, at least two resulting in death. Along Ursulines Avenue, a person was shot Monday morning multiple times. Corey Bartel lives nearby. “The crime seems to…
By Daniella Silva | NBC News | February 28, 2023 New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell faces a possible recall election as violent crime spikes, uncollected trash overflows into the streets and she contends with allegations she had an affair with a member of her security detail. The first Black woman to be elected mayor in…
Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office Eastern District of Louisiana Thursday, July 14th, 2022 NEW ORLEANS – The United States Attorney’s Office announced that former Louisiana State Senator and Chair of State Political Party “A”,KAREN CARTER PETERSON, age 52, from New Orleans, Louisiana, was charged today in a one-count bill of information with wire fraud, in…