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Harvey woman supplied fentanyl before an overdose, police say. Now she faces murder charge

BY MICHELLE HUNTER | Staff writer
2 hrs ago

Westwego police arrested a Harvey woman accused of supplying the drugs that led to a man's fatal overdose.?

New Orleans police search for Nissan in fatal Treme hit-and-run

By GABRIELLA KILLETT | Staff writer
13 hrs ago

Pedestrian killed on North Claiborne Avenue at St. Phillip Street

Ex-boyfriend booked with murder in killing of JohnShane Powell in New Orleans' 7th Ward

By GABRIELLA KILLETT | Staff writer
Updated 17 hrs ago

Three days earlier, she accused him of beating her

Jefferson Parish deputies chase suspect into New Orleans, 1 arrested

BY MICHELLE HUNTER | Staff writer
20 hrs ago

Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office deputies have arrested at least one person after a pursuit that ended with a crash in Orleans Parish on Friday afternoon, authorities said.?

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Crisis intervention team building bridges

Staff report
21 hrs ago

NAMI St. Tammany is inviting members of the community to the first CIT Forum on Oct. 5 to hear Crisis Intervention Team deputies discuss the protocols they follow in trying to guide people wit…

3 face murder charges after ex-boyfriend broke in, shot man in Marrero home

BY MICHELLE HUNTER | Staff writer
21 hrs ago

A New Orleans man accused of breaking into his ex-girlfriend's Marrero home before shooting and killing a man he saw sleeping in her bed was indicted Thursday with second-degree murder, accord…

Man tied to suspected shooter in Tupac Shakur’s 1996 killing arrested, AP sources say

BY RIO YAMAT and KEN RITTER | THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
22 hrs ago

LAS VEGAS — Las Vegas police have arrested a man in the deadly 1996?drive-by shooting of Tupac Shakur, a long-awaited break in a case that has frustrated investigators and fascinated the publi…

Photos: Deputy who died 16 years after tree crashed through police car laid to rest in Covington

By CHRIS GRANGER | Staff photographer
Sep 28, 2023

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Deputy who died 16 years after tree crashed through police car laid to rest in Covington

By ALEX LUBBEN and BOB WARREN | Staff Writers
Sep 28, 2023

Former St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Deputy Mary Mayo was laid to rest Thursday, more than 16 years after the freak accident that claimed the life of her fiance and left her paralyzed.

Louisiana officer in fatal shooting of 6-year-old permanently banned, six years later

By JOSEPH CRANNEY | Staff writer
Sep 28, 2023

Former Marksville Officer Norris Greenhouse, Jr., was one of 15 officers permanently decertified Thursday by Louisiana's police oversight board.

Woman accused in fatal stabbing booked with murder

By GABRIELLA KILLETT | Staff writer
Sep 28, 2023

A woman accused of stabbing another woman in her breast last week has been booked with second degree murder, according to documents New Orleans police filed in Criminal District Court.

Deputies investigating claims that high school student fathered child with teacher, sheriff says

BY ELLYN COUVILLION | Staff writer
Updated Sep 28, 2023

The?Tangipahoa?Parish Sheriff's Office is investigating allegations that a 17-year-old student in the parish school system fathered a child with a teacher, the sheriff said Thursday.?

Juvenile jail has hit capacity, using cots to accommodate new arrivals

By GABRIELLA KILLETT | Staff writer
Sep 28, 2023

Newly arrested juveniles in Orleans Parish will sleep on makeshift cots in the city's Gentilly detention center, as the building hit maximum capacity last Wednesday.

Louisiana removes teens from youth jail plagued by suicides, alleged abuse by guards

By JAMES FINN | Staff writer
Sep 28, 2023

State officials are poised to remove teens from a north Louisiana youth jail plagued by allegations that guards raped incarcerated youth, failed to respond to suicide attempts and operated wit…

Hazmat team responds to diesel spill from damaged tank on Airline Drive in Kenner

BY MICHELLE HUNTER | Staff writer
Sep 28, 2023

Local and state authorities have shut down a lane of eastbound Airline Drive in Kenner on Thursday morning while responding to a diesel fuel spill, police said.?

Man accused of Mississippi kidnapping arrested in Slidell

By GABRIELLA KILLETT | Staff writer
Sep 27, 2023

A man wanted in connection with a Vicksburg, Mississippi kidnapping turned himself into Slidell police Wednesday evening, authorities said.?

18-year-old booked with murder in Terrytown Waffle House shooting

BY MICHELLE HUNTER | Staff writer
Updated Sep 27, 2023

Two and a half months after an Algiers man was gunned down in the parking lot of a Terrytown Waffle House, investigators have arrested a suspect in his death.?

NOPD officer stabbed multiple times by Home Depot shoplifter, police say

BY MISSY WILKINSON | Staff writer
Sep 27, 2023

A 14-year veteran of the New Orleans Police Department was stabbed multiple times Tuesday afternoon when he intercepted an alleged shoplifter in Central City, New Orleans police said.

Man found dead near Plum Orchard identified by New Orleans coroner

By KASEY BUBNASH | Staff writer
Sep 27, 2023

A man who was found stabbed to death in a vehicle near the Plum Orchard area was identified by the Orleans Parish Coroner's Office Wednesday as 39-year-old Bradley Dolliole.

St. Claude tire shop, four homes damaged in three-alarm fire, New Orleans firefighters say

By KASEY BUBNASH | Staff writer
Updated Sep 27, 2023

A St. Claude tire shop and four surrounding homes were damaged or completely destroyed in a raging three-alarm fire early Wednesday morning, according to the New Orleans Fire Department.?

Woman dies after falling from fleeing truck; driver booked with negligent homicide

BY MICHELLE HUNTER | Staff writer
Updated Sep 26, 2023

A woman who was riding in the bed of a pickup truck that was fleeing from Plaquemines Parish Sheriff's Office deputies died after she fell from the vehicle, authorities said.

19-year-old kills mother, her dog in their sleep, calls 911 to turn himself in, deputies say

BY ELLYN COUVILLION | Staff writer
Sep 26, 2023

A 19-year-old shot and killed his mother and her dog while they slept, then called 911 to turn himself in, the Tangipahoa Sheriff's Office said in a news release.

National Night Out events offer chance to meet local police

BY ANDREW CANULETTE | Staff writer
Sep 26, 2023

Though there’s no guarantee that the first Tuesday in August will be the hottest day of the year in the southern U.S., it’s pretty sure to be a scorcher.

Man killed in 7th Ward shooting last week identified by New Orleans coroner

By KASEY BUBNASH | Staff writer
Sep 26, 2023

A man who was killed in a shooting at the edge of the 7th Ward last week was identified by the Orleans Parish Coroner's Office as 40-year-old Virice Ambrose.?

Orleans Parish jail nears max capacity amid higher bonds, wave of violent crime arrests

BY MISSY WILKINSON AND JOSEPH CRANNEY | Staff writers
Sep 26, 2023

The jail's population stands just below a 1,250-inmate cap set by the City Council in 2019.?

School bus accident injures 3 students, 1 pedestrian in B.W. Cooper area, police say

BY MISSY WILKINSON | Staff writer
Sep 25, 2023

Three students and one pedestrian were injured Monday afternoon in a traffic accident involving a school bus, New Orleans police said.

Man stabbed to death near Plum Orchard area, New Orleans police say

By KASEY BUBNASH | Staff writer
Sep 25, 2023

A man was found stabbed to death in a vehicle near the Plum Orchard area Monday morning, according to the New Orleans Police Department.?

One dead, one injured in crash on I-10, traffic backed up in Desire and Gentilly areas

By KASEY BUBNASH | Staff writer
Sep 25, 2023

A 27-year-old woman was killed and an unidentified male was injured in crash on I-10 East in the Desire area Monday morning, according to the New Orleans Police Department.?