Updated: 28 minutes ago
|By Natasha Robin
A judge on Monday (Jan. 30) denied two motions filed by the defense claiming the teens were too young to understand the crime and should have separate trials.
Updated: Jan. 26, 2023 at 5:16 PM CST
|By Natasha Robin
Brazen criminals are taking stolen cars across parish lines, wreaking havoc in Jefferson and St. Bernard.
Updated: Jan. 23, 2023 at 5:18 PM CST
|By Natasha Robin
During a Criminal Justice Committee meeting, the city council heard from various organizations about targeting high risk juveniles.
Updated: Jan. 18, 2023 at 4:54 PM CST
|By Natasha Robin
The NOPD says it has responded to 403 calls for service related to stolen cars. The Metropolitan Crime Commission believes that number is a bit higher, tracking over 500 car thefts.
Updated: Jan. 13, 2023 at 8:35 PM CST
|By Natasha Robin
A Kenner mother is accused of murder after her young son died of a Fentanyl overdose. On New Year’s Eve, the toddler was found dead inside his home.
Updated: Jan. 12, 2023 at 9:03 AM CST
|By Natasha Robin
Inspire NOLA students walk for peace and rally for change to the city's crime crisis
Updated: Jan. 9, 2023 at 5:13 PM CST
|By Natasha Robin
City Councilman Freddie King authors ordinance to require private parking lots to have security before and after special events to prevent car break-ins.
Updated: Jan. 6, 2023 at 5:22 PM CST
|By Natasha Robin
Since the start of 2023, New Orleans has suffered two mass shootings.
Updated: Jan. 2, 2023 at 6:34 PM CST
|By Natasha Robin
The NOPD was investigating multiple shootings, stabbings and a homicide on the first day of 2023.
Updated: Dec. 29, 2022 at 8:59 PM CST
|By Natasha Robin
In the year’s final days, violence unfolds in almost every part of the city. In the past 24 hours, the NOPD investigated multiple shooting scenes that involved nearly a dozen victims.
Updated: Dec. 29, 2022 at 2:46 PM CST
|By Natasha Robin
NOLA Coalition continues to push for public safety
Updated: Dec. 27, 2022 at 7:01 PM CST
|By Natasha Robin
Family members identified Southern University student Courtney Hughes as one of the two 19-year-olds killed early Monday in a mass shooting at a holiday party in the Ninth Ward.
Updated: Dec. 23, 2022 at 9:38 PM CST
|By Natasha Robin
For tornado victims on the Westbank, home for the holidays is in a travel trailer in Bayou Segnette.
Updated: Dec. 13, 2022 at 5:28 PM CST
|By Natasha Robin
The nine-year NOPD veteran was found dead during a welfare check at her address.
Updated: Dec. 9, 2022 at 9:43 PM CST
|By Natasha Robin
A tourist brutally killed while visiting New Orleans will be laid to rest Saturday (Dec. 10) in his Missouri hometown.
Updated: Dec. 5, 2022 at 6:25 PM CST
|By Natasha Robin
Accused killer Martin Hurtado, 29, worked at a nearby restaurant on St. Charles Avenue
Updated: Dec. 2, 2022 at 8:23 PM CST
|By Natasha Robin
The First Lady of France, Brigitte Macron, visited the local French public charter school Lycée Français.
Updated: Dec. 1, 2022 at 5:19 PM CST
|By Natasha Robin
25 million dollars will go towards an incentive package for the NOPD to recruit and retain officers, but council member Morrell questioned whether the problem could be fixed with money.
Updated: Nov. 30, 2022 at 6:40 PM CST
|By Natasha Robin
Severn Avenue project finally clears for grateful businesses
Updated: Nov. 29, 2022 at 6:44 PM CST
|By Natasha Robin
After three carjackings were reported all of last week, four were committed Monday night into early Tuesday
Updated: Nov. 21, 2022 at 10:05 PM CST
|By Natasha Robin
Two women, victimized two years apart by the same teen, say the justice system failed to hold him responsible.
Updated: Nov. 15, 2022 at 4:45 PM CST
|By Natasha Robin
Jurors on day two of trial heard from Trahan’s campaign manager, her tax preparer, and the IRS.
Updated: Nov. 11, 2022 at 8:27 AM CST
|By Natasha Robin
Someone defaced Judge Karen Herman’s campaign signs with swastikas just days before the election.
Updated: Nov. 9, 2022 at 4:15 PM CST
|By Natasha Robin
The new rule means the city’s top leaders can no longer be hand-selected by the mayor alone.
Updated: Nov. 7, 2022 at 4:45 PM CST
|By Natasha Robin
The head coach of a New Orleans roller derby team jumped into action when the mother of one of her players was robbed at gunpoint.
Updated: Nov. 4, 2022 at 6:25 AM CDT
|By Ken Daley and Natasha Robin
Tracy Nguyen, 24, was fatally shot in the 2300 block of Division Street on Aug. 10, 2013
Updated: Nov. 1, 2022 at 5:14 PM CDT
|By Jesse Brooks and Natasha Robin
In the report, Webster is accused of neglect of duty, misuse of city property, and abuse of office. He was the head of the juvenile center until he resigned in April.
Updated: Oct. 31, 2022 at 6:52 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
The NOPD said it beefed up its presence in the French Quarter over the long Halloween weekend
Updated: Oct. 27, 2022 at 5:21 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
Three separate shootings in just over 12 hours claimed the lives of three separate people in New Orleans East.
Updated: Oct. 24, 2022 at 5:19 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
A previously convicted killer is now a free man after being found not guilty in a second trial without a key witness.
Updated: Oct. 21, 2022 at 4:48 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
“Young men or women used ultimate acts of violence with no fear of consequence. They don’t care where they shoot, or who they shoot."
Updated: Oct. 18, 2022 at 5:49 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
Police say a woman, armed with a handgun, went behind the counter and forced five people into a freezer while the manager was forced to open a safe.
Updated: Oct. 18, 2022 at 6:45 AM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
Police said 15-year-old Jerry Smith had a gun in his hand when found slain outside Bogalusa High's football game Friday.
Updated: Oct. 13, 2022 at 5:32 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
A 28-year-old woman was shot in a vehicle and a juvenile female received minor injuries when the car crashed through the gates of the Orleans Parish Justice Center.
Updated: Oct. 11, 2022 at 7:39 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
Police said a 16-year-old boy suffered fatal injuries late Monday (Oct. 10) after crashing a stolen vehicle into another and then striking a house
Updated: Oct. 10, 2022 at 5:45 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
With a depleted police force, New Orleanians worry that criminals have the upper hand.
Updated: Oct. 5, 2022 at 5:16 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
Blossom Ruffins is currently paralyzed from the belly button down and doctors say she still has bullet fragments in her kidney.
Updated: Oct. 4, 2022 at 5:04 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
"They look like Percocet. They look like Xanax. We can’t even tell them apart unless we send them to the lab."
Updated: Oct. 3, 2022 at 5:59 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
As of Mon., Oct. 3, New Orleans police have investigated 220 homicides since Jan. 1. In 2021, there were 218 homicides.
Updated: Sep. 28, 2022 at 5:52 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
DJ Jubilee has lost 39 young athletes over the years to violence and now he says the at-risk youth seem unreachable.
Updated: Sep. 27, 2022 at 5:37 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
Organizers of the effort to recall New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell say they’ve gotten around 20% of the 53,000 signatures they need.
Updated: Sep. 26, 2022 at 6:26 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
The NOPD said Tyrone Wiltz is the attempted home invader who shot Joe Cooper in the doorway of his Gentilly house on May 23.
Updated: Sep. 23, 2022 at 9:05 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
A crime victim says he is furious after finding out the juvenile who held him at gunpoint walked free.
Updated: Sep. 22, 2022 at 5:35 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
The goal is to decrease response times as the NOPD deals with a serious manpower shortage.
Updated: Sep. 22, 2022 at 10:34 AM CDT
|By Natasha Robin and FOX 8 Staff
The niece of a New Orleans councilman has become one of the city’s latest victims of gun violence.
Updated: Sep. 20, 2022 at 5:59 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
Convention officials say that, so far, no businesses have canceled plans to bring their events to the city.
Updated: Sep. 19, 2022 at 5:41 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
With 52 homicides per 100,000 people, New Orleans has surpassed St. Louis (45 per 100,000) for the top homicide rate in the country.
Updated: Sep. 16, 2022 at 5:16 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
Several other Starbucks locations will remain open in New Orleans and neighboring Canal Street business owners say they have no intention of joining the national chain in evacuating the area.
Updated: Sep. 14, 2022 at 5:05 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
Gun violence in New Orleans has sent 584 people to the hospital, killing over 200 of them, according to MCC data.
Updated: Sep. 7, 2022 at 4:39 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
Since Monday (Sept. 5), seven carjackings unfolded across New Orleans.