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.
Matt Dennis, who runs the city’s busiest monitoring program, says due to failures in the juvenile justice system, only a fraction of violent youths are being monitored.
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.
Two suspects are wanted in connection with wire fraud and theft in the French Quarter. The NOPD requests assistance locating 45-year-old Dionne Brown and 42-year-old Mia Massey.
A new complaint filed by the U.S. Department of Justice alleges nursing home owner Bob Dean swept millions of dollars from the homes into his personal banking accounts.
Christian Robinson, 25, is being held on a half-million dollar bond after he allegedly killed his aunt by stepping on her throat until officers were forced to taze him.
A New Orleans man convicted of fatally shooting his ex-girlfriend in the head in Prichard while she was on a 911 call will go to prison for life – but will have a chance for parole.
City Councilman Freddie King authors ordinance to require private parking lots to have security before and after special events to prevent car break-ins.
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.
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.
Comedian Brandon 'Boogie B.' Montrell, 43, was fatally shot Dec. 23 in the parking lot of the Rouses grocery store at 701 Baronne St. in New Orleans' Warehouse District.
The family of Yolanda Dillion, who was stabbed to death outside a Harvey hotel while driving for Uber, says they can’t comprehend what possessed the suspect to do something so horrific.
Amid rising public pressure, Orleans District Attorney Jason Williams moved to try the suspect accused of shooting and paralyzing a UNO student as an adult.
Cody Adams, 21, and a 16-year-old male from Chalmette were arrested in Picayune, Mississippi, and are awaiting extradition to St. Bernard Parish where they both will be booked with second-degree murder, according to Public Information Officer Kim Gritter.
OPSO investigators determined that Philip Soublet Jr., 31, first attacked fellow inmate Jrell Jack with a deadly weapon before Jack armed himself in self-defense and fatally wounded Soublet.
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