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Louisiana boy attacked by alligator in New Orleans neighborhood
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — A child is recovering after being attacked by an alligator in New Orleans’ Bayou St. John, according to officials with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. LDWF agents reported the incident happened on Sunday, July 14, as the boy was in the shallow...
JPSO issues statement, surveillance video after social video shows detective striking woman
METAIRIE, La. — A video that shows a Jefferson Parish detective striking a woman several times as he stands over her and she is on her knees is only a small portion of the encounter that came after an overdose death investigation and the woman striking the detective first, the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday night.
Three men killed in separate shootings identified by New Orleans coroner
Three men who were killed in recent New Orleans shootings were identified Thursday by the Orleans Parish Coroner's Office. Anthony Walker, 35, was found unresponsive with at least one gunshot wound in the St. Roch neighborhood Monday shortly after 10:16 p.m., according to the New Orleans Police Department. Officers found Walker at the intersection of Duels and Touro streets.
Feds suggest ex-NOPD chief Michelle Woodfork paid price for disciplining Jeffrey Vappie
A year ago, Michelle Woodfork was the interim New Orleans police chief and appeared to be Mayor LaToya Cantrell's leading choice among six finalists to helm the NOPD as its next permanent chief, and first woman ever in the role. But according to the indictment of former NOPD Officer Jeffrey...
Reactions pour in following indictment of Jeffrey Vappie
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The day after the indictment of former New Orleans police officer Jeffrey Vappie, reactions are surfacing. The lawyer of Anne Braud, who photographed Vappie with Mayor LaToya Cantrell, expressed a mix of feelings from his client. “I think Anne, I don’t want to say she feels...
Former Westwego police officer arrested in $100,000 vehicle inspection scam
State Police arrested a former Westwego police officer accused in a scheme to perform unauthorized vehicle inspections for money. Leroy Victoriano Jr., 59, surrendered himself at the Jefferson Parish Correctional Center in Gretna Friday and was booked with malfeasance in office, theft valued over $25,000, money laundering and filing false public records, State Police said.
Man guilty of carjacking elderly woman at gunpoint sentenced
A judge sentenced a New Orleans man this week to more than 12 years in federal prison after a jury convicted him of carjacking an 80-year-old woman at gunpoint in 2022. Shampain Poole, 23, will serve a 147-month sentence and five years of supervised release for his April conviction, in which a federal jury found him guilty of carjacking, brandishing a weapon during a crime of violence and being a felon in possession of a firearm, according to the U.S. District Attorney's Office.
New Orleans man who walked into Central City daycare with AR-15 sentenced
A New Orleans man who walked into a Central City daycare with a loaded semi-automatic rifle last year was sentenced to nearly six years in federal prison Tuesday. Teddy Nathan, 25, pleaded guilty to a count of being a felon in possession of ammunition in a plea deal with the government.
Woman Strikes Plea on Murder Charge in Staged Accidents Case
Woman Charged After Murder of Government Informant Agrees to Cooperate With Investigators. [Stay on top of transportation news: Get TTNews in your inbox.]. A woman charged in the murder of an informant who cooperated with law enforcement to bust a string of staged crashes with tractor-trailers in New Orleans has agreed to plead guilty and work with federal investigators in exchange for possible sentencing leniency.
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