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Pearl River High School teacher accused of relationship with student facing new charge
A Northshore teacher accused of having an inappropriate relationship with a student is facing a new charge. Arianna Kadinger was arrested again on Monday and is now facing a charge of prohibited sexual conduct between an educator and a student. Her bond was set at $5,000 and she was released...
Abita Springs man sentenced to 40 years in 2022 manslaughter case
An Abita Springs man was sentenced to 40 years in prison on Monday, July 1, after pleading guilty to charges of manslaughter and obstruction of justice in a 2022 case surrounding the death of 30-year-old John McIntyre.
Boy, 12, breathing on his own, out of ICU weeks after being hit by truck on Father’s Day
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE/Gray News) - A Louisiana family says their child is out of the intensive care unit at the hospital after spending weeks fighting for his life following a crash. Grayson Manning, 12, was hit by a truck on Father’s Day in the Slidell area. According to Slidell...
Accused killer of Covington priest, church worker to appear in court
COVINGTON, La. (WVUE) - A hearing is expected for a man accused of murdering a St. Tammany priest and a church worker Tuesday (July 2) morning. Antonio Tyson, 49, faces charges related to the 2022 killing of Father Otis Young and church assistant Ruth Pratts. At the time, Tyson was...
3 teens arrested for killing of Slidell woman in French Quarter early Sunday while on robbery spree
NEW ORLEANS — Kristie Gioe Thibodeaux, 43, may have grown up in St. Bernard Parish and migrated to her new home in Slidell, but her heart was in the French Quarter, where she gave tours as an employee of Crawl New Orleans. “She was a fixture in the community,”...
Slidell Man Charged With Video Voyeurism, Placed Cameras in Bathroom
(Slidell, Louisiana) - A man from Slidell, Louisiana, is facing another charge of video voyeurism, adding to his previous accusations of placing hidden cameras in two different states, according to WDSU. The Slidell Police Department announced that Jonathan Bethancourt was charged again with video voyeurism on Monday. He posted a...
‘Somebody will answer:’ Family of murder-suicide victim critical of NOPD response time
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - As a Slidell father prepares to bury his oldest daughter, killed in an apparent murder-suicide, questions remain about police response to a murder-suicide. The shooting happened Saturday ((June 29) in the Leonidas neighborhood of New Orleans. Neighbors reported that a man, known for prior domestic violence...
Louisiana man pleads guilty after intending to sell fentanyl to individual at Coast casino
GULFPORT, Miss. (WLOX) - A New Orleans man pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute fentanyl. Yancy Johnson, 45, pleaded guilty in the U.S. District Court in Gulfport. According to court documents, in 2023, an investigation was initiated into a possible drug trafficking organization operating in Louisiana...
Mandeville police department and pier to see major upgrades
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Major improvements are coming to Mandeville, backed by FEMA and the Louisiana legislature. The Mandeville Police Department is set to receive a new headquarters, and the city’s pier, damaged by Hurricane Ida, will be rebuilt. The Mandeville Police Department has operated out of its current...
Georgia Man Sentenced to 3.5 Years in Prison for Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine
A Lawrenceville, Georgia man was sentenced to 42 months in prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. According to court documents, on May 15, 2023, 35-year-old Martin Louis Williams, was pulled over in a traffic stop on Interstate 10 in Hancock County, Mississippi. Williams’s vehicle smelled like marijuana and he admitted that he had smoked marijuana earlier in the day. A subsequent search of the vehicle yielded 1000 pills stamped with a “Facebook” logo. The pills were confirmed to be 251.5 grams of methamphetamine at 5% purity mixed with caffeine. Williams was interviewed and admitted that he was taking the pills to Georgia to be sold.
Mandeville police searching for man accused of robbing another woman with a gun
Mandeville police say another woman was robbed at a Capital One Bank ATM on Highway 22. Police responded to a call of an armed robbery at the ATM at Capital One Bank, 3840 Highway 22, around 9 p.m. on Friday. The victim told police a man in all black clothes,...
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