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One person was killed in a car crash on Highway 23 in Belle Chasse early Wednesday morning, according to the Plaquemines Parish Sheriff's Office. Officers responded to the call at about 4:50 a.m. on northbound Highway 23 by Seatrain Road near the Naval Station, sheriff's office officials said. As of 5 a.m., southbound Belle Chasse Highway was backed up to Judge Perez Bridge, according to Total Traffic New Orleans.
BELLE CHASSE, La. (WVUE) - A 19-year-old pedestrian from Baton Rouge was killed in a crash early Wednesday morning (Aug. 28) on LA 23, just north of Seatrain Road in Plaquemines Parish. The incident occurred around 4 a.m. when Louisiana State Police Troop B responded to reports of a collision.
MERAUX, La — St. Bernard Parish Sheriff’s Office reports a Brookhaven teen was one of three suspects arrested for a stolen vehicle. The teen is believed to be the driver according to a press release. Shawn Ratcliff, 18, of Nalco Lane was booked on charges of illegal possession of stolen things, simple battery, simple criminal […] The post Brookhaven teen arrested in St. Bernard Parish appeared first on Daily Leader.
PLAQUEMINES PARISH, La. — Plaquemines Parish Sheriff’s deputies have arrested a 20-year-old man for shooting and killing another man in Port Sulphur. Detectives say Victor Battle is accused of shooting and killing 40-year-old Billy Saunier Monday on Caroline Drive. “PPSO deputies responded to the report of a shooting...
A Jefferson Parish grand jury on Thursday handed up an indictment charging three suspects in the murder of a Marrero man gunned down at an intersection, authorities say, because the victim's girlfriend had allegedly opened fire on his ex a day earlier. Dashawn Washington, 29, and Charles Coler, 31, were...
Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office detectives are investigating a double shooting that left a man and woman wounded Thursday morning in Marrero, according to authorities. Both victims are adults and were taken to a hospital, said Sgt. Brandon Veal, spokesperson for the department. The woman was in critical condition while the...
One man was killed and two others were injured in a shooting inside a Marrero home early Saturday morning. The Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office said deputies were called to the 1100 block of Candlelight Drive and found men with gunshot wounds, one of whom was pronounced dead on the scene. The others were taken to the hospital, and no details were made available about their condition Saturday morning.
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A serious accident involving a car and an 18-wheeler truck sent one person to the hospital and forced a temporary closure of Interstate 10 near the Orleans-Jefferson parish line on Saturday (Aug. 31). The collision occurred shortly before 9 a.m., involving a silver-colored sedan that appeared...
The man accused of gunning down another man in front of Mandina's Mid-City restaurant during New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival last year is facing new charges. Kyron Fazande, 23, was rebooked Friday on two counts of introducing contraband in prison and a count of criminal conspiracy after authorities say he coordinated the smuggling of Suboxone into the Orleans Justice Center with a woman on the outside of the jail.
NEW ORLEANS — A third delivery driver was robbed at gunpoint in three weeks, according to the New Orleans Police Department. Police say just before 3 a.m. in the 3000 block of Boyd Street, the victim was delivering food in the area when the suspect approached him demanding their items while holding a gun.