Two people were fatally shot at the intersection of North Broad Street and Bayou Road early Monday (July 26). Police said that a man and woman were driving toward the river on Bayou Road shortly before 1:30 a.m. when another vehicle pulled up next to them. Someone from inside the car started shooting. The shooter Read More…
On Saturday (July 17), NOPD officers surrounded and arrested Calvin Blanks, 31, in the Lafitte Greenway area. The District Community Action Team was called to the 400 block of North Galvez Street, where a man holding a rifle was arguing with people in the area, the police report said. The DCAT team is crime prevention Read More…
The NOPD has arrested Angelyc Seely, 35, in the investigation of the stabbing death of an infant boy on Saturday (July 17) in the 1400 block of North Broad Street. The infant was found dead Saturday evening in a bicycle trailer on Broad Street off the Bayou Road corridor, the New Orleans Police Department reported. Read More…
The New Orleans Police Department is requesting the public’s assistance in locating Bud Fogan III, 53, and an another identified man in connection with an aggravated criminal damage incident that occurred on June 25. At around 3:35 p.m., the victim was engaged in a verbal altercation, reportedly with Fogan. The victim elected to end the Read More…
The NOPD is requesting the public’s assistance in identifying the two women above, who are needed for questioning only in an armed carjacking incident that occurred on July 4. The incident occurred in the 3200 block off Ursulines Avenue at around 3:45 a.m. The two women are not wanted for this incident. Police described the Read More…
A carjacking was reported in the Bayou St. John area early on July Fourth. At about 3:50 a.m., a 48-year-old man was in his car in the 3200 block of Ursulines, near North Rendon Street, when two young men approached. They were wearing masks and hoodies, and one was armed with a gun. The gunman Read More…
One man was killed and another injured in a double shooting in the Tulane Avenue area early Monday (June 28) morning. Police said they responded to a call about shots fired around 4 a.m. They found one victim in the 4000 block of Ulloa Street with a gunshot wound to the abdomen. The Emergency Medical Read More…
By Daniel Schwalm, Mid-City Messenger An expansion of the Orleans Parish prison is continuing as planned despite objections from Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s administration and community members. The Orleans Justice Center Medical Services Building, to be built at 2900 Perdido St. adjacent to the prison, would hold 103 beds, including 89 security beds and 14 infirmary Read More…
By Danae Columbus, opinion columnist Operation Golden Eagle, the new collaborative partnership between the Louisiana State Police and the New Orleans Police Department, began Tuesday (June 1). Though Mayor LaToya Cantrell is unable to quantify exactly how many state troopers are participating, both she and NOPD Superintendent Shaun D. Ferguson are quick to note that Read More…
A shooting and a carjacking were reported near Mid-City neighborhoods on Wednesday (May 26). At around 4 p.m., NOPD First District officers arrived at Orleans Avenue and North Broad Street to investigate a report of shots fired. They learned that a man had opened fire during an attempted auto theft. The gunman had fled the Read More…
