The New Orleans Police Department is seeking help in identifying and locating two suspects wanted in connection with an attempted burglary of a Mid-City warehouse building. The offense occurred Sept. 18 in the 500 block of North Cortez. According to investigators, two men walked into a storage facility and attempted to force entry into multiple Read More…
A triple shooting left three men injured in front of the University Medical Center on Canal Street, the New Orleans Police Department reported. Other crimes reported in the past week include two robberies of individuals in or near Mid-City. Three men were injured in the shooting Thursday evening (Sept. 23) on Canal and South Galvez Read More…
A woman driving on Tulane Avenue early Saturday (Sept. 10) stopped for a red light at Norman C. Francis Parkway. She left the intersection in an ambulance. At about 3:45 a.m., a passenger in another vehicle fired shots at the 47-year-old driver, striking her multiple times, the New Orleans Police Department reported. Medical responders brought Read More…
A report from the New Orleans Police Department’s First District for Sept. 28 to Sept. 3 shows that five guns and two gun magazines were stolen during 15 car break-ins in the First District, which includes Mid-City, Bayou St. John and Treme. In Mid-City, an armed burglar choked a victim and took $5,000 and a Read More…
The reason behind the profusion of vehicle break-ins in New Orleans, according to the New Orleans Police Department First District, is guns. The district’s top officers announced Tuesday (Aug. 30) that so far this year, 127 guns have been stolen in the First District, which includes most of Mid-City, Faubourg St. John and Treme. That’s Read More…
By Danae Columbus, opinion columnist I am not a fan of ultra-conservative Fox television personality Tucker Carlson. Yet I could not ignore his 15-minute diatribe Tuesday evening (Aug. 23) on Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s recent ill-advised actions, a diatribe that was viewed in prime time by millions across the world. Carlson’s premise was carjackings are the Read More…
A woman was shot to death Sunday (Aug. 14) in the Tulane-Gravier neighborhood, the New Orleans Police Department reported. The shooting also left a man and a dog injured. Police were notified of the shooting at about 4:50 p.m. First District officers came to site at Canal and South Derbigny streets, near University Medical Center, where Read More…
The New Orleans Police Department is requesting the public’s assistance in identifying and locating a suspect wanted in connection with an aggravated assault. The offense occurred on June 8 in the 700 block of North Lopez Street, near Easton Playground. According to investigators, the suspect was last seen riding a bicycle. He was armed with Read More…
Cars parked in the Tulane Avenue corridor and in the Bayou St. John area are especially vulnerable to break-ins and burglaries, according to crime data from the New Orleans Police Department’s First District. Reports from the first two weeks in July show 10 cars were broken into while. parked on or near Tulane Avenue, eight Read More…
First District police officers investigating a hit-and-run accident ended up finding a large cache of illegal drugs and guns. The NOPD has arrested 28-year-old Areena Smith and 34-year-old Jeremiah Prater on charges related to suspected drug dealing. The arrests occurred on July 16 at Canal and North Dupre streets. A search warrant was secured and Read More…
