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…
The New Orleans Police Department has obtained an arrest warrant for Raquel Dorsey, 36, in the investigation of an aggravated battery by cutting on Monday (May 24) morning on the South Broad bridge over the Pontchartrain Expressway.
Three purse snatchings occurred in and around Mid-City neighborhoods over the weekend, according to the New Orleans Police Department. On Saturday (May 22) at 3:36 p.m., a man grabbed a 48-year-old woman’s purse while she was sitting outside at a restaurant in the 3200 block of Esplanade Avenue. The purse snatcher fled in a gray Read More…
By Danae Columbus, opinion columnist In New York, Boston, Seattle, Atlanta, Detroit and even Jackson, Mississippi, crime and police reform have emerged as the go-to issues in the many 2021 races for mayor across the U.S. As New Orleans’ crime rate continues to escalate and the federal consent decree lingers on, it’s expected that the Read More…
The New Orleans Police Department learned of a shooting in Faubourg St. John on Wednesday (May 12) when the victim showed up in the emergency room. The male victim was shot in the stomach at about 1 p.m. in the 1500 block of Verna Court, between the Fair Grounds and St Louis Cemetery No. 3. Read More…
The NOPD is requesting the public’s assistance in locating Barry Causey, 21. He is a suspect in an attempted second degree murder that occurred on May 1. At about 4 a.m., two men were arguing inside a car in the 200 block of South Bernadotte Street, near St. Patrick Cemetery. When one of the men Read More…
Capt. LeJon Roberts, commander of the NOPD’s First District, addressed the dramatic uptick in crime over the past year at the Faubourg St. John Neighborhood Association general meeting on Tuesday (May 4). The greatest increase has been in violent crime, including shootings, homicides, sexual assaults and robberies. The First District, which comprises Faubourg St. John, Read More…
A drive-by shooting Monday (May 3) morning in Ulloa Street near the Tulane Avenue medical corridor left a man injured, the New Orleans Police Department reported. The 32-year-old was suffering from multiple gunshot wounds when police arrived at about 9:45 a.m. The Emergency Medical Service took him to University Medical Center. He was in the Read More…
The New Orleans Police Department is requesting the public’s assistance in identifying two suspects wanted in a car theft that occurred on April 21. At around 10:45 p.m., the pictured dark-colored vehicle pulled into the Shell gas station at 4701 Canal St. The two men inside waited for a woman to start pumping gas before Read More…
