CRIME & SAFETY

A Larose man, wearing camouflage clothing, a blue wig, and a child's shoes, shot and killed a Cut Off man. Jurors were not convinced he was insane. After two hours of deliberation, a 12-person jury convicted Rogelio Xavier Ledezma of second-degree murder for the slaying of 40-year-old Beau Plaisance. The three-day trial ended Wednesday, Sept. 20, in Judge F. Hugh Larose's Thibodaux Courtroom. Ledezma will be sentenced Nov. 30. Second-degree murder carries a mandatory life sentence.

Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s deputies are looking for a group of men who are accused of taking part in a brutal beating and robbery outside a Metairie bar in May, and new surveillance video could help solve the case.

Jefferson Parish authorities arrested a man who fled a traffic stop in Berwick, and St. Charles deputies arrested a man on a Berwick vehicle theft charge, police said. --Curtis Mitchell, 30, New Orleans, was arrested at 7:40 p.m. Thursday on Berwick warrants alleging aggravated flight from an officer, resisting an officer, aggravated obstruction of a highway, improper lane usage, general speed law and no insurance.

SLIDELL, La. — A man and a woman were arrested on Thursday night by Slidell P.D., after leading officers on an hour long chase inside a box truck that ended in Jefferson Parish. Police had apparently tried to stop the box truck while outside the Walmart on Natchez Drive...

Authorities are searching for a suspect who put up a phony ad to sell sneakers on the Facebook Marketplace in order to rob the would-be buyer. Darius Dyer, 20, is wanted by Kenner police for the armed robbery, which was reported Tuesday, said Lt. Mark McCormick, a spokesperson for the department.

A Ponchatoula man was arrested on Tuesday, Sept. 19, for allegedly stealing an ambulance from a Jefferson Parish hospital.

A convicted sex offender who once served prison time for beating his father to death has pleaded guilty to repeatedly vandalizing a Metairie church and breaking into the sanctuary where authorities say he rubbed his bare buttocks on the altar. Paul Laborde Jr., 57, of New Orleans, pleaded guilty Sept....

NEW ORLEANS — Tow GOP candidates are vying to become the next Jefferson Parish Councilmember for District 5. That includes, Bucktown, parts of Metairie & Old Metairie. Former JP School Board Member Melinda Bourgeois and former judge Hans Liljeberg are running.

Two men accused of opening fire on a vehicle at a West Bank gas station were charged with two counts of attempted second-degree murder and obstruction of justice, according to Jefferson Parish court records. Jeremiah Manuel, 18, of Westwego, and Jaquam Turner, 21, of Gretna, pleaded not guilty in Jefferson...

A woman who'd been beaten and raped at gunpoint ran naked into an Avondale fire station after jumping from a vehicle Wednesday to escape the man that held her against her will, according to authorities. Hours later, Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office deputies arrested Chrishaun Pride, 31, and booked him with...

GRETNA, La. — Daniel Tenner, 21, who was convicted last month for killing a Mississippi woman during a phone transaction-turned-fatal shooting, was sentenced to life in prison by Judge Donald “Chick” Foret of the 24th Judicial District Court on Friday, Sept. 15. On the evening of Apr....

Terrebonne Parish Sheriff Tim Soignet is asking for the public’s help in locating 15-year-old Roger L. Silva III, of Montegut. The Terrebonne Parish Sheriff’s Office Patrol Division was made aware of an incident on Thursday, September 14th, shortly before 6:00 am, when Silva’s family learned that he left the residence during the night. The TPSO Patrol Division responded but were unable to locate the juvenile.

KENNER, La. (WVUE) - Jefferson Parish police captured an inmate who had escaped from Ochsner’s Medical Center on West Esplanade Thursday afternoon (Sept. 14). The escapee, whose identity remains undisclosed, was notably wearing shackles, handcuffs, and paper hospital pants at the time of his escape, raising questions about how he managed to flee in the first place.

Danny Bolner Jr. understands the disease of addiction very clearly. He’s coming up on 19 years of alcohol sobriety, and he’s also experienced firsthand the ravages of the drug epidemic with the death of his son, Danny Bolner III, to the powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl. “I lost him...

Yesterday morning, a road construction employee, David Allen Smith, was killed in a hit-and-run on the West Bank Expressway in Jefferson Parish. Smith was near MacArthur Boulevard when he was hit by a SUV heading west.