CRIME & SAFETY
Slidell man dead after driving off Highway 90 near Bridge City, state police say
A Slidell man was killed Tuesday when he drove off U.S. Highway 90 and hit a bridge near Bridge City, according to Louisiana State Police. Xavier Gonzales, 44, was driving east on Highway 90 between Nine Mile Point Road and Seven Oaks Boulevard when he drove is 2023 Chevy Bolt off the left side of the road and collided with the supports of a bridge, police said.
Two men jailed Thursday after Belle Chasse vehicle pursuit ends in Algiers
The Plaquemines Parish Sheriff's Office has arrested two men who led deputies on a chase that ended in a single-vehicle traffic crash in Algiers Thursday night. Kevine Hill, 20, and Mandrake Ozan III, 28, were booked into the Plaquemines Parish Detention Center Thursday after police say Hill refused to stop when a deputy tried to pull him over in Belle Chasse.
Man accused in JP detective's murder pleads guilty
A New Orleans man accused in the 2016 murder of a Jefferson Parish deputy sheriff has pleaded guilty to second degree murder. Jerman Neveaux received a mandatory life sentence for shooting and killing Det. David Michel Jr.
56-year-old in critical condition after being shot and robbed in Kenner, police say
Police are searching for a suspect accused of shooting a man during a holdup in Kenner on Tuesday afternoon. Matthew Lathers, 31, is wanted for attempted second-degree murder and armed robbery, according to Capt. Michael Cunningham, spokesperson for the Kenner Police Department. The victim, 56, was taken a hospital with...
Plaquemines Parish Sheriff's deputies led on a chase into Orleans Parish
NEW ORLEANS — The Plaquemines Parish Sheriff's Office is investigating after a chase ended in a crash in New Orleans Thursday night. The incident began on Highway 406 near the intersection of F. Edward Hebert Boulevard in Belle Chasse. According to the sheriff's office, a deputy saw a car...
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