CRIME & SAFETY
Expert: 3rd-party investigation of Cantrell bodyguard potentially complicates matter
The New Orleans Police Department is hiring a law firm to investigate whether any rules were broken when Jeffrey Vappie, a police officer on Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s bodyguard team, dined with the mayor at a French Quarter restaurant.
Body cam videos show moments before Jefferson Parish deputies fatally shot man in SUV
Body camera videos that recorded the final chaotic moments of Daniel Vallee's life were at the center of the first day of trial Tuesday for the two Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office deputies charged with unjustly killing him on a Marrero street in 2022. Jurors watched on video as Vallee,...
Murder suspect whose mom turned him in rebooked in jail stabbing, New Orleans police say
A man awaiting trial for years on a murder charge in New Orleans has been rebooked on suspicion of attempted murder after a jailhouse stabbing, New Orleans police say. Tyjon Luque, 24, stabbed a man repeatedly in the head and body at the Orleans Justice Center on March 29, according to police. That man went to a hospital and was alive as of Monday, when Luque was rebooked on one count of attempted second-degree murder, police said.
Algiers honors memory of Jezreel Poleate at memorial service
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Hundreds gathered Saturday morning (May 4) in Algiers at St. Stephens Baptist Church to pay respects to Jezreel Poleate, a 24-year-old killed last month in a mass shooting outside the Republic Nightclub in New Orleans. Attendees wore purple and displayed pins and pictures of Poleate to...
New Orleans police searching for suspect accused of stealing Vespa from pizza business
In the video, a man is seen walking through the patio dining area of the restaurant and then returning to retrace his steps, only pushing a red 2020 Vespa scooter during his second pass.
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