CRIME & SAFETY
Mother of three says she lost everything in Kenner fire allegedly set by 12-year-olds
Dominique Robinson says she lost everything when two 12-year-old boys allegedly set fire to her Kenner apartment building Tuesday evening. Robinson said her children, ages 1, 3 and 11, now have only the clothes they were wearing when she, her brother and her boyfriend rescued them from the fire at about 6 p.m.
25-year sentence for 64-year-old Metairie man who admitted killing girlfriend
A Metairie man was sentenced to 25 years in prison Monday for fatally shooting his girlfriend in the apartment the two shared, according to Jefferson Parish court records. John Pearson, 64, pleaded guilty to manslaughter and obstruction of justice in the 2021 death of 56-year-old Janell Ferrara. Neighbors of the...
They hit his car; he opened fire. Now this New Orleans man will serve prison time.
A New Orleans man accused of opening fire on two people, killing one of them after a vehicle crash two years ago on Chef Menteur Highway, pleaded guilty on Thursday to manslaughter. Jamarius Strickland, 28, will serve 15 years in prison for killing 22-year-old Ricardo Ledesma Soto and injuring another...
Retired river pilot, Coast Guard know Baltimore-like bridge disaster could happen on the Mississippi
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Retired river pilot Mark Grusich said he sat stunned Tuesday (March 26), watching video showing a powerless container ship slam into a pier of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, causing the span’s catastrophic collapse. “(I had) a lump in my throat, because I feel...
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