CRIME & SAFETY
Family feels killing of Brittany Ussin points to a bigger problem leading to violence
NEW ORLEANS — Under the setting sun in Algiers Monday evening, a video posted to social media shows a fight that turned deadly on Ptolemy Street, next to McDonough Playground. Twenty-seven seconds after the fight started you can hear what sounds like a gunshot. Brittany Ussin, 25, was shot....
Heavy police presence in Algiers at a gas station parking lot
NEW ORLEANS — A heavy police presence was reported Thursday night on General De Gaulle Drive near MacArthur Boulevard. A witness reported to WDSU an overturned car in the parking lot of the Brother's Food Mart and gas station. New Orleans police said they are assisting the Plaquemines Parish...
Doorbell video captures man robbing construction workers
NEW ORLEANS — Monday afternoon, Michael and Earl Benjamin-Robinson were inside their home in Gentilly, going about their day as usual, with no idea what was taking place right on their doorstep. “I went downstairs, and they said we’ve just been robbed,” Benjamin-Robinson said. Chilling doorbell video...
Slidell man killed in car crash on westbank of Jefferson Parish
NINE MILE POINT, La. — A Slidell man was killed in a one-car crash on the west bank of Jefferson Parish late Tuesday night, according to the sheriff's office. The crash occurred around 11:30 p.m. near Nine Mile Point Road and Seven Oaks Boulevard. According to the sheriff's office,...
Two men killed in recent shootings identified by New Orleans coroner
Two men killed in recent New Orleans shootings were identified Tuesday by the Orleans Parish Coroner's Office as 34-year-old Chad Verret and 39-year-old Roderick Thompson. Verret was found dead in the Michoud area Friday afternoon near the intersection of Chef Menteur Highway and Industrial Parkway, according to the New Orleans Police Department.
Marshals arrest second suspect in store clerk murder and woman harboring him
The U.S. Marshals Service has arrested a second suspect for the December 29th, 2023 robbery and murder of a Beaumont store clerk. Also arrested was the woman said to have been harboring him. Larry Hagan was found and arrested in New Orleans on Wednesday, along with Brooke Ashley West, who...
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