Over a dozen stolen cars valued at $300K recovered from abandoned Algiers apartment complex

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A suspect rammed a truck into a store on Tchoupitoulas and stole an ATM Thursday morning. An employee at the Tchoup Stop told FOX 8 that around 4 a.m., a white pickup truck rammed into the building multiple times, crushing the machine. The worker said people...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - After being issued a refund and escorted out of a business, New Orleans police say a woman grabbed a gun from her car and opened fire. According to the NOPD, a woman was involved in an altercation with employees inside the unidentified business in the 1200 block of St. Charles Avenue just after 7 p.m. on Feb. 2.

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A man incarcerated in St. Charles Parish was found unresponsive in his cell and pronounced deceased at a hospital, authorities say. According to the sheriff’s office, 71-year-old Jay Foster, who was arrested on Thurs., Jan. 19 on suspicion of molesting a juvenile under the age of 13, was found unresponsive in his cell at the Nelson Coleman Correctional Center just before 1:30 p.m. on Feb. 2.

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - St. Bernard Parish Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s assistance in locating a couple for taking their child away from state custody. Police say 37-year-old Arianne Stechmann and 31-year-old Johnathan Kritzman are both wanted for obstruction of justice. On Monday, Jan. 30, police responded...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Lakeview resident Scott Elston said his home on Orleans Avenue was burglarized on the afternoon of Jan. 30. Elston said the stolen items include electronic equipment, paintings, and his three-month-old Shar Pei puppy, Toby. “It is unfathomable that another human being can invade another’s house and...

JEFFERSON PARISH, La. (WVUE) - Two separate police pursuits ended in crashes in Jefferson Parish on Wednesday (Feb. 1). The first started on the Huey P. Long Bridge, where Causeway Police say they tried to pull over a speeding driver around 12 p.m. The driver fled and was struck by...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Mayor Latoya Cantrell’s office responds after a Lee Zurik investigation showed members of her security team were on the clock while they were nowhere near the mayor, sometimes not even in the same state. Lee’s latest “Outside the Office Investigation” found on Monday, Aug. 22,...

SLIDELL, La. (WVUE) - The body of a man found alongside a road has been identified by St. Tammany Parish Coroner, according to police. The death was reported to the sheriff’s office early Monday morning. The St. Tammany Parish Corner’s Office said the body was identified as 57-year-old Chris E. Warren of Slidell. The body was found near Manzella Road near Slidell early Monday.

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The New Orleans City Council on Thursday (Feb. 2) voted to give the police chief authority to shut down nuisance businesses that could be contributing to the city’s crime crisis. If certain crimes occur on business properties without proper remediation, those businesses may have their...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - On Wednesday, Sept. 7 at 6:27 p.m., a public security camera mounted outside the city-owned Upper Pontalba Apartments shows New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell arrive at the apartment. Minutes later, the camera recorded her on the balcony, talking to NOPD officer Jeffrey Vappie. Cantrell and Vappie spent the next few hours inside the apartment. During that time, Vappie, as well as two other NOPD officers were being paid by taxpayers to protect the mayor.

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Interim NOPD Superintendent Michelle Woodfork’s strategy to fight crime includes setting up a drone program, using crime data to target hot spots in the city and relying on clergy and community leaders for outreach. Supt. Woodfork says she hopes to stop crime before it happens.

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - After spending almost a million dollars to ramp up New Orleans police recruitment efforts, city council members say they are not impressed with the results. In a city with one of the worst murder rates in the country, a failing effort to bring in new officers...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Mourners gathered at Warren Easton High School for a balloon release to honor the life of Kennedi Belton. The 15-year-old Warren Easton freshman was fatally shot in New Orleans East on Jan. 29., while attending a sleepover. On a crisp Friday afternoon, Belton’s family and friends...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell said she’s encouraged by violent crime trends in the city. In a press conference on Wednesday (Feb. 1), Mayor Cantrell pointed to armed robberies, carjackings, and homicides, which she says are all trending down compared to January of last year. She says it’s a sign that things are moving in the right direction.

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Sources tell FOX 8 the number of signatures needed to recall Mayor LaToya Cantrell is fewer than previously thought. FOX 8 has confirmed the numbers through several sources and through a document received from the Secretary of State’s office. The document received through a public...

ST. BERNARD PARISH (WVUE) - Saint Bernard Parish joins an effort to hold up a terminal project expected to create 17,000 jobs and add another $1 billion to Louisiana tax revenue. It’s joining a lawsuit challenging the massive “Port NOLA project” near Violet. The parish wants the...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - For the first time since taking office, New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s administration sent out a yearly recap mailer that may have broken state law. Tri-fold pamphlets titled “City of New Orleans 2022 Recap” were mailed to 106,000 New Orleans homes over the past week,...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Some of the smaller Carnival krewes will roll down the streets of New Orleans this weekend. Krewes that feel they are being treated unfairly. For 10 years now, Fox 8 producer Christie Walton has been building some of Carnival’s smallest floats. This year, she didn’t have to look very far for inspiration for her dumpster fire construction zone float.

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Soaring insurance premiums are impacting not just existing homeowners in Louisiana but also some prospective homebuyers. And real estate and closing companies see it firsthand. Ginger Wiggins is a realtor with Coldwell Banker and serves as secretary-treasurer for the New Orleans Metropolitan Association of Realtors (NOMAR).

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Over the past week, some New Orleanians might have gotten a pamphlet from the city that recaps the achievements Mayor LaToya Cantrell was responsible for in 2022. The list includes $97 million invested into priority roadwork projects, removing more than 2,700 illegal guns from the streets,...