CRIME & SAFETY
NEW VIDEO: Surveillance video shows chaos during a shooting that killed a woman Sunday night
NEW ORLEANS — A new security video shows people running away from Republic NOLA during the shooting that killed one woman and injured others. In the video, you can see a woman standing on the sidewalk and then running, followed by multiple others running away from gunfire. Businesses told...
Cocaine inside Louisiana Kindergartener's school cubby leads to Metairie mom's arrest
The mother of a 7-year-old Kindergarten student was arrested at his Metairie elementary school after he was found with 4 ounces of cocaine, according to authorities. Mari Mejia Zelaya, 25, was taken into custody March 20 at J.C. Ellis Elementary School and booked with possession of cocaine with the intent to distribute and cruelty to a juvenile involving drugs, the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office said.
New Orleans judge gives convicted rapist a probation sentence
NEW ORLEANS — The Orleans Parish District Attorney’s Office said they believe a judge broke the law when she sentenced a convicted rapist to probation. Now, the district attorney’s office is fighting to change that sentence with an appeal. Kevin Vicknair Sr. was convicted of second-degree rape...
‘I just screamed:’ Mother recalls moment she learned only daughter died in New Orleans mass shooting
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - It has been one sleepless night after another for Sharon and Gary Poleate. They face an unbelievable test in their 34 years of marriage: Burying their only daughter, 24-year-old Jezreel Poleate, who was killed in a mass shooting outside a Warehouse District nightclub Sunday night (April 14).
NOPD to conduct sobriety checkpoint. Find out when.
NEW ORLEANS — The New Orleans Police Department announced on Tuesday that its Traffic Division will conduct an upcoming sobriety checkpoint in Orleans Parish this week. While no location was given, the NOPD did confirm that the checkpoint will operate between the hours of 9 p.m. on Thursday and 5 a.m. on Friday.
Driver thrown from packed charter bus in South MS blowout can hardly believe she’s alive
Almost two weeks into her recovery in a hospital in New Orleans after an incident that could have claimed her life, Tina Wilson said “it’s just a joy, every day, that I open my eyes.”
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