The NOPD’s Violent Offender Warrant Squad and the U.S. Marshals on Friday (Nov. 17) arrested Raymond Coats, 20, in the killing of Calvin “C.J.” Brown Jr, a letter carrier and reggae DJ, the New Orleans Police Department reported. Brown was...
A man was fatally shot Wednesday afternoon (Oct. 18) at a Franklin Avenue gas station, the New Orleans Police Department reported. At 5:24 p.m., NOPD Third District detectives responded to a call of a shooting in the 3400 block of...
The New Orleans Police Department is seeking assistance in identifying and locating the perpetrator of an aggravated criminal damage to property incident that occurred on Sept. 22 in the 2400 block of Dreux Avenue. Just before 5 a.m. on Sept....
A woman was killed Tuesday (Sept. 19) while riding a motor scooter on Franklin Avenue, the New Orleans Police Department. reported. The fatal hit-and-run crash occurred at the intersection of Franklin and Filmore at about 5:45 p.m. Police determined that...
The New Orleans Police Department is seeking to identify suspects in the burglaries of a home and a business in Gentilly. The burglaries are not considered to be related. On July 29 at 9:08 a.m., the man pictured above stole...
District D Council member Eugene Green has issued the following statement asking both City and State officials to investigate and pursue charges, where possible, in response to Saturday night’s reckless-vehicle-operation takeover of a portion of Elysian Fields Avenue near Gentilly...
A homicide suspect was shot Thursday while running from New Orleans police officers in Gentilly, the New Orleans Police Department reported. The NOPD Special Operations officers were tracking a white GMC Yukon sport utility vehicle that had been seen on...
The New Orleans Police Department is requesting assistance in identifying and locating the perpetrators of a shooting incident that occurred Wednesday evening (July 26) in the 1900 block of Abundance Street. In this incident, the victim was sitting on the...
By Danae Columbus, opinion columnist Insiders expect interim Superintendent Michelle Woodfork to be appointed as the next superintendent of the New Orleans Police Department. Woodfork, they say, is clearly the best choice among the six semi-finalists that Mayor LaToya Cantrell...
The NOPD arrested Jnea Perkins, 32, on Wednesday (July 19) in connection with an armed carjacking incident that occurred this morning in the 5400 block of Wisner Boulevard, near Filmore Avenue. NOPD Third District officers responded to a report of...
The NOPD is asking for the public’s assistance in identifying and locating suspects and a vehicle used in an attempted early morning auto theft near Interstate 610 and in a business burglary on Gentilly Boulevard. The two incidents are not...
A teenage boy was shot to death early Saturday on Elder Street near Franklin Avenue, the New Orleans Police Department reported. At 12:07 a.m., NOPD Third District officers responding to a shooting the 2600 block of Elder Street found a...
