The New Orleans Police Department released preliminary crime statistics for the week of October 5–11, reporting several arrests. Robert Shavers was arrested last Monday for alleged business burglaries in the Fifth District on Alvar Street, St. Claude Avenue, and North Derbigny Street, according to the New Orleans Police Department.
Aaron Brown and Mason Rucker were arrested last Wednesday for manslaughter related to a homicide at Gravier Street and Loyola Avenue. Last Friday, U.S. Marshals arrested Aaron C. Bierria in Jefferson Parish, and he was booked in Orleans Parish for second-degree murder connected to a September 26 homicide on North Claiborne Avenue, as reported by the New Orleans Police Department.
From January 1 to October 6, the New Orleans Police Department reported 213 arrests for illegal possession of firearms, down 40% from 357 during the same period last year. Firearm seizures also fell, with 1,439 confiscated compared to 1,754 last year, a decrease of 18%, as stated by the New Orleans Police Department.
