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NOPD arrested Broderick Butler for attempted second-degree murder and other charges after a shootout in the Sixth District, with evidence recovered during a joint operation with BRPD.
A hit-and-run in New Orleans involving a silver Nissan Altima resulted in a female pedestrian's death. Suspect Dominic Sartin surrendered and was booked for the fatality.
NOPD arrested Mckenzie Fair for the homicide of Reynard Cennett in New Orleans after securing a warrant while Fair was already in jail on unrelated charges.
The NOPD is asking for public help to identify a suspect in the theft of a white Toyota Corolla with Texas plates, who was seen using stolen credit cards and was armed at the time of the theft.
A Honduran national, Evin Enrique Funez-Cruz, pleaded guilty to charges of illegal reentry after deportation and faces up to ten years in prison and significant fines.
A New Orleans felon, Avery Julien, was sentenced to three years for illegal firearm possession and will also have a three-year supervised release and pay a $100 fee.
NOPD seeks public help to identify a suspect involved in multiple business burglaries, including thefts of cigarette cartons, in their Seventh District.
NOPD seeks the public's help to identify and locate a suspect in a December 12 burglary, involving a man caught on camera breaking into a business on Old Gentilly Road.
NOPD investigates a fatal accident where a Nissan Altima struck two pedestrians, killing one and critically injuring another at Elysian Fields Avenue and North Dorgenois Street.
The Eastern District of Louisiana U.S. Attorney's Office collected over $879 million in FY 2024 from civil and criminal actions, with funds aiding crime victims.
A Tangipahoa Parish man, Ringo Mitchell Jr., pleaded guilty to charges related to a drug distribution conspiracy, facing a potential 5 to 40 years in prison.
Jerad M. Barrett, 41, from New Orleans, pleads guilty to drug offenses and receives a 135-month prison sentence, with a family-run operation involving almost a ton of marijuana.
An elderly man was found unresponsive after a fire, started by smoking with an oxygen tank, broke out in his New Orleans home. Firefighters extinguished the blaze and rescued a dog; the man's condition is unknown.
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