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Former Isidore Newman teacher Benoit Cransac was booked on 17 counts of video voyeurism of a child while already facing multiple child‑sexual‑abuse‑material charges.
A plane was discovered March 22 in swampy woods near Cleco Lake south of Boyce; crews couldn't reach the wreckage and federal investigators were notified.
NOPD and Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office will brief the public at 1 p.m. Monday about the results of a cross-parish drug trafficking and cultivation investigation.
A shooting in Algiers left one man dead and another hospitalized Monday. The NOPD has opened a homicide investigation and is canvassing the scene.
A 35-year-old woman died after a chain-reaction crash on I-10 West near the Franklin Avenue exit. NOPD and the Orleans Parish Coroner are investigating.
On the first anniversary of his death, St. Tammany remembered Sgt. Grant Candies, the deputy killed while deploying spike strips to stop a fleeing vehicle.
An argument over a firearm in New Sarpy left an 18-year-old injured and a 17-year-old booked on aggravated battery after he surrendered.
A late-night shooting on South Claiborne Avenue left one man hospitalized in stable condition, police say.
A person was stabbed in Hollygrove early Saturday after intervening during an attack in the 8800 block of Olive Street. NOPD says detectives are gathering evidence and seeking witnesses.
New Orleans police are investigating an early-morning shooting near Old Gentilly and Downman that left a man wounded shortly before 3:15 a.m. Details remain limited as officers probe the scene.
Police are investigating an armed robbery at a Seabrook park on March 20; suspects fled in three cars and detectives are asking for tips and video.
Master Sergeant Tyler Grezaffi died following a vehicle incident at Angola last Wednesday, the state Department of Public Safety & Corrections said.
Body-camera video shows an officer firing two shots at a dog while a woman and child stood nearby; NOPD says no injuries and the matter is under investigation.
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