A New Orleans store clerk was critically injured after a stabbing in the Irish Channel. Police have detained a suspect and are investigating.

Two suspects were taken into custody after a pursuit ended on a forest road. Authorities say a motel search turned up drugs and more than 20 cell phones.

Deputies found a 17‑year‑old dead in LaPlace after reports of gunfire; the sheriff's office identified him as Omarion Ingram and is asking the public for tips.

A 19‑year‑old inmate briefly slipped out of custody at the Amite courthouse Monday before deputies and a K‑9 tracked him down and rebooked him on an escape charge.

A federal jury has been seated in New Orleans as Christian Claus goes on trial, accused of staging a fake art theft with restaurateur Fouad Zeton to defraud insurers. Opening statements begin this week.

Surveillance video shows an OPSO employee reopening a food hatch and spraying OC into a cell; the worker was fired and arrested, OPSO says.

A Chalmette man is set for a Monday pre-trial hearing in the case over a 2023 shooting outside Mandina’s that killed a server and wounded a tourist.

A New Orleans man was arrested after fleeing in a car reported stolen out of Jefferson Parish; deputies recovered an AR-style rifle and booked him on multiple felony counts.

NOPD released a photo of a man accused of posing as a contractor and defrauding an elderly homeowner in the 1000 block of Horace Street. Detectives are asking neighbors to check cameras and call with tips.

A federal judge ordered the release of a 77-year-old man after finding his detention at Camp 57 unlawful; ICE re‑detained him days later and attorneys filed an emergency motion.

A man was shot on the 300 block of Poydras Street Sunday; three people were detained and police say the investigation is ongoing.

NOPD is investigating two armed carjackings in the Bywater and the Lower Ninth Ward; one vehicle was recovered and detectives say the probe is active.

Police are investigating after a woman was shot near Iberville and Royal in the French Quarter; EMS took her to a hospital and details remain limited.