Topic: crime
Louisiana Prosecutors Can Charge You Years After You Commit a Crime
If you made a mistake a while back and broke the law without getting caught, you may feel like you are in the clear. Don’t be so sure, though. Louisiana prosecutors usually have years to […]
Read MoreCrime Down 40 Percent in Mid-City
April crime reports for MidCity’s Crime Prevention District show a 40 percent drop compared to last year’s figures of the same time frame. For April of 2013, records indicate that 45 total crimes occurred in […]
Read MoreNew Orleans Ranks #1 in Murder Rate Per Capita
Following the FBI’s uniform crime report, which was released in the latter days of May, New Orleans ranked at the top for the highest murder rate per capita in the country. With the use of […]
Read MoreCrime Remains High in New Orleans’ Fifth District
Twenty-four of the sixty homicides that have occurred in New Orleans this year have taken place in the city’s fifth district. Despite the high rate of homicides in the fifth district, this area of the […]
Read MoreNew Orleans mayoral candidates talk crime fighting in Monday night forum
By Brendan McCarthy, The Times-Picayune January 19, 2010, 7:32AM new orleans mayoral candidates.jpgTed Jackson / The Times-PicayuneRob Couhig, John Georges, Troy Henry, Mitch Landrieu James Perry and Nadine Ramsey, left to right, on Jan. 5. […]
Read MoreActor Lauter Narrowly Avoids DUI
TMZ reports that Security guards at a posh Golden Globes after-party this weekend saved Ed Lauter a ton of trouble when they steered the drunken actor away from his car and into a cab despite […]
Read MorePolice Ticket Kids for Good Deeds
When’s the last time you heard of people lining up to receive tickets from the police? Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers have become popular with the children of Vancouver after instituting an innovative program that […]
Read MoreMel Gibson’s Drunk Driving Conviction Expunged
The L.A. Times has reported that a California judge has granted actor Mel Gibson’s request that his 2006 arrest for drunk driving be expunged from his record. In July 2006, Gibson was arrested following a […]
Read MoreWhen Your Allowance Just Isn’t Enough…
The Daily Mail and AP report that staff at the First National Bank outside of Cincinatti, Ohio were amazed when two young girls, aged 12 and 14 claimed to have a handgun staged a hold-up […]
Read MoreThree people dead, one wounded in overnight New Orleans shooting
Three people dead, one wounded in overnight New Orleans shooting By The Times-Picayune January 08, 2010, 6:00AM nopd-badge.jpg An overnight shooting left two young women and one young man dead, according to the New Orleans […]
Read MoreExecution today will be first in Louisiana since 2002
By The Associated Press January 07, 2010, 6:50AM Louisiana will conduct its first execution since 2002 when convicted killer Gerald Bordelon is put to death today by injection for murdering his 12-year-old stepdaughter. State prison […]
Read MoreCrime in New Orleans – The Feb 2008 Crime Resolution
Last month, the latest crime statistics for 2007 were released by the NOLA Police, and the national media jumped right on it. Seems the stats showed a 25% jump in violent crime over the past […]
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