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NOPD and Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Department have issued a joint statement today indicating that they will be conducting a sobriety checkpoint TOMORROW NIGHT (SATURDAY 7/30) in the Hollygrove area from approximately...

By all accounts Bob Hawley has been successful in his career as a health care administrator. Before Hawley joined Slidell Memorial Hospital in 2000, the hospital was under was barely solvent and hamstrung by incompetent...

Early Sunday morning 21-year-old Thomas Eagan’s SUV struck a cab at the corner of Freret and Audubon before barreling through the doors of the United Methodist Campus Center on Tulane’s campus. Those involved in the...

A recent report for WWL by Chris Miller indicates that the total number of highway deaths involving impaired drivers in Louisiana is down as a result of police increasing the number of DWI arrests in the state. According to...

On Monday police received a report of marijuana plants inside a St. Charles apartment, and by the end of the day had seized marijuana, psychedelic mushrooms, crystal meth, and multiple grow boxes. They first arrived at the...

A recent report from NOLA.com has indicated that Orleans Parish DA, Leon Cannizzaro’s, office has been having difficulty winning a large percentage of its cases in the last 3 months. According to the report, cases...

NOPD has issued a statement today indicating that it will be conducting a sobriety checkpoint TOMORROW NIGHT (SATURDAY 7/16) in the Uptown area from approximately 9pm to 5am. No specific indication as to the location of the...

Welcome back to the Bloom Legal Network Video Blog! For our sixth installment Attorney Seth Bloom, of Bloom Legal Network explains how to respond after a car or auto accident with injury. Basic precautions include ensuring...

James Whittemore, 22, has been charged with burglary and criminal mischief after breaking into the Ed Sullivan Theater, where David Letterman hosts the “Late Show,” and causing $5,000 worth of damage. Whittemore had been

More than twenty years after King was famously beaten by members of the Los Angeles Police Department, he has been arrested again for suspicion of driving under the influence. In March of 1991 King was brutally beaten by...

Partiers now have one more option for a safe ride home after a late night in the French Quarter. Despite a prolonged political fight, pedicabs have finally been approved by the City Council. The council first voted to approve

Sometimes for better or worse patterns of behavior form within a family, and for the Cage family it has been definitely for the worse. Actor Nicholas Cage’s son, Weston Cage, has been arrested for domestic violence just...

With Essence Fest bringing crowds to New Orleans for the weekend and the 4th of July close behind, Louisiana state troopers will be on the lookout for drunk drivers. State law enforcement will be using overtime grants to set

NOPD issued a press release yesterday indicating that one of their own officers was arrested as a result of an undercover prostitution sting undertaken by the department. The details are as follow: (June 30, 2011)- Officer...

The 12 year old son and 13 year old daughter of Thomas Morin, 44, were fed up with their father’s use of marijuana and alcohol, so they took it upon themselves to curb his habit. The children called the local police station

HBO will be airing a documentary tonight called Hot Coffee which has particular relevance to the field of Personal Injury law. Hot Coffee producer-director Susan Saladoff also served as a civil lawyer for 25 years,...

Jury Selection was completed Thursday in the Danziger Bridge Shooting Trial of 5 NOPD officers. The sitting jury is reported to consist of 7 men and 5 women. Of these, 10 are white and 2 are African American. While all of the

The trial of 5 current and former NOPD officers accused of police misconduct in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina begins in federal court today. The Danziger Bridge shooting, as it has become known, resulted in the deaths of