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NOLA.com reported yesterday that the New Orleans Police Department shut down an annual Mardi Gras costume sale at the Blue Nile on Frenchmen Street on Sunday afternoon due to the fact that the bar is not licensed to sell...

The cake nabber, identifying himself as Paz on facebook, has shown himself to be a modern day Robin Hood (and maybe a little Marie Antoinette) by stealing the $3,200 cake from Paris Hilton and feeding it to the Los Angeles...

On Thursday U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced that they had seized over 9 million dollars worth of opium at John F. Kennedy International Airport. The drug had been packed into more than thirty porcelain cats and...

Fifty-eight year old Jack Mizer is well acquainted with the legal proceedings for a DUI, having received 9 of them, but his latest charge will carry a heftier sentence than the rest. In court he was called the greatest threat

For over nine months a video of Houston Police Department officers beating the burglary suspect Chad Holley was suppressed and hidden from the public. Even as the video was released to activist Quannell and then given to a...

In 1966 the Slidell City Council banned the use of, “drive-up windows and/or drive-through buildings… for any commercial establishment selling and/or dealing in alcoholic beverages.” But now after nearly 45 years, the...

NOLA.com reported today that Troy Hebert, the newly appointed head of the state Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control has announced plans to crack down on underage drinking during Mardi Gras this year. The new plan involves,

New Orleans has lead the nation for largest jail per-capita, with a pre-Katrina prison complex with 7,500 and a current complex of 3,550 beds, but that will change soon. A plan has been approved by the city council to build a

Alongside half-mile tunnels and submarines, catapults have been added to the list of odd devices used by smugglers to get drugs over the U.S.-Mexican border. Last week Mexican authorities seized a 9 foot tall catapult as well

NOPD has issued a statement today indicating that it will be conducting a sobriety checkpoint tonight (Friday 1/28) in the Uptown Central City area from approximately 9pm to 5am. No specific indication as to the location of...

Orleans and Jefferson Parish are both planning to purchase special vans to be used in future DWI checkpoints. Each van comes with a $350,000 price tag and a number of features to aid officers. The Breath Alcohol Testing vans

NOPD has issued a statement today indicating that it will be conducting a sobriety checkpoint tonight (Friday 1/21) in the Warehouse District from approximately 9pm to 5am. No specific indication as to the location of the...

The Denver Broncos’ running back was arrested last night while riding in a car carrying marijuana and three concealed handguns. Every passenger from the vehicle was arrested. Maroney was officially charged with gun...

The New Orleans Police Department is requesting the public’s assistance in locating 12-year-old Maiah Sylvester reported missing today, from her residence at 4645 Berkley Drive. According to investigators, Maiah was...

Slidell police made the first arrests in the State for the possession of narcotics that have been marketed as bath salts in Louisiana. The substances, which were added to the Schedule I narcotics list by Gov Bobby Jindal...

Gov. Bobby Jindal announced last week that a substance which has recently become known for its use as an intoxicant but is marketed as a bath salt has been added to the Schedule I narcotics list. According to reports, a...

NOPD Superintendent, Ronal Serpas, recently released figures for NOPD arrests for the period including New Year’s Eve and Sugar Bowl preparations (Thursday December 30, 2010 to Saturday January 1, 2011). Total Arrests...

The Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office has announced that it will be holding its second annual gun buyback program with the intention of removing guns from the street and increasing resident safety. Last year’s...