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The Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office has been running a program since October 2009 that allows individuals convicted of non-violent crimes to avoid incarceration. The New Orleans Day Reporting Center involves 2 levels of primary participation […]

Over the weekend, truck driver Nick Housinger was driving on I-12 and was pulled over by a state trooper for following his vehicle too closely.  After showing signs of nervousness, and inconsistencies with his travel […]

Last week, the U.S. attorney’s office charged five men for taking part in the trafficking of over 200 pounds of marijuana. Through special investigations by the Drug Enforcement Agency, DEA, and help from an inside […]

The senate committee on Judiciary C has approved House Bill 617 narrowly by a 4-3 vote due to Senator Elbert Guillory (D-Opelousas) crossing party lines. The bill would mandate that 20 percent of all recipients […]

The justice system in San Francisco has taken a major blow as Deborah Madden, a 60-year-old woman and worker at the San Francisco crime lab for 29 years, has jeopardized hundreds of past convictions after […]

On August 6, 2009, Orleans Parish District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro Jr. proposed to the New Orleans City Council to pass an ordinance that would allow for simple possession of marijuana cases to be tried in […]

By Michelle Hunter, The Times-Picayune February 02, 2010, 6:15PM Authorities looking to arrest a suspect wanted for auto theft stumbled across a methamphetamine lab operating out of a Metairie apartment Saturday afternoon. Keith Miller.jpgJPSOKeith MillerJefferson […]

By Drew Broach, The Times-Picayune January 29, 2010, 11:45PM A Metairie man who supplied the heroin that killed his restaurant co-worker during Carnival 2008 has pleaded guilty to federal charges of conspiracy and distributing the […]

By Michelle Hunter, The Times-Picayune January 28, 2010, 5:22PM A Metairie man faces up to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty Thursday in federal court to dealing Ecstasy. Lance Gassen, 24, of 2720 Independence […]