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March 12/New Orleans, LA – The New Orleans Police Department is asking for the public’s assistance in locating 79-year-old James Ross Sr. of New Orleans, reported missing since shortly after 9:30 A.M. According to investigators, […]

Although many New Orleanians are just beginning to recover from partying during Mardi Gras, Carnival’s late start this year means that within 4 days of Fat Tuesday more parades are on their way this weekend. […]

The office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control was very busy over Mardi Gras cracking down on under age drinking and the sale of alcohol to minors. Throughout the entire state, officials gave over 825 citations, […]

The arrival of Ash Wednesday has signaled the end of this year’s carnival. It was a damp Mardi Gras season, but large crowds have led the krewes to declare 2011 a success. A large number […]

NOPD issued a statement via e-mail yesterday indicating that an unauthorized parade (identified by some as the Krewe of Eris) which took place in the Marigny neighborhood resulted in 12 arrests and injuries to 6 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 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 last seen by her mother, […]

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 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 […]

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 in the Downtown […]

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 program resulted […]

NOPD has issued a statement today indicating that it will be conducting a sobriety checkpoint tonight (Friday 12/17) in the Downtown area from approximately 9pm to 5am. No specific indication as to the location of […]

NOPD has issued a statement today indicating that it will be conducting a sobriety checkpoint Saturday (December 11th)in the Gentilly, Lakeview, and Lake Vista areas from approximately 9pm to 5am. No specific indication as to […]