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A man, Darnell Harrison, was arrested Sunday evening after a crash that killed a motorcyclist in New Orleans East. He was cited for DWI, failure to yield, and vehicular homicide. The victim, a 39-year-old man, was pronounced

NOPD Officer Keith Elsensohn was placed under suspension after being arrested for DWI. Elsensohn was traveling on the I-10 near the Louisa Street exit when we crashed into the guardrail. After conducting a field sobriety test

An NOPD officer was arrested Saturday evening and placed on immediate suspension for DWI. The vehicle was seen driving erratically on the Causeway when police pulled over 26-year-old David Aranda, a 1st District police...

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 this area...

Now that Mardi Gras is behind us we look forward to rest after the combined Super Bowl and Mardi Gras consumed New Orleans. Many of us had a lot of fun, and with that comes the potential for problems. Many tourists (and...

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...

By Ramon Antonio Vargas, The Times-Picayune February 18, 2010, 7:14AM sherwood-solomon.jpgMurder suspect Sherwood Solomon, 26A man accused of fatally shooting 43-year-old Braddock Chambliss just blocks from the Krewe of...

By Ed Anderson, The Times-Picayune January 25, 2010, 7:14PM Gov. Bobby Jindal’s Task Force on Driving While Intoxicated and Vehicular Homicide agreed Monday to look into the possibility of increasing fines and penalties

By Donald Melanson posted Jan 20th 2010 2:16PM TruTouch Technologies has been working on various non-invasive means to detect intoxication for quite a while now (like the rather elaborate TruTouch Guardian pictured at right),

By Gwen Filosa, The Times-Picayune January 19, 2010, 8:49PM leon-cannizzaro-speech.JPGTed Jackson / The Times-Picayune’We must be willing to think differently today, to work together to build a more modern...

By Benjamin Alexander-Bloch January 18, 2010, 5:29PM A suspect has been apprehended in the afternoon shooting of two teenagers found near the West Bank’s Martin Luther King Jr. parade. About 2:15 p.m., parade goers...

By Benjamin Alexander-Bloch January 18, 2010, 5:29PM A suspect has been apprehended in the afternoon shooting of two teenagers found near the West Bank’s Martin Luther King Jr. parade. About 2:15 p.m., parade goers...

By Jarvis Deberry January 16, 2010, 5:55AM The movement to discredit Warren Riley continues. Wednesday, on just the 13th day of 2010, New Orleans recorded its 10th homicide. On Thursday, two New Orleans police officers were...

By Michelle Hunter, The Times-Picayune January 15, 2010, 3:19PM Jefferson Parish authorities arrested a two men and a woman for allegedly running a pair of Metairie motels as “houses of ill repute.” Manhesh...

By Brendan McCarthy, The Times-Picayune January 08, 2010, 10:07PM Three people, including a brother and sister, were fatally shot and another woman critically wounded late Thursday night in a home invasion in the St. Roch...

House Bill 445 by Rep. Damon Baldone, D-Houma, went into effect at midnight, doubling from six months to a year the length of time drivers can lose their license for refusing a first-time test. Subsequent refusals within five

Arrested or given a citation in New Orleans over the holidays? During the New Year’s and Sugar Bowl seasons many partiers found themselves in Orleans Parish Prison with court dates in Orleans Parish Municipal or Orleans...

For most folk, when you think about drunk driving the worst case scenario is seeing those flashing red lights behind you, and knowing that you’re about to be taken down to jail with your license being at risk, your...