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By Leslie Williams, The Times-Picayune February 04, 2010, 7:15AM Michael DeMocker / The Times-PicayuneA New Orleans police officer examines the body of a man shot to death Wednesday in the 1300 block of France Street […]

By Gwen Filosa, The Times-Picayune February 03, 2010, 11:53AM clifford-pierce.jpgOrleans Criminal Sheriff’s DepartmentClifford G. PierceAn Orleans Parish judge has sentenced Clifford Pierce, 35, to life in prison without parole for being a quadruple offender, three […]

By Bob Ross, The Times-Picayune January 30, 2010, 2:00AM An Orleans Parish grand jury on Friday indicted three people in connection with four homicides, all of which happened in recent months, authorities said. Bryan Hill, […]

By Brendan McCarthy, The Times-Picayune January 22, 2010, 7:13PM sportsmans_corner.JPGMichael DeMocker/The Times-Picayune archiveThe Sportsman’s Corner bar was photographed in June 2007. Attorneys for the city of New Orleans recently settled a pair of high-profile federal […]

By Ramon Antonio Vargas, The Times-Picayune January 22, 2010, 6:13PM alfred_celestain_funeral_hearse.JPGRusty Costanza/The Times-PicayuneA New Orleans police officer salutes the hearse carrying Alfred Celestain Sr. past the 1st District police station on Friday. The casket carrying […]

By Joy Hirdes, The Times-Picayune January 21, 2010, 4:30PM Nikia Adams.jpgNikia Adams A New Orleans police officer was arrested this morning and booked with two counts of animal cruelty after authorities say one of her […]

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 heard […]

By The Times-Picayune January 17, 2010, 9:21AM The New Orleans Police Department is investigating the apparent shooting death of an unidentified man Saturday night. The offense occurred around 11:45 p.m. in the 7800 block of […]

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 […]

By Brendan McCarthy, The Times-Picayune January 10, 2010, 8:00AM warren_riley.JPGMatthew Hinton / The Times-PicayuneNew Orleans Police Superintendent Warren Riley made the allegation against City Councilwoman Stacy Head in an interview on WBOK-AM.With just months left […]

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 […]

Three people dead, one wounded in overnight New Orleans shooting By The Times-Picayune January 08, 2010, 6:00AM nopd-badge.jpg An overnight shooting left two young women and one young man dead, according to the New Orleans […]

The Grinch Who Tried to Steal Christmas A man in Violet stole Christmas presents from Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church. He was booked with him burglary of a religious building and a parole violation […]

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 […]

Today’s Times-Picayune has a nice, big story about Mandeville Mayor Eddie Price driving his SUV (a Ford Expedition owned by the city, by the way) into a toll booth barrier a little before midnight on April 22nd […]

Last month, the latest crime statistics for 2007 were released by the NOLA Police, and the national media jumped right on it. Seems the stats showed a 25% jump in violent crime over the past […]

NOLA native Birdman, aka Bryan Williams, was busted yesterday in Tennessee — along with 16 other people in his RV as it rode along Interstate 81 — for possession of marijuana. According to press reports, a […]

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