Updated: Nov. 23, 2022 at 1:46 PM CST
|By Chris Finch
Stacie Toups, the wife of carjacking victim Scott Toups, passed away suddenly on Tuesday morning, according to a Facebook post from her husband. No cause of death has been released.
Updated: Aug. 26, 2022 at 6:58 AM CDT
|By Chris Finch
New Orleans Saints and Pelicans owner purchased a landmark nightclub in the French Quarter from the Estate of Chris Owens.
Updated: Aug. 25, 2022 at 11:20 PM CDT
|By Chris Finch
The Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office is investigating a homicide that occurred Thursday evening in Metairie.
Updated: Aug. 25, 2022 at 8:06 PM CDT
|By Chris Finch
Police say someone accused a student of sexually assaulting another student in a Tulane dorm bathroom.
Updated: Jun. 17, 2022 at 6:35 AM CDT
|By Chris Finch and Andrés Fuentes
Officers found themselves back at the Bridge City Center for Youth less than one day after five inmates escaped. A SWAT team was called to the the 3200 blk. of River Road after an apparent fight broke out at the embattled detention center.
Updated: Apr. 29, 2022 at 11:42 PM CDT
|By Chris Finch and FOX 8 Staff
Police are searching for at least one person who left six people injured after a shooting near a popular New Orleans Uptown bar.
Updated: Nov. 19, 2021 at 1:48 PM CST
|By Chris Finch
A two-year-old was almost shot when a man fired into a crowd of people standing outside of an apartment building, Slidell police said. Five adults were also in the crowd when the alleged gunman started shooting.
Updated: Nov. 10, 2021 at 5:27 PM CST
|By Sabrina Wilson and Chris Finch
Five people were shot in Killona on Tuesday evening, including a 14-year-old.
Updated: Oct. 19, 2021 at 5:40 PM CDT
|By Chris Finch
New Orleans police are searching for three people accused of steaming from their victim, then keeping him at a residence in Algiers and severely injuring him for nine days.
Updated: Oct. 14, 2021 at 3:40 PM CDT
|By Chris Finch
New Orleans Emergency Medical Services will be the first ground ambulances in the region to carry blood for emergency transfusions for patients with traumatic injuries.
Updated: Oct. 14, 2021 at 1:37 PM CDT
|By Chris Finch
Investigators believe the teenager could be in danger.
Updated: Sep. 27, 2021 at 1:21 PM CDT
|By Chris Finch
Two 17-year-old males, a 16-year-old male and a 14-year-old male all have been booked with simple burglary of a business, simple criminal damage to a business, and theft of a firearm.
Updated: Aug. 29, 2021 at 12:07 PM CDT
|By Chris Finch
A number of the New Orleans Sewerage & Water Board sewage pump stations on both the east and West Bank of New Orleans are experiencing power outages.
Updated: Aug. 19, 2021 at 1:42 PM CDT
|By Chris Finch
A proposed $325 million casino, being pitched by Peninsula Pacific Entertainment, now has a name.
Updated: Aug. 10, 2021 at 8:32 PM CDT
|By Chris Finch
Sheriff Joseph Lopinto reports that the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office is investigating a traffic fatality that occurred today on private property.
Updated: Aug. 10, 2021 at 7:30 PM CDT
|By Chris Finch
A New Orleans man pleaded guilty to planning a drug deal that would send more than 500 grams of cocaine to the Goose area in the east.
Updated: Aug. 9, 2021 at 5:53 PM CDT
|By Chris Finch
District Attorney Warren Montgomery reports that Nicholas Ordogne, 20, Revonte Charles, 20, Jawaun Wilson, 19, and Jaydin Charles age 18, all from Slidell,pleaded guilty before District Judge Vincent Lobello on Thursday.
Updated: Jul. 19, 2021 at 10:58 AM CDT
|By Chris Finch
The outages stretched from Mid-City into the CBD and onto the Fair Grounds in Gentilly.
Updated: Jul. 1, 2021 at 1:29 PM CDT
|By Chris Finch
Three children and a 34-year-old man were shot Wednesday night in the New Orleans area, according to the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office.
Updated: May. 27, 2021 at 2:32 PM CDT
|By Chris Finch
Emergency workers rescued a Slidell city employee who was working high inside a water tower.
Updated: May. 21, 2021 at 5:22 PM CDT
|By Chris Finch
The Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Office said a 15-year-old boy is missing from Galliano.
Updated: May. 20, 2021 at 3:21 PM CDT
|By Chris Finch
Dustin James Allen Whorton left his residence in Bush early in the morning on Wednesday (May 20), according to the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office.
Updated: May. 18, 2021 at 11:08 AM CDT
|By Chris Finch
An alleged gunman got into a shootout with his victim as two men tried to steal a vehicle, according to New Orleans police.
Updated: May. 17, 2021 at 3:52 PM CDT
|By Chris Finch
A Lafourche Parish man has been arrested for allegedly raping a child under the age of 13, according to the sheriff’s office.
Updated: May. 12, 2021 at 1:10 PM CDT
|By Chris Finch
Houma Police arrested two men for charges related to Human Trafficking and 1st Degree Rape.
Updated: May. 10, 2021 at 3:21 PM CDT
|By Chris Finch
The St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office arrested five people in connection with alleged manufacturing of counterfeit money.
Updated: May. 7, 2021 at 5:22 PM CDT
|By Chris Finch
A Washington Parish Sheriff’s Office patrol sergeant found himself in a high-speed chase in Bogalusa when his radar clocked a southbound vehicle traveling at 110 miles per hour.
Updated: May. 5, 2021 at 10:12 PM CDT
|By Chris Finch
New Orleans police are investigating a shooting that left one man dead on Canal St. during rush hour.
Updated: Apr. 29, 2021 at 5:25 PM CDT
|By Chris Finch
A new lawsuit targets the NOPD and other law enforcement agencies over last June’s use of tear gas and rubber bullets against protesters on the Crescent City Connection.
Updated: Apr. 21, 2021 at 5:15 PM CDT
|By Chris Finch
Former Orleans Parish criminal court judge Keva Landrum has been picked by Pres. Joe Biden to serve as U.S. Attorney in New Orleans, according to a source.
Updated: Apr. 21, 2021 at 1:46 PM CDT
|By Chris Finch
The NOPD is searching for a juvenile reported as missing, and is asking for the public’s help in locating her.
Updated: Apr. 21, 2021 at 10:46 AM CDT
|By Chris Finch
The St. Bernard Sheriff’s Office booked Seattle Seahawks player Aldon Smith on Thursday with second-degree battery in connection with an incident that occurred April 17 in Chalmette, Sheriff James Pohlmann said
Updated: Apr. 21, 2021 at 9:49 AM CDT
|By Chris Finch
New Orleans police said a 41-year-old woman was approached by 8-10 kids who attempted to rob her.
Updated: Apr. 19, 2021 at 5:07 PM CDT
|By Chris Finch
The St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office arrested a Pearl River woman Monday on manslaughter charges stemming from the 2020 death of her adopted, mentally disabled adult-son.
Updated: Apr. 19, 2021 at 10:11 AM CDT
|By Chris Finch
New Orleans police are investigating a traffic crash with a fatality at the intersection of Chef Menteur Highway and Interstate 5-10 involving a school bus and another vehicle.
Updated: Apr. 16, 2021 at 4:46 PM CDT
|By Chris Finch
New Orleans police are investigating a shootout that happened in Mid-City near a popular restaurant.
Updated: Apr. 16, 2021 at 2:29 PM CDT
|By Chris Finch
New Orleans police arrested six suspects on Thursday, five of them juveniles, believed to be involved in a series of simple robberies, auto burglaries and auto thefts throughout the city.
Updated: Apr. 16, 2021 at 11:33 AM CDT
|By Chris Finch
St. Tammany Parish sheriff’s deputies believe a 16-year-old runaway from the Slidell area might be in New Orleans.
Updated: Apr. 13, 2021 at 12:20 PM CDT
|By Chris Finch
New Orleans police believe they have images of a perpetrator in a recent armed carjacking.
Updated: Apr. 12, 2021 at 4:25 PM CDT
|By Chris Finch
A drug sting led to 33 arrests related to narcotics distribution in the South Lafourche area.
Updated: Apr. 12, 2021 at 3:50 PM CDT
|By Chris Finch
Former U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana Kenneth Polite has been nominated to lead the Department of Justice’s Criminal Division, the White House announced.
Updated: Jan. 26, 2021 at 9:56 PM CST
|By Chris Finch
New Orleans police are working a homicide by shooting incident that was reported around 8:47 p.m. on Tuesday.
Updated: Jan. 26, 2021 at 9:14 PM CST
|By Chris Finch
The U.S. Coast Guard and other law enforcement agencies are searching for a missing person Tuesday in the Lower Mississippi River near Jefferson Heights in Jefferson Parish.
Updated: Jan. 26, 2021 at 7:46 PM CST
|By Chris Finch
The St. Bernard Parish Sheriff’s Office is investigating gunfire near a Walmart Neighborhood Market in Meraux.
Updated: Jan. 26, 2021 at 5:33 PM CST
|By Chris Finch
Cutrer died on Jan. 19 from complications due to COVID-19, according to the Louisiana State Fireman’s Association.
Updated: Jan. 26, 2021 at 5:33 PM CST
|By Chris Finch
The Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Office said a man’s body has been recovered from Bayou Lafourche.
Updated: Jan. 25, 2021 at 6:36 PM CST
|By Chris Finch
The National Basketball Association game scheduled for tonight between the San Antonio Spurs and New Orleans Pelicans at Smoothie King Center has been postponed in accordance with the league’s Health and Safety Protocols.
Updated: Jan. 21, 2021 at 12:13 PM CST
|By Chris Finch
New Orleans police believe they have found a person of interest in a case involving a man having sex with at least two horses at City Park in December.
Updated: Jan. 21, 2021 at 6:52 AM CST
|By Chris Finch
No one in Louisiana won the $730 million Powerball top prize in Louisiana on Wednesday night. That went to someone in Maryland.
Updated: Jan. 19, 2021 at 5:49 PM CST
|By Chris Finch
New Orleans police are working a fatal shooting in the 2700 block of Marigny St. That is in the St. Roch area.
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