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|By Natasha Robin
"They look like Percocet. They look like Xanax. We can’t even tell them apart unless we send them to the lab."
Updated: Oct. 3, 2022 at 5:59 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
As of Mon., Oct. 3, New Orleans police have investigated 220 homicides since Jan. 1. In 2021, there were 218 homicides.
Updated: Sep. 28, 2022 at 5:52 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
DJ Jubilee has lost 39 young athletes over the years to violence and now he says the at-risk youth seem unreachable.
Updated: Sep. 27, 2022 at 5:37 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
Organizers of the effort to recall New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell say they’ve gotten around 20% of the 53,000 signatures they need.
Updated: Sep. 26, 2022 at 6:26 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
The NOPD said Tyrone Wiltz is the attempted home invader who shot Joe Cooper in the doorway of his Gentilly house on May 23.
Updated: Sep. 23, 2022 at 9:05 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
A crime victim says he is furious after finding out the juvenile who held him at gunpoint walked free.
Updated: Sep. 22, 2022 at 5:35 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
The goal is to decrease response times as the NOPD deals with a serious manpower shortage.
Updated: Sep. 22, 2022 at 10:34 AM CDT
|By Natasha Robin and FOX 8 Staff
The niece of a New Orleans councilman has become one of the city’s latest victims of gun violence.
Updated: Sep. 20, 2022 at 5:59 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
Convention officials say that, so far, no businesses have canceled plans to bring their events to the city.
Updated: Sep. 19, 2022 at 5:41 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
With 52 homicides per 100,000 people, New Orleans has surpassed St. Louis (45 per 100,000) for the top homicide rate in the country.
Updated: Sep. 16, 2022 at 5:16 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
Several other Starbucks locations will remain open in New Orleans and neighboring Canal Street business owners say they have no intention of joining the national chain in evacuating the area.
Updated: Sep. 14, 2022 at 5:05 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
Gun violence in New Orleans has sent 584 people to the hospital, killing over 200 of them, according to MCC data.
Updated: Sep. 7, 2022 at 4:39 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
Since Monday (Sept. 5), seven carjackings unfolded across New Orleans.
Updated: Sep. 6, 2022 at 7:00 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
A federal judge is weighing arguments for an injunction to block Gov. John Bel Edwards' plan to transfer some juvenile offenders to Angola.
Updated: Sep. 2, 2022 at 8:06 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
In the past week, the NOPD investigated more than 10 homicides bringing the total murder count to 198 so far this year.
Updated: Sep. 1, 2022 at 5:25 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
Carjacking victims expressed their outrage and frustration before the New Orleans City Council about Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s support in court for a juvenile offender.
Updated: Aug. 31, 2022 at 6:36 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
Council members say the new data concerning response times and calls for service is alarming.
Updated: Aug. 30, 2022 at 5:18 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
911 calls for rape, armed robbery, and domestic disputes in New Orleans are being downgraded to non-emergencies, leading to hours-long response times.
Updated: Aug. 29, 2022 at 5:08 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
A dozen new recruits began training to join the New Orleans Police Department on Monday (Aug. 29).
Updated: Aug. 25, 2022 at 4:51 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
Pathways is one of a number of city-run programs. City leaders say the program is effective, but council members and New Orleanians have questions.
Updated: Aug. 24, 2022 at 5:35 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
An internal document reveals new details about the state’s plan to temporarily house violent juvenile offenders at Angola.
Updated: Aug. 23, 2022 at 6:03 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
Governor John Bel Edwards has agreed not to move to incarcerated youth until at least Sept. 15.
Updated: Aug. 22, 2022 at 5:28 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
The victims told FOX 8 they were traumatized by what happened and felt victimized all over again when Mayor Cantrell showed up as a character witness for the juvenile offender.
Updated: Aug. 19, 2022 at 6:50 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
Crime victims say they felt victimized all over again when Mayor Latoya Cantrell showed up in court to support a juvenile perpetrator during sentencing.
Updated: Aug. 17, 2022 at 11:42 AM CDT
|By Ken Daley and Natasha Robin
Operations of the New Orleans Police Department have been governed by a consent decree since former mayor Mitch Landrieu asked for federal oversight in 2012.
Updated: Aug. 15, 2022 at 6:47 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
Despite surging crime in the city, District Attorney Jason Williams plans to do civil litigation as a second job with a New Orleans law firm.
Updated: Aug. 10, 2022 at 6:23 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
The wife of a man who was shot and carjacked by a Bridge City escapee and another juvenile says her husband is fighting for his life.
Updated: Aug. 9, 2022 at 9:44 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
The NOPD says it is investigating, but so far hasn’t identified any officer who it says responded improperly.
Updated: Aug. 9, 2022 at 12:25 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
New Orleans police confirmed 31-year-old Jenee Pedesclaux is the mother of a 4-year-old girl and 2-year-old boy she is accused of stabbing Sunday (Aug. 8) in their home in the 3100 block of Law Street.
Updated: Aug. 5, 2022 at 8:06 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
In a case that Orleans District Attorney Jason Williams prosecuted himself, along with two other ADAs and a jury found Damond Scott guilty of second-degree murder, attempted second-degree murder and obstruction of justice.
Updated: Aug. 2, 2022 at 6:59 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
Currently, DNA samples are sent to the Louisiana State Police crime lab in Baton Rouge, but there’s a statewide backlog waiting there.
Updated: Aug. 1, 2022 at 6:54 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
Four days after his acquittal in a federal tax fraud conspiracy trial, Williams called the charges against him 'an abuse of power,' but did not take questions from reporters.
Updated: Jul. 21, 2022 at 11:05 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
A judge implements security changes for defendants in the federal tax fraud trial of D.A. Jason Williams, after a reported online death threat against Williams.
Updated: Jul. 20, 2022 at 4:34 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin and David Jones
Henry Timothy, hired to amend and prepare tax returns for attorneys Jason Williams and Nicole Burdett, took the witness stand Wednesday (July 20) in the first day of testimony in Williams' federal tax fraud trial.
Updated: Jul. 19, 2022 at 4:18 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin and David Jones
A jury of 12 has been seated Tuesday (July 19) in the highly-anticipated tax fraud trial of Orleans Parish District Attorney Jason Williams.
Updated: Jul. 18, 2022 at 6:39 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
Jury selection began Monday (July 18) for the federal tax fraud trial of Orleans Parish District Attorney Jason Williams and his private law firm partner Nicole Burdett.
Updated: Jul. 15, 2022 at 7:32 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
Orleans District Attorney Jason Williams’ federal trial is set to begin Monday morning.
Updated: Jul. 14, 2022 at 8:59 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
The victim of an armed robbery fights back and leaves the gunman unconscious. The incident happened in Venetian Isles on Lake Breeze Drive.
Updated: Jul. 11, 2022 at 5:47 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
The NOPD says it's searching for two suspects seen on video burglarizing vehicles in the Lake Vista neighborhood over the weekend.
Updated: Jul. 8, 2022 at 6:21 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
Just after 4 p.m. Thursday, a film crew was making a commercial in the 2900 block of Grand Route St. John. Two armed security guards were on site, but it still didn’t stop three suspects from carjacking a female crew member.
Updated: Jul. 7, 2022 at 9:55 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
Two carjackings unfold in the same neighborhood just hours apart, police believe they’re connected.
Updated: Jul. 6, 2022 at 7:11 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
Violent crime across New Orleans is at a level that many consider a crisis. Now, we’re getting a better idea of the amount of violent offenders being taken off the streets.
Updated: Jul. 5, 2022 at 10:27 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
According to the city council data analyst, New Orleans could have the nation’s highest murder rate per 100,000 people.
Updated: Jun. 30, 2022 at 4:44 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
In what was a heated Jefferson Parish council meeting at times, the state’s Office of Juvenile Justice addressed the escapes and public safety concerns around the Bridge City Center for Youth.
Updated: Jun. 29, 2022 at 4:31 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
A resolution calling for the closure of the troubled Bridge City detention center passed unanimously.
Updated: Jun. 28, 2022 at 10:20 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin and Kaitlin Rust
Casandra Jones considered filing a restraining order against the man who ended up brutally killing her.
Updated: Jun. 27, 2022 at 5:46 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
“This absolutely has an impact on the economy of the city,”
Updated: Jun. 23, 2022 at 6:56 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
Chief Ferguson decided to make a plea to the public after what he calls a concerning trend of negligent homicides.
Updated: Jun. 21, 2022 at 7:16 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
Cantrell says fighting crime is yet another challenge that the city’s facing under her administration and that she’s vowing to face it with a holistic approach. Crime victims are saying enough is enough.
Updated: Jun. 20, 2022 at 5:38 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
In the 6000 block of St. Charles Avenue, car burglars struck over and over again.
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