Updated: May. 26, 2023 at 5:28 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
Carjacking leads to police chase, resulting in the arrest of three suspects who had stolen vehicles and firearms in their possession.
Updated: May. 25, 2023 at 12:15 PM CDT
|By Josh Roberson and Natasha Robin
Judge Kimya Holmes found Lenyra Theophile competent to stand trial alongside her co-defendants.
Updated: May. 23, 2023 at 5:52 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
An alarming rise in mass shootings in New Orleans, fueled by social media messages, continues to contribute to a wave of violence in the city.
Updated: May. 19, 2023 at 4:44 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
Attorneys spar in court over the admissibility of expert testimony on juvenile brain development in murder trial.
Updated: May. 18, 2023 at 5:43 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
New Orleans neighborhoods on edge after recent violent crimes.
Updated: May. 17, 2023 at 4:29 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
New Orleans Mayor responds to funding request for Bayou Phoenix project, emphasizing the need for developer's financial commitments.
Updated: May. 17, 2023 at 8:50 AM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
In New Orleans, auto thefts have reached alarming levels.
Updated: May. 16, 2023 at 11:31 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin and Meg Gatto
New taxpayer funding requests for the Bayou Phoenix project caught some city officials by surprise
Updated: May. 16, 2023 at 7:58 AM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
According to the MCC, the NOPD has investigated a total of 101 homicides so far this year, with 11 of those occurring within the past week.
Updated: May. 12, 2023 at 5:12 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
Three women have lost their lives in separate incidents over the past 24 hours, adding to the concerning rise in the number of female victims across the city.
Updated: May. 11, 2023 at 5:17 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
DEA operation nets thousands of arrests, seizure of massive drug and weapon cache, exposing the connection between Mexican Cartels and drug-related violence in New Orleans.
Updated: May. 9, 2023 at 11:09 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
Two employees were murdered outside two famous New Orleans restaurants in the past six weeks
Updated: May. 2, 2023 at 5:05 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
Four juveniles accused of going on a crime spree in Gentilly on Sunday have been linked to additional crimes, according to the police.
Updated: Apr. 27, 2023 at 4:28 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
In new court documents obtained by Fox 8, disputes between Bella Fontenelle's mother and her accused killer span back to 2021.
Updated: Apr. 26, 2023 at 5:47 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
Sully Simmons was killed on her sister's birthday, who was killed 14 years ago.
Updated: Apr. 25, 2023 at 5:44 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
Interim Supt. Michelle Woodfork has asked for additional help as the NOPD teams up with LSP to launch the third Operation Golden Eagle.
Updated: Apr. 25, 2023 at 3:54 PM CDT
|By Ken Daley and Natasha Robin
The toddler boy strapped into a car seat was unharmed in the back seat, police said
Updated: Apr. 21, 2023 at 8:27 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
An Eleanor McMain student, just 12 days away from graduating, lost his life to gun violence. He’s one of three juveniles killed in four separate shootings in New Orleans.
Updated: Apr. 20, 2023 at 6:05 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
In a normally quiet neighborhood, in the 1100 block of City Park Avenue, a 66-year-old woman was held up at gunpoint.
Updated: Apr. 19, 2023 at 5:33 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
Jefferson Parish deputies arrest five suspected car burglars with the help of the canine unit and a drone
Updated: Apr. 18, 2023 at 5:44 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
Inland Seafood relocates its headquarters in Elmwood
Updated: Apr. 17, 2023 at 6:46 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
Grandmother said worker flashed gun during dispute at drive-thru window
Updated: Apr. 14, 2023 at 8:30 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
A horse tranquilizer is ending up in street drugs, killing people nationwide. The deadly sedative is here in New Orleans, and city leaders want to warn everyone about its danger.
Updated: Apr. 13, 2023 at 3:59 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
The millage will be on the April 29th ballot
Updated: Apr. 13, 2023 at 10:36 AM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
New surveillance video shows suspects circling the block three times before killing a handyman working in Kenner.
Updated: Apr. 11, 2023 at 4:46 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
Police say the man sexually assaulted four victims at the Rue Parc Fontaine apartment complex over the past two weeks.
Updated: Apr. 7, 2023 at 4:55 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
The program includes proximity reporting, where law enforcement can use an app to punch in a date, time, and location of a crime and quickly find out if anyone on an ankle monitor was present.
Updated: Apr. 5, 2023 at 4:17 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
Linda Frickey, 73, was dragged to her death during a carjacking attempt on March 21, 2022
Updated: Apr. 4, 2023 at 5:39 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
“The court gave the city the easy way out and they opted to do it the hard way.”
Updated: Apr. 3, 2023 at 5:48 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
NOPD Interim Supt. Michelle Woodfork says crime is down 20% following a violent 24-hour span that sent nine people to the hospital across the city.
Updated: Mar. 31, 2023 at 5:01 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
NOPD’s manpower has been a serious issue, with only 930 officers currently on the force according to the NOLA Coalition.
Updated: Mar. 31, 2023 at 8:27 AM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
Mayor LaToya Cantrell admits she refused to give a statement to the NOPD in the investigation of one of her executive protection team members.
Updated: Mar. 29, 2023 at 10:37 AM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
The company chosen to redevelop the former six flags amusement park in New Orleans East will soon show the public its plans.
Updated: Mar. 27, 2023 at 5:22 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
A lawsuit was filed and demolition was halted just after Mayor LaToya Cantrell was joined by other city leaders in a news conference in front of a Gert Town car wash.
Updated: Mar. 22, 2023 at 12:56 PM CDT
|By Ken Daley and Natasha Robin
Mayor says she has not listened to recordings of NOPD's investigation of Jeffrey Vappie
Updated: Mar. 20, 2023 at 9:03 PM CDT
|By Ken Daley, Maddie Kerth and Natasha Robin
No arrests or injuries were reported, according to the NOPD
Updated: Mar. 16, 2023 at 5:36 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
The Orleans Parish Coroner says attention needs to be brought to the drug crisis facing the community.
Updated: Mar. 15, 2023 at 1:33 PM CDT
|By Lee Zurik, Ken Daley and Natasha Robin
City Attorney, NOPD say material inadvertently given to a HANO board member
Updated: Mar. 13, 2023 at 5:41 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
A violent weekend in New Orleans saw an uptick in carjackings, which had been trending down through the first two months of the year.
Updated: Mar. 10, 2023 at 5:05 PM CST
|By Natasha Robin
Those who signed the petition to recall New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell were mostly white people in neighborhoods where she did not have strong support
Updated: Mar. 9, 2023 at 4:06 PM CST
|By Natasha Robin
Some say Judge Jennifer Medley should have recused herself from hearing the lawsuit and others say she did nothing wrong.
Updated: Mar. 6, 2023 at 5:16 PM CST
|By Natasha Robin
The Orleans Parish District Attorney’s office is getting help from one of the most familiar personal injury law firms in southeast Louisiana.
Updated: Mar. 3, 2023 at 6:02 PM CST
|By Natasha Robin
The Metropolitan Crime Commission obtained and shared with FOX 8 the Magistrate Court transcripts of Orleans Assistant District Attorney Emily Maw refusing more than a dozen gun cases on Mardi Gras Day.
Updated: Mar. 2, 2023 at 5:48 PM CST
|By Natasha Robin
A Magistrate sets a 2.8 million dollar bond for the man accused of killing two men and shooting a woman in the head on the I-10 in New Orleans East
Updated: Mar. 1, 2023 at 5:10 PM CST
|By Natasha Robin
The man accused of killing Andrew Stiller and his passenger Johnell Hampton has been arrested. A search is ongoing for three additional suspects.
Updated: Feb. 28, 2023 at 5:09 PM CST
|By Natasha Robin
Gun violence has sent over 100 people to the hospital in New Orleans through the first two months of the year, not counting victims who have died from their injuries.
Updated: Feb. 27, 2023 at 4:47 PM CST
|By Natasha Robin
New rapid DNA testing technology will soon be available for use in New Orleans.
Updated: Feb. 24, 2023 at 4:13 PM CST
|By Natasha Robin
Two days before her one-year wedding anniversary, Melissa Stiller received a devastating phone call from the Orleans Parish Coroner’s Office.
Updated: Feb. 22, 2023 at 6:20 PM CST
|By Natasha Robin
15 people, arrested for illegally carrying a weapon during Carnival, walked free when the Orleans District Attorney’s office refused the charges.
Updated: Feb. 15, 2023 at 10:09 PM CST
|By Natasha Robin
New technology could soon be available in New Orleans that can quickly link suspects to unsolved crimes where matching DNA evidence was collected.