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Updated: 20 hours ago
|By FOX 8 Staff
Second time in 6 weeks a high-profile juvenile shooting case was quashed because of prosecutors' inaction
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Updated: Feb. 3, 2023 at 12:01 PM CST
|By FOX 8 Staff
The sheriff’s office says the man had an “extensive” medical history, including “significant” heart conditions.
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Updated: Feb. 3, 2023 at 11:05 AM CST
|By FOX 8 Staff
After being issued a refund and escorted out of a business, New Orleans police say a woman grabbed a gun from her car and opened fire.
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Updated: Feb. 2, 2023 at 5:22 PM CST
|By Rob Masson
The New Orleans City Council voted to give the police chief authority to shut down nuisance businesses that could be contributing to the city’s crime crisis.
Updated: Feb. 2, 2023 at 4:12 PM CST
|By FOX 8 Staff
A suspect rammed a truck into a store on Tchoupitoulas and stole an ATM Thursday morning.
Updated: Feb. 1, 2023 at 5:47 PM CST
|By Natasha Robin
According to the Metropolitan Crime Commission, there have been 25 homicides, 20 carjackings, and 45 robberies since the beginning of the new year.
Updated: Feb. 1, 2023 at 4:44 PM CST
|By FOX 8 Staff
NOPD is seeking the public’s help in locating a man wanted for stealing a car from a parking lot using a flatbed truck.
Updated: Feb. 1, 2023 at 4:19 PM CST
|By David Jones
Bodycam video of the incident has not been released. The family says they don’t even know the name of the officer who killed their son.
Updated: Jan. 31, 2023 at 6:01 PM CST
|By Rob Masson
Owners of Kias and Hyundais are looking for alternative solutions to a chronic theft problem, popularized by a group of thieves on TikTok.
Updated: Jan. 31, 2023 at 1:35 PM CST
|By FOX 8 Staff
The New Orleans City Council is considering increased penalties for businesses in an attempt to curb violent crime in the city.
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Updated: Jan. 30, 2023 at 5:28 PM CST
|By Natasha Robin
A judge on Monday (Jan. 30) denied two motions filed by the defense claiming the teens were too young to understand the crime and should have separate trials.
Updated: Jan. 26, 2023 at 5:16 PM CST
|By Natasha Robin
Brazen criminals are taking stolen cars across parish lines, wreaking havoc in Jefferson and St. Bernard.
Updated: Jan. 26, 2023 at 4:58 PM CST
|By Rob Masson
Matt Dennis, who runs the city’s busiest monitoring program, says due to failures in the juvenile justice system, only a fraction of violent youths are being monitored.
Updated: Jan. 25, 2023 at 9:36 PM CST
|By Ken Daley
An autopsy revealed Breonna Poindexter died of a fentanyl overdose, authorities said
Updated: Jan. 25, 2023 at 7:24 PM CST
|By Kevin Foster
A Louisiana man was sentenced to 45 years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of kidnapping for his role in a scheme to murder gay men.
Updated: Jan. 25, 2023 at 2:03 PM CST
|By FOX 8 Staff
Though details are limited, two NOPD officers have been reassigned amid a criminal investigation and possibly policy violations.
Updated: Jan. 25, 2023 at 11:44 AM CST
|By FOX 8 Staff
Authorities have now identified all three people, including a 14-year-old girl, who were found dead in a home near the Fairgrounds earlier this month.
Updated: Jan. 24, 2023 at 1:14 PM CST
|By FOX 8 Staff
Janis Gailis had been visiting New Orleans for several months before he was shot multiple times and killed in New Orleans East.
Updated: Jan. 23, 2023 at 5:40 PM CST
|By Rob Masson
Crime watchdogs say problems with crime in New Orleans go beyond the mayor's claims of COVID and gun proliferation.
Updated: Jan. 23, 2023 at 5:18 PM CST
|By Natasha Robin
During a Criminal Justice Committee meeting, the city council heard from various organizations about targeting high risk juveniles.
Updated: Jan. 18, 2023 at 4:54 PM CST
|By Natasha Robin
The NOPD says it has responded to 403 calls for service related to stolen cars. The Metropolitan Crime Commission believes that number is a bit higher, tracking over 500 car thefts.
Updated: Jan. 17, 2023 at 6:42 PM CST
|By Ken Daley
The victims were Ellis Sylvanus III and his pregnant girlfriend Qile Sanders, both 20 years old
Updated: Jan. 17, 2023 at 1:55 PM CST
|By FOX 8 Staff
New Orleans police are asking for the public’s help identifying and locating two dine-and-dash suspects.
Updated: Jan. 17, 2023 at 1:14 PM CST
|By FOX 8 Staff
Two men have been arrested, ages 17 and 18, on multiple charges following a police chase and crash in St. Bernard Parish.
Updated: Jan. 17, 2023 at 11:13 AM CST
|By FOX 8 Staff
Tracking shootings, homicides, carjackings, and armed robberies in New Orleans
Updated: Jan. 16, 2023 at 10:40 PM CST
|By David Jones
Magistrate judges and commissioners are supposed to weigh several factors before deciding on a criminal defendant's bond amount
Updated: Jan. 14, 2023 at 9:00 PM CST
|By Ken Daley and Josh Roberson
Mayfield and co-defendant Ronald Markham each was sentenced to 18 months for defrauding New Orleans Public Library Foundation of $1.3 million
Updated: Jan. 14, 2023 at 2:57 PM CST
|By Meg Gatto
The Louisiana Supreme Court had reversed an earlier mistrial ruling Friday and ordered the trial to resume Saturday
Updated: Jan. 13, 2023 at 4:03 PM CST
|By FOX 8 Staff
Two suspects are wanted in connection with wire fraud and theft in the French Quarter. The NOPD requests assistance locating 45-year-old Dionne Brown and 42-year-old Mia Massey.
Updated: Jan. 13, 2023 at 10:14 AM CST
|By FOX 8 Staff
Three people killed in a shooting in Mid City New Orleans have been identified by the parish coroner.
Updated: Jan. 12, 2023 at 4:24 PM CST
|By Mykal Vincent
A new complaint filed by the U.S. Department of Justice alleges nursing home owner Bob Dean swept millions of dollars from the homes into his personal banking accounts.
Updated: Jan. 12, 2023 at 2:43 PM CST
|By Mykal Vincent
Christian Robinson, 25, is being held on a half-million dollar bond after he allegedly killed his aunt by stepping on her throat until officers were forced to taze him.
Updated: Jan. 12, 2023 at 12:41 PM CST
|By Brendan Kirby
A New Orleans man convicted of fatally shooting his ex-girlfriend in the head in Prichard while she was on a 911 call will go to prison for life – but will have a chance for parole.
Updated: Jan. 11, 2023 at 10:16 AM CST
|By FOX 8 Staff
Two teens were arrested after fleeing a traffic stop in a stolen U-Haul truck and crashing in St. Bernard Parish, officials say.
Updated: Jan. 10, 2023 at 3:39 PM CST
|By FOX 8 Staff
Two unknown male suspects crashed a truck through the front of the store three times in a row while trying to steal the shop’s ATM.
Updated: Jan. 10, 2023 at 3:01 PM CST
|By FOX 8 Staff
Officials took 19-year-old Elijah Williams into custody in connection with a Christmas party mass shooting that killed two and wounded four others.
Updated: Jan. 9, 2023 at 5:13 PM CST
|By Natasha Robin
City Councilman Freddie King authors ordinance to require private parking lots to have security before and after special events to prevent car break-ins.
Updated: Jan. 6, 2023 at 5:22 PM CST
|By Natasha Robin
Since the start of 2023, New Orleans has suffered two mass shootings.
Updated: Jan. 5, 2023 at 1:14 PM CST
|By FOX 8 Staff
Car break-ins during Saints and Pelicans games have the NFL and the NBA concerned about future events in New Orleans.
Updated: Jan. 2, 2023 at 6:34 PM CST
|By Natasha Robin
The NOPD was investigating multiple shootings, stabbings and a homicide on the first day of 2023.
Updated: Dec. 29, 2022 at 8:59 PM CST
|By Natasha Robin
In the year’s final days, violence unfolds in almost every part of the city. In the past 24 hours, the NOPD investigated multiple shooting scenes that involved nearly a dozen victims.
Updated: Dec. 29, 2022 at 2:46 PM CST
|By Natasha Robin
NOLA Coalition continues to push for public safety
Updated: Dec. 28, 2022 at 10:12 AM CST
|By Lester Duhé
Authorities said that Michael Leblanc was captured in a New Orleans hotel room on the morning of Wednesday, Dec. 28.
Updated: Dec. 27, 2022 at 7:01 PM CST
|By Natasha Robin
Family members identified Southern University student Courtney Hughes as one of the two 19-year-olds killed early Monday in a mass shooting at a holiday party in the Ninth Ward.
Updated: Dec. 27, 2022 at 5:50 PM CST
|By Rob Masson
Comedian Brandon 'Boogie B.' Montrell, 43, was fatally shot Dec. 23 in the parking lot of the Rouses grocery store at 701 Baronne St. in New Orleans' Warehouse District.
Updated: Dec. 22, 2022 at 6:19 AM CST
|By FOX 8 Staff
Hammond Police are searching for two suspects in connection with an armed robbery at a Family Dollar in Hammond Tuesday (Dec. 20) evening.
Updated: Dec. 21, 2022 at 5:10 PM CST
|By FOX 8 Staff
A juvenile life sentence in Louisiana only lasts until 21 years old, meaning Matute, at most, would serve just five years.
Updated: Dec. 19, 2022 at 5:22 PM CST
|By Andrés Fuentes
The vehicles' vulnerabilities were widely seen on social media videos posted earlier this year
Updated: Dec. 19, 2022 at 10:40 AM CST
|By FOX 8 Staff
Police say a 34-year-old man was making a delivery at a home on the block when an unknown suspect approached him.
Updated: Dec. 16, 2022 at 8:45 PM CST
|By FOX 8 Staff
A 15-year-old was shot and killed while driving on the interstate Wednesday afternoon, according to NOPD.