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• Another arrest made in parade shooting aftermath

  May 17, 2013 3:06 PM

  NEW ORLEANS - New Orleans police say they have arrested a 19-year-old woman and accused her of helping a suspect avoid arrest in the shooting spree that left 20 people injured during a Mother's Day street parade. She's identified as Monique Pepe. She faces a charge of accessory after the... more »

• Motorcyclist killed on I-10

  May 6, 2013 9:09 AM

  NEW ORLEANS - New Orleans Police are investigating a fatal motorcycle crash on Interstate 10. The accident happened early Monday morning near Carrollton Avenue. Police says the driver was thrown over a guard rail and landing on the ground near Poydras Street. The man was rushed to... more »

• Federal judge postpones police reform meeting

  April 30, 2013 10:50 AM

  NEW ORLEANS - A federal judge granted a request from city and Department of Justice officials to postpone a New Orleans Police Department consent decree monitor selection committee meeting. Tuesday's meeting was the deadline for the committee to indicate whether they had agreed on which firm should oversee the implementation... more »

• New Orleans police officer booked with forcible rape

  April 18, 2013 10:50 AM

  NEW ORLEANS - A New Orleans police officer has been arrested and booked with the alleged forcible rape of a 15 year-old girl. Police spokeswoman Remi Braden says 42-year-old Desmond Pratt was also booked on charges of sexual battery. Braden says Pratt was placed on emergency suspension without pay following... more »

• Ravens donate 2 motorcycles to New Orleans police

  March 6, 2013 3:04 PM

  BALTIMORE - The Baltimore Ravens have donated two motorcycles to the New Orleans Police Department Traffic Division as a show of appreciation for the treatment the team received during the week of the Super Bowl. While in New Orleans, the Ravens received police escorts to and from their destinations, as... more »

• 2 New Orleans officers face suspension

  March 6, 2013 7:53 AM

  NEW ORLEANS - Two New Orleans police officers will be placed on emergency suspension after each was charged with battery and malfeasance in office in two separate incidents that occurred last year. Department spokeswoman Remi Braden says Lt. Mike Field and Officer Jamal Kendrick will be suspended without pay. Field... more »

• Teen arrested after accidentally shooting brother

  March 1, 2013 8:54 AM

  NEW ORLEANS- New Orleans police have arrested a 15-year-old boy accused of accidentally shooting his 11-year-old brother in the leg. Officer Frank Robertson says the 15-year-old faces a charge of negligent injury. Robertson said the two brothers were playing with a loaded pistol around 7 p.m. Thursday. He says the... more »

• Incendiaries found in truck abandoned near bank

  February 25, 2013 2:50 PM

  NEW ORLEANS - Bomb squad members removed several incendiary devices found in a truck abandoned outside a New Orleans bank this morning. Police used a robot to remove some of the eight devices, and bomb technicians removed the rest from the vehicle outside the Whitney Bank on Canal. ... more »

• Group says Justice Dept. should supervise NOPD

  February 21, 2013 7:55 AM

  NEW ORLEANS - A community group in New Orleans says the city should not be allowed to get out of a court-backed agreement to reform the police department. "Community United for Change" filed papers in federal court Wednesday opposing the city's move to vacate the agreement. Instead, the group... more »

• City of NO asks to vacate police reform order

  February 1, 2013 5:45 AM

  NEW ORLEANS - The city of New Orleans has filed a voluminous court document seeking to vacate a consent decree designed to clean up problems within its police department. The motion to vacate was filed in federal court Thursday. The city contends it was forced to withdraw its consent to... more »

• Ex-cop seeks new judge for retrial over shooting

  January 29, 2013 7:08 AM

  NEW ORLEANS - A former New Orleans police officer has asked a federal judge to disqualify himself from presiding over his retrial on charges he fatally shot a man without justification in Hurricane Katrina's aftermath before the man's body was burned in a car. A court filing Monday by lawyers... more »

• Ex-cop seeks new judge for retrial over shooting

  January 28, 2013 5:06 PM

  NEW ORLEANS - A former New Orleans police officer has asked a federal judge to disqualify himself from presiding over his retrial on charges he fatally shot a man without justification in Hurricane Katrina's aftermath before the man's body was burned in a car. A court filing Monday by lawyers... more »

• Suspect arrested in N.O. quintuple shooting

  January 25, 2013 4:57 PM

  NEW ORLEANS - New Orleans police have arrested a teenage suspect in a quintuple shooting that followed a parade on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The Times-Picayune reports that the 15-year-old was booked into jail Friday on five counts of aggravated battery. Five people were wounded in Monday's drive-by shooting,... more »

• NO officer pleads not guilty to accepting bribes

  January 18, 2013 5:55 AM

  NEW ORLEANS - A 37-year veteran of the New Orleans Police Department has pleaded not guilty to a felony count of public bribery. Officer John Ray, who has been with the department since 1975, is accused of accepting $600 in bribes from a tow-truck company between 2010 and 2011.... more »

• Judge asked to delay ex-N.O. cop's trial

  January 17, 2013 3:56 AM

  NEW ORLEANS - A federal judge has been asked to postpone the retrial of a retired New Orleans police sergeant charged with helping cover up deadly shootings on a bridge after Hurricane Katrina. U.S. District Judge Kurt Engelhardt didn't immediately rule on the joint request by lawyers for Gerard Dugue... more »

• Union: Prosecutor's posts taint police reforms

  January 4, 2013 4:00 PM

  NEW ORLEANS - A group representing rank-and-file New Orleans police officers says a scandal spawned by a federal prosecutor's anonymous posts on a newspaper's website has poisoned a sweeping agreement to clean up the city's troubled police department. A court filing Friday by the Police Association of New Orleans urges... more »

• Policeman charged with manslaughter of unarmed man

  August 16, 2012 6:08 PM

  NEW ORLEANS - A New Orleans policeman has been charged with manslaughter of an unarmed man killed by an officer who was searching his mother's house for marijuana. An email from Orleans Parish District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro's office says a grand jury indicted Joshua Colclough on Thursday with manslaughter of... more »

• Revamp of New Orleans PD comprehensive, expensive

  July 25, 2012 8:12 AM

  NEW ORLEANS - A court-backed plan to excise corruption, discrimination and a frequent use of deadly force from the long-troubled New Orleans Police Department will last at least four years and likely cost the financially strapped city $11 million annually. Attorney General Eric Holder says the agreement is the... more »

• Chase leads to arrests, 5 guns

  May 10, 2012 3:49 PM

  NEW ORLEANS - A brief police chase ended with the arrest of three New Orleans men and the seizure of five guns. Neighbors called police around 7 p.m. Wednesday to report gunfire and that the men shooting the guns fled into a white car with Mississippi plates. During the subsequent... more »

• Man's body found along I-10 in eastern New Orleans

  March 13, 2012 11:36 AM

  NEW ORLEANS- Police say a 61-year-old New Orleans man was found dead alongside Interstate 10 in eastern New Orleans. Police found the body on the westbound side of the interstate near the Chef Menteur Highway exit around 8:30 a.m. Tuesday. Officer Frank Robertson said the man's car was found abandoned... more »

• 2 New Orleans police officers shot, 1 suspect dead

  March 1, 2012 7:22 AM

  NEW ORLEANS - Two New Orleans police officers are undergoing surgery after being shot during a traffic stop near City Park. Police Superintendent Ronal Serpas says two suspects were also shot Thursday morning by the officers. One suspect died at the scene and the other was wounded. Serpas says the... more »

• New Orleans police probe slaying of man, son

  January 9, 2012 6:20 AM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - New Orleans police are investigating the deaths of a man and his son who were found shot to death in the foyer of their home. Police say suspects have been identified in the deaths of 41-year-old Joseph Evans and 17-year-old Joseph Elliott. The father and... more »

• New Orleans officer wounded in brawl

  December 29, 2011 4:39 AM

  NEW ORLEANS - A police officer suffered a stab wound while attempting to break up a fight Wednesday evening. Officials say the fight broke out in a crowd of more than 20 people at an Algiers housing development. The officer was stabbed in the shoulder. He received... more »

• N.O. Police using YouTube to try to ID gunmen

  July 10, 2011 10:04 AM

  NEW ORLEANS- New Orleans police hope surveillance video posted on YouTube will help them find two men wanted for a Bourbon Street shooting that injured two other men. First, there's a fuzzy front view of a man in a white sleeveless shirt and one in a black shirt. The... more »

• Officer who testified in Glover trial sues NOPD

  June 21, 2011 11:46 AM

  NEW ORLEANS - A police detective who testified against fellow officers in the case in which a man was shot and his body burned, is suing the New Orleans Police Department and members of its internal affairs unit for allegedly violating his civil rights. The Times-Picayune reports former Sgt.... more »

• New Orleans police investigate teen's death

  May 8, 2011 10:56 AM

  NEW ORLEANS - The New Orleans Police Department says it's investigating the shooting death of a 17-year-old boy. A news release said the teen was shot multiple times and found in a vacant lot about 10 p.m. Saturday. He was taken to a hospital where he died. His was... more »

• NOPD: Slidell man killed in standoff with police

  April 30, 2011 8:49 AM

  NEW ORLEANS - A New Orleans police SWAT team member shot and killed a 46-year-old Slidell man when he shot at officers after entering a dentist's office with a gun and forcing two women into a back room Friday, police said. The man's name will be withheld until his family... more »

• New Orleans police: 5 teens shot in bar, 1 dead

  March 13, 2011 9:26 AM

  NEW ORLEANS- Police say a gunman apparently opened fire on teenagers attending a party in a New Orleans bar and fled, leaving one 18-year-old man dead and four other teens wounded. Police said early Sunday a 16-year-old girl was in critical condition and two other girls ages 14 and... more »

• Cop convicted in post-Katrina case fired

  February 23, 2011 3:55 PM

  NEW ORLEANS - A New Orleans police lieutenant convicted of writing a false report about the fatal shooting of a man by a police officer following Hurricane Katrina has been fired. Chief Ronal Serpas said Lt. Travis McCabe was dismissed Wednesday after an investigation into events surrounding the fatal... more »

• Man shot, killed near New Orleans police office

  February 20, 2011 12:03 PM

  NEW ORLEANS- Police say a man was shot and killed in the same block of the New Orleans Police Department headquarters. NOPD spokesman, Officer Garry Flot, says officers found 27-year-old Warren Turner with multiple gunshot wounds around 2:50 a.m. Sunday. The Times-Picayune reports Turner was taken to the hospital,... more »

• Four adults, one infant shot in NO neighborhood

  February 14, 2011 4:22 PM

  NEW ORLEANS - New Orleans Police say a 4-month-old girl was shot when she was caught in an exchange of gunfire in a neighborhood near the Mississippi River. Capt. Bob Bardy says the infant was among five people wounded in the Monday afternoon incident. Bardy says the infant has... more »

• Post-Katrina shooting convict claims new evidence

  February 8, 2011 11:31 AM

  NEW ORLEANS - A New Orleans police officer convicted of writing a false report on a deadly police shooting after Hurricane Katrina claims new evidence could clear him. Police Lt. Travis McCabe was convicted in December of charges he falsified a report to make it appear that Officer David Warren... more »

• NOPD investigating three shooting deaths

  December 24, 2010 12:48 PM

  NEW ORLEANS - New Orleans police are investigating three separate shooting incidents late Thursday that left three people dead and two others injured. Police say officers responded to a call of a shooting at home where three victims were found. All had been shot. No names have been released. Police... more »

• Ex-N.O. cop denies lying to grand jury

  December 3, 2010 11:41 AM

  NEW ORLEANS - A former New Orleans police sergeant has denied a friend's allegation she lied to a grand jury because she held a grudge against one of the five current or former officers charged in a deadly police shooting after Hurricane Katrina. Sgt. Erin Reilly testified Friday that she... more »

• NO police investigate shooting near high school

  December 2, 2010 9:00 AM

  NEW ORLEANS - New Orleans police are investigating a double shooting near O.P. Walker High School that left one man dead and another wounded. The shootings happened shortly before 8 p.m. Wednesday. Police say the two victims were shot while inside a vehicle near the school. One victim was shot... more »

• DNA matches in La. rapes from 1992, '93

  November 23, 2010 11:12 AM

  NEW ORLEANS - New Orleans police and prosecutors say DNA matches have brought indictment against two men in separate rapes, one in 1993 and the other in 1992. The Times-Picayune reports that 48-year-old John Alexcee Jr. was indicted last week on charges of aggravated rape and kidnapping against a woman... more »

• Trial for police shooting to resume

  November 17, 2010 6:09 AM

  NEW ORLEANS - A trial for five current or former New Orleans police officers charged in a man's death after Hurricane Katrina is scheduled to resume today. The trial was suspended Monday and Tuesday so U.S. District Judge Lance Africk could tend to a family medical emergency. A jury has... more »

• Katrina police shooting trial on hold

  November 15, 2010 9:15 AM

  NEW ORLEANS - A trial for five current or former New Orleans police officers charged in a man's death after Hurricane Katrina is on hold for two days while the judge tends to a family medical emergency. The trial will resume Wednesday morning. A jury has heard two days of... more »

• Man found dead on New Orleans sidewalk

  November 15, 2010 8:17 AM

  NEW ORLEANS - New Orleans Police are investigating the shooting death of a 22-year-old man. Officers found the man laying on the sidewalk with multiple gunshot wounds to the body. Emergency medical technicians pronounced him dead on the scene. Police say the victim's name is being withheld until family members... more »

• Jury selection starts in Katrina burned body case

  November 8, 2010 9:01 AM

  NEW ORLEANS - Jury selection is underway in the trial for five current or former New Orleans police officers charged in the death of a man whose burned body turned up in Hurricane Katrina's aftermath. Former officer David Warren is charged with shooting 31-year-old Henry Glover outside a strip mall... more »

• NOPD solves 3 sex crimes with DNA from database

  November 3, 2010 5:04 AM

  NEW ORLEANS - New Orleans police arrested Jimmy Spratt, who's wanted in connection with three sexual assaults that occurred in 1994. Thanks to DNA obtained from the three victims at the time of the assaults, investigators were able to use modern technology to capture Spratt. Spratt became a suspect in... more »

• Three New Orleans police officers fired

  October 27, 2010 4:19 PM

  Three New Orleans police officers - two accused of mistreating police dogs and one charged with illegally shooting his gun - have been fired. Superintendent Ronal Serpas announced on Wednesday that Officers Jason Lewis, Nikia Adams and Patrick O'Hearn were dismissed for violating department rules. Lewis, a 13-year veteran, and... more »

• Sentencing delay sought for ex-N.O. cop

  October 13, 2010 6:43 AM

  Federal prosecutors have asked a judge to postpone a sentencing hearing for a former New Orleans police officer who pleaded guilty to helping cover up deadly shootings of unarmed residents on a bridge in Hurricane Katrina's aftermath. The former officer, Michael Hunter, is scheduled to be sentenced Nov. 17, but... more »

• NO officer to pay $11,500 for death of K-9

  October 9, 2010 11:19 AM

  The New Orleans police officer who left his K-9 in his patrol car only to find him dying has agreed to pay $11,500 in restitution to the police department. Primo, a 6-year-old Belgian Malinois, died at a veterinarian's office after a series of seizures. Jason Lewis pleaded guilty to misdemeanor... more »

• One suspect arrested in toddler's shooting death

  September 29, 2010 2:48 PM

  One person has been arrested in the shooting death of a 2-year-old in New Orleans this weekend, but police say another is still at large. New Orleans Police said today that warrants were issued for 28-year-old Jamiron Pollard, pictured on the right, and his cousin 21-year-old Bernell Pollard . Later... more »

• New trial date for N.O. cops charged in death

  September 29, 2010 5:46 AM

  Two New Orleans police officers charged in the 2005 beating death of a 48-year-old man will get a new trial date. The start of the trial for officers Melvin Williams and Matthew Dean Moore has been moved from Oct. 4 to April 4, 2011 in order to give more time... more »

• Feds won't seek death penalty in Katrina shooting

  September 10, 2010 4:57 PM

  The Justice Department doesn't intend to seek the death penalty against four current or former New Orleans police officers charged in deadly shootings on a bridge after Hurricane Katrina. Prosecutors disclosed the decision in a court filing Friday. A July indictment charged Sgts. Robert Gisevius and Kenneth Bowen, officer Anthony... more »

• Judge asked to delay sentencing in bridge shooting

  August 31, 2010 5:34 AM

  Prosecutors are asking a federal judge to reconsider his refusal to postpone a sentencing hearing for Jeffrey Lehrmann. Lehrmann is a former New Orleans police detective who pleaded guilty to helping cover up a deadly police shooting after Hurricane Katrina. Justice Department lawyers want the judge to postpone Lehrmann's sentencing... more »

• Deadline extended for death penalty decision

  August 18, 2010 5:34 AM

  The deadline for the Justice Department to decide whether to seek the death penalty against four current or former New Orleans police officers charged in deadly shootings on a bridge after Hurricane Katrina has been extended. Prosecutors now have until Sept. 10 to announce a decision instead of Aug. 31.... more »

• DOJ official reflects on NOPD probes

  August 9, 2010 2:50 PM

  The head of the Justice Department's civil rights division says a "cloud" hanging over the New Orleans Police Department amid a wide-ranging federal probe of alleged police misconduct makes it tougher for law-abiding officers to do their jobs. Assistant Attorney General Thomas Perez told a gathering of lawyers in... more »

• Officers surrender in post-Katrina shootings

  July 13, 2010 12:10 PM

  At least two New Orleans police officers have surrendered to face charges in a Justice Department investigation of deadly shootings on a bridge after Hurricane Katrina. Lawyers for Sgt. Robert Gisevius and Sgt. Kenneth Bowen said their clients surrendered at FBI headquarters in New Orleans on Tuesday and were... more »

• Gretna cop dies in French Quarter brawl

  June 28, 2010 5:48 AM

  New Orleans police say a Gretna police detective was killed in a brawl while off duty in the French Quarter. Brett Thomas was killed in a fight in the 400 block of Bourbon Street around 4 a.m. Sunday. New Orleans police responded to a report of a fight and found... more »

• New Orleans police undergo reorganization

  June 26, 2010 1:20 PM

  New Orleans' new top cop, Ronal Serpas, has reorganized the police department, including the placement of two civilians in key jobs. Deputy Superintendents Kirk Bouyelas and Marlon Defillo will swap duties in the restructuring. Bouyelas, who served as chief of operations, will now oversee an expanded investigations bureau. Defillo, who... more »

• Man steals 2 Blue Dog paintings from gallery

  June 22, 2010 8:53 AM

  New Orleans police are looking for a thief who took two framed Blue Dog paintings from the wall of the artist's gallery, popped them into a shopping bag and walked out in daylight. Artist George Rodrigue says those were the only paintings small enough to take without being noticed. The... more »

• Teen shot by New Orleans police

  June 21, 2010 6:04 AM

  Three New Orleans police officers are on administrative leave after the shooting death of a teenager. Police say officers were responding to a call of shots fired Sunday night when they were directed to a man carrying an assault rifle. Investigators say officers confronted the teen and demanded he drop... more »

• NOPD officer fired for rules violations

  June 17, 2010 3:17 PM

  A two-year veteran of the New Orleans Police Department has been fired for violating department rules and regulations. The department announced Thursday that Sean West was dismissed after an investigation by its public integrity bureau. According to the news release, the investigation found that West violated department regulations... more »

• Ex-officers arraignment today in burned body case

  June 17, 2010 5:13 AM

  Four current or former New Orleans police officers will be arraigned on federal charges in the shooting and burning of a man after Hurricane Katrina. A grand jury indicted former Lt. Robert Italiano, Lt. Dwayne Scheuermann, Lt. Travis McCabe and Officer Gregory McRae last week on charges that include obstruction... more »

• Brothers arrested for murder

  June 16, 2010 5:04 AM

  A pair of brothers were arrested by New Orleans police within hours of the murder of a 55-year-old woman and the shooting of a 15-year-old boy. Police say Ryan Carroll and his brother Carey Jones were arrested for the shooting death of Eula Ivey and wounding of the teenager. Each... more »

• NOPD officer arrested

  June 1, 2010 6:03 PM

  A veteran New Orleans police officer has been suspended from the force after he was arrested on three charges. Police Officer Douglas Butler, a 13-year veteran of the department, was arrested Saturday night by St. Bernard Parish sheriff's deputies. It was not immediately known whether Butler was released from... more »

• Feds meet with new New Orleans mayor

  May 17, 2010 12:35 PM

  U.S. Justice Department officials are in New Orleans, where the new mayor has asked for help with a troubled police department. An assistant attorney general from the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division was sheduled to appear at a news conference Monday with U.S. Attorney Jim Letten and Mayor Mitch... more »

• Man shot to death at daiquiri shop

  April 19, 2010 7:25 AM

  Police in New Orleans are investigating the deadly shooting of a 28-year-old man at a daiquiri shop in the Algiers neighborhood. Officers found the man lying inside the shop with multiple gunshot wounds. more »

• Driver crashes car into house after being shot

  April 13, 2010 9:05 AM

  New Orleans police say a man crashed a car into a house after being fatally shot. Police say the driver had multiple bullet wounds and died at the scene before paramedics arrived Monday night. Two passengers, ages 17 and 20, were taken to a local hospital with injuries. Across the... more »

• Landrieu to talk about police chief search

  April 7, 2010 6:36 AM

  Mayor-elect Mitch Landrieu is going to talk about the search for a new police chief, which has become his first contentious issue since winning New Orleans' mayoral election in February. Landrieu plans to discuss the search at an afternoon news conference on Wednesday. The search has become embroiled in conflict... more »

• NOPD officer fired

  April 1, 2010 2:56 PM

  A 10-year veteran of the New Orleans Police Department has been fired for writing improper information on a booking sheet. According to a news release, Superintendent Warren J. Riley on Thursday dismissed Officer Corey McKain, who had been assigned to the Special Operations Division. The dismissal was a... more »

• Jury sides with cops in New Orleans

  March 17, 2010 8:17 PM

  A federal jury rejected claims police in New Orleans unlawfully arrested two men filming officers on a Mardi Gras parade route three-years ago. Greg Griffith and Noan Learned sued saying the police department has a history of arresting and threatening people who videotape, photograph or observe officers. But... more »

• NOPD investigate deadly shooting

  March 15, 2010 6:28 AM

  New Orleans police are investigating a deadly shooting that happened Sunday night in the 7th Ward neighborhood. Police say the victim was pronounced dead on the scene. Investigators also found drugs at the scene. more »

• Former officer pleads in bridge shooting cover up

  March 11, 2010 8:50 AM

  A second former New Orleans officer charged in an alleged conspiracy to cover up a deadly police shooting of unarmed residents after Hurricane Katrina has pleaded guilty. Jeffrey Lehrmann pleaded guilty to charges of misprision of a felony, which means he had knowledge of a crime and didn't report it.... more »

• Photographer To Testify In Katrina Related Federal Investigaiton

  September 8, 2009 4:58 PM

  An Associated Press photographer has been ordered to testify before a federal grand jury probing the death of a man whose burned body was found in a car near a police station after Hurricane Katrina. Federal prosecutors also are seeking photos that Alex Brandon took at an elementary school while... more »