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• New Orleans Police Department cracks down on porch pirates

  November 24, 2021 7:52 AM

  NEW ORLEANS - This holiday season, generous gift-givers abound and unfortunately, so do thieves. With this in mind, the New Orleans Police Department informed the public that its officers are cracking down on thieves who have the audacity to steal gift packages from doorsteps. The police also shared... more »

• Police: Bat-wielding man smashed windows, attacked random victims in French Quarter rampage

  September 24, 2020 7:35 AM

  NEW ORLEANS — Police were called to The French Quarter early Tuesday morning, around 7 a.m., to apprehend a bat-wielding man who was allegedly using the bat to smash the windows of vehicles and threatening people in loud, profanity laced tirades, WWL-TV reports. New Orleans Police later identified the... more »

• Activists in New Orleans demand extreme cut in NOPD's budget

  June 12, 2020 12:59 PM

  NEW ORLEANS - Activists in New Orleans are calling for an extreme reduction in the budget allocated to the New Orleans Police Department. According to WWL-TV , on Thursday (June 11) afternoon, activists in Duncan Plaza demanded that a portion of the money currently going to NOPD be... more »

• Woman injured in early morning shooting on Bourbon Street

  January 7, 2020 9:15 AM

  NEW ORLEANS - Less than 24 hours after a gunman entered a Gentilly Walmart and opened fire, killing one man and injuring a woman , officers with the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) say a woman was shot and wounded near Bourbon and Canal streets, Tuesday morning. WWL-TV reports... more »

• Police ID suspect accused in fatal Walmart shooting Play Video

  January 7, 2020 5:48 AM

  NEW ORLEANS - Police say 21-year-old Kentrell Baham has been accused of walking into a Walmart and fatally shooting a store manager. Baham was identified Tuesday morning. According to WWL-TV , the fatal shooting occurred shortly before 6:30 p.m., Monday, when Baham entered the Walmart on Chef Menteur... more »

• Father, son wanted in connection with threats made at high school now in custody

  December 18, 2017 8:50 AM

  UPDATE: The father and son accused in connection with terrorizing threats made at Lusher School are now in custody. Wyatt Johnston, 14, was turned into juvenile custody by his mother, according to police. The boy is accused of making threats at school on Thursday, saying he would return to the... more »

• NOPD: Body found inside burning dumpster

  August 1, 2016 8:32 AM

  NEW ORLEANS - New Orleans police are investigating the discovery of a body inside a burning trash bin. Police says the man's severely burned body was found by firefighters just before 6 .a.m. Monday Police say they are working the crime as a homicide. The unidentified body was been taken... more »