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• Mayor, council discuss NOPD consent decree

  March 28, 2013 10:22 AM

  NEW ORLEANS - The New Orleans City Council and Mayor Mitch Landrieu are meeting to discuss the financial burdens posed by separate agreements to reform aspects of the city's criminal justice system. One of those agreements is the much-heralded agreement the city reached with the U.S. Justice Department last July... more »

• Friends, colleagues and strangers search for missing NOLA teacher

  March 7, 2013 9:41 PM

  NEW ORLEANS- Volunteers are helping to search for a teacher who hasn't been seen since the weekend. Fellow teachers said Thursday, Terrilynn Monette is one of the best teachers, and it's not like her to vanish. They're hoping they can find something to lead them to her. For... 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 »

• 2 armed men carjack Sewerage & Water Board truck

  January 3, 2013 3:52 PM

  NEW ORLEANS - New Orleans police are looking for two men who carjacked a Sewerage and Water Board truck. Police say the men demanded the keys at gunpoint about noon Thursday from three sewerage board employees who were working in the back of the truck. Nobody was hurt. The truck... 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 »

• Union to gauge morale of New Orleans cops

  June 9, 2012 10:39 AM

  NEW ORLEANS- The New Orleans police union is launching a study of officer morale and confidence in strategies of the department. A New Orleans newspaper reports that Capt. Michael Glasser, head of the Police Association of New Orleans, said the survey will highlight issues facing rank-and-file officers and help pinpoint... more »

• NOPD suspends officer accused of driving drunk

  April 6, 2012 6:47 AM

  NEW ORLEANS - New Orleans police say they have suspended an officer accused of driving drunk in an unmarked city vehicle while off duty. Police spokesman Remi Braden says Causeway Police pulled over 33-year-old Ryan Aucoin shortly after 3 a.m. Thursday on the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway, the 24-mile-long bridge that... more »

• 2 live grenades found at NOPD headquarters

  January 13, 2012 6:33 AM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - New Orleans police briefly evacuated headquarters Thursday evening after two live hand grenades were found in a car involved in a police chase. Lab technicians made the discovery while they were processing the vehicle as evidence. The bomb squad was called in to defuse... more »

• Jury convicts 5 officers in post-Katrina shootings

  August 5, 2011 12:22 PM

  NEW ORLEANS - A federal jury has convicted five current or former police officers of civil rights violations in the deadly shootings on a New Orleans bridge after Hurricane Katrina. All five officers were convicted Friday of charges stemming from the cover-up of the shootings. The four who had... more »

• Jury deliberations resume Thursday in Katrina case

  August 4, 2011 10:16 AM

  NEW ORLEANS - Jurors have returned for a second day of deliberations in the trial of five current or former police officers charged in deadly shootings on a New Orleans bridge after Hurricane Katrina. The jury deliberated for several hours Wednesday without reaching a verdict. Deliberations resumed Thursday morning.... more »

• Juror excused from Katrina shootings trial

  July 18, 2011 10:44 AM

  NEW ORLEANS - One of the jurors hearing the case against five current or former police officers charged in the deadly shootings on a New Orleans bridge after Hurricane Katrina was excused Monday, more than three weeks into the trial, because she is related to the wife of one of... more »

• Expert: Bullet from body matched to officer's gun

  July 13, 2011 11:49 AM

  NEW ORLEANS - A firearms expert says he matched a bullet removed from the body of a teenager gunned down on a New Orleans bridge after Hurricane Katrina to an assault rifle used by a police officer charged in the deadly shootings. Patrick Lane, a government witness in the... more »

• Shooting victim's brother thought teen had gun

  July 8, 2011 4:52 PM

  NEW ORLEANS - A man whose mentally disabled brother was gunned down by police at the foot of a New Orleans bridge after Hurricane Katrina testified Friday that he believed teenagers were shooting at them before a truckload of officers arrived and opened fire - a recollection he now disavows.... more »

• Jury selected in bridge shooting trial

  June 23, 2011 4:12 PM

  NEW ORLEANS - Twelve jurors, plus four alternates, have been picked to hear the case of five current or former New Orleans police officers charged in deadly shootings of unarmed residents on a bridge in Hurricane Katrina's chaotic aftermath. The jury - seven men and five women - was... more »

• Trial opens for NOPD officers charged in bridge shooting

  June 22, 2011 12:18 PM

  NEW ORLEANS - Jury selection has begun in the trial of five current or former New Orleans police officers charged in deadly shootings of unarmed residents on a bridge in Hurricane Katrina's chaotic aftermath. Roughly 70 potential jurors were questioned Wednesday about their Katrina experiences and their knowledge of... more »

• Fatal beating case against 2 NO officers nears end

  April 11, 2011 11:44 AM

  NEW ORLEANS- A federal jury is hearing closing arguments in the case against two New Orleans police officers charged in the beating death of a 48-year-old man. The jury is expected to begin deliberations this afternoon. Testimony in the case against Melvin Williams and Matthew Dean Moore last four... more »

• Convicted NO cop sentenced for rape, kidnapping

  March 6, 2011 8:49 AM

  NEW ORLEANS - A former New Orleans police officer has been sentenced to a total of 45 years in prison after being convicted of attempted aggravated rape and second-degree kidnapping. WWL-TV reports that state District Judge Ben Willard sentenced 47-year-old Henry Hollins on Friday to 45 years on the rape... more »

• Convicted officers remain free on bond until March

  December 10, 2010 10:58 AM

  NEW ORLEANS- Two of the men convicted in connection with the death of a man shot after Hurricane Katrina , will remain free on bond, until they are sentenced March 24. Officer Gregory McRae is convicted of burning 31-year old Henry Glover's body in a car, outside a strip... more »

• Murder-suicide investigation

  November 22, 2010 10:15 AM

  NEW ORLEANS- New Orleans Police are investigating an apparent murder-suicide. The bodies of a 55-year old woman and her 66-year old husband were found Sunday inside their Marigny St. home. Names are not being released, but NOPD says the woman was stabbed to death, and it looks as... more »

• Cop said to be laughing after burning body

  November 18, 2010 12:10 PM

  NEW ORLEANS- A federal jury has heard testimony that a New Orleans police officer was laughing after he burned the body of a man who had been gunned down by police in Hurricane Katrina's aftermath. Officer Greg McRae and Lt. Dwayne Scheuermann are charged with burning the body of 31-year-old... more »

• Witness: officer said looters "deserved to be shot"

  November 12, 2010 11:55 AM

  NEW ORLEANS- A former city police officer on trial for gunning down a man outside a strip mall after Hurricane Katrina is accused of telling a fellow NOPD officer that looters are "animals" who "deserved to be shot." David Warren is charged with fatally shooting Henry Glover, 31, before other... more »

• NOPD Looking for suspects in French Quarter shootings

  November 1, 2010 10:06 AM

  NEW ORLEANS- Police are investigating two separate shootings that happened in the French Quarter. One was fatal. Most recent, a dead body was found about 6:30 this morning, on the corner of Burgundy and St. Louis streets. No suspects or motives have been identified yet. NOPD is also... more »

• Judge wont delay sentencing in Katrina bridge shooting

  August 31, 2010 10:42 AM

  A federal judge has refused to postpone a sentencing hearing for Jeffrey Lehrmann, a former New Orleans police detective who pleaded guilty to helping cover up a deadly police shooting after Hurricane Katrina. Justice Department lawyers previously asked U.S. District Judge Lance Africk to reconsider an earlier ruling and... more »

• NOPD says feds investigating order to shoot looters

  August 27, 2010 1:02 PM

  Allegations that New Orleans police were told after Hurricane Katrina to "take the city back and shoot the looters," are being investigated by federal authorities. Although FBI spokeswoman Sheila Thorn refused to comment on the investigation, police spokesman Bob Young said on Friday that police have been asked for... more »

• Former Police Superintendent in hall of fame

  July 5, 2010 5:26 AM

  The man who oversaw the rebuilding of the New Orleans Police Department after Hurricane Katrina will be inducted into the Louisiana Justice Hall of Fame. Warren Riley took over the department after it lost much of its communication capabilities, vehicles, and some of its officers during the 2005 storm. He... more »

• Katrina burned body case: ex-officer's arraignment

  June 17, 2010 3:28 PM

  A federal prosecutor says the justice department has not decided whether to seek the death penalty against a former New Orleans police officer charged with fatally shooting a man in Hurricane Katrina's aftermath. Assistant U.S. attorney Jared Fishman says he hopes for a decision within two weeks in the... more »

• New police chief named in New Orleans

  May 6, 2010 11:29 AM

  Newly elected Mayor Mitch Landrieu has announced the new police chief of the Crescent City. Ronal Serpas will return to New Orleans, but he is no stranger to the city. Serpas left the New Orleans Police Department in 2001 to become chief of the Washington State Patrol. He... more »

• NOPD officer booked with DWI

  May 3, 2010 11:58 AM

  A New Orleans police officer has been arrested on charges of driving while drunk. The department says Patrick Hartman was intoxicated beyond legal limits, after taking a sobriety test. Hartman was suspended without pay and booked with DWI. He was a 13 year veteran of NOPD. more »

• N.O. police officers charged in deaths of their dogs

  April 22, 2010 4:06 PM

  Two New Orleans police officers have been charged in connection with the unrelated deaths of their K-9 dogs. The New Orleans district attorney's office filed bills of information Thursday against Officer Jason Lewis and Sgt. Randy Lewis, The Times-Picayune reported. Jason Lewis' dog, Primo, died last summer of... more »

• 3rd ex-officer pleads guilty in Katrina probe

  April 7, 2010 3:34 PM

  A former New Orleans police officer has told authorities he saw a fellow officer shoot and kick unarmed, wounded civilians in a deadly incident on a bridge in Hurricane Katrina's aftermath. The former officer, Michael Hunter, pleaded guilty Wednesday to helping cover up the shootings on the Danziger Bridge... 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 »

• La. man charged with lying about Katrina shootings

  April 1, 2010 6:06 PM

  A convicted felon has been charged with lying to the FBI about a police shooting that killed two people and wounded four others on a New Orleans bridge in Hurricane Katrina's aftermath. Federal prosecutors said Thursday that 45-year-old David Ryder, of Opelousas, falsely claimed that he had chased a... 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 »

• International group to recruit NOPD chief candidates

  March 24, 2010 4:45 PM

  New Orleans' mayor-elect has picked The International Association of Chiefs of Police to help find a new superintendent for the police department. Mitch Landrieu's transition team announced on Wednesday that the Washington-based nonprofit organization will assist the NOPD Task Force with the national search. The transition team is raising... more »

• FBI investigating another N.O. Police action

  March 3, 2010 2:51 PM

  In an already widespread investigation of events involving the New Orleans Police Department before and after Hurricane Katrina, the FBI has confirmed it is looking into the death of a man family and friends claim was beaten to death by two officers. Raymond Robair was dropped off at a... more »

• Federal probe of NOPD apparently expanding

  February 19, 2010 2:31 PM

  The FBI has expanded its probe of actions by the New Orleans Police Department to include the death of a Connecticut man shot by police five days after Hurricane Katrina hit the city. According to a police report, Matthew McDonald was shot Sept. 3, 2005 when he reached into... more »