The City of New Orleans construction contractor, Command Construction Industries, LLC, will temporarily detour the river and lake bound traffic on Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard between South Rocheblave and South Prieur streets beginning at 8 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 6, 2018. The detour and lane reduction are necessary to accommodate exploratory work on Martin […]
The NOPD is investigating a traffic fatality that claimed the life of an adult male motorcyclist. On August 5th at around 8:10 p.m., Fifth District officers received a call about an adult male that fell from the Claiborne Bridge and landed near the intersection of North Claiborne Avenue and Japonica Street. Through the course of […]
Updated Aug 8th, 2018: According to a family member Danelle Jones has been found safe and unharmed. We are waiting to get an update back from NOPD and will update you once we learn more. The NOPD is searching for a woman reported missing from the 8700 block of Dinkins Street. On July 31, 2018, […]
The NOPD is searching for a Hispanic female name “Flor Cruz” as a person of interest in connection with an aggravated battery by cutting incident. The incident happened on July 15, 2018. The individual depicted in the below photo is not wanted in connection with the aggravated battery by cutting that occurred in the 4800 […]
The NOPD is investigating a fatal shooting that occurred last night, August 2, 2018, in the 900 block of Alabo Street. Shortly before 10:30 p.m., Fifth District officers responded to a call of an aggravated battery by shooting at a residence in the area. Upon arrival, officers discovered an adult male victim on the front […]
Mayor Cantrell today signed Ordinance No. 32,311, which was passed unanimously by the New Orleans City Council on July 26, 2018. Ordinance No. 32,311 is intended to grant police officers discretion when determining whether to arrest motorists who are driving with a suspended, revoked or canceled driver’s license. “Following the incident with former CM Oliver […]
The Violent Offender Warrant Squad and U.S. Marshals have arrested Quinn Parker (DOB: 01/04/1983) in connection with an armed robbery incident that occurred on July 16, 2018, in the 1900 block of Feliciana Street. The victim told police that while he was at his acquaintance’s house, an unknown black male subject, who was positively identified […]
NOPD officers are searching for Richard Thornton (DOB: 07/06/1978), who is wanted for an auto burglary that occurred in the 400 block of Saint Peter Street. The reporting person told police that on May 19, 2018, at approximately 1:50 p.m., she parked her 2010 Ford Edge in the parking lot at the aforementioned location. Upon […]
The NOPD is seeking assistance in locating the pictured subject known as “Frost”, after his alleged involvement in an aggravated battery by cutting incident that occurred near the intersection of Decatur Street and Esplanade Avenue. The victim told police that on July 31, 2018, he and the pictured subject were engaged in an argument at […]
The NOPD is seeking to locate and identify the pictured subject, who is believed to be responsible for a simple robbery that occurred in the 600 block of Carondelet Street on July 31, 2018. The victim told police that at about 2:45 a.m., she was outside sitting on a bench smoking a cigarette when an […]
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