New Orleans Man, 54, Convicted in Drug and Gun Case Tied to Jailhouse Call
A 54-year-old New Orleans man was convicted this week on federal drug trafficking and firearms charges after a case that began with a routine traffic stop in St. Bernard Parish and ultimately led investigators to two kilograms of cocaine, four guns, and more than $35,000 in cash. Larry Caston was found guilty at a jury
See timeline of New Orleans staged wrecks investigation: Racehorses, ‘slammers’, murder-for-hire
The ongoing trial of a disbarred city judge and a man accused of helping him kill an FBI informant culminates a yearslong federal probe into an alleged conspiracy to stage wrecks with big-rig trucks. The investigation began in 2019, progressing at first as a white-collar fraud probe of trial attorneys...
New Orleans police investigate after person found shot-to-death in vehicle
A homicide investigation is underway after a person was found shot-to-death inside a vehicle in New Orleans East on Wednesday, Aug. 26.
Three Inmates Stabbed During Fight At Orleans Justice Center In New Orleans
Three people were injured in a stabbing incident at the Orleans Justice Center in New Orleans. Investigators are now trying to determine how a weapon made it into the facility.
DEA warns of surge in synthetic opioid related to fatal overdoses on northshore
Due to a recent surge in the use of “nitazenes,” a synthetic opioid linked to fatal overdoses, the Drug Enforcement Agency has issued an “urgent public safety advisory” to residents of three northshore parishes, including St. Tammany, Tangipahoa and Washington. According to a release from the...
New Orleans coroner identifies man shot to death on Newton Street in Algiers
A man killed in a shooting in Algiers over the weekend was identified by the Orleans Parish Coroner’s Office Wednesday. Kevionte Barrow Davis, 29, was shot late Sunday night in the 1400 block of Newton Street. The New Orleans Police Department initially responded to a medical call at around...
Ascension Parish: Victim identified in 35-year cold case investigation
An Ascension Parish cold case was reopened after learning the identity of the victim of a shooting in 1991.
Metairie man arrested with $1 million in drugs created in ‘Breaking Bad’ home lab,...
Detectives with the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office seized more than $1 million worth of narcotics and arrested a man accused of illegally cooking up steroids and a plethora of other drugs in his Metairie home. Anthony Caruso, 41, was booked Monday on a raft of charges including creation of a...
NOPD: Arrest made in rape cases dating back to ’90s, 2000s
A man is in police custody as the result of multiple rape investigations, dating back to the '90s.
For the first time at Galatoire’s on Bourbon Street
For the first time at Galatoire's on Bourbon Street.
