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According to New Orleans Police Department, gang related homicides spiked in 2007, which drove the city's homicide rate to a record high. [2] Some of the most vicious cliques, like the Dooney Boys and the 9th ward G-Strip Gang, moved to other cities and clashed with each other in violent gun battles.
The gang was briefly reformed in 1888, following the escape of Frank Lyons. However, he was quickly arrested and returned to prison. Lyons was pardoned by Louisiana Governor Francis T. Nicholls in 1890, and resumed criminal activities with the gang until 1892, when New Orleans police arrested him for the murder of a police officer.
Antoine's is a Louisiana Creole cuisine restaurant located at 713 rue St. Louis (St. Louis Street) in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana.It is one of the oldest family-run restaurants in the United States, having been established in 1840 by Antoine Alciatore. [2]
The name French Quarter is misleading in that many of the buildings date from the late-18th century, after the two New Orleans fires of 1788 and 1794 destroyed over 80 per cent of the city.
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A newly released photo shows New Orleans terrorist Shamsud-Din Jabbar calmly prowling the French Quarter on a bike before he ended up killing 14 people and injuring dozens more during an attack ...
Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop is featured in the historical novel Anthony Adverse by Hervey Allen.As depicted in the novel, the "blacksmith shop" was mainly a cover for maintaining a gang of exceptionally tall and strong black slaves – who were ostensibly engaged in shoeing horses while being used by the Lafitte brothers for intimidation, extortion and other criminal activities in and around New ...
(The Center Square) – At least 10 people are dead and 35 are injured after a man drove a truck through a Bourbon Street New Year's crowd early Wednesday. According to the New Orleans Police ...