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At least two people were killed and 10 others were injured in two shootings during a popular New Orleans second-line parade on Sunday, according to the New Orleans Police Department.
A “blacked out” Delta Airlines flight attendant has been charged with attempted murder after he drunkenly slashed a coworker in the neck at a New Orleans hotel, according to police. Joshua ...
A disgraced 93-year-old New Orleans priest pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges involving the sexual assault of a teenage boy in 1975. Lawrence Hecker, who left the ministry in 2002, had been ...
The Matranga crime family, established by Charles (1857 – October 28, 1943) and Antonio (Tony) Matranga (d. 1890), was one of the earliest recorded American Mafia crime families, operating in New Orleans during the late 19th century until the beginning of Prohibition in 1920. Silver Dollar Sam (Silvestro Carollo), Carlos Marcello, and Anthony ...
In 2019, New Orleans had 121 murders with a rate of 30.7, ranking it number four in the top homicide city rates in the U.S. Despite this high number nationwide, this is still one of the lowest homicide rates for New Orleans since 1971. [5] In 2018, New Orleans had 143 murders. [6] Other violent crimes in 2018 also experienced a drop from ...
The quintuple slaying, which occurred as the nation watched New Orleans begin to rebuild in the aftermath of the storm, drew national attention to the violent crime problems plaguing the city and prompted then-Governor Kathleen Blanco to call in the Louisiana National Guard to help the New Orleans Police Department patrol the streets of the city.
Two days later, he was tracked down to a hotel in New Orleans East and taken into custody around 2:30 p.m. Tuesday by Jefferson Parish deputies, the New Orleans Police Department and the U.S ...
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.