Updated: Aug. 9, 2023 at 5:34 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
Nearly 12 kilos of fentanyl, worth $300,000, was taken off the street. In all, 131 people were arrested.
Updated: Jul. 18, 2023 at 5:44 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
New Orleans is being fined $50,00 a month starting now after more than 50 NOPD officers retired from the force in the past two years.
Updated: Apr. 27, 2023 at 5:50 AM CDT
|By Natasha Robin and Gray News staff
The customer called police, who arrested the suspect and booked him on simple assault and drug possession.
Updated: Mar. 3, 2023 at 6:02 PM CST
|By Natasha Robin
The Metropolitan Crime Commission obtained and shared with FOX 8 the Magistrate Court transcripts of Orleans Assistant District Attorney Emily Maw refusing more than a dozen gun cases on Mardi Gras Day.
Updated: Dec. 29, 2022 at 8:59 PM CST
|By Natasha Robin
In the year’s final days, violence unfolds in almost every part of the city. In the past 24 hours, the NOPD investigated multiple shooting scenes that involved nearly a dozen victims.
Updated: Dec. 5, 2022 at 6:25 PM CST
|By Natasha Robin
Accused killer Martin Hurtado, 29, worked at a nearby restaurant on St. Charles Avenue
Updated: Nov. 21, 2022 at 10:05 PM CST
|By Natasha Robin
Two women, victimized two years apart by the same teen, say the justice system failed to hold him responsible.
Updated: Oct. 18, 2022 at 6:45 AM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
Police said 15-year-old Jerry Smith had a gun in his hand when found slain outside Bogalusa High's football game Friday.
Updated: Oct. 5, 2022 at 5:16 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
Blossom Ruffins is currently paralyzed from the belly button down and doctors say she still has bullet fragments in her kidney.
Updated: Sep. 23, 2022 at 9:05 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
A crime victim says he is furious after finding out the juvenile who held him at gunpoint walked free.
Updated: Sep. 20, 2022 at 5:59 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
Convention officials say that, so far, no businesses have canceled plans to bring their events to the city.
Updated: Sep. 19, 2022 at 5:41 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
With 52 homicides per 100,000 people, New Orleans has surpassed St. Louis (45 per 100,000) for the top homicide rate in the country.
Updated: Aug. 23, 2022 at 6:03 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
Governor John Bel Edwards has agreed not to move to incarcerated youth until at least Sept. 15.
Updated: Aug. 19, 2022 at 6:50 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
Crime victims say they felt victimized all over again when Mayor Latoya Cantrell showed up in court to support a juvenile perpetrator during sentencing.
Updated: Aug. 9, 2022 at 12:25 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
New Orleans police confirmed 31-year-old Jenee Pedesclaux is the mother of a 4-year-old girl and 2-year-old boy she is accused of stabbing Sunday (Aug. 8) in their home in the 3100 block of Law Street.
Updated: Jul. 15, 2022 at 7:32 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
Orleans District Attorney Jason Williams’ federal trial is set to begin Monday morning.
Updated: Jun. 28, 2022 at 10:20 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
Casandra Jones considered filing a restraining order against the man who ended up brutally killing her.
Updated: Jun. 28, 2022 at 8:15 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin and Gray News Staff
Police are searching for a man who killed a mother of two in New Orleans, after she considered getting a restraining order on him.
Updated: Jun. 21, 2022 at 7:16 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
Cantrell says fighting crime is yet another challenge that the city’s facing under her administration and that she’s vowing to face it with a holistic approach. Crime victims are saying enough is enough.
Updated: Jun. 6, 2022 at 5:30 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
The press conference comes after several videos were widely circulated on social media. In the videos, drivers are seen spinning cars in donuts at different intersections across the city. Crowds of people watching the stunts blocked traffic.
Updated: Jun. 3, 2022 at 12:31 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
The four teens accused of carjacking and killing Linda Frickey made a court appearance Friday.
Updated: May. 23, 2022 at 4:55 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
Bloody violence began Friday afternoon and continued through Monday morning in New Orleans.
Updated: May. 18, 2022 at 2:43 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
Last weekend, when crowds gathered in the Claiborne corridor, the driver of a red Camaro shows no fear as he does donuts at Claiborne and Columbus Street, nearly hitting an NOPD unit.
Updated: May. 13, 2022 at 9:06 AM CDT
|By Natasha Robin and Gray News staff
In Louisiana, Wayne Warner has been the principal at Chalmette High School for 49 years.
Updated: May. 10, 2022 at 7:47 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
When a juvenile is found guilty of a crime in Louisiana, a parent or guardian may soon be required to pay restitution to the victim.
Updated: May. 3, 2022 at 11:00 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
“The saying was ‘If they’re not a true criminal when they get here, they will be when they leave,’” a former OJJ employee says.
Updated: Apr. 19, 2022 at 5:46 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
Reports of violence and abuse inside the state’s juvenile correctional facilities, along with escape after escape, has lawmakers calling for change.
Updated: Mar. 9, 2022 at 5:32 PM CST
|By Natasha Robin
“It’s unacceptable for these carjackings to keep going on,”
Updated: Feb. 21, 2022 at 9:14 PM CST
|By Natasha Robin
An Amazon delivery driver was carjacked at gunpoint by a man who was previously arrested for a similar crime and released without formal charges.
Updated: Feb. 11, 2022 at 10:50 AM CST
|By Natasha Robin
“The trend is continuing, but accelerating."
Updated: Feb. 7, 2022 at 10:39 PM CST
|By Natasha Robin
City leaders have been addressing the skyrocketing crime, but Pastor Dyson and Ameer Baraka believe every entity of the criminal justice system must be in sync.
Updated: Jan. 28, 2022 at 5:15 PM CST
|By Natasha Robin
A soccer mom was shot in the hand when gunmen fired more than 60 shots at a New Orleans playground.
Updated: Jan. 12, 2022 at 11:52 AM CST
|By Ken Daley and Natasha Robin
A woman's headless torso was found stuffed in a freezer on a bus parked in the back yard of Benjamin Beale's residence in the 2300 block of Pauline Street, according to court documents filed by the NOPD.
Updated: Jan. 11, 2022 at 6:34 PM CST
|By Natasha Robin
“It’s terrifying. This is a very quiet street. I’ve always been aware of my surroundings because you’re in a big city and something bad could always happen, but now, this even amplifies that to a whole new level,” says Maupin.
Updated: Dec. 9, 2021 at 7:29 PM CST
|By Natasha Robin
The battle over whether to build a $325 million dollar casino in St. Tammany Parish is hard to miss.
Updated: Sep. 22, 2021 at 5:22 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
New Orleans City Council members pressed Entergy New Orleans on Wednesday about its response to the extensive power outages following Ida.
Updated: Sep. 20, 2021 at 5:24 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin, Mykal Vincent and Gray News staff
The lawsuit claims Entergy failed to maintain its infrastructure and facilities, plunging nearly a million people into the dark as Ida ravaged southeast Louisiana.
Updated: Sep. 20, 2021 at 2:25 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin and Mykal Vincent
Attorneys say Entergy knew of deficiencies in their infrastructure yet failed to act upon them.
Updated: Aug. 23, 2021 at 4:34 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
Officer Briscoe was shot to death while off-duty on a trip to Houston.
Updated: Aug. 11, 2021 at 8:25 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin and Gray News staff
Katelyn Palmer was certain she’d never get the COVID vaccine until the unimaginable happened.
Updated: Aug. 11, 2021 at 4:13 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
Katelyn Palmer was certain she’d never get the COVID vaccine until the unimaginable happened.
Updated: Aug. 10, 2021 at 5:01 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
Pharmacies in New Orleans are selling out before they can re-stock.
Updated: Jul. 16, 2021 at 12:12 PM CDT
|By Mykal Vincent, Natasha Robin and Gray News staff
The boy with autism went missing Thursday around 5:30 p.m., according to the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office. He was last seen with a parent.
Updated: Jun. 29, 2021 at 12:31 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin and Mykal Vincent
Findings from a new survey conducted by the New Orleans Crime Coalition show the majority of the city’s residents do not feel New Orleans is safe.
Updated: May. 24, 2021 at 11:42 AM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
Plaquemines Parish Sheriff Gerald A. Turlich Jr. announced the arrest of a suspect accused of selling a teenager substances that led to her overdose and death.
Updated: Apr. 21, 2021 at 5:54 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
Family members are asking for more help after the Coast Guard suspended the search for missing Seacor Power crewmembers.
Updated: Apr. 14, 2021 at 4:44 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
What happened to the lift boat off the coast of Grand Isle?
Updated: Mar. 17, 2021 at 4:58 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
Pawel Antosik lost his life on March 3rd. Someone shot and killed him in a parking lot in the 2200 block of North Claiborne Avenue.
Updated: Dec. 28, 2020 at 5:32 PM CST
|By Natasha Robin
14-year-old Jamere Alfred couldn’t wait for Christmas day.
Updated: Dec. 24, 2020 at 5:46 PM CST
|By Natasha Robin
The 200th victim, a female, who police say may also be the suspect of an armed carjacking.