Natasha Robin
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Emmy and Regional Murrow award winning reporter, Natasha Robin was born and raised in St. Bernard Parish. She started her career right here at FOX 8 News at just 17years old as a Production Assistant.
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Nearly 12 kilos of fentanyl, worth $300,000, was taken off the street. In all, 131 people were arrested.
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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.
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The customer called police, who arrested the suspect and booked him on simple assault and drug possession.
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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.
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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.
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Accused killer Martin Hurtado, 29, worked at a nearby restaurant on St. Charles Avenue
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Two women, victimized two years apart by the same teen, say the justice system failed to hold him responsible.
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Police said 15-year-old Jerry Smith had a gun in his hand when found slain outside Bogalusa High's football game Friday.
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Blossom Ruffins is currently paralyzed from the belly button down and doctors say she still has bullet fragments in her kidney.
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A crime victim says he is furious after finding out the juvenile who held him at gunpoint walked free.
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Convention officials say that, so far, no businesses have canceled plans to bring their events to the city.
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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.
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Governor John Bel Edwards has agreed not to move to incarcerated youth until at least Sept. 15.
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Crime victims say they felt victimized all over again when Mayor Latoya Cantrell showed up in court to support a juvenile perpetrator during sentencing.
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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.
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Orleans District Attorney Jason Williams’ federal trial is set to begin Monday morning.
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Casandra Jones considered filing a restraining order against the man who ended up brutally killing her.
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Police are searching for a man who killed a mother of two in New Orleans, after she considered getting a restraining order on him.
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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.
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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.
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The four teens accused of carjacking and killing Linda Frickey made a court appearance Friday.
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Bloody violence began Friday afternoon and continued through Monday morning in New Orleans.
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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.
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In Louisiana, Wayne Warner has been the principal at Chalmette High School for 49 years.
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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.
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“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.
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Reports of violence and abuse inside the state’s juvenile correctional facilities, along with escape after escape, has lawmakers calling for change.
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“It’s unacceptable for these carjackings to keep going on,”
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An Amazon delivery driver was carjacked at gunpoint by a man who was previously arrested for a similar crime and released without formal charges.
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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.
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A soccer mom was shot in the hand when gunmen fired more than 60 shots at a New Orleans playground.
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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.
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“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.
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The battle over whether to build a $325 million dollar casino in St. Tammany Parish is hard to miss.
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New Orleans City Council members pressed Entergy New Orleans on Wednesday about its response to the extensive power outages following Ida.
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The lawsuit claims Entergy failed to maintain its infrastructure and facilities, plunging nearly a million people into the dark as Ida ravaged southeast Louisiana.
Attorneys say Entergy knew of deficiencies in their infrastructure yet failed to act upon them.
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Officer Briscoe was shot to death while off-duty on a trip to Houston.
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Katelyn Palmer was certain she’d never get the COVID vaccine until the unimaginable happened.
Katelyn Palmer was certain she’d never get the COVID vaccine until the unimaginable happened.
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Pharmacies in New Orleans are selling out before they can re-stock.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Family members are asking for more help after the Coast Guard suspended the search for missing Seacor Power crewmembers.
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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.
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14-year-old Jamere Alfred couldn’t wait for Christmas day.
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The 200th victim, a female, who police say may also be the suspect of an armed carjacking.
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