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NOcrimeline
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Ignoring writing on the wall
324 days ago
Black marks (and other colors): Nothing gets residents of the French Quarter more worked up than graffiti smeared on the…
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It's a crime, but...
351 days ago
Doesn't make sense: One week we hear the NOPD crowing about the murder rate being down in the first three…
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Untitled
382 days ago
Robbery rampage in the Quarter As much as we know: After being relatively quiet robbery-wise in the French Quarter for…
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Crime, as we know it
408 days ago
While we now know the NOPD is not reporting all the crimes in the 8th District--nor reporting them fully and…
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What's Serpas hiding?
416 days ago
This report's longer in coming than most because I've been scratching my head trying to figure out what's going on…
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5 years...and counting
439 days ago
NOcrimeline's birthday: It was 5 years ago today (3.5.12) that the first NOcrimeline report was sent out by email (the…
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Wanted for murder
456 days ago
"Wanted" posters began circulating last week for Francisco "Chico" Amaral, 57, whom police say is a suspect in the murder…
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Where did all the crime go?
461 days ago
Must be doing something right: In January, crime was as bad as I've seen it in the French Quarter in…
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Another day, another "plan"
471 days ago
Plan, plan, everybody's got a plan: Let's see, first there was Super Chief Ronal Serpas' 2012 Crime Fighting Strategy he…
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Killers Wanted
472 days ago
The NOPD's Cold Case Squad--headed by Sgt. Daniel McMullen--reviews cases based on numerous different factors and explores how new technology…
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New year, same old story--only worse
490 days ago
The real story: There was a lot of talk about what a quiet weekend it was in the city over…
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When push comes to shove
506 days ago
Fighting words: NOPD officers never quite know how to handle the culprits in a fight. For instance, this past week…
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Robbers' new targets: old folks, blacks, Burgundy
534 days ago
Never too old: It used to be, it seemed, that the victims of robberies in the French Quarter were younger,…
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Judge frees iPhone thieves ...thefts worse than ever
549 days ago
Judge refuses to lock them up: 8th District detectives thought they were making some progress in tracking down and arresting…
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Halloween...ho-hum
554 days ago
Trick or treat: What's surprising about last week's Halloween is that everyone acts like it was something out of the…
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Good, bad, and ugly
574 days ago
BAD: Sloppy police work: Super Chief Ronal Serpas is death on lying by cops, but maybe he ought to turn…
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There you go again!
599 days ago
Murder vs. Crime rate: While robbers were invading residents' homes right and left and thugs were holding up tourists in…
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Stick'em up...way up!
611 days ago
Lull's over: After only 13 robberies in the last 6 weeks, all hell broke loose last Friday (9.9.11) and the…
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Murderers, rapists, public officials...oh, my
623 days ago
Just about when I think it's time for NOcrimeline to report "over and out" because it seems like crime's been…
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C'mon, Mitch
636 days ago
Fill us in on the details: Mayor Mitch Landrieu was so worked up 3 months ago about NOPD officers working…
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Huh? That's it?!
651 days ago
Told ya so: Apparently forming a company to manage private paid police details "ain't no hangin' crime" after all. After…
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Victim tells it like it is
660 days ago
It's like Cmdr. Selby said...: Tommy Lee says he is the 51-year-old man who, along with his 19-year-old son, were…
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Bullseye on Bourbon
674 days ago
Black and white...and red: The admonition a weekend ago by a top NOPD commander to keep an eye out for…
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Cops creating crime
679 days ago
Hooker lookers: You can tell the crime rate is down when the police have to concoct a prostitution sting to…
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Telling it like it is
681 days ago
Calling a spade a spade: So Cmdr. Eddie Selby gets in hot water because one of his officers didn't like…
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One-man crime wave
701 days ago
Temper, temper: It may have been Nathan Smesny's idea of a hot time in the old town, but his victims…
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...and the hits just keep coming
703 days ago
"Frequent felon" miles piling up: What at first seemed like just another one of those attempted armed robberies in the…
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Hard and soft: 1 judge, 2 sentences
714 days ago
The hard time: Last year, bandits on bikes were the scourge of women walking in the 8th District as they…
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Bringing in the thieves
722 days ago
Hanging up phone thieves: 8th District detectives believe they've nabbed the culprits who pulled off the heists of 3 iPhones…
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The "i"s have it
727 days ago
Some never learn: You would have thought that by now citizens would have learned the danger of walking and talking…
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Takes one to know one
735 days ago
Et tu, Capt. Morton?: Capt. Frederick C. Morton, who did the inspection of the 8th District and blew the whistle…
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It ain't no hangin' crime
738 days ago
Never mind that it sometimes takes 8 minutes to get a response to your emergency when you call 911. Never…
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It ain't no hangin' crime
738 days ago
Never mind that it sometimes takes 8 minutes to get a response to your emergency when you call 911. Never…
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Changing of the guard
742 days ago
Young blood infuses 8th District: After usurping the police chief's responsibility to discipline his own men by suspending 8th District…
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Don't you just hate crime?
749 days ago
Shouldn't have said that: We've seen guys walk free after being convicted for less, but Ryan M. Clark pulled a…
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They'rrrrre back!
760 days ago
Robbers redux: Just when you think it's safe to go out again because you've heard of few robberies and only…
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When's he "Leaving New Orleans"?
762 days ago
Stanley and Stella for real: Nicolas Cage just doesn't seem to know how to behave in New Orleans. Where'd he…
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Just plain mean
769 days ago
A new trend?: Have you noticed lately that the crime--what little there is of it in the 8th District--has more…
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White boys ganging up
776 days ago
Equal opportunity bad guys: Black dudes make up the bulk of the suspects in crimes in the 8th District and…
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The ICEman cometh
783 days ago
Adios amigos: New Orleans wouldn't have recovered as quickly from Katrina as it did without them. Now they are becoming…
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Whoa, not so fast
790 days ago
Who you calling "defective"?: It's disturbing to read a headline that blares "NOPD deeply defective" (TP 3.18.11), particularly if you…
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Paraders--and police--go wild
800 days ago
Parade runs amok: You've probably heard by now of the melee that ensued after the Krewe of Eris staged a…
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Don't mess with my tutu
809 days ago
Well, actually it's "toot-toot" in the old zydeco song (though "tutu" in some) sung by Fats Domino and others (and…
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Did they finally get him?
813 days ago
Fugitive teen tripped up: It might have seemed like a normal night on Bourbon Street to Byron Laird, 18, and…
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Girls gone wild
819 days ago
Ho, ho, ho: But there's nothing jolly about it for 8th District detectives who have their hands full breaking up…
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Crime chills out
830 days ago
Staying inside: The frigid temperatures during last week kept things so tame that the only incidents reported were one a…
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iPhone interloper hung up
836 days ago
More still out there: 8th District cops nabbed what may be 2 of the notorious iPhone thieves terrorizing the neighborhood,…
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Bike bandit bagged?
842 days ago
Is he the one, or two?: 8th District detectives and members of the NOPD's Special Operations Division swooped down on…
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Bike bandit's back
848 days ago
Rash of robberies: A black bandit on a bicycle pulled off at least 4--and maybe more--robberies within minutes of each…
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Crimes 11.2-1.8.11
859 days ago
Crimes last week in the 8th District (Click on the crime map to enlarge it)Sunday (1.2.11) Theft, 1100 Port of…
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Big bang? Not really
863 days ago
Another gun down: Though the NOPD took 104 calls about illegal gunfire on New Year's Eve, there were no reported…
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Christmas Eve-il
871 days ago
Where was his momma?: What the hell was a 17-year-old black boy doing hanging out in a bar on Frenchmen…
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The week before Christmas and all through the Quarter...
876 days ago
All relatively quiet: Except for a couple of robberies we reported earlier, there wasn't much to get excited about. Except…
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For better or worse
882 days ago
Once again: For the second week out of 3, there were NO robberies in the French Quarter from 11.28.10 to…
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Rotten to the Corps
890 days ago
Return to the scene of the crime: NOPD homicide detectives who were in "the right place at the right time"…
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Fussing and fighting
897 days ago
Say what?: Never mind that a popular French Quarter bartender was shot to death, 2 other men were gunned down…
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Not one single robbery
904 days ago
Last week: I don't know that I've ever seen this in the nearly 4 years NOcrimeline has been published: There…
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Not bad, not bad at all
913 days ago
Been waiting to say that: Don't know when we've seen such a quiet week in the French Quarter. Only one…
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Mopping up
919 days ago
That's what it feels like: After all the mayhem over the Halloween/VooDoo/Saints-Steelers weekend, it seemed downright quiet this past week.…
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Horrors of Halloween
925 days ago
Bloodiest weekend: It's hard to remember when there's been a more violent weekend in the French Quarter than this past…
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Rape? What rape?
933 days ago
Confusion reigns: Four rapes--give or take a couple--in the last 2 weeks may not a trend make. But what's worrisome…
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What hath White wrought?
942 days ago
Blame this on the judge: Earlier this year when black guys on bikes were swooping down on white women in…
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Phones the root of all evil?
949 days ago
Phoning it in: The robbery rate in the French Quarter would probably be cut in half if folks would just…
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KILLERS WANTED
953 days ago
The cold case file of the NOPD holds records of the murders of at least 5 people with connections to…
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Too soon to tell
956 days ago
Who knows?: Some are saying that those vanquished in their attempt to pass a "security district" tax at the polls…
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Camel's nose in the tent
961 days ago
SOME well-meaning people are running around trying to make you think that if you vote for the new "public safety"…
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Hardly anything
964 days ago
Good guys winning?: In the past week, there were only 5 robberies--or attempted robberies--reported in the French Quarter and its…
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Slap in the face to the police
969 days ago
THE WORDS "public safety" are a rallying cry for all those who want the French Quarter to be as safe…
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No man's land
971 days ago
Bad place to be: What is it about the 400 block of Bourbon Street between Conti and St. Louis streets?…
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The devil's in the details
977 days ago
Back to "normal": Once the Labor Day/Decadence weekend was over, crime dropped dramatically. Even with the Saints' season opener hoopla…
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Decadence, indeed
983 days ago
What the...?: It's hard to believe that the Southern Decadence frivolities on Labor Day weekend had anything to do with…
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Girls gone wild
819 days ago
Ho, ho, ho: But there's nothing jolly about it for 8th District detectives who have their hands full breaking up…
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Christmas Eve-il
871 days ago
Where was his momma?: What the hell was a 17-year-old black boy doing hanging out in a bar on Frenchmen…
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Rotten to the Corps
890 days ago
Return to the scene of the crime: NOPD homicide detectives who were in "the right place at the right time"…
-
White boys ganging up
776 days ago
Equal opportunity bad guys: Black dudes make up the bulk of the suspects in crimes in the 8th District and…
-
Did they finally get him?
813 days ago
Fugitive teen tripped up: It might have seemed like a normal night on Bourbon Street to Byron Laird, 18, and…
-
For better or worse
882 days ago
Once again: For the second week out of 3, there were NO robberies in the French Quarter from 11.28.10 to…
-
Bike bandit's back
848 days ago
Rash of robberies: A black bandit on a bicycle pulled off at least 4--and maybe more--robberies within minutes of each…
-
Murderers, rapists, public officials...oh, my
623 days ago
Just about when I think it's time for NOcrimeline to report "over and out" because it seems like crime's been…
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Katrina be damned--rob 'em
992 days ago
Crimes last week in the 8th District (Click on the crime map below to enlarge it) Sunday (8.22.10) Theft, 222…
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KILLERS WANTED
953 days ago
The cold case file of the NOPD holds records of the murders of at least 5 people with connections to…
-
Don't mess with my tutu
809 days ago
Well, actually it's "toot-toot" in the old zydeco song (though "tutu" in some) sung by Fats Domino and others (and…
-
Robbers' new targets: old folks, blacks, Burgundy
534 days ago
Never too old: It used to be, it seemed, that the victims of robberies in the French Quarter were younger,…
-
Paraders--and police--go wild
800 days ago
Parade runs amok: You've probably heard by now of the melee that ensued after the Krewe of Eris staged a…
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In the heat of the night
997 days ago
Crimes last week in the 8th District (Click on the crime map below to enlarge it)Sunday (8.15.10) Theft, 400 Bourbon,…
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Crime chills out
830 days ago
Staying inside: The frigid temperatures during last week kept things so tame that the only incidents reported were one a…
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Fussing and fighting
897 days ago
Say what?: Never mind that a popular French Quarter bartender was shot to death, 2 other men were gunned down…
-
When's he "Leaving New Orleans"?
762 days ago
Stanley and Stella for real: Nicolas Cage just doesn't seem to know how to behave in New Orleans. Where'd he…
-
Cops creating crime
679 days ago
Hooker lookers: You can tell the crime rate is down when the police have to concoct a prostitution sting to…
-
Just plain mean
769 days ago
A new trend?: Have you noticed lately that the crime--what little there is of it in the 8th District--has more…
-
Horrors of Halloween
925 days ago
Bloodiest weekend: It's hard to remember when there's been a more violent weekend in the French Quarter than this past…
-
Don't you just hate crime?
749 days ago
Shouldn't have said that: We've seen guys walk free after being convicted for less, but Ryan M. Clark pulled a…
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Telling it like it is
681 days ago
Calling a spade a spade: So Cmdr. Eddie Selby gets in hot water because one of his officers didn't like…
-
The devil's in the details
977 days ago
Back to "normal": Once the Labor Day/Decadence weekend was over, crime dropped dramatically. Even with the Saints' season opener hoopla…
-
Rape? What rape?
933 days ago
Confusion reigns: Four rapes--give or take a couple--in the last 2 weeks may not a trend make. But what's worrisome…
-
Bike bandit bagged?
842 days ago
Is he the one, or two?: 8th District detectives and members of the NOPD's Special Operations Division swooped down on…
-
What hath White wrought?
942 days ago
Blame this on the judge: Earlier this year when black guys on bikes were swooping down on white women in…
-
Decadence, indeed
983 days ago
What the...?: It's hard to believe that the Southern Decadence frivolities on Labor Day weekend had anything to do with…
-
Big bang? Not really
863 days ago
Another gun down: Though the NOPD took 104 calls about illegal gunfire on New Year's Eve, there were no reported…
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Good, bad, and ugly
574 days ago
BAD: Sloppy police work: Super Chief Ronal Serpas is death on lying by cops, but maybe he ought to turn…
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Beware Dauphine/Burgundy
1019 days ago
Crimes last week in the 8th District(Click on the crime map below to enlarge it)Sunday (7.25.10) Simple Robbery: 200 BourbonAuto…
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Whoa, not so fast
790 days ago
Who you calling "defective"?: It's disturbing to read a headline that blares "NOPD deeply defective" (TP 3.18.11), particularly if you…
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iPhone interloper hung up
836 days ago
More still out there: 8th District cops nabbed what may be 2 of the notorious iPhone thieves terrorizing the neighborhood,…
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New year, same old story--only worse
490 days ago
The real story: There was a lot of talk about what a quiet weekend it was in the city over…
-
The ICEman cometh
783 days ago
Adios amigos: New Orleans wouldn't have recovered as quickly from Katrina as it did without them. Now they are becoming…
-
Camel's nose in the tent
961 days ago
SOME well-meaning people are running around trying to make you think that if you vote for the new "public safety"…
-
Not one single robbery
904 days ago
Last week: I don't know that I've ever seen this in the nearly 4 years NOcrimeline has been published: There…
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No man's land
971 days ago
Bad place to be: What is it about the 400 block of Bourbon Street between Conti and St. Louis streets?…
-
Hard and soft: 1 judge, 2 sentences
714 days ago
The hard time: Last year, bandits on bikes were the scourge of women walking in the 8th District as they…
-
One-man crime wave
701 days ago
Temper, temper: It may have been Nathan Smesny's idea of a hot time in the old town, but his victims…
-
Where did all the crime go?
461 days ago
Must be doing something right: In January, crime was as bad as I've seen it in the French Quarter in…
-
Bullseye on Bourbon
674 days ago
Black and white...and red: The admonition a weekend ago by a top NOPD commander to keep an eye out for…
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Cops 2, crooks 2
1026 days ago
Crimes last week in the 8th District (Click on the crime map below to enlarge it)Sunday (7.18.10) Simple Robbery: S…
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They'rrrrre back!
760 days ago
Robbers redux: Just when you think it's safe to go out again because you've heard of few robberies and only…
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Judge frees iPhone thieves ...thefts worse than ever
549 days ago
Judge refuses to lock them up: 8th District detectives thought they were making some progress in tracking down and arresting…
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When push comes to shove
506 days ago
Fighting words: NOPD officers never quite know how to handle the culprits in a fight. For instance, this past week…
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Bad guys back at it
1012 days ago
Crimes last week in the 8th District (Click on the crime map below to enlarge it)Sunday (8.1.10)Theft: 200 Bourbon Aggravated…
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Crimes 11.2-1.8.11
859 days ago
Crimes last week in the 8th District (Click on the crime map to enlarge it)Sunday (1.2.11) Theft, 1100 Port of…
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Bringing in the thieves
722 days ago
Hanging up phone thieves: 8th District detectives believe they've nabbed the culprits who pulled off the heists of 3 iPhones…
-
Hardly anything
964 days ago
Good guys winning?: In the past week, there were only 5 robberies--or attempted robberies--reported in the French Quarter and its…
-
Slap in the face to the police
969 days ago
THE WORDS "public safety" are a rallying cry for all those who want the French Quarter to be as safe…
-
Halloween...ho-hum
554 days ago
Trick or treat: What's surprising about last week's Halloween is that everyone acts like it was something out of the…
-
Wanted for murder
456 days ago
"Wanted" posters began circulating last week for Francisco "Chico" Amaral, 57, whom police say is a suspect in the murder…
-
Too soon to tell
956 days ago
Who knows?: Some are saying that those vanquished in their attempt to pass a "security district" tax at the polls…
-
Mopping up
919 days ago
That's what it feels like: After all the mayhem over the Halloween/VooDoo/Saints-Steelers weekend, it seemed downright quiet this past week.…
-
The week before Christmas and all through the Quarter...
876 days ago
All relatively quiet: Except for a couple of robberies we reported earlier, there wasn't much to get excited about. Except…
-
Victim tells it like it is
660 days ago
It's like Cmdr. Selby said...: Tommy Lee says he is the 51-year-old man who, along with his 19-year-old son, were…
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3 out of 4 ain't bad
1004 days ago
Crimes last week in the 8th District (Click on the crime map below to enlarge it) Sunday (8.8.10) 6:21 a.m.:…
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Don't be fooled!
1018 days ago
PUBLIC "SAFETY"? It's being kept under wraps for the most part, but a proposal to tax French Quarter residences and…
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Don't let your guard down
1029 days ago
Crime's down, but... You can't be too careful. Two women were robbed Thursday (7.22.10) night by black boys on bicycles…
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Not bad, not bad at all
913 days ago
Been waiting to say that: Don't know when we've seen such a quiet week in the French Quarter. Only one…
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It ain't no hangin' crime
738 days ago
Never mind that it sometimes takes 8 minutes to get a response to your emergency when you call 911. Never…
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SPECIAL REPORT: Rebuilding the NOPD
999 days ago
In a 15-page document entitled, "Rebuilding the New Orleans Police Department–First Steps," NOPD Chief Ronal Serpas today (8.23.10) announced the…
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It ain't no hangin' crime
738 days ago
Never mind that it sometimes takes 8 minutes to get a response to your emergency when you call 911. Never…
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The "i"s have it
727 days ago
Some never learn: You would have thought that by now citizens would have learned the danger of walking and talking…
-
Phones the root of all evil?
949 days ago
Phoning it in: The robbery rate in the French Quarter would probably be cut in half if folks would just…
-
...and the hits just keep coming
703 days ago
"Frequent felon" miles piling up: What at first seemed like just another one of those attempted armed robberies in the…
-
Stick'em up...way up!
611 days ago
Lull's over: After only 13 robberies in the last 6 weeks, all hell broke loose last Friday (9.9.11) and the…
-
Another day, another "plan"
471 days ago
Plan, plan, everybody's got a plan: Let's see, first there was Super Chief Ronal Serpas' 2012 Crime Fighting Strategy he…
-
Huh? That's it?!
651 days ago
Told ya so: Apparently forming a company to manage private paid police details "ain't no hangin' crime" after all. After…
-
Changing of the guard
742 days ago
Young blood infuses 8th District: After usurping the police chief's responsibility to discipline his own men by suspending 8th District…
-
C'mon, Mitch
636 days ago
Fill us in on the details: Mayor Mitch Landrieu was so worked up 3 months ago about NOPD officers working…
-
Takes one to know one
735 days ago
Et tu, Capt. Morton?: Capt. Frederick C. Morton, who did the inspection of the 8th District and blew the whistle…
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