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The New Orleans Police Department set out this year to show that the city's 2013 homicide numbers, the lowest in nearly three decades, were not a…
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French Quarter residents are warning people to walk in groups to avoid violent crime.They posted signs in the neighborhood that say, “Caution. Walk in…
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A grand jury has indicted an Orleans Parish sheriff's deputy in connection with a stabbing inside Orleans Parish Prison.The Sheriff's Office said…
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A LaPlace man has pleaded guilty to fraud in connection with damage claims from the 2010 Gulf oil spill.U.S. Attorney Kenneth Polite's office says…
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A trial date has been set for a civil rights case against state police who tackled two young African American men during last year’s Mardi Gras.The…
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New Orleans police will lead the investigation into the death of an inmate at the Orleans Parish jail.NOPD spokesman Tyler Gamble says state police could…
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The Orleans Parish sheriff has asked state police to investigate a jail death that the coroner says was homicide.State Police chief Colonel Mike Edmonson…
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New Orleans Police Superintendent Michael Harrison has placed five officers on administrative reassignment while an investigation is made into their…
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Louisiana is one of the only states that has not cut down on incarceration rates over the last five years, the Times-Picayune reports.A new Pew report…
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The FBI is widening its investigation into possible fraud in the state’s film tax-credit program.The New Orleans Advocate reports producer George Kostuch…