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By: Ian Auzenne
Three Orleans Parish Criminal Court judgeships will be eliminated at the end of 2026.In a 4-3 decision. The Louisiana Supreme Court ruled on Friday that the legislature legally and properly passed the law reducing the criminal bench's size from 12 elected judges to nine.
An Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office employee is facing human trafficking and drugs charges. Ronald Baptiste is facing one count each of false imprisonment, simple battery, and purchasing alcohol for a person under the age of 21.
The NOFD will make that move on Wednesday, leaving its current location on Decatur Street for a new building on City Park Avenue. The move will continue through Monday, when administrative operations at the new headquarters will begin.
Saturday marks Colonel Frank Besson's first full day on the job as the superintendent of Louisiana State Police. Next week, former Scott fire chief Chad Sonnier will succeed Bryan Adams as Louisiana State Fire Marshal.
By: Ian Auzenne
As Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry and Attorney General Liz Murrill continue to call for state and federal investigations into the Orleans Parish grand jury that indicted Murrill in July, a local attorneys' group is stepping up to provide legal assistance to those grand jurors.
New Orleans police are investigating a gruesome discovery made at a home along the banks of Bayou St. John: a body inside a bag in that home's backyard. According to the NOPD's major offense log, officers were called to the home on Bancroft Street near Filmore Avenue just before 5 p.m. Sunday.
According to a St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office spokesperson, deputies were called to a home after Savanna Magee tried to leave the house in a car while drunk. When deputies arrived, Magee allegedly shifted the car into reverse and backed over a deputy who tried to remove her from the vehicle.
A suspect who led police on a chase down Interstate 55 is in a hospital after authorities say a Livingston Parish sheriff's deputy shot him after that chase ended in Tangipahoa Parish.
A New Orleans man is in a hospital after police say someone poured a flammable liquid on him and set him on fire. The incident happened just after 7 p.m. on North Roman Street near Pauger Street in the Seventh Ward.
Former Louisiana State Police Superintendent Robert Hodges has entered the crowded race for St. Tammany Parish Sheriff. Hodges announced his candidacy on Monday, joining former Slidell Police Chief Daniel Seuzeneau, former federal marshal Scott Illing, and retired sheriff's deputy David Maki in the race to succeed Randy Smith.
