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License-plate cameras help ID three stolen vehicles
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The Times-Picayune
Thursday January 01, 2009, 10:21 AM
Tuesday was the most successful day thus far in the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office new effort to find stolen cars with special cameras that scan license plates in traffic, a spokesman said. Deputies recovered three stolen vehicles in Algiers, Harahan and Terrytown.
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View comments (0)Three arrested in string of West Bank robberies
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Chris Kirkham, The Times-Picayune
Saturday December 27, 2008, 5:44 PM
The Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office arrested three men early this morning in connection with a spate of armed robberies during the past two weeks on the West Bank, including three in one hour on Christmas Eve.
Continue reading "Three arrested in string of West Bank robberies" »Police seek man with "Ashley" tattoo in Algiers double murder
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The Times-Picayune
Thursday December 25, 2008, 12:04 PM
The New Orleans Police Department is seeking a man with a newly acquired tattoo who may have information about a double homicide that occurred at an Algiers tattoo parlor Monday night.
Continue reading "Police seek man with "Ashley" tattoo in Algiers double murder" »Dispute over tattoo may have led to fatal Algiers shooting
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Allen Powell II and Ramon Antonio Vargas, The Times-Picayune
Wednesday December 24, 2008, 7:25 AM
Joshua "O.G. Paco" SimmonsJoshua "O.G. Paco" Simmons, 29, of Kenner, and Terry Plaisance, 25, of Marrero, were killed shortly after 9:30 p.m. at Show Stoppers tattoo parlor at 1 West Bank Expressway, according to John Gagliano, the coroner's chief investigator. An unidentified 27-year-old man was wounded in the shooting, according to New Orleans police.
Continue reading "Dispute over tattoo may have led to fatal Algiers shooting" »Two killed, one wounded in Algiers shooting
by The Times-Picayune
Monday December 22, 2008, 10:38 PM
New Orleans Police were investigating a triple shooting in Algiers Monday night that left two people dead and a 27-year-old in critical condition.
Telephone scam seeking credit card information has targeted at least 450 Jeff Parish residents
by Michelle Hunter, The Times-Picayune
Monday December 22, 2008, 9:41 PM
More than 450 residents have received telephone calls from credit card scammers who used phony automated messages to con victims out of account information over the weekend, a spokesman for the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office said.
Judge gives man 80 years for 2002 manslaughter
by Gwen Filosa, The Times-Picayune
Monday December 22, 2008, 4:17 PM
An Orleans Parish judge today sentenced Jeremy Johnson, 24, to 80 years in prison for the 2002 manslaughter of his one-time friend Louis "Paco" Kaplan, 19, whose body was so battered that his parents identified their dead son by his tattoos.
Continue reading "Judge gives man 80 years for 2002 manslaughter" »Same man shot at clerks at two stores, Jeff Sheriff's Office says
by Ramon Antonio Vargas, The Times-Picayune
Saturday December 20, 2008, 9:48 PM
One day before a Westwego convenience store's surveillance camera captured him firing a .44-caliber revolver Friday at a clerk he apparently had never met, Danny Ray Tollett had shot at a clerk he had argued with at a store in Terrytown, the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office said.
Continue reading "Same man shot at clerks at two stores, Jeff Sheriff's Office says" »Man arrested in shooting of Westwego store clerk
by Darran Simon, The Times-Picayune
Friday December 19, 2008, 11:10 PM
A man is in the Jefferson Parish Jail tonight on attempted murder charges after a convenience store surveillance camera captured him randomly firing at the store clerk Friday afternoon, according to Westwego Police Chief Dwayne Munch.
Continue reading "Man arrested in shooting of Westwego store clerk" »Metairie resident found shot to death in fast-food parking lot in Harvey
by Ramon Antonio Vargas, The Times-Picayune
Friday December 19, 2008, 8:10 AM
Metairie resident Harry Smith, 36, was shot in the head and left to die in a Burger King parking lot in Harvey this morning, the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office said.
Continue reading "Metairie resident found shot to death in fast-food parking lot in Harvey" »Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office investigating West Bank murder
by The Times-Picayune
Friday December 19, 2008, 7:22 AM
The Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office reported a homicide in the 3600 block of Lapalco Boulevard in Harvey this morning.
Continue reading "Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office investigating West Bank murder" »Lawsuit challenging red-light cameras in Jefferson Parish to continue
by Mark Waller, The Times-Picayune
Tuesday December 16, 2008, 10:22 PM
A federal judge on Tuesday rejected an attempt by Jefferson Parish to get a lawsuit against its traffic cameras dismissed.
Continue reading "Lawsuit challenging red-light cameras in Jefferson Parish to continue" »Relieved family of victim awaits Marinello sentence
by Michelle Hunter, East Jefferson bureau, The Times-Picayune
Monday December 15, 2008, 7:56 AM
The family of murder victim Liz Marinello, including her mother, Bertha Norman, far right, walk into the Lafayette courthouse.As dozens of lawyers, witnesses, investigators, court officials, reporters and trial spectators made their way home from Lafayette on Sunday, Vince Marinello remained behind bars at the Lafayette Parish Correctional Center, where he has been confined since a jury convicted him of murdering his estranged wife.
Continue reading "Relieved family of victim awaits Marinello sentence" »Defense could wrap up case today in Vince Marinello murder trial
by Paul Purpura, The Times-Picayune
Friday December 12, 2008, 8:15 AM
LAFAYETTE - The defense team in Vince Marinello's murder trial will continue calling witnesses today, possibly bringing a close to the proceeding's testimony phase.
The jury is expected to begin deliberations on Saturday.
Jefferson Parish Council calls public vote on sales tax hike
by The Times-Picayune
Wednesday December 10, 2008, 10:57 AM
In a rare split vote, the Jefferson Parish Council this morning placed a new sales tax on the April 4 ballot.
Jefferson Parish Council puts sales tax hike on ballot
by The Times-Picayune
Wednesday December 10, 2008, 10:57 AM
If Jefferson Parish voters approve a proposed 1/4-cent sales tax increase now set to appear on the April 4 ballot, shoppers like these at the new Macy's in Lakeside Shopping Center will pay more in parish taxes. In a rare split vote, the Jefferson Parish Council this morning placed a new sales tax on the April 4 ballot.
Continue reading "Jefferson Parish Council puts sales tax hike on ballot" »William Jefferson's attorneys seeking files on key government witness in corruption case
by Bruce Alpert, The Times-Picayune
Wednesday December 10, 2008, 9:06 AM
WASHINGTON -- Attorneys for Rep. William Jefferson, D-New Orleans, say federal prosecutors are unfairly blocking them from getting information about the government's key witness in the corruption case against him.
As day progresses, jury still reviewing evidence in Vince Marinello murder trial
by Paul Purpura, The Times-Picayune
Wednesday December 10, 2008, 7:58 AM
LAFAYETTE - Jurors have spent the day reviewing evidence that prosecutors say proves former New Orleans radio and television personality Vince Marinello murdered his estranged wife.
Read complete Times-Picayune coverage of Marinello's murder trial.
Continue reading "As day progresses, jury still reviewing evidence in Vince Marinello murder trial" »Vince Marinello jury gets first look at 'murder checklist'
by Paul Purpura, The Times-Picayune
Tuesday December 09, 2008, 11:44 AM
Vince Marinello enters court with his attorney earlier this weekLAFAYETTE -- The jury in Vince Marinello's second degree murder case saw the so-called murder checklist for the first time today.
Continue reading "Vince Marinello jury gets first look at 'murder checklist'" »Prosecutors in Vince Marinello murder trial to rest their case today
by Paul Purpura, The Times-Picayune
Tuesday December 09, 2008, 8:04 AM
LAFAYETTE - Jurors today are expected to see Vince Marinello's alleged murder check-list and hear testimony from two more witnesses before prosecutors rest their case against the former radio show host and sports broadcaster.
Read complete Times-Picayune coverage of Marinello's murder trial.
Continue reading "Prosecutors in Vince Marinello murder trial to rest their case today" »Man arrested in West Jefferson murder
by The Times-Picayune
Monday December 08, 2008, 4:01 PM
Teddy Allen arrested MondayA Harvey man has been arrested in connection with a fatal shooting in the Tallow Tree community Sunday evening.
Continue reading "Man arrested in West Jefferson murder" »Investigator in Vince Marinello murder trial takes the stand
by Paul Purpura, The Times-Picayune
Monday December 08, 2008, 2:33 PM
Former broadcaster Vince Marinello, right, walks to the U.S. courthouse in Lafayette with defense attorneys Paul Flemming and Lee Faulkner last Thursday. The second week of his murder trial began today.• Read complete Times-Picayune coverage of Marinello's trial
Continue reading "Investigator in Vince Marinello murder trial takes the stand" »Traffic stop in Harvey nets three men police believe committed at least 30 burglaries
by Allen Powell, The Times Picayune
Monday December 08, 2008, 1:29 PM
A fortuitous traffic stop Friday in Harvey led to the arrest of three Harvey men the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office claims are responsible for at least 30 burglaries since July.
Continue reading "Traffic stop in Harvey nets three men police believe committed at least 30 burglaries" »More witnesses to take the stand in Vince Marinello murder trial
by Paul Purpura, The Times-Picayune
Monday December 08, 2008, 7:30 AM
LAFAYETTE - Vince Marinello's murder trial enters its second week this morning with prosecutors expecting to call to the stand a friend of the longtime sports broadcaster and detectives who investigated the death of his estranged wife.
• Read complete Times-Picayune coverage of Marinello's murder trial.
1 dead in Harvey shooting
by The Times-Picayune
Sunday December 07, 2008, 9:53 PM
Jefferson Parish sheriff's deputies are investigating a Sunday evening shooting death in Harvey.
Deputies responding to reports of gunshots heard about 7 p.m. found an unidentified man, believed to be from Harvey, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds outside 1152 Tallow Tree Lane, said Col. John Fortunato, public information officer for the Sheriff's Office. The victim was pronounced dead shortly after arriving at University Hospital, Fortunato said.
Pols: Jefferson Parish in good shape, needs sales tax vote
by Richard Rainey, The Times-Picayune
Friday December 05, 2008, 3:00 PM
Amid praise for Jefferson Parish's business community, Parish President Aaron Broussard took advantage of his public address to the chamber of commerce today to promote a public vote on a $17.5 million sales tax increase.
Continue reading "Pols: Jefferson Parish in good shape, needs sales tax vote" »Marinello murder trial enters fourth day
by Paul Purpura, The Times-Picayune
Thursday December 04, 2008, 7:23 AM
LAFAYETTE - Vince Marinello's murder trial is scheduled to resume this morning with prosecutors continuing to walk jurors through the evidence they say proves the former sports broadcaster and radio show host planned, then carried out, his estranged wife's homicide.
Continue reading "Marinello murder trial enters fourth day" »Opening statements delivered, witnesses take stand in Marinello murder trial
by Paul Purpura, The Times-Picayune
Wednesday December 03, 2008, 9:27 AM
LAFAYETTE -- Vince Marinello did not shoot his wife, his attorney told jurors Tuesday in opening statements, saying the former broadcaster has an alibi while offering explanations for evidence such as the widely reported checklist he allegedly wrote in planning the murder.
Continue reading "Opening statements delivered, witnesses take stand in Marinello murder trial" »Aaron Broussard calls for Jefferson sales-tax vote
by The Times-Picayune
Tuesday December 02, 2008, 3:56 PM
Jefferson Parish President Aaron Broussard is calling for a public vote on raising the local sales tax by one-quarter cent, to 9 percent, to improve law enforcement.
Continue reading "Aaron Broussard calls for Jefferson sales-tax vote" »Motorcyclist killed in Thanksgiving night wreck is identified
by The Times-Picayune
Tuesday December 02, 2008, 10:22 AM
The motorcyclist killed during a Thanksgiving night wreck in Lafitte has been identified as 47-year-old Robert King, according to a Jefferson Parish coroner's spokeswoman.
Prosecutor: Evidence pegs Vince Marinello as triggerman in estranged wife's death
by Michelle Hunter, The Times-Picayune
Tuesday December 02, 2008, 8:45 AM
Relatives of murder victim Liz Marinello, including her mother, Bertha Norman, far right, walk to the Lafayette courthouse on Monday.LAFAYETTE - Jurors got a preview of the prosecution's case against former sportscaster and talk radio personality Vince Marinello this afternoon during the opening statements of his second-degree murder trial now under way in Lafayette.
Continue reading "Prosecutor: Evidence pegs Vince Marinello as triggerman in estranged wife's death" »Vince Marinello's murder trial to start today in Lafayette
by The Times-Picayune
Monday December 01, 2008, 6:00 AM
Vince Marinello, left, walks into the Jefferson Parish Courthouse in October with his attorney Lee Faulkner Jr. His murder trial begins today in Lafayette.The high profile murder trial of Vince Marinello, accused of killing his estranged wife in 2006, gets underway this morning in Lafayette and could last as long as two weeks, authorities have speculated.
• See archived coverage of the case
Continue reading "Vince Marinello's murder trial to start today in Lafayette" »Vince Marinello murder trial likely to catch the nation's eye
by Paul Purpura, The Times-Picayune
Saturday November 29, 2008, 10:30 PM
Vince Marinello, right, walks into the Jefferson Parish Courthouse in October with his attorney Paul Fleming, Jr. Marinello goes on trial in Lafayette Monday for the murder of his wife, Liz.Bertha Norman remembers how her son-in-law Vince "Vinnie" Marinello kept copious notes, listing talking points he gathered from news sources in preparing for his radio talk shows.
"It was one of his habits to make check-off lists," said Norman, of Purvis, Miss. "He made checklists all the time."
So she isn't surprised that such a list will be among Jefferson Parish prosecutors' key pieces of evidence when Marinello stands trial this week in the death of her daughter, Liz Marinello.
Continue reading "Vince Marinello murder trial likely to catch the nation's eye" »Police searching for group of teens responsible for robbing several Hispanic men in Terrytown
by The Times-Picayune
Wednesday November 26, 2008, 7:55 AM
Jefferson Parish sheriff's deputies believe a half-dozen robberies in Terrytown may have been committed by the same group, which include members as young as 15.
Continue reading "Police searching for group of teens responsible for robbing several Hispanic men in Terrytown" »Would-be killer in Nazi garb has history of mental illness
by Allen Powell II, The Times-Picayune
Saturday November 22, 2008, 8:53 PM
Devin PlaisanceDevin Plaisance has had problems with his temper for years, his family says.
Continue reading "Would-be killer in Nazi garb has history of mental illness" »Potential jurors for Vince Marinello trial questioned in Lafayette
by Paul Purpura, The Times-Picayune
Thursday November 20, 2008, 6:00 AM
LAFAYETTE - Twenty-seven months after he was accused of murdering his estranged wife, Vince Marinello sits in the parish courthouse here this morning, watching silently as his attorneys, Jefferson Parish prosecutors and a judge privately question people who might eventually be on the jury that will decide his fate.
Rapper C-Murder gets new trial, new judge too
by Paul Purpura, The Times-Picayune
Wednesday November 19, 2008, 10:21 PM
Signaling that she will not preside over the rapper's murder trial a second time, Judge Martha Sassone has set a January hearing in the Corey "C-Murder" Miller case, two weeks after her final day on the District Court bench in Gretna.
Sassone, who was lambasted during her failed bid for re-election for giving Miller preferential treatment, noted her decision Tuesday in the rapper's case file, effectively granting his attorney's request to postpone the trial.
Continue reading "Rapper C-Murder gets new trial, new judge too" »Armed Westwego man in Nazi garb arrested
by Allen Powell II, The Times-Picayune
Tuesday November 18, 2008, 9:44 PM
A Westwego man found walking down the street in a German Nazi uniform and carrying a high-powered rifle was arrested after he told police he was on his way to kill his sister's next-door neighbor.
Continue reading "Armed Westwego man in Nazi garb arrested" »One killed in deadly Marrero bar shooting hit by bullet fired by bar's owner
by Paul Purpura, The Times-Picayune
Tuesday November 18, 2008, 12:26 PM
Four were killed during a robbery at Gomez's Bar, 6109 Fourth St. in Marrero, on Oct. 30. One of four men killed during a shootout at a Marrero bar last month was hit by a bullet fired by the bar owner as he exchanged gunfire with robbers, according to testimony Tuesday during a court hearing for two of the five suspects.
Continue reading "One killed in deadly Marrero bar shooting hit by bullet fired by bar's owner" »More details emerge about deadly bar heist in Marrero
by Allen Powell II and Paul Purpura, The Times-Picayune Saturday November 15, 2008, 10:18 PM
Just moments after a barrage of bullets had been exchanged inside Gomez's bar, Jefferson Parish sheriff's deputy Rhonda Goff was passing the Fourth Street establishment when two men carrying a third caught her eye.
Tougher code enforcement may cut Jefferson Parish crime
by Mark Waller, The Times-Picayune
Saturday November 15, 2008, 9:45 PM
The crackdown on crumbling buildings, overgrown lawns, junked cars and other code offenses in Jefferson Parish might also be helping to suppress violent crime, according to a new study from the Jefferson Parish Economic Development Commission.
Michael Shannon walks free as second indictment is tossed in old murder case
by Gwen Filosa, The Times-Picayune
Friday November 14, 2008, 4:50 PM
An Orleans Parish judge has thrown out a fresh charge in an old murder case, finding that prosecutors waited too long to take the suspect to trial.
James Gill: U.S. Attorney General Jim Letten -- Society's gain is newshound's loss
by James Gill, Columnist, The Times-Picayune
Wednesday November 12, 2008, 7:25 AM
U.S. Attorney Jim Letten addressses the media after State Sen. Derrick Shepherd pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering at the Hale Boggs Federal Courthouse in New Orleans Oct. 10. Boy, was I pleased when Barack Obama won the election. At last, I thought to myself, we'll be rid of U.S. Attorney Jim Letten. Letten is a newspaperman's nightmare. You can't laugh at him because he never says anything stupid. You can't blast him because he is scrupulously fair. He works tirelessly putting crooks in stir, but is a most amiable fellow. He is an absolute dead loss.
So, thanks for nothing, Mary Landrieu. Just because Letten has done an exemplary job during the Bush administration, the doyenne of Louisiana Democrats does not think he should be replaced.
Continue reading "James Gill: U.S. Attorney General Jim Letten -- Society's gain is newshound's loss" »Final two suspects arrested in quadruple murder at Gomez's bar in Marrero
by Allen Powell II, The Times-Picayune
Thursday November 06, 2008, 10:34 PM
Police have arrested a fourth suspect in the Oct. 30 quadruple murder at Gomez's Bar in Marrero. The final two suspects wanted in the quadruple homicide at Gomez' bar in Marrero have been arrested, bringing the total in custody to five.
Pedro Navarette Duran, 32, was arrested by officials with the Gulf Coast Violent Offenders Fugitive Task Force in south Houston and awaits extradition to Louisiana on murder charges, said Deputy Marshal Cameron Welch, a spokesman with the U.S. Marshals Service. A Crimestoppers tip led to his arrest.
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