New Orleans is greasing the poles as Eagles fans arrive ahead of Super Bowl LIX
NEW ORLEANS — Building owners in the French Quarter are greasing poles with Vaseline in anticipation of rowdy celebrations as Philadelphia Eagles fans pour into the city for Super Bowl LIX. The…
Justice Department Resolves Disability Discrimination Lawsuit Against Housing Authority of New Orleans Properties
WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice announced today that the Housing Authority of New Orleans (HANO) and seven private developers have agreed to pay $250,000 to settle claims that they violated the…
Memphis Man Pleads Guilty to Trafficking 17-Year-Old Female into the New Orleans Area to Perform Commercial Sex Acts
NEW ORLEANS, LA – U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that DOMINIQUE PEEPLES, age 25, from Memphis, Tennessee, pleaded guilty on September 28, 2022 to Sex Trafficking of a Minor, in violation…
New Orleans Resident Sentenced to Probation for Laundering Drug Money
NEW ORLEANS – U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today that Judge Susie Morgan sentenced ANNICE FALKINS, age 35, of New Orleans, Louisiana, to (5) five years of probation, which includes (1)…
Former New Orleans Police Officer Charged with Civil Rights Violation for Sexual Assault
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department filed a bill of information charging Rodney Vicknair, 55, a former police officer with the New Orleans Police Department, with sexually assaulting a victim in violation of…
New Orleans Woman Sentenced for Theft of More Than $61,000 In Social Security Funds
NEW ORLEANS, LA – U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that CATHERINE CAMPBELL WILLIAMS, age 69, of New Orleans, Louisiana, was sentenced after previously pleading guilty to Theft of Government Funds, in…
New Orleans Man Charged in Federal Court for Hobbs Act Robberies, Armed Bank Robbery, Brandishing a Firearm During Crimes of Violence and Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Dangerous Substance
NEW ORLEANS – U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that DEVIN CHANEY, age 32, was charged in an eleven-count superseding indictment by a federal grand jury on Friday, September 9, 2022. According…
New Orleans Man Pleads Guilty to Narcotics and Firearm Violations
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today that on September 1, 2022, DEREK NOLAN, a/k/a “Pop,” age 26, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, pled guilty as charged…
Orleans Parish Man Charged with Tax Crime
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that JOEY J. STEVENSON, age 40, from New Orleans, was charged on September 1, 2022 with failing to pay the United States…
New Orleans Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Weapons Violation
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that the defendant RICHARD JONES, age 22, resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, pled guilty on August 23, 2022 before U.S. District Court…
New Orleans Resident Pleads Guilty to Role in Interstate Car Theft Ring
NEW ORLEANS – U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that AARON THIBODEAUX, age 36, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, pleaded guilty on August 24, 2022 before Chief United States District Judge…
New Orleans Man Sentenced on Weapons Charge
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that defendant, DARIUS WILLIAMS a/k/a “D-Nice,” of New Orleans, Louisiana, was sentenced on August 10, 2022 by U.S. District Court Judge Lance…
Texas Man Sentenced for Domestic Violence on New Orleans Based Cruise Ship After Guilty Verdict in Jury Trial
NEW ORLEANS – U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that GERONIMO FLORES, age 30, of Abilene, Texas, was sentenced on August 18, 2022 to serve 54 months imprisonment, to be followed by…
New Orleans Roast Gives Back to its Home City with Son Of A Saint Partnership
Fan-favorite coffee company offers discounts with donations to support nonprofit New Orleans, LA (PRESS RELEASE) New Orleans Roast is proud to join Son of a Saint’s mission to support and transform the…
CRU Opens in New Orleans’ French Quarter
Atlanta, GA (PRESS RELEASE) CRU Lounge, owned by Atlanta-based entrepreneur Dennis McKinley, already the largest black-owned restaurant nightlife chain and largest hookah lounge chain in the United States, has just opened its…
Crew Member Visa Overstay Caught in New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS — U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers of the New Orleans Field Office, along with Task Force Officers apprehended a crewmember that had absconded from a Carnival Cruise vessel…
New Orleans Man Sentenced to 64 Months For Violating the Federal Gun Control Act
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – On August 4, 2022, United States District Judge Carl J. Barbier sentenced STEPHONE BRIDGES to 64 months in the Bureau of Prisons for being a felon in possession…
New Orleans Man Sentenced for Shooting at Woman and Child
NEW ORLEANS, LA – U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today that STERLING ROBINSON, also known as “Scooter,” age 31, a resident of New Orleans , was sentenced to twenty years imprisonment…
New Orleans Man Pleads Guilty to Theft of Mail and Unlawful Possession of a Postal Key
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – KYLE ARMSTRONG, age 20, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, pled guilty on July 20, 2022 before United States District Judge Susie Morgan to an indictment charging him…
New Orleans Man Sentenced for Conspiring to Stage Automobile Accident in Order to Defraud Insurance and Trucking Companies
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that LARRY WILLIAMS (“WILLIAMS”), age 49, of New Orleans, was sentenced today for Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud, in violation of…
New Orleans Man Sentenced to 130 Months for Selling Narcotics and Gun Possession in Furtherance of Drug Trafficking
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – On Wednesday, July 20, 2022, United States District Judge Jane Triche Milazzo sentenced JOSH TAPP, age 35, a resident of New Orleans, to 130 months in the Bureau…