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A man already serving a federal life sentence got 80 years for killing five teens in Central City. The Orleans Parish District Attorney's Office says Michael Anderson won't be eligible for release in their case until he's more than 100 years old. He...

The two month occupation of Duncan Plaza is over. A federal court ruling denied Occupy NOLA's preliminary injunction to stay, which means demonstrators had to pack up and move out Tuesday night. Everyone complied except one man, who'll go down as the last...

The jury in the Danziger Bridge police shooting trial handed up guilty verdicts on Friday morning, two days after starting deliberations for five former and current New Orleans Police officers. The officers are guilty of violating the civil rights of six...

The first of several former New Orleans Police Department officers reported to prison on Monday to begin serving a 36-month sentence for his role in covering up a post-Katrina police shooting on the Danziger Bridge that killed two people and seriously...

A federal judge on Wednesday ordered a separate trial for one of six current or former police officers charged in an alleged plot to cover up deadly shootings of unarmed residents of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.       U.S. District Judge Kurt...

District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro’s office obtained four convictions in jury trials in the first full week of 2011.   On Tuesday, a jury found Jody Butler, 39, guilty of Possession of Marijuana – Third Offense and Possession of Cocaine. ...

A former service manager of a Baton Rouge engine and equipment manufacturer has admitted that he overcharged a foreign customer and had more than $450,000 wired to his personal account in Denham Springs. The Advocate reports 47-year-old Ricky L. Morrow...

Prosecutors are asking a federal judge to reconsider his refusal to postpone a sentencing hearing for Jeffrey Lehrmann, a former New Orleans police detective who pleaded guilty to helping cover up a deadly police shooting after Hurricane Katrina. Justice...

District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro's office obtained the conviction of Robere Nguyen Monday afternoon. The defendant pled guilty to Manslaughter for killing Michael Nguyen (n.b. the victim and the defendant were not related) on February 26,2010, in New...

Samuel L. Wilson Sr., who was placed on probation after admitting that he helped funnel bribes to a prosecutor, objects to being banned from court buildings in Baton Rouge. The Advocate reports U.S. District Judge James J. Brady has scheduled a hearing...

"Good Morning Director Bromwich. I bring greetings to you from Governor Bobby Jindal and the men and women of Louisiana who have been working, day in and day out, for 147 days to restore our way of while never forgetting the 11 great Americans who lost...

Judge Terry Alrrcon sentenced Cedric Martin, 39, to 21 and a half years in prison for fourteen counts of felony theft. Martin stole over $500,000 from fourteen victims by failing to provide contracting services for which he was paid. When the District...