I called the popo on a neighbor last night. Hated to do it, but he was apparently intoxicated, enraged, and going after his brother with…
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I called the popo on a neighbor last night. Hated to do it, but he was apparently intoxicated, enraged, and going after his brother with…
I was alarmed to see this report because the location is not far from our house, but the details are kind of interesting. Armed Robbery,…
Yesterday the verdicts came down in the Henry Glover case. According to the morning paper: Federal prosecutors won the first convictions in their sprawling probe…
I got this update from Baty Landis via e-mail. She’s on the task force assigned by the incoming mayor to find a new police chief. I respect Baty’s efforts on this front; she is made of sterner stuff than I. What she reports is cause for concern for all New Orleanians.
I had just dropped Xy & Persephone off at the house of some friends and run a few errands. I stopped back at the house…
Our girl had her best sleep in a long while last night, but we sure didn’t. A bunch of guys decided to have a party…
Plenty of people are getting back to work and asking each other, “So how was your break?” One of Xy’s fellow teachers answered thusly: He…
Police sirens drew me out of my house Saturday around midnight, and I was surprised to see a hundred young people in the street. I…
Here’s an excerpt from the 1st District Crime Activity Report for August 2nd-8th, 2008, reproduced verbatim and without editorial comment: Location: 400 Blk. N. Johnson…
OK, so those were gunshots I heard Thursday morning. I got the direction wrong, though. Here’s the relevant excerpt from the 1st District Crime Activity…
Yesterday morning, between the hours of 9:00 AM and noon, someone came into our backyard and took a crap. Yup. The mysterious intruder moved a…
From an anonymous Mid-City neighbor: At a Night out against crime gathering tonight an NOPD officer was asked by a neighbor… Why didn’t the police…
I’ve been fiddling around with the new nopd.com crime-mapping feature. It’s pretty interesting stuff. You can put in an address and see all the crime…
Remember that retired teacher who got beat up on Bourbon Street shortly after Katrina? Sure you do, it was on television all over the world,…
Yesterday, the District Attorney dropped the charges against the suspect in a quintuple murder because the witness had disappeared. Today, the NOPD located the witness.
Why would someone burglarize the Public Integrity Bureau of the New Orleans Police Department? Speculations are welcome over at Signal 26.
So I’m down in the Quarter Friday afternoon to get a haircut, and I see this strange contraption on Bourbon Street. What on earth is…
Front page of the paper this morning: Warren Riley’s mug and the headline, “Officials say city making headway against crime.” Apparently the superintendent and the…
Maybe it’s just my imagination, but it seems that I’ve been hearing sirens constantly the last couple weeks. I think it started just after the…
My friend Daisy told me the following Katrina story. It’s a simple tale, but kind of chilling. I wanted to record it before I forget.…