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Marcus McNeil's work with the New Orleans Police Department made him feel "like a superhero," his uncle Joseph Gilyot said. "He wanted to go out and save the city," Gilyot said. "He truly loved his job." Gilyot, 53, and others who knew McNeil said it was his dream to become a police officer. Just three years after joining the NOPD, McNeil -- a 29-year-old father of two -- was gunned down early Friday morning (Oct. 13) while patrolling in New Orleans East. Barbara May, a longtime friend of McNeil's family, said she got a call from McNeil's grandmother, Alvena McNeil,...

A man is accused of pulling a 23-year-old woman and her two children out of their car in Hollygrove and driving off in the vehicle Friday (Aug. 12), according to the New Orleans Police Department. The woman told investigators she pulled her car to a stop sign at Hollygrove and Oleander streets when a man she knew, identified in a preliminary NOPD report as Kendrick Burbank, asked her for a ride. She refused, police said, and he dragged her and her two children out of the car

The New Orleans Police Department has released video showing an attack that left a man critically wounded during a robbery Saturday night (June 24) in the French Quarter. The vicious robbery was reported just before 11 p.m. Saturday in the 200 block of Bienville Street. Captured from surveillance footage, the video shows two men walking on Bienville Street at 8:52 p.m. At the video's 1:30 mark, a pair of males run up behind the two victims and begin to assault them. WARNING: This video contains graphic content. NOPD Incident F-30418-17 (65 208 Bienville Street) One of the assailants appears to...

The New Orleans Police Department dedicated more than 200 officers and 8,600 man-hours to keep the peace at three Confederate monuments as the city removed them last month, city records show. The cash-strapped city spent more than $173,000 on paying officers deployed to protests and removal operations at the Jefferson Davis, P.G.T. Beauregard and Robert E. Lee monuments, including $112,000 in time-and-a-half overtime pay that went to 178 officers. The city overtime data and expenses were provided to WWL-TV in response to the station’s public records request for police overtime dedicated to the removal of four monuments starting with the...

New Orleans Police said a man who was apparently acting as a good Samaritan on Saturday afternoon (April 8) was robbed at gunpoint in Algiers after he responded to someone who asked for help jump-starting their vehicle. Police said the 38-year-old male victim was flagged down by someone in the 3700 block of Gen. De Gaulle Drive who was asking for help jump-starting their car.

A 13-year-old boy is in custody after New Orleans police say he robbed a 75-year-old woman at gunpoint Wednesday (March 1) in the Marigny neighborhood. Officers were called shortly before 4:30 p.m. to the 800 block of Marigny Street, where the victim said she was walking to her home when approached by a juvenile demanding her wallet, police said in a preliminary report. The woman refused, police said, and the boy pulled out a gun. She gave him her property and he fled, but was later arrested, police said. Earlier Wednesday, police said a 76-year-old man was shot in the...

Neilson Rizzuto's blood-alcohol content was measured at .232 after he plowed into 32 spectators at Saturday night's Krewe of Endymion parade, according to a New Orleans police arrest report obtained Sunday (Feb. 26) by The Times-Picayune. The report said Rizzuto's breathalyzer results -- showing impairment nearly three times the state's legal limit of .08 to operate a motor vehicle -- were obtained Saturday at 8:36 p.m., one hour and 54 minutes after the crash that sent 23 injured people to local hospitals after they were strewn about the intersection of Orleans and North Carrollton avenues. Rizzuto, a 25-year-old from Paradis,...

NEW ORLEANS, LA (WVUE) - A driver plowed into a crowd of Endymion revelers Saturday, injuring several people. The crash happened at about 6:45 p.m. at the corner of Orleans and N. Carrollton avenues. Police said initial reports show so far about a dozen people are in critical condition. That number could rise, police said. One person was arrested,according to FOX 8 reporter Rob Krieger. Fox8live.com will update this story as details become available.

A protest against President Donald Trump Friday night (Jan. 20) left two New Orleans police officers injured and resulted in 15 people arrested on charges ranging from inciting a riot to felony battery in the French Quarter and Central Business District, according to authorities. The New Orleans Police Department later issued a stern warning: anyone wearing a mask during upcoming protests Saturday night will be immediately arrested. In a day fraught with protest across the country due to Trump's inauguration, two protests in New Orleans appeared to go off without a hitch Friday until dusk descended. Then, a group of...

A 21-year-old man and 17-year-old woman are accused of using the dating website Plenty Of Fish to lure a man to a St. Roch park and then rob him at gunpoint, according to New Orleans police. Jarius Smith and Oliska McNeil were arrested and booked into the Orleans Justice Center jail Wednesday (Feb. 1) with armed robbery. Detectives continue investigating to see if the duo has been involved in similar cases reported in the NOPD's 7th District, which includes a large swath of New Orleans East. The pair is charged in a robbery that occurred nearly two weeks ago, according...

Employees at a North Broad Street store shot and attacked a man who returned to the store he unsuccessfully tried to rob, New Orleans police said. The man, identified in a preliminary report as David Vaughn, was armed when he first walked into Triangle Deli, 1904 N. Broad St. He showed a store cashier a gun in his waistband and ordered the cashier to give him money from the register, police said. The cashier pointed a gun at the man and led him out of the store, police said. Vaughn returned about 12:20 a.m. Sunday (Jan. 1), but three employees...

A 35-year-old LaPlace man was issued a municipal summons after New Orleans police say he attacked a group of protesters at Lee Circle Wednesday night (Nov. 9) when his Donald Trump flag was snatched off his truck. As dozens of people gathered at Lee Circle in protest of Trump's election victory, the LaPlace man drove around the circle in his truck, which police say had a Trump flag and an American flag flying from its rear. One protester took the Trump flag off the man's truck and ran, police said. He then got out of his truck and attacked people...

Members of the Hell's Angels motorcycle club went to Lee Circle and surrounded the Robert E. Lee monument Thursday. The development came after New Orleans and other American cities were roiled by a wave of vandalism by those lashing out after the election of Donald Trump as president of the United States. Protesters took to the streets again later that night, but in a much more peaceful manner.New Orleans Police Superintendent Michael Harrison held a press conference hours earlier to detail the NOPD strategy for handling those protests.

A New Orleans Police Department recruit was arrested Thursday (Oct. 13) in connection a burglary at a Mandeville salon. Jacob Dye, 21, surrendered to Mandeville police and was booked into St. Tammany Parish jail on one count of simple burglary of a business. Dye was hired by NOPD in December of last year and was in field training at the time of his arrest, said NOPD spokesman Tyler Gamble. He has been placed on unpaid emergency suspension following his arrest, Gamble said.

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana – A Black Lives Matter-aligned organization called ‘Take ‘Em Down Nola’ stormed New Orleans’ Andrew Jackson monument demanding all monuments related to the Civil War come down across the city. The monument which sits at the heart of the city’s historic French Quarter. Chanting “No justice, no peace” and “F*ck the police,” the group of protesters took issue with barricades and police guarding the iconic Jackson Square monument as a few members of Take ‘Em Down Nola immediately tried to jump the barriers, but were quickly apprehended by New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) officers. The protests, for...

About seven minutes lapsed from when an eyewitness saw Jean Jacques Michell in the French Quarter ransacking a New Orleans Police Department car and the time three officers had Michell on the ground in handcuffs, his arrest warrant said. Michell, 35, was booked early Wednesday (July 20) on charges of simple burglary of a vehicle and simple criminal damage to property after he smashed the windshield of a marked cop car parked and apparently removed its computer system, his warrant said. The warrant, sworn by NOPD Det. Justin Almeida, said Almeida and Det. Mark Schmidt were on patrol when a...

After two juvenile boys held up three juvenile girls at gunpoint Sunday afternoon (June 12) in the 7th Ward, one made his getaway on a bicycle as the other took off running, New Orleans police say. A preliminary NOPD report says one of the suspects, a 14-year-old boy, was arrested shortly after the robbery. The holdup happened around 4:30 p.m. in the 1700 block of North Broad Street, police say. The report says two of the victims were age 12 and 13. The third victim's age was not listed, but police said she was also a juvenile. The report says...

New Orleans police identified 15-year-old Ryan Davis as one of the suspected juveniles responsible for a string of armed robberies and carjacking across the city. Police said Wednesday (June 8) that detectives obtained a warrant for Davis' arrest. Once in custody, he is expected to be charged in connection with two carjackings and five completed or attempted armed robberies committed from May 28 to June 1, police said in a press release. The attacks came during a seven-day period in which New Orleans saw 42 armed robberies or carjackings, roughly twice the weekly average during the first three months of...

A woman accused of stabbing a man on Earhart Boulevard on Sunday (June 5) has been arrested, New Orleans police said. Marvel Hilton, 57, was arrested after she attacked the 56-year-old man in the 2000 block of Earhart Boulevard, near the Pontchartrain Expressway, according to a preliminary police report. The victim was standing in the area when Hilton approached him and began stabbing him, police said.

The Mercedes-Benz Superdome will be lit up in blue starting Sunday (May 15) evening to honor New Orleans Police officers who died in the line of duty and thank current officers in service. The NOPD said the recognition coincides with National Police Week. The New Orleans stadium's blue glow will last until Thursday evening.From March 26, 1856 to July 17, 2015, more than 112 officers have died in the line of duty, the department said. NOPD Superintendent Michael Harrison expressed his gratitude to the Superdome for honoring the fallen officers "and recognizing the officers who are taking that risk right...