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A 16-year-old Harvey boy accused of shooting a Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office deputy early Sunday morning (May 6) during a traffic stop has been booked with attempted first-degree murder of a police officer. The teen has also been booked with possession of a firearm by a juvenile, possession of a stolen vehicle and possession of a stolen license plate, said Glen T. Boyd, spokesman for the sheriff's office. The department is not identifying the teen because of his age.The alleged shooter's passenger, Derek Lightell, 18, was also arrested and booked with possession of a stolen vehicle, possession of a stolen...

One person died and two others were taken into custody after a pursuit related to Wednesday morning's (March 7) armed robbery of a men's clothing store in Metairie, according to interim Jefferson Parish Sheriff Joseph Lopinto. Two men armed with assault rifles robbed Jeff's Haberdashery, 3321 Severn Ave. They made off with several armfuls of expensive merchandise, including shirts that retail for $400 to $500 each. Lopinto said during a news conference Wednesday night that investigators received a tip that helped them to identify one of the robbers and traced him to a house just outside of LaPlace in St....

A 13-year-old former Truman Middle School student was arrested and booked with terrorizing after authorities say he posted a photo with a caption threatening to shoot up the school on Friday (Feb. 23). The Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office did not identify the student, the fifth arrested since Tuesday in connection with investigations into reported school shooting threats, said Lt. Jason Rivarde, spokesman for the department.The boy posted an unidentified image on his Instagram account Thursday night and wrote "ima (sic) shoot up truman tm at 12:00 be there," according to Rivarde. -snip-- A student at Helen Cox High School in...

Ryan Marchand, the 14-year-old boy hit by a car in Metairie Monday evening, died Tuesday night, according to the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office. Ryan had been hospitalized at University Medical Center in New Orleans since he was gravely injured in the accident, which occurred just before 7 p.m. at the intersection of West Metairie Avenue and North Starrett Road, said Col. John Fortunato, spokesman for the department.He was riding a skateboard when an unidentified, 29-year-old woman hit him on westbound West Metairie Avenue. The woman told deputies she didn't immediately realized she'd struck a person. The woman stopped after hitting...

A 32-year-old Metairie man was shot in the abdomen and elbow after he used his car to pin an armed stranger against a wall at a River Ridge car wash, according to a recently released Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office incident report. The shooting occurred just after midnight Nov. 27, as the victim was trying to vacuum the inside of his vehicle. A deputy responding to reports of gunfire found an empty Pontiac Grand Am at the car wash, in the 10200 block of Jefferson Highway, less than 500 feet from the campus of John Curtis Christian School. The car had...

Ballistic evidence and autopsy results show Ronald Gasser, the man authorities say admitted to fatally shooting Joe McKnight, did not fire on the former NFL player while standing over him, Jefferson Parish authorities said. "The wounds are not consistent with being shot from above while on the ground," Jefferson Parish Coroner Dr. Gerry Cvitanovich said, as he discussed McKnight's autopsy during a press conference Friday (Dec. 2). The information contradicts a witness account given at the scene of McKnight's death Thursday at a Terrytown intersection. The witness had said she saw Gasser shoot McKnight twice, then stand on top of...

Records: Landry-Walker (3-2, 2-0), Bonnabel (0-5, 0-2) HOW IT WAS WON It was a controversial past week for the Bonnabel football program, and things didn't get any easier as Landry-Walker quarterback Keytaon Thompson continued his stellar season of play, accounting for five touchdowns in the victory at home. While Thompson was the contest's key player, there was an even bigger story taking place during pregame. A video released across social media last week showed the Bruins' team kneeling during the playing of the national anthem. As a result, the Bonnabel's Alumni Association reportedly canceled several fundraising events.On Friday night, however,...

The teen shot and killed by a Jefferson Parish deputy sheriff in a Metairie warehouse late Tuesday (July 26) had attempted to fire his weapon but the gun may have malfunctioned, Jefferson Parish Sheriff Newell Normand said in a press conference. "Devon Martes tried to kill one of my officers," Normand said, referring to the 17-year-old man who was killed. "Devon Martes is not the victim. The victim in this case is Deputy Dave Dalton." The shooting took place just before midnight at 4013 N. Interstate 10 Service Road inside a warehouse used to sort and distribute newspapers to dealers...

Jerman Neveaux, the suspect arrested in the fatal shooting of Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Deputy David Michel Jr., has been booked with first-degree murder and other charges, authorities said. Neveaux, 19, was also booked with aggravated assault with a firearm, battery of a police officer and resisting arrest, said Col. John Fortunato, spokesman for the department. In an act Jefferson Parish Sheriff Newell Normand called "cold-blooded murder," Neveaux is accused of shooting Michel, 50, three times during a pedestrian stop Wednesday afternoon near the intersection of Manhattan Boulevard and Ascot Road in Harvey. Michel was taken to University Medical Center...

A woman who fled the scene after crashing into a Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office patrol vehicle climbed into her own backseat to pose as a passenger -- while the vehicle was still moving, authorities say. But 25-year-old Amber Lovell's seat-switching ruse wasn't clever enough to fool the deputy, who immediately identified her as the driver of the vehicle, a Sheriff's Office arrest report said.-snip-Once taken into custody, Lovell is accused of slamming her head and feet against the window of the patrol car. Deputies had to restrain her, according to the report. Lovell is accused of spitting on one deputy...

An admitted crack dealer accused of shooting a Jefferson Parish deputy during a federal drug raid Tuesday (Jan. 26) told investigators he thought he was being robbed when he fired his gun several times at police through his bedroom door, according to court records. Jarvis Hardy, 26, was booked Wednesday (Jan. 27) on federal charges of attempted murder and attempted murder of a federal officer, related to the shooting of deputy Stephen Arnold, a federal criminal complaint says. Arnold, a federally deputized member of a local Drug Enforcement Agency Task Force, was leading the entry team into Hardy's house in...

A 15-year-old girl is dead and a 16-year-old boy is in guarded condition after a shooting shortly after 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday evening (Dec. 22) in Harvey. The victim who died was identified as Shamairie Joseph of Harvey, according to a Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office news release. Responding officers found Joseph suffering a gunshot wound to the chest in the 1600 block of Apache Drive, according to the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office. The boy was found suffering a gunshot wound to the abdomen about a block away, in the 1000 block of Inca Drive. Preliminary indications are that "both victims...

A Harvey man shot his girlfriend's ex-boyfriend in the chest with a shotgun after the man forced his way into the couple's home on Sunday night (Oct. 11), authorities said. Douglas Moody, 31, of Belle Chasse, suffered wounds to his chest, neck and head, according to a Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office arrest report. Moody's former girlfriend called 911 on Sunday about 11:15 p.m. and told operators that he had contacted her several times threatening to harm her and her new boyfriend. Moody – the father of her child -- told the woman he planned to drag her out of her...

A New Orleans man and a Marrero man have been arrested in connection with a Sept. 1 shoot-out with Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office deputies, authorities said. Local and state investigators seized four pistols from the suspects, three of them reported stolen. Malcom Hall, 21, of 3150 N. Robertson St., New Orleans, was booked with three counts of attempted first-degree murder and four counts of possession of a firearm in connection with drug activity. Terrane Carter, 20, of 1914 James Dr., Marrero, was booked with four counts of possession of a firearm in connection with drug activity, Normand said. The sheriff...

The shotgun wielded by a teen accused of killing a father and son in their Metairie home belonged to an Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office deputy, a detective in the case testified Tuesday. The shotgun was a personal weapon reported stolen in a New Orleans vehicle burglary about a month before the April 22 slayings of David Pence, 56, and Nicholas Pence, 25, confirmed Col. John Fortunato, spokesman for the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office.JPSO detectives recovered the Mossburg pump-action shotgun from the home of 17-year-old suspect Dexter Allen Jr., 2227 Arts St., New Orleans, two days after the shootings, authorities have...

A Denham Springs man was arrested and booked with committing a hate crime after authorities say he used racial slurs while threatening people with a knife in Marrero. Trinity Vitrano, 41, was also booked with illegally carrying a weapon and aggravated assault, according to a Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office arrest report. A deputy was dispatched to the 6200 block of South Judah Drive in Marrero just before 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday (April 1) after 911 operators received calls reporting a man armed with a knife and threatening people. Witnesses told the deputy that they spotted an unidentified man arguing with...

Reginald Bradley was supposed to be picking up his 2-year-old niece. But Jefferson Parish Sheriff's detectives say the 28-year-old Marrero man made a stop along the way and killed a man in the street while the child waited in the car. Kenneth Clark, 28, of 810 Bellville Ave., in Algiers was found shot to death Saturday (March 7) in front of 4249 Lac Bienville Dr., Apt. D, in Harvey, according to sheriff's office spokesman Col. John Fortunato. While Detective Rhonda Goff investigated Clark's death, witness descriptions of the suspect and suspect vehicle led her to Bradley. Bradley's sister, Ebony Bradley...

Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office have arrested the suspect wanted in connection with the murder of Joseph Anderson, a U.S. Army sergeant and father of three who was gunned down while visiting with family in Marrero for the holidays. Darwin Bethune, 24, of 4468 Rosemont Drive, New Orleans, surrendered to authorities in New Orleans Thursday (Feb. 6), said Col. John Fortunato, spokesman for the Sheriff's Office. He will be transported to the Sheriff's Office investigations bureau in Harvey and then booked with second-degree murder. Bethune is accused of shooting Anderson, 31, in the driveway of a home in the 6100 block...