Our Views Our Views: In cesspools of drugs and overdoses, signs of a troubled city and society STAFF EDITORIAL Jun 24, 2022 The nights are long in a cesspool of drugs and overdoses, with only the hum of interstate traffic and the occasional police and ambulance sire…
Crime/Police 18 arrested in cockfighting investigation; one Youngsville man also faces drug charges Staff report Jun 19, 2022 Eighteen people have been booked on counts of cockfighting and cruelty to animals following an investigation into recent reports of a suspecte…
Courts BRPD's narcotics unit imploded last year. Here's how it's still affecting court cases. BY JACQUELINE DeROBERTIS | Staff writer Jun 16, 2022 Two brothers received reduced sentences more than five years after they were arrested on drug charges stemming from the testimony of a disgrac…
Courts Arrested by disgraced BRPD narcotics detective, 2 brothers get their sentences reduced BY JACQUELINE DeROBERTIS | Staff writer Jun 16, 2022 Two brothers who had been in jail for more than five years had their sentences reduced after their attorneys questioned the testimony of a dis…
News BY FAIMON A. ROBERTS III | Staff writer Updated Jun 9, 2022 Karl Newman, a longtime federal drug task force officer who was convicted on drug and theft counts before testifying against his former collea…
+2 Opinion Guest column: New Orleans leaders need to stop deterioration of the city, now BY GREGORY RUSOVICH Jun 8, 2022 “The French Quarter is disgusting,” shouted a recent Times-Picayune headline quoting a local worker. For years, French Quarter residents and l…
Crime/Police Two men found dead of suspected drug overdose under Iberia Parish home identified BY KATIE GAGLIANO | Staff writer Jun 8, 2022 The two men found dead under a home on Effie Lane in the Coteau area have been identified by the Iberia Parish Sheriff’s Office.
News Ascension Parish employee was supplier to wide-ranging meth ring in Donaldsonville, feds say BY DAVID J. MITCHELL | Staff writer Jun 6, 2022 An Ascension Parish public works employee served as one of the major suppliers to a Donaldsonville-based drug ring that funneled pounds of met…
NO.360.041719.cg_6.JPG Advocate Staff photo by CHRIS GRANGERUpdated Jul 7, 2021 New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell, right, walks to the podium to announce a cooperative effort to battle prescription opioid abuse, heroin use…
NO.360.041719.cg_1.JPG Advocate Staff photo by CHRIS GRANGERUpdated Jul 7, 2021 St. Bernard Parish Sheriff James Pohlmann, center, talks about the passing of his son to drug addiction, as he and other public officials from…