NOPD News

On October 8, 2022, a coordinated effort between two NOPD field districts and the department’s Violent Crime Abatement Investigation Team (VCAIT) resulted in the arrest of Jeremy T. Adams (black male, DOB: 02-21-1987). Adams was arrested in the investigation of an armed carjacking incident that occurred earlier that day in the 1100 block of Ursulines Avenue. 

Members of the New Orleans Police Department’s Fatality Section are investigating a Hit and Run Traffic Fatality that left a 16-year-old male dead. The Offense occurred on October 10, 2022, shortly before 10:30 P.M., at the intersection of Oliver White Avenue and Benefit Street.

The NOPD is investigating a fatal vehicle crash that occurred in the early hours today (October 10, 2022) at the intersection of Chef Menteur Highway and Werner Drive that left one person dead.

The NOPD is investigating a homicide that occurred this evening (October 9, 2022) in the 1900 block of Port Street and left one person dead.

 

A recent report issued by the Orleans Parish Independent Police Monitor concerning the NOPD response to the incident involving former City Council Member Jay Banks and Beldon Batiste is inaccurate in multiple ways.