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by Officer Jonathan Morris
July 15, 2026
Categories: On Duty
Topics: First District, Good Police Work, Homicide
Members of the New Orleans Police Department, working in coordination with the St. Bernard Sheriff’s Office, have arrested 36-year-old Victor Fernandez in connection with the homicide of 42-year-old Jessyca Gelpi.
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The New Orleans Police Department Traffic Fatality Unit is continuing to investigate a fatal hit-and-run crash that occurred on Tuesday, October 28, 2025, at approximately 7:25 p.m., in the 3300 block of General Meyer Avenue.
The New Orleans Police Department is seeking the public's assistance in identifying and locating a person of interest in connection with an attempted homicide by cutting that occurred in the Second District on June 13, 2026, near the intersection of Leonidas Street and Sycamore Street.
New Orleans Police are asking the public's assistance with locating a suspect wanted for aggravated battery.
The New Orleans Police Department, in coordination with the Louisiana State Police and the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development, will conduct a planned traffic operation on the Crescent City Connection on Tuesday, April 14, 2026.
The Crescent City Classic will be run on Saturday April 4, 2026, starting from the intersection of Poydras and Loyola. The race formation area stretches from Poydras/Loyola to Poydras/South Claiborne. The route of the race is Poydras Street to Decatur Street to Esplanade Avenue, on City Park Avenue and then into City Park with the finish line near the New Orleans Museum of Art.
The NOPD today (July 15, 2026) announced the arrest of four suspects in its ongoing investigation of a homicide that occurred on March 23, 2026, at the intersection of Socrates Street and Brooklyn Avenue, in the Fourth District.
As thousands of residents and visitors celebrated the Fourth of July holiday and Essence Festival weekend, the New Orleans Police Department had additional officers and drone teams already deployed throughout the city to enhance public safety. That proactive deployment proved invaluable Saturday when a transformer caught fire in the French Quarter.
The New Orleans Police Department is investigating a homicide that occurred in the 4000 block of Banks Street in the First District.
The New Orleans Police Department is investigating a homicide that occurred in the Sixth District.
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is urging drivers to buckle up ahead of the Click It or Ticket seat belt safety campaign. The national high-visibility seat belt enforcement effort, which coincides with the Memorial Day holiday, runs May 18-31, 2026.
The New Orleans Police Department has arrested two individuals in connection with the homicide investigation of 20-year-old Shawn Mitchell, which occurred on June 28, 2026, in the 2200 block of Louisiana Avenue.
NOPD's Traffic Division arrested two individuals for DWI and issued 89 citations during last Thursday's (June 18, 2026) DWI Saturation Patrol.
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