NOPD News

NOPD Superintendent Shaun Ferguson today announces more than 60 gun-related arrests made over a two-day period this past weekend in the Eighth District.

The New Orleans Police Department’s Intelligence Division, Jefferson Parish Sherriff’s Office, UNO Police and the United States Marshals worked in concert to arrest 22-year-old Karam Mohammed Ahatel in connection with Terrorizing, Stalking, and Unlawful Disruption of the Operation of a School. The offense occurred on Friday, November 18, 2022.

This past Friday (November 18, 2022), the NOPD along with the U.S. Marshals Service and several other federal, state and local law enforcement partners finished Operation Washout New Orleans.  

The NOPD today (November 10, 2022) arrested a 16-year-old juvenile black male in the investigation of a shooting incident that occurred on November 6, 2022, in the 500 block of Bourbon Street.

Today (November 3, 2022) the NOPD’s Violent Offender Warrant Squad (VOWS) and the U.S. Marshals arrested Edward Cager (black male, DOB: 09-09-1982), a wanted suspect in the investigation of a shooting that occurred on October 10, 2022, in the 1700 block of Deslonde Street.