Ken Daley
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New Orleans, LA, United States
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City council, civil court judge demand data from Orleans DA Cannizzaro
DA Leon Cannizzaro's office is asked to provide records involving 'fake subpoenas,' as well as at least three years of case-acceptance rates and outcomes. → Read More
Class-action lawsuit challenging Louisiana's public defense system can proceed, judge rules
A Baton Rouge judge denies a state motion to dismiss the lawsuit brought in February by civil rights advocates. → Read More
Absent witnesses contributed to 15-year manslaughter deal, Cannizzaro says
Two witnesses -- one under threat of arrest -- ignored subpoenas to weaken state's case against murder defendant Daryll Johnson, DA Leon Cannizzaro said. → Read More
Life without parole for New Orleans man convicted of killing at 15
The sentence came 5½ years after Jeremy Burse, now 21, fatally shot his 16-year-old friend Anthony Davis as the two attempted to rob a security guard of his gun at the Willowbrook Apartments in eastern New Orleans. → Read More
Second guilty plea in Reserve couple's drowning case
A second defendant linked to the February 2014 drowning deaths of Reserve couple Kenneth and Lakeitha Joseph has pleaded guilty, this time in New Orleans' federal court. Frank Mike Jr., 46, entered his plea Wednesday (Dec. 16) to one count of interstate... → Read More
Orleans jury weighs case after star witness changes story in beating of musician Doug Potter
The lone eyewitness to the January 2014 beating of jazz musician Doug Potter surprised Orleans Parish prosecutors Thursday (Dec. 10) by suggesting – apparently for the first time – that defendant Terrell Belvin acted in self-defense when he struck the... → Read More
Orleans jury convicts woman of murder, obstruction in 2013 stabbing of boyfriend
A Leonidas-area woman accused of fatally stabbing her boyfriend in a fit of rage in 2013 was convicted Wednesday (Dec. 9) of second-degree murder and obstruction of justice. A New Orleans jury deliberated about three hours before finding Octavia Gary, 35,... → Read More
New Orleans judge, DA and prosecutors swap briefs for beans to help feed city's needy
District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro, Criminal District Court Judge Franz Zibilich and a handful of top Orleans Parish prosecutors stepped out of the courtroom for about 90 minutes Wednesday (Dec. 9) to line-assemble and distribute nearly 200 meals for the homeless.... → Read More
Euric Cain's couple-rape booking might not be last arrest, NOPD's Harrison says
Euric Cain, the man New Orleans police have accused of shooting Tulane medical student Peter Gold on Nov. 20 and then kidnapping and raping a couple the next day, might not have seen his last arrest, NOPD Superintendent Michael Harrison said... → Read More
NOPD, coroner's office at odds explaining delay matching missing actor to unidentified body
New Orleans' police department and coroner's office are at odds explaining how the body of a local actor discovered in October remained unidentified for five weeks while the missing man's family continued an anguished search. The Orleans Parish coroner on Tuesday (Dec. 8) announced the death... → Read More
State Supreme Court hears arguments on constitutionality of Orleans criminal case allotment system
The Louisiana Supreme Court on Monday (Dec. 7) heard arguments on whether a state appellate court overstepped its bounds when deciding the co-defendants in former Saints player Darren Sharper's rape cases were entitled to a new judge. Should the high... → Read More
St. Roch stabbing victim was former New Orleans mob figure Frenchy Brouillette, co-author says
The man found stabbed to death Saturday (Dec. 5) in a St. Roch neighborhood was former New Orleans mob figure Kent "Frenchy" Brouillette, according to the co-author of his 2010 autobiography. Though New Orleans' police and coroner have not identified the... → Read More
Grim ending to search for missing New Orleans actor: Coroner had unidentified body for 5 weeks
A desperate 47-day search for a missing New Orleans actor and writer came to a heartbreaking end for family and friends last week with the discovery that Shade Sanguis' unidentified body had been found by police and was in the possession... → Read More
1 killed in Algiers double shooting, NOPD says
A double shooting in Algiers has left one person dead and another wounded, New Orleans police said Sunday night (Dec. 6). NOPD spokesman Officer Garry Flot said he had no details on the incident, including the ages or genders of... → Read More
Bond set at $3 million for indicted murder suspect in Algiers double-stabbing
A man accused of stabbing his estranged girlfriend and then fatally stabbing her sleeping brother in an Algiers apartment in September was indicted Thursday (Dec. 3) by an Orleans Parish grand jury. Luis Orobio Jr., 30, is charged with second-degree... → Read More
NOPD investigating Uptown shooting on Annunciation Street
New Orleans police were on the scene of an Uptown shooting that left an unidentified man wounded Saturday night (Dec. 5) near the corner of Annunciation and Octavia streets. NOPD spokesman Officer Garry Flot said the shooting was reported around... → Read More
Convicted Texas sex offender indicted on kidnapping, rape charges in New Orleans
A convicted Texas sex offender has been indicted on charges that he kidnapped and raped a woman Oct. 24 in eastern New Orleans while free on bond. Walter "Winkie" Bell, 42, was named in a three-count indictment handed up Thursday... → Read More
Suspect in Tulane medical student's shooting confessed to detectives, NOPD chief says
The man accused of shooting Tulane medical student Peter Gold when Gold intervened in the armed robbery of a woman last week has confessed to his role in both crimes after his arrest Monday (Nov. 23), New Orleans' police chief said.... → Read More
NOPD's Harrison asks city to consider paying police reservists to answer service calls
NOPD Superintendent Michael Harrison said Wednesday (Nov. 11) he has asked the Civil Service Commission for a hearing to consider paying some department reservists to work part-time shifts answering service calls. "It will be a money issue," Harrison said in... → Read More
Algiers woman charged with attempted murder denies trying to drive into rival
Monique Allen said she never saw the car that crushed her lower legs against an eastern New Orleans building after a DJ party nearly three years ago. But after locking eyes with the woman who pinned her against the wall,... → Read More