The Orleans District Attorney’s decision not to prosecute 15-gun possession cases from Mardi Gras has many upset. Metropolitan Crime Commission President Rafael Goyeneche says at a bail hearing prosecutors haven’t been able to review the suspect’s possible criminal record nor evidence from police. He says basically the DA refused to accept the charges without all the facts.
In refusing charges the accused are not allowed to receive their guns that were seized from the arrest.
A petition to recall New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell was submitted to the Registrar’s office Wednesday. ULM Political Science Professor Pearson Cross says recalls are a huge undertaking and when it’s not a grassroots movement to be successful it takes some deep pockets.
The signatures must be validated before an election is called.
An East Baton Rouge grand jury indicts a 17-year-old with first-degree rape in the Madison Brooks case and he will be tried as an adult. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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