French Market director acquitted in theft case
Home December 28, 2016 admin Criminal Defense Kenneth Ferdinand, the former executive director of the French Market Corp., may have gotten spendy with the city agency’s credit cards, but none of it amounted to theft, a judge ruled late Friday. Orleans Parish Criminal District Judge Arthur Hunter acquitted Ferdinand of a theft charge after a two-day […]
River Birch and Morrell ‘s consort to stop recycling in New Orleans
Home December 28, 2016 admin Uncategorized River Birch, Cynthia Hedge-Morrell and J.P. Morrell consort to stop recycling in New Orleans According to the Times-Picayune: With the demolition business still in overdrive a couple of years after Hurricane Katrina, New Jersey businessman David Stoller hatched a plan to start recycling construction materials from torn-down houses at a facility on […]
LaToya Cantrell City Council race after her husband’s marijuana mishap
Home December 28, 2016 admin Uncategorized In an effort to do damage control after her husband was cited Monday on marijuana possession charges, New Orleans City Council candidate LaToya Cantrellissued a contrite statement saying she was “angry, embarrassed, and disappointed” with her spouse’s “lack of judgment.” Jason Cantrell, an assistant city attorney, was issued a summons under a city […]
NOPD Officer Resigns After Confessing to Hit-and-Run, Falsifying Report
Home December 28, 2016 admin Criminal Defense An NOPD officer resigned today after confessing to falsifying a police report involving a hit-and-run accident in his personal vehicle. Roger Jones of the Eighth District reported his personal car stolen yesterday shortly after 8:30am. He said it had been parked near the corner of North Rampart and Toulouse […]
New Orleans Murder Defense Lawyer
Home December 28, 2016 admin Criminal Defense This afternoon, shortly after 1:00 P.M., a 61-year-old man was fatally stabbed in the 3200 block of Bienville Street. The victim’s name is being withheld, pending notification of family members. The victim was found inside his residence suffering from multiple stab wounds to his body. The victim died […]
New Orleans Divorce Lawyer
Home December 28, 2016 admin Divorce In Louisiana, the law is clear regarding married spouses when they get a divorce as to who has rights to a child and who gets paid child support. But what happens if mommy and daddy were never married? And what happens if mommy gets a new boyfriend who raises the child? Under […]
District Attorney Kyle Daly argued Supreme Court Gun Law October 11, 2012 | Filed under: Criminal Defense
Home December 28, 2016 admin Criminal Defense A Supreme Court Upholds 14:95(e) Argued by Assistant District Attorney Kyle Daly The Louisiana Supreme Court appeared to be divided Tuesday on whether it should strike down a state law that allows prosecutors to charge someone with a high-grade felony for possessing a firearm at the same time as […]
New Orleans Police Department No Refusal Policy for DWI
Home December 28, 2016 admin Traffic & DWI DWI CHECKPOINT: Tomorrow night October 18, 2012, NOPD Traffic Section will conduct a Sobriety Checkpoint. The NOPD now is going to a No Refusal Policy and will have a Commissioner available twenty-four hours to sign warrants to draw blood. The New Orleans Police Department’s Traffic Division will conduct a […]
Defense Attorneys Cameron Landry and Harold Weiser Ask for Mistrial after Car Accident
Home December 28, 2016 admin Criminal Defense Preston Porter is charged with Aggravated Rape of a Juvenile and Second Degree Kidnapping of a juvenile in Orleans Criminal District Court from an alleged incident occurred on January 3rd, 2012. Prosecutor Blair Bertholet presented the mother of the victim on the first day of Trial. Nadia Moore, […]
Kenner Police Marijuana, Hit and Run, & Shooting
Home December 28, 2016 admin Criminal Defense Police say a Kenner man found himself behind bars after a series of unfortunate events. Throme LaCroix, 20, was arrested Saturday after authorities say he accidentally blasted a friend in the arm with a shotgun, slammed his car into a pick-up truck while fleeing the scene and left behind a marijuana […]