New Orleans police officer Martinus Mitchum shot to death by man refusing to wear COVID mask
Updated Mar 01, 2021;
By Ramon Antonio Vargas The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate (TNS) and Tribune Media Services
The man accused of fatally shooting a police officer outside of a high school basketball game Friday night did so after becoming embroiled in an argument with a school staffer enforcing a mask mandate and compliance with other coronavirus restrictions.
Police say John Shallerhorn also robbed a man of his medallion and chain at gunpoint in the George Washington Carver High School parking lot before the altercation that ended with the slaying of Martinus Mitchum.
Hefty sentence for drunk driver in wreck that killed 3-year-old
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Landon Slaughter, 3, was killed in a wreck caused by a drunk driver on July 4, 2018.Family photoShow MoreShow Less
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Landon Slaughter had been with his family to watch Fourth of July fireworks the night he was killed by a drunk driver. He would have turned 4 years old in less than two weeks.
“My only desire was to make memories with my children by taking them to watch the fireworks,” his mother, Sierra Neville, recalled later, in a victim-impact statement that she posted to social media on Monday. “I would have never imagined going to do something fun and returning with the loss of my child.”
Task force establishes order to keep weapons out of domestic violence offenders’ hands
Program already used in Civil district courts
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SAN ANTONIO – Alarmed that San Antonio leads Texas in cases of women murdered by men, the Collaborative Commission on Domestic Violence has named a task force to address the issue.
The task force has developed an order that can be included in a protective order. It is called a weapons transfer order and requires a defendant to transfer any weapons and ammunition they have to law enforcement or a court-approved third party.
“The order puts in place a uniform order for all judges to use,” said 150th District Court Judge Monique Diaz, a task force member.
Losing Faith: A monster emerges in our midst
This is Part 1 of a three-part series focusing on the pedophilia cases against the late Catholic deacon George Brignac. Author: By David Hammer / Eyewitness Investigator, Ramon Antonio Vargas / The New Orleans Advocate Published: 3:59 PM CST December 16, 2020 Updated: 8:30 PM CST December 18, 2020
NEW ORLEANS It was 1953, and George Brignac was fresh out of high school when he joined the regional chapter of the Christian Brothers.
He spent seven years with the Catholic order, which founded four well-known local schools: St. Paul’s in Covington, De La Salle and Christian Brothers in New Orleans, and Archbishop Rummel in Metairie. But, by 1960, the order had expelled him.