Fatal dirt bike sale prompts safe exchange zone for in-person transactions
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GRETNA, La. (AP) A Louisiana sheriff’s office has created two spaces where residents can safely purchase and sell online goods after a man was killed while attempting to sell his dirt bike at an apartment complex last week.
The Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office announced the creation of the Joseph Vindel Memorial Exchange Zones Monday, which will be located at the Eastbank Operations Center in Metairie and the Investigations Bureau in Harvey, news outlets reported.
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HARVEY (WVUE) - A suspect in a Harvey murder was arrested this morning, according to Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Jason Rivarde.
Around 8 a.m.., deputies found the victim inside of a crashed vehicle in the 2900 block of Manhattan Blvd. and that they had suffered from an apparent gunshot wound. The victim was pronounced dead on the scene.
That person’s identity is being withheld at this time for investigative reasons. Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to call the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office Homicide Section at 504-364-5300 or contact Crimestoppers.
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NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The body of 21-year-old Marquise Jones, a nursing student at Southern University, was recovered from Lake Pontchartrain.
On Monday, March 15, the Orleans Parish Coroner confirmed that Jones died from a gunshot wound.
Detectives are now investigating the case as a homicide.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Homicide Unit at 504-658-5300 or call Crimestoppers anonymously at 504-822-1111 and toll-free at 1-877-903-7867.
The body was recovered by members of the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office Land, Air, and Sea Emergency Rescue Division (LASER) around 3:16 p.m. on Wed., March 10.
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