Bicyclist killed in Metairie hit and run crash The Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office is investigating a fatal hit and run crash that has left a bicyclist dead. By Tiffany Baptiste | December 21, 2020 at 5:49 AM CST - Updated December 21 at 5:49 AM
METAIRIE, La. (WVUE) - The Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office is investigating a fatal hit and run crash that has left a bicyclist dead.
According to Sheriff Joseph Lopinto, the bicyclist was traveling in the 2200 block of Veterans Memorial Boulevard around 3 a.m. when he was struck from behind by a vehicle. The vehicle immediately fled the scene.
Minutes later, a passerby arrived at the scene and contacted 911. The bicyclist was later pronounced dead at the scene.
A Jefferson Parish judge agreed to reduce the $250,000 bond set for a Marrero mother who faces a murder charge for allegedly ingesting methamphetamine and delivering a lethal dose of the drug to her 3-month-old daughter while breastfeeding.
Criminal Commissioner Patricia Joyce lowered 31-year-old Autumn Blansettâs bond to $75,000 on the second-degree murder charge Thursday after Blansettâs defense attorney, Jim Williams, argued the case had been âgrossly overcharged.â
Autumn Blansett (Photo from Jefferson Parish Sheriff s Office)
Williams also compared his clientâs case to that of Brandie Froeba, 37, a Kenner mother booked with murder in the 2018 death of her infant daughter, also allegedly due to drug-tainted breast milk. Despite her March 2019 arrest, the Jefferson Parish District Attorneyâs Office has not yet accepted the murder charge against Froeba, Williams noted in court.
In this body-cam video footage, NOPD task force officers discuss the legal basis for an arrest on Bourbon Street on New Year s Day 2019. The video led one judge to conclude the cops had fabricated their reason for the arrest. Questions around the French Quarter cops, plus a harsh report from federal monitors released on June 26, prompted Superintendent Shaun Ferguson to bench all task force officers across the NOPD.
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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: 4:59 PM EST December 16, 2020 Updated: 9:30 PM EST 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.