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New Orleans Police Department officer accused of stalking held without bond
Kaja Rhea is facing more than 30 counts of stalking, obscene phone calls, and disobeying a protective order charges.
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NOPD special ops officer re-arrested for stalking, obscene phone calls, court records show
Officer Kaja Rhea, 25, was re-arrested Wednesday after being accused of harassing his ex-girlfriend's new boyfriend in what ...
Judge to weigh Louisiana AG’s challenge to city jail’s ‘sanctuary’ policy
Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill is pushing to force Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson to drop a longtime policy that generally prohibits deputies from directly engaging in federal immigration ...
New Orleans police organizations celebrate Civil Service ruling against Cantrell as symbolic victory
The commission found Cantrell violated the Louisiana constitution and New Orleans Civil Service rules with her interference. The ruling came a month after Cantrell refused to answer questions on the ...
Security gaps were exposed months before juvenile escape and carjacking
What the public did not know was that there had been a nearly identical escape attempt three months earlier. Documents obtained exclusively by WWL Louisiana reveal that security gaps identified in ...
Reimagining Rehabilitation: Inside Sheriff Susan Hutson’s Bold Vision For New Orleans
The no-nonsense chief law enforcement officer is making history and addressing the root causes of incarceration in the city.
1 year later: No arrests in Republic NOLA mass shooting investigation
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - It’s been one year since a mass shooting outside a nightclub in the Warehouse District killed one and injured 11 others, and the case is still unsolved. 24-year-old Jezreel ...
New report accuses Mayor LaToya Cantrell of improperly halting New Orleans Police Department officer promotions
A new report from the New Orleans Civil Service Commission finds that New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell tried to manipulate ...