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Louisiana Category: Geographic Index Wikipedia: Louisiana Page Sections: Article Index |
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| 16 June 2023 | Bus Compartment Redesign and Bus of the Future Initiatives; Meeting Program grants totaling $1,600,000 to the International Transportation Learning Center and the New Orleans Regional Transit Authority to redesign a transit bus compartment to improve safety for operators. | Federal Register Notice  (text)Agency: Federal Transit Administration Byline: Nuria I. Fernandez |
| 7 February 2024 | Notice of Final Federal Agency Actions on the I-10 Calcasieu River Bridge Improvements (I-10/I-210 West End to I-10/I-210 East End), Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana The project will replace the 72 year-old Calcasieu River Bridge and improve I-10 between the I-10/I-210 west and I-10/I-210 east interchanges in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Highway Administration Byline: Melinda Roberson Topic: Interstate Highway System |
| 21 February 2024 | New Orleans Man and Woman Indicted for Fraudulent Vehicle Purchase Scheme According to the indictment, in 2022, Kenneth Richmond and Kendra Walker conspired to use fake or stolen personal identifying information to make fraudulent vehicle purchases from a local car dealership. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Louisiana Byline: Shane M. Jones Dateline: New Orleans, Louisiana |
| 21 February 2024 | New Orleans Man Pleads Guilty to Possessing Cars Stolen from Norfolk Southern Railyard and Federal Gun and Drug Offenses According to court documents, a 2023 Ford F-150 Raptor Crew Cab 4X4 and a 2023 Lincoln Aviator were stolen from the Norfolk Southern Automotive Distribution Facility. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Louisiana Byline: Shane M. Jones Dateline: New Orleans, Louisiana |
| 26 February 2024 | New Orleans Woman Guilty of Staged Automobile Accident Conspiracy Shirley Harris and Antoine Clark made false police reports, filed fraudulent lawsuits, lied during deposition testimony, and sought unnecessary medical treatment to further their fraudulent claims. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Louisiana Byline: Shane M. Jones Dateline: New Orleans, Louisiana |
| 27 February 2024 | South Carolina Man Pleads Guilty to Carjacking Louisiana State Police and the New Orleans Police Department tracked and located the vehicle, but it refused to stop. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Louisiana Byline: Shane M. Jones Dateline: New Orleans, Louisiana |
| 29 February 2024 | New Orleans Man Pleads Guilty for Theft from Interstate Shipmen According to court documents, Malik Mack and three other suspects entered the Norfolk Southern Railyard, a freight consolidation facility that houses interstate shipments, to steal Ford F-150 Rapture Crew Cab trucks. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Louisiana Dateline: New Orleans, Louisiana Topic: Ford F-150 |
| 6 March 2024 | Traffic Stop in Calcasieu Parish Leads to Discovery of Cocaine in Vehicle The charges stem from a traffic stop conducted on Interstate 10 in Calcasieu Parish on September 8, 2022, by Louisiana State Police troopers. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Louisiana Dateline: Lake Charles, Louisiana Topic: Interstate Highway System |
| 12 March 2024 | New Orleans Man Sentenced for Multiple Federal Offenses Related to Drugs, Firearm, and Possessing Car Stolen from Norfolk Southern Railyard According to court documents, Norman Andrews was arrested, following a brief chase, on February 11, 2023 in the French Quarter by a New Orleans Police Department officer. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Louisiana Dateline: New Orleans, Louisiana Topic: Ford Explorer |
| 18 March 2024 | Slidell Man Charged with Making False Statements to The United States Small Business Administration In his Economic Impact Disaster Loan applications, among other things, Dean Meilleur falsely represented that he was the owner of a trucking business that was formed in 2017 and that he was eligible for EIDL funds. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Louisiana Byline: Shane Jones Dateline: New Orleans, Louisiana Topic: Dean Meilleur |
| 26 March 2024 | New Orleans Man Indicted for Armed Bank Robbery and Attempted Carjacking Joseph Carsice is also alleged to have attempted to carjack three separate vehicles, a 2016 Toyota Prius, 2010 Toyota Camry, and a 2011 Chevrolet Silverado. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Louisiana Byline: Shane M. Jones Dateline: New Orleans, Louisiana |
| 9 April 2024 | New Orleans Man Pleads Guilty to Carjacking and Gun Offenses Court documents reveal that Devon Frith, while wearing a ski mask, stole a car at gunpoint from the victim as she was attempting to open the driver’s side door. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Louisiana Dateline: New Orleans, Louisiana |
| 2 May 2024 | New Orleans Man Sentenced for Drug Trafficking and Possessing Car Stolen from Norfolk Southern Railyard According to court documents, Derrin Riley was captured on surveillance video occupying a Ford Explorer Timberline that had been stolen from the railyard a week earlier. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Louisiana Byline: Shane Jones Dateline: New Orleans, Louisiana Topic: Ford Explorer |
| 7 May 2024 | Five Count Indictment Unsealed Charging Local Pair with Conspiracy to Commit Murder of Federal Witness in Connection with the Staging of Automobile Collisions in the New Orleans Area According to the Indictment, Ryan J. Harris, Jovanna R. Gardner, Cornelius Garrison, and others participated in a scheme in which they intentionally caused staged automobile collisions with other vehicles in the New Orleans metropolitan area. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Louisiana Byline: Shane Jones Dateline: New Orleans, Louisiana |
| 15 May 2024 | Jury Convicts New Orleans Man of Carjacking and Federal Firearms Offenses Jurors heard evidence that Shampain Poole carjacked a car from an eighty-year-old woman at gunpoint in front of her home. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Louisiana Byline: Shane Jones Dateline: New Orleans, Louisiana |
| 30 May 2024 | Honduran Man Charged with Transporting Aliens According to the bill of information, Wilfredo Garcia-Hernandez was encountered during a traffic stop, knowing that the passengers he was transporting were in the United States illegally. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Louisiana Byline: Shane Jones Dateline: New Orleans, Louisiana |
| 30 May 2024 | Slidell Man Guilty for Making False Statements to Small Business Administration In his Economic Impact Disaster Loan applications, among other things, Dean Meilleur falsely represented that he was the owner of a trucking business that was formed in 2017 and that he was eligible for EIDL funds. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Louisiana Dateline: New Orleans, Louisiana Byline: Shane Jones Topic: Dean Meilleur |
| 7 June 2024 | Two New Orleans Men Sentenced in Theft of Cars from Railyard According to court documents, between March 29 and April 3, 2023, Mister Mackey Jr. was observed on surveillance video occupying both a 2023 Ford F-150 Raptor Crew Cab 4x4 and a 2023 Lincoln Aviator that had been stolen from the Norfolk Southern Railyard. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Louisiana Dateline: New Orleans, Louisiana |
| 26 June 2024 | Bay St. Louis Man Sentenced to Nearly Five Years in Prison for Interstate Travel in Furtherance of Drug Trafficking Agents observed a red Toyota Camry arrive at the hotel to pick up two of the individuals suspected of selling drugs. Agents followed the vehicle across state lines and observed the occupants of the vehicle participate in what appeared to be a drug transaction in Louisiana. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Mississippi Dateline: Gulfport, Mississippi |
| 27 June 2024 | Orleans Parish Man Sentenced for Theft from Interstate Shipment According to court records, on March 29, 2023, Malik Mack, along with three other individuals, entered the Norfolk Southern Railyard, a facility that houses interstate shipments, to steal Ford F-150 Rapture trucks. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Louisiana Byline: Shane Jones Dateline: New Orleans, Louisiana Topic: Ford F-150 |
| 3 July 2024 | South Carolina Man Sentenced to 180 Months for Carjacking On January 2, 2022, in the 1000 block of Carondelet Street, Onis Washington and his co-defendant forcefully stole a car from the victim and fled in the stolen vehicle. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Louisiana Byline: Shane Jones Dateline: New Orleans, Louisiana |
| 19 July 2024 | New Orleans Man Sentenced After Trial Conviction for Carjacking and Federal Firearms Offenses According to court records, Shampain Poole carjacked a car at gunpoint from an eighty-year-old woman, in front of her home. She immediately reported the crime. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Louisiana Byline: Shane M. Jones Dateline: New Orleans, Louisiana |
| 24 July 2024 | Federal Grand Jury Returns Indictment in Connection with Shooting at Gas Station Near Walmart in Monroe Tristan Barber of Monroe, Louisiana, has been indicted and charged with two counts of possession of firearms by a convicted felon, and two counts of illegal possession of a machine gun. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Louisiana Dateline: Monroe, Louisiana |
| 26 July 2024 | New Orleans Man Sentenced for Carjacking and Gun Offenses Court documents reveal that on April 10, 2023, FRITH carjacked a vehicle in the Central City area of New Orleans. He was wearing a ski mask and gloves and pointed a loaded Glock Model 26 handgun at the victim while demanding the keys to her car. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Louisiana Byline: Shane Jones Dateline: New Orleans, Louisiana |
| 13 August 2024 | Methamphetamine Found in Car Leads to Federal Conviction of Shreveport Man On or about May 15, 2023, near Southern Avenue in Shreveport, a Louisiana State Police trooper conducted a traffic stop of a vehicle for having a switched license plate. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Louisiana Dateline: Shreveport, Louisiana |
| 4 October 2024 | Honduran National Sentenced for Transporting Illegal Aliens from Texas to Georgia According to court documents, GARCIA was encountered by a United States Border Patrol agent near Slidell, Louisiana. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Louisiana Dateline: New Orleans, Louisiana |