+2 Opinion Will Sutton: Legislature should make like these judicial candidates and move on BY WILL SUTTON | Staff columnist Updated May 27, 2026 Attorney John Fuller became Criminal District Court Section J Judge John Fuller on Wednesday morning in the courthouse where he’d been practicing for years as a defense attorney. He’s used to appearing before judges. Now he is one.
Crime Police New Orleans police: Man shot random woman walking dog to show girlfriend how 'crazy' he can get BY RAMON ANTONIO VARGAS | rvargas@theadvocate.com Dec 19, 2017 Glen Alveris wanted to show his girlfriend how "crazy" he could get when he was upset, so he randomly picked out a woman walking her dog in By…
Courts Judge blocks some testimony on mental state of murder suspect Chelsea Thornton BY MATT SLEDGE | msledge@theadvocate.com Aug 4, 2017 An Orleans Parish Criminal District Court judge on Friday blocked some evidence about the mental state of an alleged killer from being introdu…
Courts Lawyer for convicted N.O. bail bondsman asks judge to scrap guilty pleas, order mental exam BY JOHN SIMERMAN | jsimerman@theadvocate.com Aug 3, 2017 Attorneys for former New Orleans bail bondsman Rufus Johnson asked a federal judge this week to let them withdraw his April guilty pleas to a …
Crime Police Teen runaway tells cops she was drugged and raped after coming to New Orleans, leading to man's arrest BY RAMON ANTONIO VARGAS | rvargas@theadvocate.com Jul 10, 2017 A 16-year-old girl told police on Sunday that she had been forced to ingest drugs and have sex in New Orleans after running away from her home…
Crime Police Man who fled New Orleans courthouse in April after failed drug test now accused of pointing a gun at someone BY RAMON ANTONIO VARGAS | rvargas@theadvocate.com Jun 6, 2017 A man who fled from the city's criminal courthouse after he learned he would be returned to jail for a positive drug test is now suspected of …
Courts Louisiana's non-unanimous jury system assailed as 'invidious,' rooted in racial animus BY JIM MUSTIAN | jmustian@theadvocate.com Feb 7, 2017 A public defender has asked an Orleans Parish judge to strike down the provision of the Louisiana constitution that allows for less than unani…
Crime Police Former Orleans jail deputy accused of malfeasance, helping inmate BY JIM MUSTIAN | jmustian@theadvocate.com Nov 15, 2016 The Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office arrested one of its own Tuesday, accusing a former deputy of having "improper communication" with an inmat…
Courts Rape victim to Darren Sharper's co-defendants: 'I have never been so depressed' BY DELLA HASSELLE | dhasselle@theadvocate.com Oct 27, 2016 An Orleans Parish Criminal District Court judge sentenced two co-defendants of convicted serial rapist Darren Sharper on state charges Thursda…
Courts City: Arthur Morrell 'sat on his hands for years' without challenging reduced funding BY JIM MUSTIAN | jmustian@theadvocate.com Oct 11, 2016 City attorneys told a judge Tuesday that Arthur Morrell, the clerk of Orleans Parish Criminal District Court, has waited too long to request m…