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2 men indicted for murder in October fatal shooting near Canal Street

February 8, 2019
District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro’s office on Friday (Feb. 8) announced it has secured murder indictments against two men accused of fatally shooting a man in the Central Business District last October. Decarlo Carter, 22, and Devaughn Staes, 20, each were charged with the second-degree murder of 23-year-old Justin Jackson in the indictment handed up Feb. 7 by an Orleans Parish…
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Dwight Harvey convicted of obstruction, aggravated battery in double shooting

February 7, 2019
District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro’s office secured conviction Thursday (Feb. 7) in a split verdict for a man accused in a fatal 2015 double shooting in the St. Claude neighborhood. After six hours of deliberation, an Orleans Parish jury found Dwight Harvey guilty as charged of obstructing justice in a homicide investigation. The jury found Harvey not guilty of second-degree murder…
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Edward Lunkins indicted for 2018 murder outside New Orleans East store

February 8, 2019
District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro’s office on Friday (Feb. 8) announced it has secured a murder indictment against a man accused in the fatal shooting of another man outside a New Orleans East convenience store last December. Edward Lunkins was charged with obstructing justice in a homicide investigation and with the second-degree murder of Clifford Adeoshun in the indictment handed up…
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Levour Jiles pleads guilty to manslaughter in 2017 7th Ward slaying

February 8, 2019
District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro’s office on Friday (Feb. 8) secured the conviction of the man responsible for a 7th Ward killing in Summer 2017. Levour Jiles, who was to stand trial for second-degree murder and face a possible life sentence next Monday, pleaded guilty Friday to a reduced charge of manslaughter in the fatal shooting of 40-year-old Arthur Hubbard. Jiles…
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