In this week's crime beat, a thief was caught on camera trying to pawn a stolen smart phone, three Tulane kids were robbed Saturday afternoon, and a routine stop in Central City yielded two loaded guns.  

A 15-year-old girl has been located after she went missing from the Treme neighborhood on Sunday, May 12, at 11:30am. Before her disappearance, Leome Morris’ mother last saw her daughter on their porch, where she was sitting with two male friends.

Early this morning, palmetto bugs weren't the only pests inside the Empress Hotel. A man tried to rob the front desk of the economy establishment (1317 Ursulines Avenue), at 5:47am. Surveillance video captured a picture of the suspect, who is wanted for attempted simple robbery.

A Mother’s Day second line turned sinister today when 19 were injured, including a 10-year-old girl, according to preliminary reports. The Original Big Seven second line began at about 1pm at Roman and Elysian Fields, and ended shortly afterwards on N. Villere and Frenchmen, where the shooting occurred at approximately 1:47pm.

Last Sunday morning, an armed robber decided to ditch pizza for a bigger piece of Papa John’s pie. An unidentified man walked into the Algiers establishment (3580 Holiday Drive) at 9am on May 5, wielding a gun and demanding money from the manager. NOPD has released a composite sketch of the suspect.

NOPD released a sketch of the man who they believe robbed two people while waiting for the streetcar on Canal St. this week. About 11:30 p.m. Monday, a 27-year-old man and woman aged 22 and 24 were waiting at at the streetcar stop at the intersection of Canal and N. Lopez Sts., when a man approached with his right hand in his pocket.

Two people were injured, and two others killed, in a rash of New Orleans shootings over the weekend. A bar brawl and a robbery went awry Friday night, while two men were killed in separate incidents Sunday.

A 36-year-old man was shot to death in the Lower Ninth Ward, according to NOPD. The victim, whose name is being withheld until his family is notified, was found shortly before 4pm yesterday, in an alleyway of an abandoned home in the 600 block of Tupelo Street.

New Orleans police busted a duo with drugs and guns at an Uptown house Friday, and issued an arrest warrant for a third man, who is a Loyola student. Acting on a Crimestoppers tip, police investigated a house at 7830 Hampson Street, and determined through an investigation that drugs were being sold from the house, according to a statement.

The family of missing teacher Terrilyn Monette gathered on Monday to both plea for their daughter’s safe return, and express their gratitude for the outpouring of community support since the educator’s March 1 disappearance.