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🌱 Broadmoor Fire + Former NOPD Officer Pleads Guilty To Sexual Assault

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Shannon Denney, Neighbor

Hello, friends. It's me, Shannon Denney, your host of the New Orleans Daily — back in your inbox with all the most important things happening in town these days. Including news about:

  • Three people are displaced after a fire in Broadmoor
  • One suspect was shot during an armed robbery attempt on Friday night
  • A former NOPD officer has plead guilty to sexually assaulting a minor

But first, today's weather:

Breezy in the morning. High: 56 Low: 43.

Here are the top stories today in New Orleans:

  1. A two alarm fire in Broadmoor has left three people displaced. Around 7:30 am on Saturday firefighters arrived on the scene to a two story wood framed house in flames. A second alarm was called to the Napoleon Ave residence at 7:34 am and the fire was under control by 8:09 am. Eight people were home at the time and the three residents who lived there are being assisted by the Red Cross. (WDSU New Orleans)
  2. Three suspects attempted to hold up a New Orleans East business on Friday night, but instead at least one was shot and injured by an employee. The three suspects entered the business through the back door when an employee opened fired and shot at least one suspect, though little information is available whether others were injured as well. The suspect is now recovering in the hospital and it is currently unclear if the attempted robbery was actually successful. (FOX 8 Local First)
  3. The former NOPD officer who was accused of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl who he was escorting to a rape kit exam, Rodney Vicknair, plead guilty on Wednesday and is awaiting sentencing scheduled for March. The investigation, conducted by NOPD's public integrity bureau, revealed that Vicknair befriended the victim and communicated with her virtually for months and would show up to her house unannounced. Vicknair assaulted the victim when he was transporting her from her house to the hospital and locked the doors to his car and touched her without consent. (FOX NEWS)

Today in New Orleans:

  • Sunday NFL Watch Party at Urban South Brewery (12:00 PM)
  • Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel with the New Orleans Opera Association (1:15 PM)
  • Tulane University Women's Basketball vs Sam Houston (6:00 PM)

From my notebook:

  • The Trauma and Grief Center at the New Orleans Children's Hospital has been awarded funding to help their efforts of reducing re-offending rates among inmates in the Juvenile Justice Center. The program brings grief counseling from the hospital to the JJC and is expected is significantly reduce violent behavior. (WWLTV.com)
  • New Orleans is getting its own professional soccer team! Now, people are discussing what that might look like for the City and it's game day culture. (NOLA.com)
  • Happy almost Turkey day! Here are a list of food giveaways across NOLA so that no one is without food this holiday season. (WGNO)

Now you're in the loop and ready to start this Sunday! I'll be back in your inbox tomorrow with a new update.

— Shannon Denney

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