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🌱 Voters Evacuated For Bomb Threat + FBI Investigates NOPD Payroll
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Hello again, everybody. I'm here right on time with your fresh copy of the New Orleans Daily, filled with all the community information you need to know right now. Including updates on...
- Missing 14-year-old girl
- Kenner Discovery receives another bomb threat
- Former NOPD lieutenant investigated by FBI
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Here are the top stories today in New Orleans:
- New Orleans police are asking for the public's help locating a missing 14-year-old girl. Katerin Vasquez was last seen in Gert Town on Sunday on Broad Street. You can see a picture of her at the link. Contact police or Crimestoppers if you have any information on her whereabouts. (WDSU New Orleans)
- The second bomb threat within the week to Kenner Discovery School forced voters and poll workers to evacuate on Tuesday. Classes were canceled for Election Day so that the school could be used as a polling location. Voters were rerouted to Audubon Elementary School while police tried to determine if the two threats were related. The caller of the threat allegedly demanded bitcoin. (FOX 8 Local First)
- A suspended NOPD lieutenant, in addition to 12 others on the force, is under investigation by the FBI for payroll fraud. A previous review by NOPD resulted in Sabrina Richardson, who was formerly a captain, should be demoted to lieutenant and suspended without pay for 120 days. Sources point to Richardson's conflicting timesheets that place her as on-duty for NOPD and an off-duty detail simultaneously. (FOX 8 Local First)
Today in New Orleans:
- Louisiana IT Symposium at the New Orleans Chamber of Commerce (7:30 AM)
- Teen D&D Club at the River Ridge Library (5:30 PM)
- Saba's Lounge Dinner Series with Milk & Honey (6:00 PM)
From my notebook:
- It's Christmas wish time with the Volunteers of America Southeast Louisiana! You can deliver a wrapped gift to their office that will go to vulnerable people in southeast Louisiana. (Volunteers of America Southeast Louisiana via Facebook)
- You can attend the Regional Transit Authority's Operations Committee Meeting at 9 a.m. and Finance Committee meeting at 11 a.m. at the RTA Board Room on Canal Street this Thursday! (Regional Transit Authority via Facebook)
- NOLA Public Schools enrollment is now open for the next school year! Learn how to apply at this link or visit their website online. (NOLA.com)
Thanks for following along and staying informed. I'll see you soon!
— Shannon Denney
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