Mike Perlstein

New Orleans

Investigative Reporter at WWL-TV (New Orleans, LA)

Investigative Reporter at WUPL-TV (New Orleans, LA)

Emmy Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning Investigative Reporter- @WWLTV, Channel 4. News Junkie. Sports fan: playing, coaching, watching.

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WWL-TV investigation Highway Robbery | Attorneys indicted for massive fraud | wwltv.com

Dec 9, 2024 | wwltv.com | Mike Perlstein

In a blockbuster federal indictment more than five years in the making, two law firms and their attorneys who specialize in accident claims have been charged
Key witness in massive Louisiana staged accident scam was murdered execution-style

May 7, 2024 | nola.com | Mike Perlstein

In a surprise blockbuster indictment in the sprawling federal investigation into more than 100 truck accidents staged for insurance fraud that netted millions of dollars in ill-gotten gains, authorities indicted a man for the murder of a federal witness, a crime that could carry the death penalty. The Sept.
Federal witness in LA insurance scam investigation murdered | wwltv.com

May 7, 2024 | wwltv.com | Mike Perlstein

In a surprise blockbuster indictment in the sprawling federal investigation into more than 100 truck accidents staged for insurance fraud that netted millions.
As a massive federal fraud case wraps, WWL Louisiana examines the fallout and implications

Nov 21, 2023 | ourcommunitynow.com | Mike Perlstein
Cantrell bodyguard Jeffrey Vappie took expenses-paid trip to Martha's Vinyard on HANO

Nov 13, 2023 | nola.com | Mike Perlstein

A cascade of controversy followed Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s appointment last year of one of her bodyguards, police Officer Jeffrey Vappie, to the city’s public housing board, in a non-paying assignment he once called “a headache.” Housing Authority of New Orleans travel records, however, show that Vappie received one valuable excursion he failed to mention during an internal Police Department probe into his timesheets: a conference trip to Martha’s Vineyard with two other HANO board...
Juvenile escapee will remain in custody until he turns 21: 'We gave you every opportunity'

Nov 9, 2023 | nola.com | Mike Perlstein

In an emotional court hearing Thursday, an 18-year-old who was captured in Texas after walking away from a juvenile halfway house was ordered to serve his original juvenile life sentence for paralyzing a man during a botched robbery. Lynell Reynolds, who could have been weeks away from an early release, will now remain in custody until he turns 21. Reynolds fled from a so-called “step-down” facility in Lake Charles on Sept. 13, allegedly helped by a former teacher.
Prosecutors say teen on ATV ran down a Plaquemines Parish deputy. Trial moved to St. Charles.

Oct 24, 2023 | nola.com | Mike Perlstein

A teenager facing an aggravated battery charge stemming from an ATV collision with a Plaquemines Parish deputy has been granted a rare change of venue. Reginald Hamilton, along with co-defendant Kody Blanchard, will be tried in St. Charles Parish after Plaquemines Parish Judge Michael Clement granted a motion by Hamilton’s attorney Ryan Thompson.
N.O. teen who shot and paralyzed robbery victim captured in Texas after escape

Oct 2, 2023 | wltx.com | Mike Perlstein

NEW ORLEANS — After a widening manhunt that ultimately brought Louisiana law enforcement officers across the border to Texas, authorities have captured an 18-year-old who escaped from a juvenile “halfway house” on Sept. 13. The escape by juvenile lifer Lynell Reynolds sparked fear and frustration from the victim who was shot and paralyzed by the teenager. Reynolds was reported to have been taken into custody Monday near San Antonio, Tex.
St. Roch Market hanging on by a thread; former vendor offers to take over lease

Aug 30, 2023 | nola.com | Mike Perlstein

It may not have been the city's biggest renovation following Hurricane Katrina, but it was bursting with history. The 2015 re-opening of the 140-year-old St. Roch Market on St. Claude Avenue was greeted with fanfare from city officials, neighborhood residents and tourism leaders. That optimism over the city-owned property has now been replaced by empty stalls, dwindling customers and threats to close the market altogether.
Here are the 6 semifinalists for NOPD Superintendent

Jul 27, 2023 | nola.com | Mike Perlstein |Eleanor Tabone

In one of the biggest hiring decisions in recent city history, six semi-finalists vying to be the next permanent Superintendent of the New Orleans Police Department will be interviewed by a panel of 18 stakeholders during marathon assessment meetings Thursday and Friday. The city has acknowledged that interim Chief Michelle Woodfork, who has led the department since late December, is one of the semi-finalists. Here is the complete list. Capt.

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9 Apr 25

NOPD Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick talks about consultants' recommendations to prevent future terrorist attacks, including blocking first 8 blocks of Bourbon to all traffic. https://t.co/4uQbn5vjVJ for full coverage. https://t.co/WkosKL7a75

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8 Apr 25

RT @WWLTV: EXCLUSIVE: Security report recommends turning the first 8 blocks of Bourbon St. into a pedestrian-only zone after the Jan. 1 att…

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8 Apr 25

EXCLUSIVE: Consultants recommended blocking Bourbon Street to cars in wake of terror attack. https://t.co/nbdZVrlUiX

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Articles

WWL-TV investigation Highway Robbery | Attorneys indicted for massive fraud | wwltv.com

Key witness in massive Louisiana staged accident scam was murdered execution-style

Federal witness in LA insurance scam investigation murdered | wwltv.com

As a massive federal fraud case wraps, WWL Louisiana examines the fallout and implications

Cantrell bodyguard Jeffrey Vappie took expenses-paid trip to Martha's Vinyard on HANO

Juvenile escapee will remain in custody until he turns 21: 'We gave you every opportunity'

Prosecutors say teen on ATV ran down a Plaquemines Parish deputy. Trial moved to St. Charles.

N.O. teen who shot and paralyzed robbery victim captured in Texas after escape

St. Roch Market hanging on by a thread; former vendor offers to take over lease

Here are the 6 semifinalists for NOPD Superintendent

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