Man wanted for rape apprehended after K-9 dogs sniffed him out

JONAH. THANK YOU. A MAN WANTED FOR VARIOUS CHARGES, INCLUDING RAPE, IS NOW IN CUSTODY AFTER RUNNING FROM POLICE TRYING TO SERVE HIM A WARRANT IN THE UPTOWN AREA. WDSU REPORTER BRITTANY VERNER HAS BEEN OUT THERE ALL DAY. SHE IS LIVE AFTER SPEAKING WITH NEIGHBORS WHO SAY THEY ARE RELIEVED THAT ALL OF THIS IS NOW OVER. BRITTANY. YEAH, WELL, A WARRANT WAS ISSUED FOR MICHAEL BROOKS AND U.S. MARSHALS TRIED TO SERVE THAT ARREST WARRANT. THIS MORNING FOR MULTIPLE FELONIES. AND IT TOOK ALMOST THREE HOURS TO LOCATE HIM, LEAVING NEIGHBORS ON EDGE. WE GOT HERE ABOUT TEN, AND HE WAS IN CUSTODY ABOUT 1230. AFTER ALMOST THREE HOURS OF SEARCHING DURING A SWAT ROLL USING DRONES AND DEPLOYING K-9 DOGS. U.S. MARSHALS, WITH THE HELP OF NOPD, FINALLY LOCATED MICHAEL BROOKS, WHO WAS WANTED FOR MULTIPLE FELONIES. THAT APARTMENT COMPLEX IS SORT OF A HOTBED OF DISCONTENT. WELL, THAT’S A GOOD THING THAT THEY GOT HIM OUT OF THE WAY. I’M HAPPY THAT THEY DID CATCH HIM. AND THEY ARRESTED HIM FROM THE FOR THE CHARGES. WE’RE TOLD HE’S BEEN WANTED SINCE AUGUST OF THIS YEAR FOR AGGRAVATED BATTERY, HOME INVASION AND RAPE, ACCORDING TO THE U.S. MARSHAL’S OFFICE. WE WERE ABLE TO SURROUND THE BLOCK. YOU KNOW, WE SAW HIM MULTIPLE TIMES AT DIFFERENT SPOTS, OBVIOUSLY TRYING TO LOOK FOR A WAY TO ESCAPE OR AN AVENUE OF ESCAPE. K-9 DOGS EVENTUALLY SNIFFED HIM OUT, HIDING UNDERNEATH A HOME NEAR WASHINGTON AVENUE AND DRYADES STREET. AND ALTHOUGH THIS IS AT LEAST THE SECOND TIME A SWAT ROLL HAS HAPPENED ON THE SAME BLOCK WITHIN THE PAST FOUR MONTHS, NEIGHBORS SAY IT’S GOING TO TAKE FIXING THE DEEPER ROOTED ISSUE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. IF NEW ORLEANS WOULD LIKE ADDRESS POVERTY, THEN WE MIGHT HAVE A DIFFERENT SITUATION. LIKE CRIME IS NOT CRIME IS A SYMPTOM. CRIME IS NOT THE PROBLEM. AND BROOKS WAS INJURED WHILE RUNNING FROM POLICE. BUT NOPD SAYS HE WILL BE BOOKED ACCORDINGLY ONCE HE’S RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL. LIVE IN NEW ORLEANS, BRITTAN

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