| By DREW BROACH | Deputy metro editor |
CASE DISMISSED: Amid controversy over a New Orleans prosecutor dismissing gun charges against 14 defendants on Mardi Gras, newly released public records shed more light on the cases, including how and why police made the arrests and how the dismissals differ from similar cases in the same court a day earlier. DEATH ON THE JOB: Melissa Stiller was supposed to celebrate her first wedding anniversary with her husband this week. Instead, she will retrieve Andrew Stiller’s ashes from a funeral home, after the driver for hire and his passenger were fatally shot in New Orleans on the North Interstate 10 Service Road at Bundy Road. RERUN: Two candidates for St. Tammany Parish sheriff this year say incumbent Randy Smith promised when he first ran for the seat in 2015 that he would serve no more than two terms. Nonetheless, Smith has announced he will run for a third. Welcome to the weekend. Catch up with the latest news all day on NOLA.com. D.B. | 