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topicnews · July 18, 2025

The death of the reporter of the reporter with decades of drug and robbery raid scheme

The death of the reporter of the reporter with decades of drug and robbery raid scheme

New Orleans (WVUE) – The trio that is accused of having had more victims during the Super Bowl week against drugs, robbery and robbery and ultimately, it may have been more victims during the Super Bowl week.

An over 20 pages of charges by the 24th Court Court in Jefferson Parish describes a decades of program in which Danette Colbert, Rickey White and Christian Anderson are involved. The prosecutors claim that the three victims from the French district had brought them to hotel rooms, put them under drugs and then fled.

“You really see a coordinated effort that has been celebrated for over 10 years,” said Michelle Foster, Vice President of the Metropolitan Crime Commission.

According to the court documents, the operation began in 2012. Colbert was supposedly as a prostitute, White acted as her pimp, and Anderson, also PIMP, Colbert supplied with drugs.

The group is accused of stealing at least 15 mobile phones, 29 credit and debit cards and over $ 131,000 in cash through ATM withdrawals or electronic transmissions.

“The program has really shown the program for how this happened and how they continued to do this scheme,” said Foster.

The evidence mentioned in the indictment contains text messages between the suspects. In an exchange from June 2019, Anderson told a nameless employee that he “littered people in the car and gives them Xanax water to get them to sleep”.

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Another message from August 2024 shows Anderson, in which the risks of your actions are recognized. When an employee wrote an SMS: “She has to learn something new,” replied Anderson: “Yes, she does before she kills someone in the accident.”

This terrifying warning became a reality in February 2025 when Manzano was found dead with Colbert in a hotel room in connoisseur after a night. An autopsy later revealed Xanax in its system.

After Manzano's death, Anderson wrote an SMS:

Joe Raspanti, the legal analyst of Fox 8, says that text messages are a critical part of the case of the state.

“Every time you can connect these people to show a pattern or a criminal company, you prove what you have to prove to do the case, and these things help you do that,” said Raspanti.

The indictment also explains additional crimes that Colbert allegedly committed outside of the French quarter, including the use of stolen credit cards for buying gift cards in Kenner, buying electronics at Best Buy in Slidell and the victims in hotels and a residence in metairie.

“If you have things that cross the communities in the state, you can connect them,” said Raspanti. “It is a little more difficult if you have something in a different state.”

While the prosecutors listened to 18 specific thefts in the New Orleans region, the officials believe that the number of victims could be much higher. Many of the victims were tourists or individuals who were reluctant to crime in whom a prostitute was involved.

“We may never know all the victims who are part of this program because people didn't report it,” said Foster.

From this week, Colbert and White's original murder can be downgraded to homicide. Anderson is now in connection with Manzano's death before a manslaughter.

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