New Orleans police:Man punched in head unconscious, robbed in French Quarter on Wednesday

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A 52-year-old man was punched in the head and robbed near Gov. Nicholls and Chartres streets in the French Quarter on Wednesday afternoon, New Orleans police said.

Shortly before 6 p.m., an unknown male approached the man and punched him in the back of the head, the New Orleans Police Department said in a preliminary offense log. The man fell into a wall and was knocked unconscious.The suspect went through the victim's pockets and took out his wallet, but he was startled by a witness, which caused him to drop the wallet and run away, police said. Officers found the victim sitting on the sidewalk with blood on his head and clothes.

The suspect allegedly went through the man’s pockets but was startled by a witness, so he fled, police said.

Man blacks out during 4th of July fireworks, wakes up on North Shore with stab wound: NOPD



A 25-year-old man blacked out while watching the Fourth of July fireworks on Canal Street. He woke up in his North Shore home the next day with a stab wound in one of his arms and no memory of what happened, according to the New Orleans Police Department.

A 20-year-old woman was near Canal and Bourbon streets about 2:53 p.m. Wednesday (July 5) when she got into a fight with two known women, police said. During the altercation, the victim dropped her purse. One of the suspects went through it, took several items then fled, according to NOPD.

A 36-year-old man told police he was sitting in his vehicle near Burgundy and Toulouse streets when an ex-boyfriend approached and started an argument, according to NOPD. The ex-boyfriend began hitting the vehicle's windows and doors, after which he opened one of the doors and cut the victim with a knife, police said. The victim was taken to an area hospital by a private vehicle.

The second aggravated battery happened about 5:04 a.m. in the 200 block of Royal Street. Irina Black, 26, is accused of cutting a 30-year-old man with a glass during an argument that turned physical, police said. The victim refused treatment, according to NOPD.