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New Orleans ‘Street’ Hustler’ Danette Colbert, arrested in death of Telemundo reporter during Super Bowl week, ‘should have been off the streets following convictions for similar crime’

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1d5c2125a1c7ebe8fd3d9a6d9c47e131" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;2a1b1b&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Police probe of death of Telemundo Super Bowl reporter Adam Manzano in New Orleans last week Wednesday&comma; reveals disturbing history of suspect <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-e09c60c288c19201e0d1e9dc460e7dc2" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;2a1b1b&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Manzano&comma; 27&comma; was drugged before he was found dead in a New Orleans hotel room <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-18b596e7379a82b8602539a6791730a1" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;2a1b1b&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Security cameras being lured into a hotel room by the so-called &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Bourbon Street Hustler” Danette Colbert&comma; 48&comma; who was found with his cellphone and credit card in her home <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-495799760fccfafbcea3589df221cba0" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;2a1b1b&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Police said Colbert has a history of drugging men and stealing from them<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-83c7ab5ab123b605add335f9e292c4ea" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;2a1b1b&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Investigators are waiting on a toxicology which could clarify whether Manzano was drugged&comma; which could mean upgraded charges<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6f7eedadd6bd76727ccca4418497a192" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;2a1b1b&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>One past victim has expressed &&num;8216&semi;Grave concerns&&num;8217&semi; that Colbert remains free to roam the streets and commit more crime after several convictions for drugging and robbing men <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-be6962ea36b1135dff327e89821eaa7a" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;2a1b1b&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Victim sees &&num;8216&semi;minimal fines and lack of meaningful incarceration for crimes that could have led to serious injury or the loss of lives&&num;8217&semi; as an &&num;8216&semi;insult to public safety and the justice system&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2025&sol;02&sol;Danette-Colbert-6&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-474995" style&equals;"width&colon;838px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>The so-called &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Bourbon Street Hustler&comma;” <strong>Danette Colbe<&sol;strong>rt&comma; &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; was arrested and charged with robbery in connection with the death of Telemundo reporter Adam Manzano<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>While police in Louisiana investigate the possibility that Telemundo reporter Adam Manzano was drugged before he was found dead in a hotel room in New Orleans where he was covering the Super Bowl&comma; as a previous victim of the the female suspect in police custody&comma; has stepped up alleging that she left him for dead in a similar plot years ago&period;<br>Manzano&comma; 27&comma; a reporter for Telemundo Kansas City who was in town to cover Super Bowl LIX which held on Sunday&comma; was last seen on security cameras being lured into a hotel room by the so-called &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Bourbon Street Hustler” 48-year-old Danette Colbert&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2025&sol;02&sol;Adan-Manzano-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-474864" style&equals;"width&colon;770px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>Sports journalist Adam Manzano&comma; &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; was in New Orleans reporting on the pre-game festivities for Super Bowl LIX when surveillance cameras spotted him being lured to a hotel room by a woman later identified as Danette Colbert<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Colbert&comma; 48&comma; who has been described as a &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Bourbon Street Hustler&&num;8221&semi;&comma; was found with Manzano&&num;8217&semi;s cellphone and credit card in her home a days after his death&period;<br>With officials waiting on a toxicology report to see if Manzano was a victim of drugging&comma; the Kenner Police Department told reporters Monday that Colbert has a history of drugging men and stealing from them&period; Infact she has multiple convictions for the same type of crime&comma; but has never served time&period; Instead with each conviction she has been granted the option of restitution and probation &&num;8211&semi; a condition she has invariably flouted without consequence&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2025&sol;02&sol;Adam-Manzano-left-and-Danette-Colbert-4&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-474993" style&equals;"width&colon;840px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>Security camera showed Manzano &lbrack;left&rsqb;&comma; being lured into a New Orleans hotel room by Colbert&comma; &lbrack;right&rsqb;&comma; prior&comma; to his death&comma; last week<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>In the latest case&comma; the Kenner Police Depart revealed that following her arrest on robbery charges in connection to the Manzano case&comma; several of Danette Colbert&&num;8217&semi;s alleged victims have come forward with their stories&period;<br>Of those victims&comma; 52-year-old David Butler&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;nbcnews&period;com&sol;news&sol;us-news&sol;super-bowl-reporter-death-new-orleans-rcna191606">met<&sol;a> Colbert at a bar in French Quarter of New Orleans back in November 2021&comma; before she drugged him&comma; robbed him of his savings and left him for dead&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2025&sol;02&sol;Danette-Colbert-mugshot-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-474983" style&equals;"width&colon;840px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>Kenner Police Chief Keith Conley revealed that Colbert&&num;8217&semi;s &lbrack;top right&rsqb;&comma; priors include a history of drugging men and stealing from them&period; In 2022 she was arraigned in a Nevada court&comma; charged with grand larceny and administering a drug to aid in the commission of a felony in two separate cases&comma; only to be freed after the victims refused to testify in court&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Butler who was visiting from out of state said Colbert and another woman approached him and offered him a cocktail&comma; and after enjoying the drink&comma; he quickly started to feel disoriented and needed help getting back home&period;<br>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;She ushered me into some kind of black Suburban that was literally right there&comma;” he told the outlet&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;And that’s the last thing I remember that night&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2025&sol;02&sol;Danette-Colbert-5&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-474982" style&equals;"width&colon;838px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>A previous victim said Colbert &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; drugged him at a bar and left him for dead&period; She stole his credit card and cryptocurrency investments&period; Last October she was convicted of computer fraud&comma; theft&comma; and illegal transmission of monetary funds&period; Ordered to pay restitution&comma; she remains on a five year probation <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>A property manager found Butler passed out on the floor and shook him awake&comma; with the victim finding his phone and wallet gone and his credit cards used to make thousand-dollar charges at Best Buy and Walmart&period;<br>More than &dollar;80&comma;000 that Butler stashed away in a cryptocurrency account for retirement was also gone&comma; he said&period; Butler sued&period; Colbert was convicted and ordered to pay the victim &dollar;50&comma;000 spread over five years at the rate of &dollar;834 a month &&num;8211&semi; he is yet to receive a payment&period;<br>Since then&comma; Butler has kept tabs on Colbert&comma; fearing that &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;she wouldn’t stop&comma;” with the suspect facing similar charges the next year&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2025&sol;02&sol;Adam-Manzano-7&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-474981"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>Police are waiting for a toxicology determine if Manzano&comma; &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; was drugged&period; For now Colbert though in custody&comma; is charged with only theft-related charges <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Nevada court records show that Colbert was charged in 2022 with grand larceny and administering a drug to aid in the commission of a felony in two separate cases&period; Both cases&comma; however&comma; were dismissed after the victims refused to testify in court&period;<br>Colbert was ultimately convicted last October of computer fraud&comma; theft&comma; and illegal transmission of monetary funds&comma; with Orleans Criminal District Judge Nandi Campbell forgoing prison time and instead ordering her to pay restitution and remain on probation for five years&comma; according to court records&period;<br>Butler slammed the sentence and claimed Manzano would not have lost his life if Campbell had levied a harsher sentence&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2025&sol;02&sol;Ashleigh-and-Adan-Manzano-with-their-daughter-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-474872" style&equals;"width&colon;840px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>Manzano&comma; &lbrack;left&rsqb;&comma; lost his wife Ashleigh&comma; &lbrack;right&rsqb;&comma; in a car accident last year&comma; months after celebrating the first birthday of their daughter&comma; who is now completely orphaned<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Had the court acted decisively by incarcerating Ms&period; Colbert or enforcing stricter conditions for her release&comma; it is possible Mr&period; Manzano would still be alive today&comma;” Butler has said&period;<br> In December he wrote to Judge Campbell&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The minimal fines and lack of meaningful incarceration for crimes that could have led to serious injury or loss of life are&comma; quite frankly&comma; an insult to public safety and the justice system&period;”<br>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;If someone dies due to her actions in the future&comma; their blood will undeniably be on the hands of those who allowed her to escape real accountability…”<br>The investigations into cause of death for Adam Manzano continue as Colbert remains in custody at the Jefferson Parish Correctional Center&period; Charges could be upgraded&comma; depending on the toxicology outcome&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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