Dark criminal past of 'Bourbon Street hustler' Danette Colbert linked to Super Bowl reporter's death

The pistillate allegedly caught utilizing a dormant Super Bowl reporter's recognition cards has a agelong past of drugging and robbing men.

Danette Colbert, 48, dubbed the 'Bourbon Street Hustler' by New Orleans locals, has a sordid transgression past going backmost to astatine slightest 2012.

KGKC Telemundo Kansas City newsman Adan Manzano, 27, was recovered dormant successful his country astatine the Contempra Inn successful Kenner, Louisiana, about 4pm connected Wednesday.

A edifice manager recovered him face-down connected his furniture aft his TV presumption called for a payment cheque aft helium missed a greeting assignment.

Colbert successful her erstwhile crimes relentlessly targeted young men retired connected the town, 3 wearing Rolex watches that she stole, and seduced and/or drugged them.

Manzano died aft a nighttime retired during an NFL reporting travel conscionable 9 months aft his woman Ashleigh, the parent of his young daughter, died successful a car crash.

He was seen entering his country with Colbert astir 4am that morning, earlier she near unsocial conscionable a fewer minutes later.

She was arrested astir 9pm connected Thursday aft allegedly utilizing his recognition cards astatine respective shops, and charged with fraud and spot crimes. 

Colbert was not charged with a transgression straight relating to Manzano's decease and toxicology reports are inactive pending. He had nary evident signs of trauma.

The occurrence is eerily akin to galore different crimes Colbert committed against men she picked up astatine bars successful New Orleans and Las Vegas.

Her archetypal known condemnation was from a elemental robbery successful New Orleans successful 2012. She skipped respective tribunal dates before eventually pleading blameworthy to possession of stolen goods, and fixed 2 years probation connected October 1, 2013.

Then connected November 4, 2014, she talked her mode into a tourist's edifice country and near with $100 cash, his recognition cards, and a $4,000 Rolex watch.

Colbert met the 35-year-old antheral connected Bourbon Street astatine 4am and 'inquired if helium wanted to enactment with her' - to which helium agreed.

He took her to a convenience store to retreat currency and yet to his edifice room, lone to aftermath up astatine 10am to find his spot gone.

The crippled thickened aft constabulary laid a trap astatine a Winn Dixie market store she where had utilized her victim's recognition paper 20 times.

Detectives gave the manager a wanted poster with CCTV images of her wearing a blonde wig successful the hotel, and helium called them erstwhile she arrived connected November 16.

But constabulary were excessively dilatory to drawback her, and she returned 3 hours aboriginal with 2 accomplices to instrumentality revenge. 

'You called the police,' she yelled astatine the manager portion helium was serving different customer, past the trio bushed him successful the caput with a blunt object.

Colbert was yet arrested, with charges of second-degree artillery and witnesser intimidation added. All together, she racked up $3,584.86 connected the stolen cards.

She received a condemnation of 8 years of probation and a five-year suspended condemnation aft pleading blameworthy successful May 2015.

Colbert didn't enactment retired of occupation for long. Next, she approached a antheral who was drinking astatine a barroom with person connected Bourbon Street on November 30, 2016.

This clip assisted by 2 different women, she again propositioned the antheral who woke up successful his edifice country missing his phone, 2 recognition cards, and Rolex watch.

She was again undone by an observant manager, who saw her bargain $1,500 worthy of acquisition cards astatine a Walmart Neighborhood Market successful Kenner.

Another $105.45 was swindled erstwhile she bought insubstantial towels and got a currency back.

This clip Colbert was jailed for 3 years successful May 2017, but was retired of jailhouse successful clip to tally up different tab connected a recognition paper that wasn't hers successful May 2018.

Her transgression was overmuch easier that time, arsenic she simply recovered a mislaid recognition paper astatine a Bourbon Street portion nine and charged $3,000 astatine a Sam's Club.

She and 2 different women past tried to bargain acquisition cards positive a $3,000 currency backmost astatine a Walmart in Gretna, Louisiana, and arrested connected the spot.

For that crime, she got 5 years probation - contempt repeatedly breaking earlier probations.

Her adjacent apprehension was successful May 2022 implicit a transgression earlier that twelvemonth on January 17.

Colbert picked up a antheral who thought helium was astir to person a threesome with her and different pistillate astatine the Wynn Casino successful Las Vegas.

Instead, helium woke up with a bloody chemoreceptor missing $50,000 cash, a $30,000 Rolex watch, $11,000 successful casino chips, his iPhone 11, a Louis Vuitton luggage container worthy $5,000 and a satchel valued astatine $2,000.

He told constabulary helium made drinks for the women successful his room, but gave 1 of them $200 to permission due to the fact that she was rude.

The past happening helium remembered was walking the pistillate to the door, and told constabulary helium believed helium was drugged. CCTV showed Colbert permission minutes aft the archetypal woman.

'Colbert is seen leaving [the victim's] country unsocial carrying a ample achromatic bag,' constabulary said astatine the time.

Wynn spotted the women astatine the casino again connected January 29 and called police, starring to her being interrogated, and yet charged.

While connected bail for this crime, Colbert drugged and robbed yet different antheral successful Sin City - this clip astatine the Encore casino connected July 9.

Yet again, a antheral invited her and different pistillate backmost to his edifice country and they started drinking.

'While sitting connected the couch, 1 of the females grabbed [his] head, forced it back, portion the different pistillate poured an unidentified liquid down his throat,' constabulary said. 

'[He] described the liquid to odor similar tequila but was unsure.' 

Soon helium became dizzy and realized helium had been drugged, and the women took vantage of the concern to request money.

Through his stupor, helium refused - truthful they attacked him until helium was capable to unit them retired of his room.

Next greeting helium woke up and recovered his Audemars Piguet Royal Oak ticker worthy $60,000, $1,500 successful casino chips and his recognition paper were missing.

He checked his recognition paper connection and saw they already racked up a bill.

Police arrested some women days aboriginal erstwhile they returned to the Las Vegas strip, and Colbert claimed the antheral gave her $1,100 successful chips to creation for him.

'These are the aforesaid casino chips [the victim] reported stolen aft being drugged,' constabulary said. 

'Surveillance video shows Colbert cashing the chips astatine the cashier's cage of the casino.'

Again, she was fto retired connected bail successful clip to velocity down Las Vegas Boulevard connected August 12, 2022, astatine 97mph successful a 25mph schoolhouse zone.

'When the lights are flashing for a schoolhouse portion to trim your speed, it's not a suggestion!' constabulary wrote connected Twitter with a photograph of her achromatic Mustang being towed.

'If YOU take to thrust 97MPH successful a 25MPH schoolhouse zone, YOU take to instrumentality a thrust to Clark County Detention Center!'

Despite being seen weaving successful and retired of traffic, Colbert insisted to constabulary that she did thing incorrect erstwhile they pulled her over.

The constabulary study showed Colbert told the serviceman helium would person to beryllium she was speeding, and that helium lone pulled her implicit due to the fact that she was black.

New Orleans locals were stunned that the notorious Colbert was arrested successful Las Vegas alternatively of being successful jail.

'How is she retired connected bail... Holy shit... In New Orleans they telephone her the Bourbon thoroughfare Hustler,' 1 wrote online successful 2022 aft seeing a constabulary report.

Finally, grounds from past twelvemonth showed Colbert's crimes dispersed to a 3rd authorities - her location jurisdiction of Tennessee.

Colbert was arrested aft constabulary saw her attacking a antheral extracurricular the Downtown Nashville Moxy past June.

As the officers approached, they saw her travel the antheral portion yelling and pushing him until they we capable to intervene.

Police said Colbert was visibly drunk and stank of alcohol. She told them she met the antheral portion barroom hopping on Broadway.

She was booked for disorderly behaviour and nationalist intoxication and released connected a $1,000 bond. 

Colbert is truthful acold lone being charged the aforesaid benignant of spot crimes arsenic her erstwhile arrests successful the Manzano case, Kenner lawman constabulary main Mark McCormick said.  

They see slope fraud, machine fraud, amerciable transmission of monetary funds, entree instrumentality fraud, and purse snatching.

'Obviously, determination are allegations successful [Colbert's] past transgression past that marque america see that. But we don't person thing astatine this point,' McCormick said.

Manzano graduated from Kansas State University and joined the Chiefs' bushed astatine the opening of the 2024 play arsenic a sideline reporter.

He was covering his 3rd consecutive Super Bowl, having besides been successful Arizona and Las Vegas earlier this month's sojourn to New Orleans.

On Monday night, Manzano posted photos from the Super Bowl's opening nighttime astatine the Superdome, wherever helium was connected work interviewing the players. 

He was besides a regular shot reporter, covering Sporting Kansas City, and of Big 12 hoops and the Kansas Jayhawks.

In New Orleans this week, helium had already interviewed Travis Kelce, Patrick Mahomes and different Chiefs players.