Authorities arrested at least four people suspected of driving while intoxicated in East Baton Rouge Parish and booked them into Parish Prison between noon Sunday and noon Tuesday, booking records show.
Tuesday, August 14, 2018
A judge in East Feliciana ruled Tuesday that alleged serial killer Ryan Sharpe is not competent to stand trial, a decision that will halt criminal proceedings and transfer the 37-year-old from a jail cell to a psychiatric hospital.
Four people were injured in three separate shootings over the course of the day as gun violence rattled neighborhoods across Baton Rouge on Tuesday.
Tuesday, August 14, 2018
The FBI has opened a criminal investigation into the death of a well-known businessman whose health deteriorated during a nearly two-week stay at the Tangipahoa Parish Jail.
Two people were hospitalized after a shooting in a neighborhood off Evangeline Street late Tuesday afternoon — the third shooting of the day in Baton Rouge, authorities said.
Police found a man shot on Convention Street on Tuesday afternoon, just blocks away from where a man was shot in the arm hours earlier in the day, Baton Rouge police spokesman Sgt. Don Coppola Jr. said.
Tuesday, August 14, 2018
The misuse of a village fuel card led to a grand jury indictment Tuesday of French Settlement's police chief, although his attorney said the chief just made a mistake and used the wrong card to fill up his personal pickup truck.
A person was shot in the arm on Tuesday morning after an argument at a Florida Boulevard gas station, Baton Rouge police spokesman Sgt. Don Coppola Jr. said.
Monday, August 13, 2018
Update, 8:30 a.m. Tuesday
Monday, August 13, 2018
A Baton Rouge man arrested Monday morning is accused of breaking into a woman's apartment armed with a gun and raping her.
The body found off Hood Road in Livingston Parish early Friday morning has been identified as a missing Texas man.
The arrest Monday afternoon of a 29-year-old Ascension Parish woman ended an hourslong search for the driver of a Lexus believed to have been the vehicle that struck and killed a pedestrian six hours earlier in Prairieville before driving away, ac…
Monday, August 13, 2018
Two men were injured in a shooting Sunday evening off Plank Road, said Baton Rouge Police spokesman Sgt. Don Coppola Jr.
Sunday, August 12, 2018
Spencer Hebert spent most of his days at the Foster Car Wash just around the corner from his house, helping people wash their cars and earning a few bucks in the process.
Two males were shot Sunday evening on Cherry Street at North 25th Street in Baton Rouge, authorities say.
Sunday, August 12, 2018
A small dog died in a house fire in Central that ignited around noon Sunday, according to the Central Fire Department.
Authorities arrested at least four people suspected of driving while intoxicated in East Baton Rouge Parish and booked them into Parish Prison on Sunday, booking records show.
Three people — including two Baton Rouge police officers — have been hospitalized after a crash Sunday evening involving a school bus and a cop car, authorities said.
On every anniversary of the crash, Brandon Prudhomme visits two cemeteries in St. John the Baptist Parish, finding solace in the company of his fallen crew.
Saturday, August 11, 2018
Authorities arrested at least seven people suspected of driving while intoxicated in East Baton Rouge Parish and booked them into Parish Prison between noon Friday and noon Saturday, booking records show.
An East Baton Rouge Parish School Board member landed in hot water Friday after a confrontation involving a party at a neighbor's home.
In East Baton Rouge Parish, 52 people have been killed so far in 2018.
Baton Rouge police identified the man found shot dead Saturday as 32-year-old Spencer Hebert.
Outside a laundromat in north Baton Rouge on Saturday, more than 100 people stood in a circle, praying for an end to the violence that too often ends the lives of young men in this part of the city.
An Alexandria woman was booked in jail Friday on arson counts, more than two years after she allegedly used molotov cocktails to set a fire to her ex-boyfriend's Baton Rouge home, Louisiana Office of State Fire Marshal officials said.
A 27-year-old disabled man suffered second-degree burns to his ankles after one of his caregivers left him alone in a hot bath for two to three minutes while using her cell phone in another room, according to a Baton Rouge police arrest report.
Two people have been arrested in an attempted armed robbery early Saturday morning at the Belle of Baton Rouge Hotel and Casino, Baton Rouge police spokesman Sgt. Don Coppola Jr. said
Friday, August 10, 2018
Baton Rouge police captured the man who fired a gun at an officer earlier last week and arrested him on attempted first-degree murder, police spokesman Sgt. Don Coppola Jr. said.
A Baton Rouge man was arrested on attempted second-degree murder after police said he shot another man twice and then stood over him to shoot again, but missed, according to a police report.
A Livingston Parish sheriff's deputy shot and killed a man early Friday after responding to a domestic disturbance call in the Watson area, according to the Louisiana State Police.
When deputies arrived at the home in the 9900 block of Asheville Drive, they encountered an armed man, according to State Police spokesman Trooper First Class Bryan Lee ...
The Capital Area Law Enforcement Foundation on Monday will take the first step toward outfitting all local officers with higher quality bullet-proof vests, capable of deflecting rounds from even rifles, like those used by sniper Gavin Long in the …
A Zachary man beat his 8-year-old son with a belt after the boy misbehaved in church, according to an East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office arrest report for the father.
A New Orleans-based bounty hunter is accused of demanding money from a Baton Rouge woman in exchange for not taking her to jail, according to a Baton Rouge police report.
An unidentified man was found dead along the side of Hood Road in Denham Springs early Friday, according to Livingston Parish Sheriff Jason Ard.
Baton Rouge firefighters took about 20 minutes to bring a house fire under control Thursday evening, according to the Fire Department.
Thursday, August 09, 2018
Authorities arrested at least four people suspected of driving while intoxicated in East Baton Rouge Parish and booked them into Parish Prison between noon Wednesday and noon Thursday, booking records show.
A Port Allen woman arrested Thursday is accused of helping an East Baton Rouge work release inmate leave his job site Wednesday.
A $60,000, 400-pound statue that adorned a bench on the Mississippi River levee in Baton Rouge — part of a 22-sculpture visiting exhibit by an Icelandic artist intended to celebrate unity — is missing.
Crews cleaning the Tickfaw River on Monday as part of a federally funded debris cleanup project in Livingston Parish found what is believed to be a human bone, the parish officials said Thursday.
The State Police Commission on Thursday drastically reduced the punishment three state troopers received last year for taking a lavish "side trip" to Las Vegas while driving to a law enforcement conference in California.
An arrest warrant released Thursday morning reveals new details about the evidence Baton Rouge police uncovered against Arthur Alexander, the man accused in a March homicide.
Two people were hospitalized after a reported stabbing on Staring Lane Thursday morning, one with serious injuries and the other in stable condition, authorities said.
A Baton Rouge man was arrested Wednesday night after he and four others stripped a man naked, held him hostage and stole his wallet, police said.
A Zachary police officer is serving a 13-day suspension without pay this week after the chief ruled the officer violated multiple department policies when he used a stun gun on a handcuffed man in April, according to the discipline letter obtained…
A dozen residents of an apartment complex were displaced after a fire early Thursday that was found to be arson, Baton Rouge fire officials said.
Wednesday, August 08, 2018
A man was found dead Wednesday night on the side of Essen Lane near Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center, but authorities don't suspect foul play, Baton Rouge police spokesman Sgt. L'Jean McKneely Jr. said.
The criminal case against five people accused of brutally mistreating an autistic woman in Amite was continued in state court Wednesday, with the trial now scheduled for October.
A Baton Rouge man arrested in New Orleans this week is accused of fatally shooting a man in March on Florida Boulevard in Baton Rouge, police spokesman Sgt. L'Jean McKneely Jr. said.
Authorities arrested at least two people suspected of driving while intoxicated in East Baton Rouge Parish and booked them into Parish Prison between noon Tuesday and noon Wednesday, booking records show.