Authorities arrested at least five people suspected of driving while intoxicated in East Baton Rouge Parish and booked them into parish prison between noon Saturday and noon Sunday, booking records show.
One person was injured Sunday evening in a shooting on Hammond Street in Baton Rouge, police said.
Baton Rouge Fire Department battled two blazes between Saturday night and Sunday morning in which two homes were damage. No one was injured in either fire.
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A 41-year-old Sorrento man died after a two-vehicle crash on La. 44 in St. James Parish on Saturday, according to State Police.
A Baton Rouge man shot in the front yard of a Susan Avenue home early Saturday evening died from his injuries, according to Baton Rouge police.
Authorities arrested at least five 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.
Rogers Johnson Jr. spent six days behind bars for misdemeanor public intoxication because he couldn't afford to post bail.
A woman was killed in a crash in St. Helena Parish early Saturday after her vehicle ran off the road and struck a tree, according to State Police.
Authorities arrested at least four people suspected of driving while intoxicated in East Baton Rouge Parish and booked them into parish prison between noon Thursday and noon Friday, booking records show.
A corrections officer at Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola has been arrested for smuggling cellphones and money to inmates, state Corrections Department spokesman Ken Pastorick reports.
The Baton Rouge Police Department is relaunching a program that's been inactive for the past three decades: career mentorship for teens with an interest in law enforcement.
A fire at an apartment complex Friday morning was started by a teen "misusing" a cigarette lighter, according to Baton Rouge Fire Department officials.
Traffic warrant issues need addressed after fatal crash by deputy with suspended license, judge says
While a state judge determined the West Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office and the Louisiana State Police acted appropriately in their investigation of an April fatal crash involving a deputy with a suspended license, the incident left the judge concern…
Authorities arrested at least five people suspected of driving while intoxicated in East Baton Rouge Parish and booked them into parish prison between noon Sunday and noon Thursday, booking records show.
A 16-year-old boy was arrested on a count of attempted murder after he fired shots at a Hammond park Wednesday evening, Hammond police say.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Louisiana man faces sentencing Thursday in federal court for his role in the abuse of an autistic relative who was held captive in a cage and physically abused.
"Once that patient says 'thank you,' you've done your job," the EMS team member says in a preview clip for “First Responders Live.”
Details from a search warrant in the case of an Iberville Parish deputy and a mother accused of filming a sex act with a toddler describe the two as friends, and claim they spoke about the encounter for an hour before allegedly filming it.
Two Acadiana men are dead after the single-engine plane they were flying in crashed on a levee Wednesday.
The disgraced former head of the Our Lady of the Lake Foundation made his first federal court appearance Wednesday since being charged by federal prosecutors and told a U.S. magistrate he understood that he is facing charges of wire fraud and mone…
GONZALES — A Catholic priest indicted in Ascension Parish and arrested in Houston, Texas, has surrendered to Louisiana authorities more than a week after he had been allowed to bond out of the Texas jail without going through extradition.
MOORINGSPORT, La. (AP) — Sheriff's deputies in Louisiana say an alligator took a bite out of one of their patrol cars.
Another associate of Baton Rouge rapper NBA YoungBoy has been arrested amid heightened scrutiny of longstanding local rap beefs that authorities believe could have fueled a deadly shootout in Miami last month.
Authorities arrested at least two people suspected of driving while intoxicated in East Baton Rouge Parish and booked them into parish prison between noon Sunday and noon Monday, booking records show.
An Iberville Parish deputy accused of filming a sex act on a child allegedly threw his cell phone in the Mississippi River in an attempt to destroy evidence, according to a report from WBRZ.
Trying to emulate rappers in a music video, a charade quickly turned tragic when a gun in a 13-year-old's hand went off, fatally striking his first-grade neighbor.
The man whose teenage son shot him in the head last week was pronounced dead on Thursday, prompting authorities to upgrade charges against the son, an official said Monday.
In East Baton Rouge Parish, 29 people have been killed so far in 2019.
Authorities arrested at least four people suspected of driving while intoxicated in East Baton Rouge Parish and booked them into parish prison between noon Saturday and noon Sunday, booking records show.
Louisiana has joined the vast majority of other states in allowing testimony during criminal trials from experts on eyewitness identification, including its sometimes unreliable nature — a move advocates hope will reduce wrongful convictions.
Two Slaughter men were arrested Saturday night, accused in the fatal shooting of a Zachary man that East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office investigators say was part of an ongoing rivalry.
A 37-year-old man was gunned down in the driveway of his Gonzales home Saturday morning, according to the Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office.
One person was critically injured in a shooting in Zachary on Saturday, EMS spokesman Mike Chustz said.
Authorities arrested at least eight 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.
A woman filmed allegedly performing a sex act on her 1-year-old son told investigators she was coerced into doing so by an Iberville Parish sheriff's deputy who told her it was "his fantasy,” and that he'd help her with a legal matter, St. Gabriel…
Twenty-two LSU orientation leaders have been removed from their positions after their involvement in an alcohol incident, LSU spokesman Ernie Ballard said Friday.
Music insiders have long speculated about the widespread impacts of an ongoing feud between two Baton Rouge rappers and their associates.
Authorities arrested at least six people suspected of driving while intoxicated in East Baton Rouge Parish and booked them into parish prison between noon Wednesday and noon Friday, booking records show.
The grandmother of a Brusly middle school student said Friday that a settlement had been reached in the lawsuit she filed against the police and the school district after leaked surveillance video showed two officers body slamming her grandson to …
WATSON — A bicyclist wearing dark clothing was struck and killed shortly before 4 a.m. Friday after getting off his bike and walking along the shoulder of LA 16 north of Weiss Road, according to Louisiana State Police.
One man died and another man was critically injured in a shooting early Thursday morning as the two victims were sitting in a vehicle on Ford Street, Baton Rouge Police said.
Former Brusly ticket clerk arrested on theft count after audit finds $81,000 missing from paid fines
A former Town of Brusly ticket clerk has been arrested on counts of felony theft and malfeasance in office as an 18-month long investigation came to a close Wednesday.
A vehicle traveling westbound on Interstate 12 overturned into a ditch next to the interstate about 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, with no injuries reported.
PRAIRIEVILLE — A 45-year-old man anonymously left at a Gonzales hospital after being shot Saturday afternoon has died, Ascension Parish sheriff's deputies said Tuesday.
Citing significant improvements in the hiring and promotion practices of Baton Rouge's fire and police departments, a federal judge on Tuesday lifted a consent decree imposed 39 years ago seeking to decrease discrimination against black and female…
Dozens of K-9 officers from area law enforcement agencies gathered Tuesday to salute their longtime colleague Lt. Steven Whitstine, the East Baton Rouge sheriff's deputy who died of heart failure while driving to work last Thursday.
Two young men were found dead from apparent gunshot wounds late Tuesday morning in an apartment they shared off O'Neal Lane, authorities said.
PLAQUEMINE — A second suspect in the shooting death of a 14-year-old Plaquemine boy surrendered to authorities Tuesday morning.
Authorities arrested at least two people suspected of driving while intoxicated in East Baton Rouge Parish and booked them into parish prison between noon Sunday and noon Monday, booking records show.
Changes are in store for the Baton Rouge Police Department’s promotion system after state lawmakers approved an overhaul that’ll give the chief more discretion in deciding which officers to tap to leadership positions.
Authorities have arrested one suspect and are searching for another in the April shooting in Plaquemine that left a teenager dead after someone opened fire on his family's trailer.