The son of an elderly woman who died last month from infected bedsores was arrested Thursday and accused of contributing to the neglect that resulted in his mother's death.

With more than six months under his belt leading the Baton Rouge Police Department, Chief Murphy Paul is thanking the public for its role in helping reduce violent crime across Baton Rouge this summer. 

The St. George Fire Department handled nine weather-related calls within an hour and a half on Wednesday evening as storms and lightning strikes moved across the area.

A man was reportedly shot in the arm Wednesday night on Sycamore Street, Baton Rouge police spokesman Sgt. Don Coppola Jr. said.

District Attorney Hillar Moore expressed cautious optimism Wednesday that East Baton Rouge Parish may have turned a corner in its efforts to combat crime, particularly murders, though he admitted the murder rate is still worse than it should be.

A person riding a bus was reportedly shot near Cortana Mall on Wednesday afternoon, Baton Rouge police and CATS officials said.

When her son was arrested on a misdemeanor crime and booked into East Baton Rouge Parish Prison in 2014, Angelo Moses did not anticipate that his life was in danger.

Louisiana State Police arrested a Baton Rouge man on Wednesday in a June fatal crash in St. John the Baptist Parish after discovering that he lied about who was driving, agency spokeswoman Senior Trooper Melissa Matey said.

A man accused of killing three Clinton-area men last year told investigators he shot them because — as though he were deer hunting — he was "filling five tags" the government had issued him, court filings show.

NAPOLEONVILLE — A 14-year-old was arrested on a count of first-degree rape Monday, accused of the rape of a mentally challenged juvenile, Assumption Parish Sheriff Leland Falcon said.

A 40-year-old Baton Rouge man was arrested early Wednesday morning in connection with two non-fatal shootings that occurred Tuesday, police spokesman Sgt. Don Coppola Jr. said.

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.

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.

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.

Update, 8:30 a.m. Tuesday

A Baton Rouge man arrested Monday morning is accused of breaking into a woman's apartment armed with a gun and raping her.

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…

Two men were injured in a shooting Sunday evening off Plank Road, said Baton Rouge Police spokesman Sgt. Don Coppola Jr. 

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.

A small dog died in a house fire in Central that ignited around noon Sunday, according to the Central Fire Department.

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.  

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.