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• Woman convicted in cold case killing tried to claim her sentence was illegal Play Video

  April 17, 2023 4:25 PM

  BATON ROUGE - A woman who pleaded guilty to manslaughter in exchange for leniency tied to the killing of Gary Kergan in 1984 claimed the sentence she received was illegal and asked a court to correct it. Things took an interesting twist when Leila Mulla withdrew her request this... more »

• Southern board member pleads guilty, resigns two years after WBRZ report Play Video

  January 15, 2020 4:48 PM

  GONZALES- Southern University Board of Supervisors member Donald Ray Henry entered a guilty plea in court this week to injuring public records. As part of his plea agreement, he resigned from the Southern University Board of Supervisors. Henry was the focus of a WBRZ Investigative Unit report back in May... more »

• Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort guilty of 8 charges; mistrial declared on 10 others

  August 21, 2018 4:43 PM

  ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort stared intently at the jury as the clerk read off the counts finding him guilty of eight financial crime charges. Manafort was found guilty Tuesday in the first trial victory for special counsel Robert Mueller's team. The judge declared a... more »

• Man who attacked officer before good Samaritan intervened pleads guilty

  August 30, 2017 3:39 PM

  BATON ROUGE – The criminal whose attack on a Baton Rouge Police officer was thwarted by a good Samaritan pleaded guilty for the violent encounter this week. Thomas Bennett pleaded guilty to disarming a police officer, aggravated battery, possession of cocaine and a burglary charge. Bennett will be sentenced... more »

• Ascension grand jury indicts Matthew Morris on 84 counts related to fraud

  April 10, 2017 4:47 PM

  BATON ROUGE – An Ascension Parish grand jury has indicted a man on 84 counts including contractor fraud after police say he scammed 18 victims after the flood. District Attorney Ricky Babin confirmed contractor Mathew Morris was indicted Monday on 84 separate counts. An arraignment date will be set... more »

• Ascension grand jury indicts Matthew Morris on 84 counts related to fraud

  April 10, 2017 4:31 PM

  BATON ROUGE – An Ascension Parish grand jury has indicted a man on 84 counts including contractor fraud after police say he scammed 18 victims after the flood. District Attorney Ricky Babin confirmed contractor Mathew Morris was re-indicted Monday on 84 separate counts. Morris, the owner of Complete... more »

• Father found guilty for beating child to death in 2014 Play Video

  February 3, 2017 5:20 PM

  BATON ROUGE – A jury has found a father accused of beating his son to death in 2014 guilty of second-degree murder. Vernell Day was accused of beating his son, Jay’v’une Isaiah Bergin, so badly that the child had to be hospitalized. The child later died in the hospital... more »

• Former Gonzales fire chief pleads guilty to child porn charges

  December 20, 2016 4:14 PM

  GONZALES – The former Gonzales Fire Chief has been convicted of child pornography charges, according to U.S. Attorney Walt Green. Former Gonzales District Fire Chief Kristopher Johnson , 36, was convicted of four counts of distributing child pornography and one count of possessing child pornography. Johnson pleaded guilty... more »

• Teacher pleads guilty to giving students marijuana brownies

  November 16, 2016 6:04 PM

  COVINGTON – A former high school teacher pleaded guilty to giving brownies with marijuana in them to two of her students. The former teacher, 31-year-old Camille Breaux Brennan, taught at Hannan High School. Brennan admitted to giving brownies to two students in May 2015. One of the students reportedly... more »

• Convicted felon pleads guilty to tailgating deputy, possessing handgun

  October 5, 2016 3:48 PM

  BATON ROUGE – United States Attorney Walt Green reports Thursday that a Baton Rouge man pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm as a felon. According to Green, 27-year-old Deontez Mayfield was arrested after tailgating a marked EBRSO cruiser with his high beams on July 6, 2016. The deputy attempted... more »

• BR Systems Administrator pleads guilty to hacking into company that fired him

  February 22, 2016 3:39 PM

  BATON ROUGE - The Department of Justice reports a former systems administrator pleaded guilty to accusations that he hacked into the computer system of an industrial facility by which he was formerly employed. 44-year-old Brian Johnson, of Baton Rouge, pleaded guilty to intentionally damaging a protected computer. His sentencing... more »

• Man pleads guilty in 25-year-old Ascension Parish murder case

  January 8, 2016 6:06 PM

  GONZALES - A man confessed he killed a woman 25 years ago inside an Ascension Parish courthouse this afternoon. Kenneth Lavigne, who is now 50 years old, pleaded guilty to manslaughter and second degree kidnapping charges for the death of his uncle's ex-wife, Jeannie Lavigne, who was 38 years... more »

• Man pleads guilty to lesser charges in rape of 12-year-old

  December 2, 2015 5:22 PM

  BATON ROUGE - A man accused of raping his girlfriend’s 12-year-old daughter on several occasions along with arranging sexual encounters between the girl and other men pleaded guilty to lesser offenses on Wednesday. 40-year-old Ivy Martin pleaded guilty to one count of sexual battery and one count of molestation... more »

• Man behind film tax credit scam must serve probation, pay fines

  November 12, 2015 4:22 PM

  BATON ROUGE - The Department of Justice says the man behind a film tax credit scam will be placed on probation and must pay restitution to the state. 46-year-old George Kostuch was sentenced by a U.S. District Judge Thursday to serve three years of probation and ordered to pay... more »

• Man pleads guilty in film tax credit scam that cost taxpayers $1.2 million

  October 14, 2015 2:25 PM

  BATON ROUGE - The Department of Justice reported a man accused in a motion picture tax credit scam and costing Louisiana taxpayers $1.2 million pleaded guilty on Tuesday. 38-year-old Matthew Keith was sentenced to six months in federal prison and ordered to pay $1,200,000 in restitution to the state.... more »

• Man accused of shooting at police pleads guilty to attempted murder charges

  September 21, 2015 4:15 PM

  BATON ROUGE - A man with a lengthy criminal history pleaded guilty to attempted first-degree murder charges and apologized for trying to kill a Baton Rouge Police officer during a traffic stop in 2012. 36-year-old Melvin Trosclair, of Baton Rouge, received a 30-year sentence around noon Monday in a... more »