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• Man pleads guilty to reduced charges in connection to fatal shooting at Choctaw Drive night club Play Video

  February 27, 2026 7:58 AM

  BATON ROUGE — A man indicted in connection with a June 2025 shooting that left a 24-year-old woman dead pleaded guilty to reduced charges and was sentenced to five years in prison. Scott Strickland, 19, was booked for the first-degree murder of Prenesha Wagner at an after-hours club along... more »

• Frustrated authorities making arrests as 16-year-old escapee continues to flee

  August 2, 2018 4:24 PM

  BATON ROUGE – As previously warned by law enforcement, authorities have arrested at least two people related to an ongoing search of a 16-year-old who broke out of juvenile jail more than a week ago. Darreon Wilson, 16, escaped from the East Baton Rouge Detention Center on July 23.... more »