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• Apartment complex plagued by repeat flooding welcoming tenants again Play Video

  February 3, 2022 12:59 PM

  BATON ROUGE - An apartment complex that's flooded at least twice before is accepting first-floor tenants again. Siegen Calais apartments flooded in August 2016 and again in May 2021. Last year, water swelled Ward Creek and overtopped the banks, flooding the areas around it. The floodwater inundated the first... more »

• Police seeking vehicle after teenage burglar shot and killed

  April 8, 2018 10:14 AM

  BATON ROUGE - Police say a teenager was shot dead while burglarizing cars, and now police are seeking a suspect vehicle in connection with crime. Police say 18=year-old Brice Lewis was shot just before 3 a.m. April 8 at the Magnolia Gardens apartments on Greenwell Springs Road. Investigators say... more »

• 19-year-old tenant arrested for allegedly threatening apartment complex employee

  July 24, 2017 12:12 PM

  BATON ROUGE – A 19-year-old was arrested for threatening an apartment complex employee with a knife. The Baton Rouge Police Department arrested 19-year-old Andrew Metzger on charges of aggravated assault and possession with intent to distribute a schedule IV drug. On July 23, around midnight,... more »

• Man arrested for disturbing the peace while at apartment complex, resisting arrest

  March 13, 2017 5:56 PM

  BATON ROUGE – The East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office arrested a man for disturbing the peace and resisting arrest while at an apartment complex. Deputies arrested 31-year-old Michael Richards for disturbing the peace by intoxication, resisting an officer, battery of a police officer and simple criminal damage to property.... more »

• Massive apartment fire may have started outside of the building Play Video

  October 6, 2016 2:07 PM

  BATON ROUGE – Investigators think a massive fire that burned two large apartment buildings Thursday began from the outside, WBRZ learned. Crews were looking through the rubble Friday as residents tried to salvage whatever they could find. Just hours earlier, firefighters finished battling the blaze that injured as many... more »

• Early morning fire destroys apartment complex on Manchester Avenue

  August 10, 2016 11:26 AM

  BATON ROUGE – An apartment complex on Manchester Avenue is now considered a complete loss after an early morning fire. Residents woke up to the smell of smoke in an apartment building in the 15000 block of Manchester Avenue. Residents found the fire burning in the kitchen and once... more »

• Early morning fire at apartment complex displaces residents Play Video

  August 9, 2016 1:23 PM

  BATON ROUGE – An early morning fire displaced 15 to 20 residents at an apartment complex in the 2000 block of Jasper Street. The St. George Fire Protection District and Baton Rouge Fire Department responded to the complex around midnight where flames were on parts of the roof when... more »

• No bond reduction for man charged with murder in The Cottages shootout

  June 13, 2016 2:21 PM

  BATON ROUGE - There will be no bond reduction for a man facing murder charges after he was connected to a shootout that left a pair of Southern University students dead at a Baton Rouge apartment complex. 22-year-old Ernest Felton remains in EBR Parish Prison on a bond of... more »

• Families displaced in Hawthorne Heights apartment complex fire

  June 1, 2016 9:35 AM

  BATON ROUGE - Fire investigators are working to determine the cause of a fire at a Baton Rouge apartment complex early Wednesday morning. Baton Rouge firefighters were called to the scene at the Hawthorne Heights apartment complex just after 4:30 a.m. The apartments are located in the 2100 block... more »

• City says it can't afford to save or condemn Brandywine Play Video

  May 6, 2016 10:09 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Residents at the derelict Brandywine Apartment complex are on day 3 without power . The Investigative Unit has learned the power may never be turned back on, and the water could be turned off soon too. The conditions at Brandywine are almost unlivable. People living in... more »

• Man accused of trying to burn down apartment complex arrested on arson charges

  December 31, 2015 11:52 AM

  BATON ROUGE - Police say they arrested a man on arson charges after he was accused of setting fire to a bed in an apartment complex in Baton Rouge. 24-year-old Jeremy M. Scott was booked on one count of aggravated arson Tuesday following the incident at the apartments located... more »