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• INVESTIGATIVE UNIT: Only 3 deputies assigned to work security at event where gunfire broke out, killing teen Play Video

  December 4, 2023 2:07 PM

  PORT HUDSON - Though 10 deputies were originally requested to provide security at a concert and ATV trail ride in Port Hudson over the weekend, the organizer scaled back that request and only three deputies were brought in to work it. The WBRZ Investigative Unit has learned that the... more »

• Deputies looking for thief who targeted high-end ATV

  October 31, 2023 12:30 PM

  ARCOLA - The Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office is asking for help locating a stolen ATV and the person or people who took it. The 2018 Can AM X3 was taken from Tower Trax in Arcola during the early morning hours of October 29. It is yellow and black... more »

• Man evaded law enforcement on ATV, arrested days later after deputy recognized him

  June 15, 2022 12:22 PM

  PLATTENVILLE - A man who escaped law enforcement while riding an ATV was later captured because a deputy recognized him. The Assumption Parish Sheriff's Office said a deputy spotted the reckless rider Saturday on a highway near Plattenville. The officer gave chase to the vehicle and reportedly recognized the... more »

• Man shot while searching for stolen ATV in Thibodaux; detectives looking for suspect

  May 15, 2022 12:37 PM

  LAFOURCHE PARISH - A man was shot while trying to find a stolen ATV in Thibodaux. The Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Office said shortly after 3:15 a.m. May 15, they received a call reporting a stolen ATV from a residence on Lee Drive in Thibodaux. The owner of the... more »

• Authorities flabbergasted over ATVs and bicyclists seen weaving through I-10 traffic lately

  May 11, 2022 9:15 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Amazingly, authorities did not receive complaints about renegade ATV riders seen driving across the New Bridge Tuesday. An image circulating social media showed dirt bike riders and an ATV rider popping wheelies as they drove from Baton Rouge over the river on I-10 and exited in... more »

• Police: 19-year-old killed in dirt bike crash on Ascension highway

  June 10, 2021 2:08 PM

  GONZALES - A man was killed Wednesday night after his dirt bike collided with another vehicle on an Ascension highway. Louisiana State Police said the crash happened around 9 p.m. Wednesday on LA 22 near LA 44. Investigators believe Everett Scott, 19, was riding the ATV westbound on... more »

• VIDEO: Thieves caught on camera stealing ATVs from Pointe Coupee home Play Video

  May 21, 2021 8:35 PM

  POINTE COUPEE - The Pointe Coupee Sheriff's Office is searching for three young men who were seen stealing a pair of four-wheelers from a Pointe Coupee home early Sunday morning. The Pointe Coupee Sheriff's Office released footage caught from a home security camera shows the thieves stealing ATVs from... more »

• Sheriff warns ATV riders to stay off roads, sidewalks in Ascension

  May 14, 2019 6:10 PM

  GONZALES – The Ascension Parish Sheriff’s Office sent a warning to recreational, all-terrain vehicle operators Tuesday: stay off sidewalks and neighborhood streets. ATVs “should not operate… on subdivision roadways and sidewalks,” Sheriff Bobby Webre wrote in a message posted on the agency’s Facebook page. People caught riding them... more »

• Man killed in freak overnight ATV crash

  May 27, 2018 9:41 AM

  SPRINGFIELD - A 28-year-old man died after being thrown off the ATV he was riding and hit by a passing car. Brandon Swindle of Holden was killed in the crash around midnight, State Police said. It happened on La. 42 west of La. 43 outside of Springfield. State... more »

• Man killed in freak 4-wheeler crash

  February 25, 2018 9:14 AM

  NAPOLEONVILLE – A 44-year-old man died after he was thrown from his 4-wheeler and hit by a car on La. 1 Saturday night. Curtis Southall, Jr., was driving the ATV along the shoulder of the highway when he ran into a garbage can. The impact threw Southall from the... more »

• One injured in reported ATV, vehicle collision in Old South Baton Rouge

  December 25, 2017 6:46 PM

  BATON ROUGE – One person was taken to the hospital in stable condition after a collision between an ATV and a vehicle in Old South Baton Rouge Christmas evening. Authorities responded to the emergency near the corner of Julia Street and South 14 th . The only person injured... more »

• Two injured in crash involving ATV

  August 3, 2017 9:33 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Police responded to a crash involving an ATV and another vehicle that sent two people to the hospital. BRPD officers responded to the scene on Jones and Fairchild Streets around 7:15 p.m. According to investigators, two people riding on the ATV were injured after they... more »

• St. James Parish man dies in ATV crash on Independence Day

  July 5, 2017 12:01 PM

  PAULINA – A 35-year-old man died in a crash involving an ATV in St. James Parish on the Fourth of July. The crash occurred around 8 p.m. on LA 642, west of LA 3125, when Michael Mohon was operating a 2014 Yamaha Viking on the roadway. According... more »

• Family questions man's spending, illness Play Video

  May 19, 2017 6:43 PM

  BATON ROUGE - A family is looking for help after their loved one went on a spending spree ahead of being diagnosed with Alzheimer's dementia. The family argues Anthony Corona was unfit then and now they're stuck with a huge bill. With a love for the outdoors and a... more »

• 7 kids hurt in ATV wreck in Livingston Parish

  April 14, 2017 5:21 PM

  FRENCH SETTLEMENT - Seven kids were hurt in an ATV crash on Lena Lane in French Settlement Friday afternoon. One of the seven was taken to the hospital by an ambulance, others were taken by parents authorities at the scene confirmed. Injuries range from broken bones to road rash.... more »

• Jamie Lynn Spears' daughter regains consciousness following ATV accident

  February 7, 2017 4:54 PM

  KENTWOOD - Jamie Lynn Spears' eight-year-old daughter, Maddie, is now breathing on her own following an ATV accident, TMZ reports. The accident happened over the weekend while on a hunting expedition in Kentwood when she fell off an ATV after it flipped over. Spears' daughter was submerged underwater for... more »

• Jamie Lynn Spears' daughter 'stable but critical' after ATV crash in Tangipahoa

  February 6, 2017 9:06 AM

  KENTWOOD – Jaimie Lynn Spears’ 8-year-old daughter is in ‘stable but critical’ condition after being airlifted from an ATV crash Sunday, according to TMZ. Sources tell TMZ that Spears’ daughter, Maddie, was involved in a hunting expedition in Kentwood when she fell off a Polaris ATV when it flipped... more »

• Four injured after three-car crash involving ATV

  June 8, 2016 7:16 PM

  CENTRAL – Firefighters say four people were injured after a three car crash involving an ATV Wednesday afternoon in Central. According to the Central Fire Department, the crash happened around 3:45 p.m. on the 17000 block of Blackwater Road. Three Central Fire Department units responded to help the Chaneyville... more »

• ATV rider killed after crash with train in Plaquemine

  May 20, 2016 5:07 PM

  PLAQUEMINE - Sheriff’s deputies in Iberville Parish confirm a 24-year-old man died at the scene of a crash involving an ATV and a train Friday morning in Plaquemine. Police have yet to identify the victim of the wreck who was pronounced dead at the scene by the parish coroner.... more »

• ATV rolls over, kills man doing yard work

  November 16, 2015 3:42 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Police said a man doing yard work in Baton Rouge died after the all-terrain vehicle he was using rolled over on top of him. Cpl. Don Coppola with BRPD said 46-year-old Marcos Domingo was doing work in another person's yard on Dubois Drive around 10:30 a.m.... more »

• ATV driver accused of being on drugs in deadly wreck

  September 28, 2015 5:38 PM

  GREENWELL SPRINGS - Sheriff's investigators said Monday that toxicology tests showed a woman had several drugs in her system when she was driving an ATV which flipped and killed one of several children riding with her earlier this year. Deputies charged 35-year-old Jodie Easley on Monday with driving while... more »

• Volunteers pitch in to help ATV crash survivor Play Video

  August 21, 2015 7:53 PM

  DENHAM SPRINGS - Volunteers surprised a Denham Springs boy who nearly died in an ATV wreck with a project to help him get around at home. The volunteers from Turner Industries and Rebuilding Together Baton Rouge built two-year-old Brantly Williams a wheelchair ramp so he can easily get in... more »