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  • Bayou Vista shooting death being investigated

    April 29, 2013 11:45 AM

    BAYOU VISTA - St. Mary Parish sheriff's detectives are investigating the shooting death of a man found on Columbus Avenue in Bayou Vista. Deputies tell The Advocate that gunshots were fired around 12:45 a.m. Monday. When deputies arrived, they found an unresponsive man who was later pronounced dead by the... more »
  • Southdowns parade to close parts of Stanford Avenue, Perkins Road Friday

    February 7, 2013 2:43 PM

    Baton Rouge- Portions of Stanford Avenue and Perkins Road in Baton Rouge will be closed due to the Southdowns Mardi Gras Parade Friday evening. This is in addition to residential streets in the Southdowns neighborhood. Stanford from Hyacinth Avenue to Perkins Road will be closed from 8 p.m.... more »
  • EBRSO investigates Gardere murder Play Video

    September 24, 2012 5:42 PM

    BATON ROUGE - The East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office continues searching for answers on a murder from Saturday night. 25-year-old Toliver Lyons was shot multiple times before he died behind a vacant apartment building around 8pm. His mother, Doretha Benson, said she heard he was running from... more »
  • EBRSO: Man in truck sought for shooting

    July 9, 2012 11:03 AM

    BATON ROUGE - Sheriff's deputies continued their search for the man responsible for a shooting in East Baton Rouge that sent one person to the hospital. Casey Rayborn Hicks with the East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office said around 10:30 p.m. Sunday they were called to the shooting in the... more »
  • Police: Man wanted for shooting two in car

    April 23, 2012 4:13 PM

    ROSELAND - Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office wants your help to find a suspect that they say shot two people in a car Sunday, leaving them both in critical condition. Deserie Antonio Johnson, 31, is wanted on two counts of attempted second degree murder. Police reports say Johnson was... more »
  • Police work to identify woman shot in car

    March 1, 2012 9:32 PM

    BATON ROUGE - Police are trying to identity the 23-year-old woman shot dead in a car on Washington Avenue. It happened Thursday evening around 7:35pm. According to Baton Rouge Police, the woman was gunned down as she sat in the driver's seat in the 2800 block of Washington... more »
  • Fire destroys Baton Rouge barbershop

    January 3, 2012 5:39 AM

    BATON ROUGE - An early morning fire destroyed a barbershop Tuesday in Baton Rouge . Fire officials say they responded to a building fire in the 8400 block of Scotland Ave. around 3:30 a.m. Tuesday. The fire started in the barbershop and firefighters managed to contain it there.... more »
  • Fire evicts an entire apartment building

    April 26, 2011 5:19 PM

    BATON ROUGE - Flames ripped through an apartment building at 8341 Ned Avenue sending many residents packing. It happened just after six Tuesday morning. Investigators aren't sure how the fire started, but sources say it could have been lightning. According to the Red Cross 15 adults and 3... more »
  • Suspect arrested in Skysail Ave. shooting

    April 21, 2011 4:21 PM

    BATON ROUGE - Sheriff's deputies have arrested a suspect in the shooting of a woman this afternoon on Skysail Avenue. Major Lawrence McLeary said investigators arrested Samuel Stewart this afternoon in suspicion of shooting a woman four times. He said around 12:55 p.m. East Baton Rouge sheriff's deputies... more »
  • Victim dies in Baton Rouge shooting

    January 12, 2011 5:34 PM

    BATON ROUGE – Police are investigating Baton Rouge’s fourth murder of the year after the victim of a shooting last night died this morning. Sgt. Don Kelly with Baton Rouge Police said 29-year-old Eli McGee was shot at his home on Shay Avenue around 10:50 p.m. last night, and died... more »
  • One dead after shooting in north Baton Rouge

    December 23, 2010 6:27 PM

    BATON ROUGE - Investigators are on the scene of a deadly shooting in north Baton Rouge. Emergency responders say police heard gunshots while in the 2000 block of 75th Avenue, and later found one person dead from multiple gunshot wounds at a residence in that area. Police are... more »
  • Thibodaux man arrested after flinging fast food

    October 29, 2010 1:07 PM

    THIBODAUX, La. - Police arrested a man in Thibodaux last night after they said he demanded free food at a fast food restaurant he used to work at, then made it himself when workers refused. 25-year-old Terrance Shepard faces charges of disturbing the peace and remaining after forbidden from the... more »
  • Car crash causes fire and power outage

    November 6, 2009 7:56 AM

    UPDATE: The crash has been cleared. Power is still out in the area. According to officials, a car flipped on its side after hitting a utility pole on Terrace Avenue near Thomas H. Delpit. Baton Rouge firefighters arrived on the scene around 2:30 a.m. A gas line caught fire.... more »
  • Arrest made in shooting

    October 24, 2009 9:50 AM

    A teenager was arrested overnight in connection with a recent shooting. Baton Rouge police say Timothy McCoy is facing first degree murder and armed robbery charges. He was taken into custody shortly before midnight. A man was killed in his home in an apartment complex on Bard Avenue near... more »
  • Detectives investigating shooting in Baton Rouge

    October 21, 2009 7:54 AM

    Detectives with the East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office are investigating another shooting. It happened just before 5 p.m. yesterday evening in the 1500 block of Jade Avenue. One man was shot and taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. more »

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