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  • Woman who claimed racial attack charged

    March 19, 2013 11:31 AM

    NEW ORLEANS - A 21-year-old Winnsboro woman, who police believe set herself on fire in a local park in October after claiming she was attacked by Klansmen, faces two felony charges. District Attorney Mack Lancaster tells The News-Star Sharmeka Moffitt has been booked with one count of terrorizing and one... more »
  • Officials identify 2 children killed in fire

    January 23, 2013 8:51 AM

    WEST MONROE- Ouachita Parish fire investigators have identified the two children who died in a West Monroe house fire on Monday. Investigator Curt Meachum tells The News-Star the victims were 16-month-old Josephine McMurry and 3-year-old Gwendolyn McMurry. Meachum says the girls' father, Morgan McMurry, is in a burn unit at... more »
  • Katrina burned body trials March 11, March 18

    January 22, 2013 5:10 PM

    NEW ORLEANS - A new trial will begin March 11 for a former New Orleans police lieutenant accused of covering up a police killing after Hurricane Katrina. The ex-officer accused of killing the man will be tried a week later. U.S. District Judge Lance Africk set the dates Tuesday. David... more »
  • Woman attacked, burned in Winnsboro park

    October 22, 2012 12:37 PM

    WINNSBORO, La. - A woman was attacked and burned in a park on Sunday night and authorities are investigating whether race was a factor in the assault. KSLA-TV reports that Sharmeka Moffitt, 20, was on a walking trail in the Civitan Park in Winnsboro in Franklin Parish when she was... more »
  • Detectives: website linked murderer to victim Play Video

    May 3, 2012 6:13 PM

    ST. GABRIEL - Detectives believe the website backpage.com linked a murder victim to the man investigators say killed him. Jason Mascarella, 36, is charged with second degree murder for killing Roderick White, 33. How he did it is what investigators call "heinous, violent, and twisted." Detectives said White... more »
  • Police identify suspect, victim in burned car murder

    May 3, 2012 2:41 PM

    BATON ROUGE - State Police identified the person accused of killing a man whose body was found Tuesday in a burned-out car in East Baton Rouge Parish. Late this afternoon Col. Mike Edmonson announced the arrest of 36-year-old Jason M. Mascarella of St. Gabriel. He has been charged with... more »
  • Workers suffer body burns after boat explosion

    February 15, 2012 5:45 PM

    HOUMA - Terrebonne Parish deputies responded to a medical emergency at a work dock Wednesday afternoon to find victims with burned bodies from a boat explosion. The victims were working on a wire line spud barge at A & W Wire Line Co. at the intersection of Savanne Rd.... more »
  • Family: NY woman's generosity led to burn death

    December 30, 2011 7:28 AM

    NEW YORK (AP) - The relatives of a Brooklyn woman torched in the elevator of her apartment building said Thursday that she was a kindhearted woman who helped a homeless man and paid with her life. Deloris Gillespie's children told reporters that the 71-year-old woman had hired Jerome Isaac to... more »
  • 4 New Orleans firefighters burned in 'flashover'

    May 21, 2011 12:37 PM

    NEW ORLEANS - Four New Orleans firefighters have been treated for serious burns they suffered while battling an early-morning fire. The four suffered what the department described as "various second- and third-degree burns to their hands, necks and ears" Saturday morning. They had answered a call about smoke... more »
  • Protest over flag burning stopped by LSU Police, crowds

    May 11, 2011 2:26 PM

    BATON ROUGE - A planned protest at LSU where an American flag was reportedly going to be burned was stopped by LSU Police after large crowds grew combative with the demonstrator. Benjamin Haas was escorted away by police after crowds on the LSU Parade Ground threw water balloons and... more »
  • American flag found burned on LSU campus

    May 2, 2011 10:55 AM

    BATON ROUGE - Police at LSU are investigating the burning of the school's American flag that flew over the parade ground early this morning. LSU spokesperson Ernie Ballard said police were called to the parade ground around 5:15 a.m., and found the American flag had been cut down and... more »
  • Ex-cops sentenced in killing of man after Katrina

    March 31, 2011 3:25 AM

    NEW ORLEANS - A former New Orleans police officer was sentenced to more than 25 years in prison Thursday for shooting a man to death without justification after Hurricane Katrina, and his ex-colleague was given just over 17 years for burning the body. The judge said he didn't believe... more »
  • Student burned in explosion at LSU chemistry lab

    March 10, 2011 3:41 PM

    BATON ROUGE - An LSU student was injured when chemicals he was working with exploded and caused a fire, according to LSU media relations. Ernie Ballard said a student was working in a chemistry lab in Choppin Hall when a "flash flame" occurred, burning the student. BRPD and... more »
  • Teen burned in fire at Baton Rouge home

    February 22, 2011 3:16 PM

    BATON ROUGE - One person was burned in a fire this afternoon that Baton Rouge firefighters said started when a candle was knocked over. Crews were called to the fire at a structure behind a home on 4618 Winbourne Ave. around 12:45 p.m. They said the owners and a... more »
  • Burned body found outside New Orleans stadium

    December 28, 2010 1:54 PM

    A woman's body was found burned to death Tuesday at the entrance of a stadium near the campus of Southern University of New Orleans, and police need your help in identifying her. Police found the woman's body on the ground of the parking lot. The Orleans Parish Coroner's... more »
  • N. O. cop seeks new trial in deadly shooting

    December 21, 2010 7:11 PM

    NEW ORLEANS - A New Orleans police officer convicted of writing a false report on a deadly police shooting after Hurricane Katrina is asking a federal judge to throw out his convictions or order a new trial. A court filing Tuesday by Lt. Travis McCabe's attorneys argues that the case... more »
  • Jury convicts three officers in post-Katrina death

    December 9, 2010 7:08 PM

    NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A federal jury has convicted three current or former New Orleans police officers but acquitted two others in the death of a man soon after Hurricane Katrina. The jury of seven women and five men on Thursday convicted a former officer, David Warren, of manslaughter in... more »
  • Manslaughter in mix for ex-cop in Katrina shootings

    December 6, 2010 11:11 AM

    NEW ORLEANS - A jury will be allowed to consider whether a former New Orleans police officer committed murder or manslaughter when he fatally shot a man during Hurricane Katrina's aftermath. U.S. District Judge Lance Africk said Monday that he will instruct jurors they can consider the less serious charge... more »
  • Ex-N.O. cop denies lying to grand jury

    December 3, 2010 11:41 AM

    NEW ORLEANS - A former New Orleans police sergeant has denied a friend's allegation she lied to a grand jury because she held a grudge against one of the five current or former officers charged in a deadly police shooting after Hurricane Katrina. Sgt. Erin Reilly testified Friday that she... more »
  • Three hurt in explosion on rig during welding

    December 1, 2010 11:30 AM

    JEAN LAFITTE, LA. (AP) - Three men were burned in an explosion and fire on a workover rig south of New Orleans. All three apparently are going to Baton Rouge General Medical Center's burn unit. They went first to West Jefferson Medical Center. Spokeswoman Taslin Alfonzo says one was going... more »
  • Trial set to resume for New Orleans officers

    November 28, 2010 9:53 AM

    NEW ORLEANS - After a three-day Thanksgiving break, a trial is set to resume for five current or former New Orleans police officers charged in a man's fatal shooting after Hurricane Katrina. Monday will be the eighth day of testimony in the case spawned by the death of 31-year-old Henry... more »
  • Prosecutors rest in Katrina police shooting trial

    November 23, 2010 11:10 AM

    NEW ORLEANS - Federal prosecutors have rested their case in the trial for five current or former New Orleans police officers charged in a man's fatal shooting and burning of his body after Hurricane Katrina. Tuesday marked the trial's seventh day. About five more days of testimony by defense witnesses... more »
  • NO cops accused of filing fake report on shooting

    November 10, 2010 4:02 PM

    NEW ORLEANS - A federal prosecutor says Hurricane Katrina's chaotic aftermath can't excuse the actions of five current or former New Orleans police officers charged in the death of a man whose body was burned in a car after he was shot by an officer. The prosecutor, Tracey Knight, told... more »

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