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• Police: man left child in car to steal from Autozone

  May 17, 2017 8:22 AM

  BATON ROUGE – Police say a Baton Rouge man faces theft and child desertion charges after stealing from an Autozone store and fleeing from police Tuesday. Thomas Bernard Davis was charged with misdemeanor theft, child desertion and resisting an officer. He was booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish... more »

• Police: woman arrested for leaving children barricaded in apartment

  March 29, 2017 12:01 PM

  BATON ROUGE – Police arrested a woman after they say she left her children barricaded in her apartment while at work. The Baton Rouge Police Department arrested 30-year-old Tracy Griffin on three counts of child desertion. On Mar. 28 around 9 a.m. police responded to an apartment complex... more »

• Man arrested for leaving four-year-old in locked room

  March 6, 2017 4:24 PM

  BATON ROUGE – A man accused of leaving his four-year-old daughter alone in an apartment and tying a door shut to keep her inside has been arrested. The Baton Rouge Police Department arrested 29-year-old Alphonzo Cutler for child desertion. On Mar. 3, an individual called police after finding... more »

• Gonzales man faces child desertion charges after leaving infants at gas station

  January 6, 2017 5:02 PM

  DUTCHTOWN – A Gonzales man faces drug and child desertion charges after deputies say he left his two children at a gas station table to use the bathroom Thursday. Brian Chadwick, 31, was charged with possession of heroin, possession of drug paraphernalia, disrupting the peace and child desertion. ... more »

• Dad faces drug, child desertion charges after leaving child in parked pickup

  December 17, 2016 5:20 PM

  BATON ROUGE – Deputies say a Baton Rouge man faces drug and child desertion charges after leaving his 3-year-old daughter in a pickup truck to meet with a woman. According to arrest records, 34-year-old J.W. Wyre was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and marijuana as well as child... more »

• Grandmother arrested for leaving 8-year-old grandson on side of road

  October 18, 2016 5:05 PM

  HARAHAN – A grandmother was arrested for child desertion after she left her 8-year-old grandson on the side of the road in Harahan. According to Harahan Police, officers received reports of a woman, who was driving her vehicle on Dickory Avenue in Harahan, when she stopped her vehicle to... more »

• 'This is the police. We have your kids.' Woman charged with child desertion

  September 8, 2016 5:04 PM

  BATON ROUGE – Police say a Baton Rouge woman was charged with child desertion after leaving three small children under the age of 9 unattended at her home. According to arrest records, Baton Rouge Police were dispatched to a home on Byron Street Wednesday night in reference to an... more »

• Assumption deputies find diaper-clad 2-year-old on highway

  June 30, 2016 12:20 PM

  LABADIEVILLE - Sheriff's deputies say a 2-year-old wearing only a diaper was found standing alone in the middle of a state highway in Assumption Parish after leaving a home without being noticed. Sheriff Leland Falcon said in a statement Wednesday deputies arrested 41-year-old Ivone Pina, of Labadieville (LAH'-buh-dee-vill), on a... more »

• Woman arrested for neglecting son with autism

  April 12, 2016 12:15 PM

  BATON ROUGE- The East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office arrested 31-year-old Quanitha Green for neglecting her son with autism. On Monday around 7:15 a.m. a bystander notified officers that a child was running in the middle of the 6800 block of Harry Drive. Officers took custody of the child and turned... more »

• Woman arrested for leaving child in hot car while in Walmart

  March 30, 2016 11:00 AM

  BATON ROUGE - The East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office arrested 33-year-old Tarsha Wright for leaving her child in a hot car for over 30 minutes. The incident occurred at the Walmart in the 9300 block of Cortana Place around 5 p.m. when witnesses saw Wright exit her car and walk... more »

• Mom arrested after stealing safe while child was missing

  March 18, 2016 3:25 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Baton Rouge Police arrested a 33-year-old woman after they say she stole a safe from her father, and deserted her 3-year-old son. Police say the the incident occurred on Thursday around 10:30 p.m. when Lauren Futrell unlawfully entered her father’s home located in the 5800 block of... more »

• Police charge mother with child desertion, drug possession

  November 30, 2015 1:04 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Police said they arrested a woman Sunday after they found her unresponsive in the bedroom of her residence with drugs in plain sight and her 6-year-old daughter unattended. 34-year-old Danielle Oubre was booked on charges of child desertion and possession of a Schedule I CDS. ... more »

• Father arrested for child desertion

  October 27, 2015 8:58 AM

  BATON ROUGE- Police arrested a Baton Rouge man for child desertion after he blacked out and lost his 2-year-old daughter. Authorities say Tramayn Washington, 33, got permission to look after the child from the girl's mother. Washington says once he picked his daughter up, he "blacked out" and did not... more »

• Woman accused of leaving infant in alley

  September 22, 2015 12:31 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Police arrested a Baton Rouge woman after officers said she recently abandoned her infant in an alley. According to arrest records, police charged 19-year-old Miochia Paul with child desertion and arrested her on Sept. 21. The arrest affidavit said BRPD officers were called to 10210... more »