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• BRPD dismantles unit linked to 'Brave Cave' probe, launches criminal investigation into officers' actions Play Video

  August 31, 2023 12:59 PM

  BATON ROUGE - The Baton Rouge Police Department has scuttled its Street Crimes unit, a division dedicated to tackling crime in the most violent corners of the city, as the agency faces scrutiny over its use of a little-known processing facility known as the "Brave Cave." Mayor Sharon Weston... more »

• Seven arrested for DWI in BR sobriety checkpoint

  December 14, 2016 12:47 PM

  BATON ROUGE – Law enforcement officials say seven people were arrested Thursday in a DWI sobriety checkpoint on Perkins Road in Baton Rouge. The Baton Rouge Police Department, East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office and Louisiana State Police staged the joint sobriety checkpoint in the 6200 block of Perkins Road... more »

• LSU women's basketball assistant coach arrested

  January 22, 2013 6:56 PM

  BATON ROUGE - LSU assistant women's basketball coach Tony Perotti is out of jail on bond after his arrest this weekend in suspicion of a drunken bar disturbance. Perotti was charged with disturbing the peace and two counts of remaining after forbidden when he was booked into the East... more »