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• Three face charges over fake Super Bowl tickets

  February 27, 2013 12:21 PM

  BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Federal authorities accused three men of trafficking counterfeit tickets for Super Bowl XLVII in New Orleans. Officials with U. S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said Alabama authorities seized dozens of fake tickets and $7,000 in counterfeit cash at a Jan. 31 traffic stop. ICE says... more »

• Health stories for Feb. 15, 2013 Play Video

  February 15, 2013 6:30 PM

  UNDATED - Here are today's 2 Your Health stories for Feb. 15, 2013 - A new study shows a new advantage for natural birth and breastfeeding, and it has to do with bacteria. The study from Canada says children who go through the birth canal get the first... more »

• Poor quality fake money found at Angola

  February 1, 2013 5:05 PM

  ANGOLA- Four inmates at the State Penitentiary were busted for printing fake 100, 20, and 10-dollar bills. Sources tell WBRZ News 2 that the group was using a printer in the metal fabrication plant to make the phonies, which were "very poor quality." Federal authorities, including the U.S.... more »

• Police: RI man's fake $100 bill had wrong face

  November 15, 2012 12:55 PM

  ATTLEBORO, Mass. - A Rhode Island man police say used counterfeit $100 bills to make purchases at a Target store made a critical mistake. The bills had a picture of President Abraham Lincoln on them. Real $100 bills bear a picture of Benjamin Franklin. Lincoln's portrait graces the $5 bill.... more »

• EBRSO: Reward offered in fake check case

  August 13, 2012 4:21 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Sheriff's deputies released photos of a man they said cashed a fake check in Baton Rouge for more than $2,200 in real cash. EBRSO spokesperson Casey Rayborn Hicks said the man cashed the check May 30 around 1 p.m. at a bank on Jefferson Highway. ... more »

• Coins of the Realm

  May 24, 2012 7:44 PM

  Scotland Yard seized a record number of counterfeit coins worth 4 million pounds ($6.3 million dollars) near London. The coins were in a freight container and three men, who weren't named, were arrested. Police are now on the hunt for the press that made the bogus coins. Scotland Yard says... more »

• Deputies identify dead counterfeiting suspect

  December 14, 2011 3:29 PM

  GROSSE TETE - Sheriff's deputies identified the man who died after jumping into a bayou during a pursuit by authorities last week. The man is 25-year-old Henry A. Neely. He fled after Iberville police found counterfeit money in the car he was riding in. Deputies pulled over a... more »

• Fugitive's body found in bayou Play Video

  December 7, 2011 4:14 PM

  GROSSE TETE- The body of a man who ran from Iberville Parish Deputies after an interstate traffic stop was found by searchers in a bayou early Wednesday morning. Deputies said he ran after the car he was riding in was pulled over for a traffic violation. Investigators found counterfeit... more »

• Searchers find body of bayou jumper Play Video

  December 7, 2011 10:59 AM

  GROSSE TETE - This morning searchers in Iberville Parish found the body of a man who leaped into a bayou, leaving behind a car with thousands in counterfeit cash inside. Authorities found the body just after 10 a.m. today, after suspending the search last night. Deputies pulled over... more »

• Suspect jumps into bayou, search called off

  December 6, 2011 5:42 PM

  GROSSE TETE - Police called off a search for a suspect Tuesday afternoon after he jumped and sank into a bayou that authorities believed was too dangerous to follow him into. At 12:50 on Tuesday morning, an Iberville Parish Deputy pulled a car over containing a driver and passenger... more »

• Woman arrested for possessing $400,000 worth of fake checks

  November 30, 2011 12:06 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Local and national authorities added an extra 92 criminal charges to a Baton Rouge woman's rap sheet Wednesday morning after they arrested her for possessing over $400,000 in checks and money orders two weeks ago. BRPD's Financial Crimes Investigators arrested Latosha Edrena Jackson, 31, of 10950... more »

• Man Pleads Guilty in Counterfeit Goods Case

  September 7, 2011 5:48 PM

  BATON ROUGE- The Louisiana Attorney General's office says a Baton Rouge man was convicted as part of a counterfeit goods case. Millions of dollars in merchandise was seized earlier this year from vendors at the #1 Outlet Mall in Baton Rouge. The AG's office reports Demba Kane plead... more »

• EBRPSO investigating counterfeit bills being passed

  April 12, 2011 6:15 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Sheriff's deputies are looking for a man that tried to pass a counterfeit $100 at an East Baton Rouge gas station. Major Lawrence McLeary said on March 13 deputies were called to the Valero at 9990 Bluebonnet Blvd. and were told a man tried to make... more »

• One arrested, merchandise seized at BR flea market

  March 17, 2011 5:38 PM

  BATON ROUGE - One man has been arrested and boxes of items seized as part of a counterfeit merchandise bust at a Baton Rouge flea market. News 2 was first on the scene as agents raided the #1 Outlet Flea Market on Florida Blvd. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, ICE,... more »

• Authorities seize items at BR flea market

  March 17, 2011 11:35 AM

  BATON ROUGE - Federal and state authorities seized merchandise and arrested several people at a Baton Rouge flea market this morning. Agents with Homeland Security, Immigrations and Customs Enforcement and the EBR Parish Sheriff's Office were seen taking boxes of purses, wallets and other items from the Number One... more »

• DSPD: Men passing counterfeit bills identified

  December 23, 2010 10:38 AM

  DENHAM SPRINGS – Two men seen in surveillance photos passing counterfeit money have been identified, according to authorities. Police said after the men’s pictures were shown on local media, they received enough tips to identify them. The men passed counterfeit $100 bills at a Denham Springs Walmart Monday, and were... more »

• Denham Springs Police investigating counterfeit money

  December 22, 2010 11:01 AM

  DENHAM SPRINGS – Authorities are investigating counterfeit money that was used recently at a Walmart in Denham Springs. DSPD officers said a pair of men used counterfeit $100 bills recently to purchase items at the Walmart, then left in a white pickup. Surveillance cameras showed the truck is a 90’s... more »

• Counterfeit goods seized at La. flea market

  December 15, 2010 11:24 AM

  NEW ORLEANS - More than $250,000 worth of counterfeit goods was seized at a New Orleans flea market by federal and Louisiana agents. A Wednesday news release said agents working with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations, U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Louisiana State Police raided the... more »

• BRPD: Chase leads to five counterfeiting arrests

  December 1, 2010 4:07 PM

  BATON ROUGE – A police chase and search involving helicopters and K-9 units ended with five arrests and a counterfeit ring being busted, according to Baton Rouge Police. This morning officers were called by officials from the Whitney Bank at 3617 S. Sherwood Forest and told two people were trying... more »

• LSP: Counterfeiting fugitive arrested in Orleans Parish

  November 9, 2010 3:51 PM

  ORLEANS PARISH - A man wanted for allegedly manufacturing and distributing counterfeit Illinois driver’s licenses was arrested in Orleans Parish last Thursday. Authorities said 40-year-old Bryan McMillian was arrested after an investigation revealed individuals were purchasing counterfeit licenses and giving them to the Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles in return... more »

• Deputies: man used copier in truck to make fake money

  September 20, 2010 11:48 AM

  A man accused of using counterfeit money has been arrested a second time for the same crime. Louis Gene Santiny, Jr. from Grand Isle, La. was arrested in Terrebonne Parish after deputies say he was trying to use a fake $100 bill at a hotel. Employees at the hotel... more »

• 2 men booked with counterfeiting

  September 16, 2010 6:14 AM

  Louisiana authorities have arrested two men accused of passing counterfeit $100 bills made from $5 bills washed with oven cleaner. Zachary Police Chief John Herty tells The Advocate that officers recovered four of five fake bills that one of the suspects said they passed at local stores for merchandise that... more »

• Fake sports gear seized in New Orleans

  September 9, 2010 5:13 AM

  Federal agents in New Orleans seized fake sports merchandise and other counterfeit consumer products from city vendors. Working with the NFL and other professional sports leagues, authorities say more than 1,400 counterfeit hats, T-shirts and jerseys worth approximately $210,000 have been seized. Agents also seized 477 counterfeit Duracell batteries and... more »

• La. store owner gets prison in counterfeiting case

  August 27, 2010 4:43 AM

  A Bossier City store owner has been sentenced to 48 months in prison for selling counterfeit goods at a mall. Dwight Anthony Reed was also sentenced to three years of supervised release following his prison term. In 2005, police officers seized more than 380 counterfeit trademarked items from "Rockafellas," a... more »

• Metairie man arrested after counterfeiting investigation

  August 4, 2010 12:58 PM

  A Metairie man is in jail after he was caught with hundreds of counterfeit money orders. State Police Troop B says investigators discovered a FedEx package containing 325 bogus money orders being sent to 54 year old Brian Kent. It was sent from Nigeria. U.S. Immigration and... more »

• 2 men arrested for trying to sell wooden laptops

  August 1, 2010 9:51 AM

  Two men have been arrested in Jackson, Miss. for allegedly trying to peddle blocks of wood as laptop computers. Hinds County authorities charged 45-year-old Eddie Handford and 54-year-old Frank Hamilton with trademark infringement and sale of goods bearing counterfeit labels. Investigators say the wooden blocks were covered in duct tape... more »

• Monroe man convicted of counterfeiting

  June 24, 2010 5:48 AM

  A Monroe man has been convicted of a charge he printed and sold counterfeit money out of his home. Wilbert Ross was convicted of one count of counterfeiting. He faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. His sentencing is set for Oct. 4. FBI... more »

• More than $1M in bogus checks passed nationwide

  February 3, 2010 8:08 AM

  Bossier Parish deputies say Charles Bradford who allegedly got $1 million in bogus checks cashed to gamble at casinos nationwide is in the parish jail. Thirteen locals were arrested and more arrests are expected. The sheriff's department says the suspects were recruited over three years when Bradford was in and... more »

• FDA warns consumers about counterfeit weight-loss drug

  January 18, 2010 11:09 AM

  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers about a counterfeit and potentially harmful version of Alli 60 mg capsules (120 count refill kit). Preliminary laboratory tests conducted by GlaxoSmithKline, the maker of the FDA approved over-the-counter weight-loss product, revealed that the counterfeit version did not contain orlistat, the... more »

• Counterfeit Alli

  January 18, 2010 10:57 AM

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• Woman wanted for cashing counterfeit checks

  October 13, 2009 12:33 PM

  The Baton Rouge Police Department is looking for a women suspected of cashing over a dozen counterfeit checks in the Baton Rouge area. Detectives are searching for Britanya Renita Lewis on charges of monetary instrument abuse and felony theft. Lewis is suspected of cashing checks totaling over $10,000 during... more »

• Fake $100 bills found in East Feliciana Parish

  September 17, 2009 6:52 AM

  Deputies in East Feliciana Parish have recovered four counterfeit $100 bills passed at local businesses and expect to find more. Detectives say the bogus notes are printed on bleached and washed $5 bills and a counterfeit detection pen does not create the black stain associated with wood-based paper. When the... more »