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  • EBR district court makes changes amid latest virus surge

    August 6, 2021 7:02 PM

    BATON ROUGE - The surge in COVID cases is forcing changes at the district courthouse in downtown Baton Rouge. The 19th Judicial District Court Judge announced Friday, criminal jury trials will be heard in the building's largest courtroom and will provide ample space for social distancing. The court could... more »
  • East Feliciana Parish leaders won't remove Confederate statue Play Video

    July 6, 2020 9:12 AM

    CLINTON - The East Feliciana Parish Police Jury voted to keep a 111-year-old Confederate statue outside of the East Feliciana courthouse. A vote from leaders came Monday evening after earlier discussions on if the statue should be removed. The 30-foot-tall statue of a Confederate soldier has been in front... more »
  • Baton Rouge district courthouse closed due to power failures Monday

    October 23, 2017 11:26 AM

    BATON ROUGE – The 19th Judicial District Courthouse closed for the day around 10 o'clock Monday due to electrical issues. Building managers posted on Facebook about the closure and a person who answered the phone at the courthouse confirmed the situation. Air conditioning, elevators and some security equipment was... more »
  • Man in custody after escaping from Plaquemine courthouse

    February 23, 2017 1:23 PM

    PLAQUEMINE – A man briefly escaped custody at the Iberville Parish Courthouse in Plaquemine Thursday. Sheriff Brett Stassi tells WBRZ that Jammie Dennis was sentenced to 30 days in jail at court Thursday morning. As he was being escorted from the courthouse, Dennis broke away, climbed a fence and... more »
  • Suspicious package outside courthouse was 'bag of clothes'

    February 14, 2017 9:24 AM

    BATON ROUGE - U.S. Marshals say a suspicious package that closed streets outside the federal courthouse downtown was just a bag of clothes left by a homeless man. Baton Rouge Police gave the all clear around 9:30 a.m. Tuesday. There was a heavy police presence outside the courthouse. At... more »
  • New Roads Mayor breaches security at Pointe Coupee Courthouse Play Video

    October 17, 2016 5:22 PM

    NEW ROADS- The embattled Mayor of New Roads facing corruption charges is under fire again. This time he's accused of breaching courthouse security as he entered the Pointe Coupee Parish Courthouse for his arraignment last week. Pointe Coupee Parish Sheriff Bud Torres issued a strongly worded letter to New Roads... more »
  • Colvin gets 15 years in courthouse cocaine conspiracy

    September 8, 2015 3:21 PM

    BATON ROUGE - A judge formally sentenced former court clerk William Colvin to 15 years in jail Tuesday for stealing cocaine from an evidence locker at the East Baton Rouge courthouse in order to sell it. Colvin pleaded guilty to malfeasance, cocaine possession, and obstruction of justice charges in... more »

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