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• Group claims thugs target their street Play Video

  March 1, 2013 9:44 PM

  LIVINGSTON- People accuse a group of young thugs of causing torment in their neighborhood. Friday evening, a small group got together to clean up the mess the group has caused and to try and erase the path they take entering their neighborhood. "I sleep with a gun under... more »

• Community leaders shocked after BRPD chief's firing Play Video

  February 8, 2013 5:40 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Community leaders in Baton Rouge told News 2 today the seeds of trust planted by fired police chief Dewayne White will keep growing. Rev. Isaiah J. Webster with the Greater New Guide Baptist Church said he was shocked to hear about White's firing Wednesday. Webster spent... more »

• BRPD gets training with ex-military rifles Play Video

  January 30, 2013 3:58 PM

  BATON ROUGE- The Baton Rouge Police Department received 100 military surplus rifles as part of a federal program to combat criminals who "outgun" law enforcement. Currently around 150 officers have the high-powered rifles. The officers who will receive some of the 100 new rifles got the opportunity today to... more »

• Man sought for deadly Baton Rouge shooting

  January 17, 2013 6:13 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Police released the name of a man wanted in connection with a deadly shooting this morning in Baton Rouge. Police said Deaundre Williams, 20, is wanted for murder and attempted murder after the shooting in the 1800 block of 71st Street just before 2 a.m. ... more »

• BRPD Chief to arm officers with rifles, expand BRAVE to 70802 Play Video

  January 16, 2013 2:13 PM

  BATON ROUGE- Baton Rouge Police Chief Dewayne White announced progressive plans that will move his department forward this year. In a one-on-one interview, White said the Baton Rouge Area Violence Elimination Project will expand to the 70802 zip code this year. Officers will also be outfitted with military surplus... more »

• Slidell PD: Bucket-headed burglar caught

  January 15, 2013 5:00 PM

  SLIDELL - Police arrested a man they said robbed the Slidell restaurant he used to work at, and used a bucket as his disguise. Slidell Police arrested Richard Boudreaux, 23, today after they said he confessed to robbing Kenney's Seafood overnight. Police said Boudreaux used a bucket at... more »

• Police identify victim in deadly shooting

  January 11, 2013 2:23 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Police released the name of a woman killed when someone shot at her apartment on La Margie street in Baton Rouge last night. Cpl. L'Jean McKneely with Baton Rouge Police said Shaquanan Jones, 26, died around 9:30 p.m. last night. He said she'd been hit by... more »

• Judge: No TV broadcast of Guantanamo 9/11 trial

  January 3, 2013 3:03 PM

  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - A military judge has denied a request to allow television broadcast coverage of the Guantanamo Bay war crimes tribunal for five men charged in the Sept. 11 attacks. Defense lawyers requested TV coverage of proceedings at the U.S. base in Cuba. But the Defense Department... more »

• Two arrested after smoke shop robbery

  December 12, 2012 11:53 AM

  BATON ROUGE - Police arrested two armed men after they said the pair robbed a smoke shop near the LSU campus. Lt. Don Kelly said officers arrested Darren Douglas Brown, 19, and Christian Rasha Lamotte, 22, after stopping their vehicle and finding evidence from the robbery inside. Kelly... more »

• Halle Berry's ex arrested after Thanksgiving fight at her house

  November 22, 2012 9:43 PM

  LOS ANGELES (AP) - Halle Berry's ex-boyfriend Gabriel Aubry has been arrested for investigation of battery after authorities say he and the Oscar-winning actress' current boyfriend got into a fight on Thanksgiving. Los Angeles Police Officer Julie Boyer says Aubry came over to Berry's house Thursday and there were reports... more »

• Hearing airs sex crimes case against US general

  November 5, 2012 10:53 AM

  FORT BRAGG, N.C. - U.S. Army prosecutors are charging a general with sex crimes against five women, including four military subordinates and a civilian. The first details of the charges filed in September emerged at a military justice hearing Monday for Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Sinclair at Fort Bragg in North... more »

• Jordan Jefferson begins community service

  November 2, 2012 5:37 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Former LSU quarterback Jordan Jefferson got a jump start on court-ordered community service today. Jefferson spoke to students on the McKinley High School football team this afternoon, stressing how good decisions help lead to success in life. This week, Jefferson pleaded no contest to battery... more »

• Police: NY bank thief claimed he was shortchanged

  October 22, 2012 5:13 PM

  SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Going back to a bank you just ripped off to claim you'd been shortchanged isn't likely to end well. That's what police say led to an arrest Monday in upstate New York. Syracuse police say 28-year-old Arthur Bundrage, of East Syracuse, went into a bank at about... more »

• Court papers allege inheritance murder plot

  October 10, 2012 4:50 PM

  NEW ORLEANS - A 19-year-old allegedly offered an 18-year-old $50,000 to help kill her mother so she could inherit money. Nicole Boover is being held without bond in New Orleans on a charge of attempted first-degree murder. Eighteen-year-old Nathan Andrew Yuhas was booked Wednesday in Baton Rouge as a fugitive.... more »

• Deputies: Shooting victims found in Plaquemine

  September 24, 2012 8:41 AM

  PLAQUEMINE - Deputies said two bodies found in a vehicle that crashed into a Plaquemine sugarcane field this morning were the victims of a shooting. According the Iberville Parish Sheriff's Department, two men's bodies were found around 6:30 a.m. on Highway 1 south of St. Louis Rd. They... more »

• LSU criminologists examine EBR crime rate today

  August 8, 2012 10:10 AM

  BATON ROUGE- With at least 47 murders this year, Baton Rouge has one of the highest violent crime rates in the nation. New efforts like the BRAVE Program have the potential to help, but there are still questions about what's behind all the crime. Today two LSU criminologists... more »

• Victim in Tigerland shooting dies, two charged

  August 6, 2012 3:21 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Police said a shooting victim from Tigerland has died, and two people arrested in connection with the case will have their charges upgraded. Cpl. Tommy Stubbs with Baton Rouge Police said Philip Boudreaux, 18, was taken off life support Friday. He was shot at his Tigerland... more »

• Lavergne pleads "not guilty" to killings

  July 27, 2012 10:26 AM

  LAFAYETTE - Brandon Lavergne, the accused killer of Mickey Shunick and Lisa Pate, pleaded "not guilty" this morning at his arraignment. He is charged with first-degree murder in both cases. According to our affiliate in Lafayette, KATC TV 3. "Judge Herman Clause set a deadline of October 9 for... more »

• Former murder suspect found shot to death Play Video

  July 23, 2012 5:50 PM

  BATON ROUGE- A Baton Rouge man once accused of murder was found dead on Madison Avenue early Monday morning. Police found Kedrick Dennis, 30, shot to death in front of his North Baton Rouge home today. Dennis was accused of killing Kreglan Gaines in 2010, then released after... more »

• Neighborhood fighting back against crime Play Video

  July 19, 2012 5:56 PM

  EAST FELICIANA - People living in a East Feliciana Parish neighborhood say crime has got to go. The Highland Lakeshore Subdivision in Ethel has trouble, and residents are fed up. Folks living in this subdivision consider their neighborhood heaven on earth, but things have slowly changed. "Now it's... more »

• Women wanted for questioning in LSU armed robbery

  June 13, 2012 4:09 PM

  BATON ROUGE - LSU Police released more photos of women they want to question in connection with an armed robbery on the university campus. Capt. Cory Lalonde said the night of May 29, a man with a gun robbed a student near Pleasant Hall on Highland Road. Later, surveillance... more »

• Baker PD: Shooting suspect lay in wait for targets

  May 31, 2012 12:43 PM

  BAKER - Police released a photo today of a teen they said lay in wait for a group of juveniles in Baker, then shot at them earlier this week. Chief Mike Knaps with Baker Police said they are looking for Greg Anthony Morris Jr., 18, of Baton Rouge in... more »

• Mother arrested after infant drowns

  May 30, 2012 10:22 AM

  BATON ROUGE - Police arrested the mother of an infant girl who drowned in a bathtub in suspicion of negligent homicide. Sgt. Don Kelly said Lashay Bradley, 22, left her 11-month-old daughter unattended in a bathtub with the water running for an unknown amount of time. When she... more »

• Mother: son shot by juvenile, paralyzed

  May 28, 2012 4:04 PM

  PICAYUNE, Miss. - A Mississippi woman says her 21-year-old son is having to learn how to swallow after a bullet fired by a juvenile in Louisiana cut his spinal cord. Amy Tanguis of Picayune tells The Picayune Item that Aaron James Tanguis was shot in the back last week while... more »

• Barksdale airman arrested for sex crimes

  May 1, 2012 7:51 AM

  JENNINGS - Jefferson Davis Parish authorities have arrested a 25-year-old Barksdale Air Force Base flight mechanic who had inappropriate communications with what he thought was a 13-year-old girl. William Elwood Simon of Bossier City was booked with two counts of computer aided solicitation of a minor, four counts of indecent... more »

• People exchange guns for gas

  November 19, 2011 5:05 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Hundreds of people turned in their unwanted guns for gas coupons during the second "Gas for Guns" exchange in East Baton Rouge Parish. People anonymously dropped off weapons at two churches in the city-parish between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., and received a gas card worth... more »

• La. preacher pleads guilty to 4 of 473 sex crimes

  October 4, 2011 2:16 PM

  ALEXANDRIA, La. - A Tioga preacher and psychiatric hospital social worker charged with 473 counts of sex crimes against a young female relative has pleaded guilty to four. 64-year-old Holland Farrell McMorris has pleaded guilty to aggravated incest, attempted aggravated rape, molestation of a juvenile and sexual battery. ... more »

• EBR major crimes down in 2010

  June 2, 2011 12:12 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Major crimes in East Baton Rouge Parish fell by more than eight percent last year, according to numbers released by the sheriff's office today. They reported an overall decrease of 732 major crimes in the parish when compared to 2009. Crimes against people were down more... more »

• Reported crime down 54 percent at old Brandywine Apartments

  January 24, 2011 6:14 PM

  BATON ROUGE - According to Baton Rouge Police, 911 call outs to the new Darryl Condominiums are down 54 percent. After a recent name change the former Brandywine Apartments have not seen the amount of crime as in the past. For years the apartments were plagued with arsons, shootings... more »

• Police: Man runs down street, fires shots

  December 15, 2010 12:01 PM

  BATON ROUGE- Two people are recovering from gun shot wounds after a random person ran down Gus Young Road and opened fire Tuesday night. The two victims- a 18 year-old- woman and 19 year-old-man- told Baton Rouge Police they were standing on the side of the street in the 4500... more »

• Police: family problems may have sparked crimes

  November 20, 2010 5:32 PM

  West Monroe police say they believe that family problems sparked a crime spree that ended with the gunman killing himself in Oklahoma. Detective Sgt. Tim Zeigler tells The News-Star that until Friday, 26-year-old Stephen "Lane" Salsbury's only criminal record was three seat belt violations. He didn't describe the family... more »

• Plaquemine man killed in shooting

  September 27, 2010 6:21 AM

  Plaquemine police are investigating the city's first homicide of 2010. Police Capt. Kenny Payne says Cordies Gales of Plaquemine was shot to death Sunday after getting into a fight over a gambling game. Payne said police were questioning several witnesses Sunday night. more »

• Shreveport man arrested in Virginia runaway case

  September 23, 2010 5:08 AM

  Caddo Parish sheriff's deputies have arrested a Shreveport man for numerous sex crimes involving a Virginia runaway. Kevin Lunsford was arrested Wednesday at his home where he was found with the 14-year-old girl after deputies received a tip about the teenager's location. Detectives say the girl and Lunsford became acquainted... more »

• Juvenile arrested in Livingston Parish

  July 13, 2010 6:09 AM

  Livingston Parish deputies arrested a juvenile early Tuesday morning for armed robbery. It happened around 3 a.m. at the Walgreens on Highway 16 in Watson. Deputies say a juvenile entered the store wearing a mask, armed with a gun and knife. An employee outside the store saw the juvenile enter,... more »

• Shooting investigation on Topeka Street

  June 17, 2010 6:00 AM

  Baton Rouge police are investigating a shooting in the 3500 block of Topeka Street. Police say the man was shot around 12:30 a.m. Thursday after two men approached him. The victim told police he tried to run, but was shot. The man was taken to an area hospital for non... more »

• Central Police Chief looking to expand department

  May 14, 2010 6:30 PM

  Central’s Police Chief is working to expand his department, and his plan involves learning from neighboring chiefs in surrounding parishes. Central became incorporated in 2005. 30,000 residents live in city, and more are moving in everyday. Right now, the East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office patrols the area and handles a... more »

• Avoyelles escapees will face new charges

  April 15, 2010 5:45 AM

  Law enforcement agencies from Marksville to Miami are trying to determine if the three Avoyelles Parish Jail escapees are involved in any crimes committed over the past two weeks, including a case in which a woman's fingers were cut off. U.S. Marshals found the three escapees - Quentin M. Truehill,... more »

• Sex crime sentence vacated

  March 4, 2010 7:38 AM

  The sentence of a Vernon Parish man accused of sex crimes involving children has been vacated because the appeals court found that his due process rights were violated during his trial. The man will be re-sentenced in state district court. According to the ruling, the man was not given notice... more »

• Brookstown warrant roundup

  September 10, 2009 5:25 AM

  The East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office led a warrant roundup in the Brookstown neighborhood of Baton Rouge. Nearly 100 deputies, constables, and other officers made nearly 40 arrests, cleared more than 140 warrants, and found evidence of drug use. The Brookstown roundup is the last in a series of parish-wide... more »