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  • Texas launches criminal probe into plant explosion

    May 10, 2013 10:53 AM

    WACO, Texas - Texas law enforcement officials are launching a criminal investigation into last month's deadly fertilizer plant explosion. Investigators have up to now largely treated the West Fertilizer Co. blast that killed 14 people as an industrial accident. The Texas Department of Public Safety said in a Friday statement... more »
  • Slain suspect had violent history with cops Play Video

    April 9, 2013 6:31 PM

    BATON ROUGE - Criminal records showed a man who was shot and killed by Baton Rouge Police after he stabbed two officers had a history of violent run-ins with the law. Bradford Louis Etheredge, 37, was shot and killed after stabbing officer Brian Strong, 29, and Corporal Donald Johnson,... more »
  • Criminal case dropped in White cell phone search Play Video

    April 4, 2013 3:36 PM

    BATON ROUGE - City police dropped a criminal theft investigation into a missing cell phone which supposedly belonged to former Baton Rouge Police Chief Dewayne White. This comes after a search warrant was issued to take the phone from a woman in Zachary. Investigators claim White and the woman... more »
  • Fired police chief investigated for missing cell phone, theft Play Video

    March 27, 2013 7:08 PM

    BATON ROUGE - Police are investigating Former Baton Rouge Police Chief Dewayne White for theft of a city-issued cell phone, his attorney Jill Craft explained. Craft has had the phone for weeks and said police never contacted her about the device. "Why don't you just ask me for... more »
  • Southern hosting "Stop the Violence March"

    February 26, 2013 11:07 AM

    BATON ROUGE - People will march against violence tonight at Southern University. Southern University's Black History Club, Criminal Justice Club, NCAAP and Student Government Association are hosting a "Stop the Violence March." Students and people from the community will march at 5 p.m. from the Smith-Brown Memorial Union... more »
  • High court reject's rapper C-Murder's appeal

    February 19, 2013 9:03 AM

    WASHINGTON- The Supreme Court has passed up another chance to deal with an anomaly of constitutional law that requires federal juries to reach unanimous verdicts in criminal cases, but allows states to make different rules. The court on Tuesday rejected the appeal of the rapper known as C-Murder, who is... more »
  • Judge OKs $4B BP oil spill criminal settlement

    January 29, 2013 12:23 PM

    NEW ORLEANS - A federal judge has approved an agreement for BP PLC to plead guilty to manslaughter and other charges and pay a record $4 billion in criminal penalties for the company's role in the massive 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. BP agreed in November to... more »
  • Charges filed in Bogalusa paper mill spill

    December 27, 2012 11:17 AM

    NEW ORLEANS - The Justice Department has filed two criminal misdemeanor charges against Temple-Inland, the former owner of a paper mill in Bogalusa, for violating federal environmental laws. The charges stem from a five-day spill of pollutants from the company's paper plant into the Pearl River in August 2011. A... more »
  • Ex-ATC official's trial postponed

    December 18, 2012 10:54 AM

    BATON ROUGE - The criminal trial of Murphy J. Painter, former commissioner of the Louisiana Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control, has been postponed until April 22. The Advocate reports Painter's trial was scheduled to begin Monday, but U.S. District Judge James J. Brady granted a request for a delay.... more »
  • Man accused of being drunk, deer-stand squatting arrested

    December 12, 2012 3:30 PM

    WEST MONROE- One man learned a hard lesson: don't use another man's deer stand. Michael Ray Heisler was arrested after someone called authorities and reported him for being in their deer stand. Heisler was booked into jail on charges of trespassing and possession of a weapon by a convicted... more »
  • New judge assigned to BP workers' criminal case

    November 16, 2012 3:14 PM

    NEW ORLEANS - A federal judge has disqualified herself from presiding over the Justice Department's case against two BP supervisors charged with manslaughter in the deaths of 11 workers from the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion. U.S. District Judge Nannette Jolivette Brown said in an order Friday that she is recusing... more »
  • FEMA kicks in for storm damage at Criminal Court

    May 22, 2012 7:34 AM

    NEW ORLEANS - The Federal Emergency Management Agency has come up with $103,000 to help replace contents of the Orleans Parish Criminal District Court damaged during Hurricane Katrina. Following the 2005 storm, the basement of the courthouse flooded, destroying the contents of court offices, including the Judicial Administration Office which... more »
  • Sheriff not ruling out charges in suicide Play Video

    March 6, 2012 5:10 PM

    NEW ROADS - The sheriff of Pointe Coupee Parish said he's not ruling out criminal charges yet in the death of a 17-year-old girl. "Anyone that would take the law and go beyond the scope and actually break the law could be charged," Sheriff Bud Torres said. Now,... more »
  • Pew Center to research, reform Louisiana prison system

    January 20, 2011 11:34 AM

    BATON ROUGE – Louisiana’s criminal justice system is going to get a thorough examination by the Pew Center to help make it work more efficiently, and keep prisoners from re-offending. Governor Bobby Jindal announced today that the Pew Center will research the state’s prisons and sentencing policies, and then help... more »
  • Woman arrested in connection with two-vehicle fire

    October 26, 2010 6:31 PM

    A woman was arrested today in connection with a two-vehicle fire that occurred on June 4, 2009 after a domestic dispute, according to Baton Rouge fire investigators. Authorities said 45-year-old Wanda Scott set fire to the vehicle just before midnight. The fire originally involved a Nissan Pathfinder and spread to... more »
  • District court employee fired over theft allegations

    October 26, 2010 5:12 PM

    An employee inside the Governmental Building in downtown Baton Rouge has been fired after an investigation into theft allegations. The allegations surfaced after a woman found out the traffic ticket she paid on the 10th floor was never cleared. Supervisors said at least $500 is unaccounted for in the... more »
  • NY man questions daughter's death at Fort Polk

    October 15, 2010 12:21 PM

    A spokesman says the USA Criminal Investigation Command at Fort Belvoir, Va., is investigating a death at Fort Polk. Christopher Gray says 20-year-old Samantha Ortiz died at her home on the Louisiana base. Her father, Damon R. Zippo of Yonkers, N.Y., says he's getting few answers from the Army about... more »
  • Holden man charged in connection with weekend wildfire

    October 7, 2010 5:25 PM

    A Holden man was charged with a misdemeanor today in connection with a 450-acre Livingston Parish fire last weekend. Authorities said 52-year-old Charlie Sibley burned a debris pile at his house last Friday and put it out with water. The next morning, he left the area, and the fire rekindled.... more »
  • Owner of pit bulls faces criminal charges after dog attack

    September 13, 2010 5:51 PM

    The owner of three pit bulls is facing criminal charges after her dogs attacked another dog on River Road in Baton Rouge early Monday morning. The attacked dog was mauled so badly, it had to be euthanized. Diamond Ryan is the owner of the attacked dog, Zeus. Ryan said she... more »
  • Lawyer says DOJ ends criminal probe of Tom DeLay

    August 16, 2010 9:25 AM

    A lawyer for former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay says the Justice Department has ended a probe of the Texas Republican and will not file any criminal charges. The six-year criminal investigation focused on DeLay's ties to disgraced former lobbyist Jack Abramoff, who was released from a minimum-security prison camp... more »
  • Career criminal arrested in Tangipahoa Parish

    May 12, 2010 8:55 AM

    Deputies in Tangipahoa Parish arrested a career criminal in Roseland. Percy Griffin Jr. was arrested after someone told deputies that Griffin threatened to stab her like before, but this time he would kill her. After several hours of searching, deputies searched a home on Turner Chapel Road where they found... more »

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