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• State trooper implicated in doctor-shopping investigation got 270 prescription pain pills in 73 days Play Video

  March 10, 2023 5:07 PM

  BATON ROUGE - During a State Police Commission hearing this week where Trooper Michael Reichardt is appealing his 720-hour suspension, it was revealed that Reichardt got caught up in a doctor-shopping investigation in north Louisiana filling prescriptions for hundreds of powerful painkillers. Lawyers for State Police said Reichardt filled... more »

• Sheriff's Office: Woman with drug habit accused of abusing her mother

  January 3, 2020 9:31 AM

  BAKER - Deputies with the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office say they responded to a reported battery involving 55-year-old Sharon Prejean on New Year's Day. According to a police report, when Prejean asked her elderly mother to give her money for drugs and she refused, the 55-year-old responded... more »

• O'Brien House expanding to help more women in need

  January 13, 2016 6:29 PM

  BATON ROUGE - There's more hope and more help for women who are battling alcohol and drug addiction in the capital area. The O'Brien House in Baton Rouge dedicated a new women's dorm Wednesday, creating a lot more space for women in need. The facility extends a helping... more »