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• Father, son killed in Pointe Coupee crash Play Video

  May 10, 2013 4:50 PM

  CHENAL - A single-car crash claimed the lives of a father and son overnight in Pointe Coupee Parish. It happened just before 11:30 p.m. Thursday on Hwy. 415 near Hwy. 414. State troopers say 47-year-old Sidney R. Morel of Jarreau was heading south on Hwy. 415 when he... more »

• Ohio AG: Tests confirm Castro is father

  May 10, 2013 10:31 AM

  CLEVELAND - The Ohio attorney general says tests have confirmed that alleged kidnapper Ariel Castro is the father of a 6-year-old girl rescued from his house with three women this week. Attorney General Mike DeWine's office confirmed Castro's paternity in a news release Friday. DeWine says a sample of Castro's... more »

• Slidell man arrested, accused of beating father

  May 7, 2013 2:43 PM

  SLIDELL - Authorities accused a Slidell man of severely beating his elderly father. Slidell Police said they arrested Bradford Dearing, 29, after he got into an argument with his father and punched him several times in the face. They said Dearing's father is in ICU awaiting surgery. ... more »

• Man pleads guilty to slitting 2-year-old son's throat

  May 2, 2013 12:03 PM

  NEW ORLEANS - A 26-year-old New Orleans man has pleaded guilty to capital murder, admitting that he slit his 2-year-old son's throat to avoid paying $4,000 in overdue child support. The Times-Picayune reports Danny Platt was sentenced to life in prison Thursday. The only promise prosecutor Robert Moore made him... more »

• Father and son arrested on drug charges

  April 10, 2013 2:36 PM

  ST. AMANT - Authorities in Ascension Parish arrested a father and his son on drug charges this week. Narcotices agent searched the home of Audie Decoteau, 51, and Austin Decoteau, 17, on April 8 after receiving complaints about drug activity there. Detectives said they found marijuana and other... more »

• EXCLUSIVE: Emotional foster parent calls 911 in area Hakken incident Play Video

  April 9, 2013 5:44 PM

  HAMMOND- A frantic woman is heard in the background of a 911 call telling two children to take cover when a man showed-up with a gun, demanding to take the children. It's a call for help from an unidentified woman, the foster parent, of Cole Hakken, 4, and his... more »

• Reporter: Hakkens spotted at marina in Cuba

  April 9, 2013 2:56 PM

  CUBA- A man identified himself to CNN as Joshua Hakken, the man accused of kidnapping his two sons from his wife's mother last week. CNN reported that Hakken briefly talked with a network reporter in Havana. Hakken's blue sailboat was also docked at a marina, where the conversation took... more »

• Father of missing boys recently bought sailboat

  April 5, 2013 2:15 PM

  TAMPA, Fla.- Officials in Florida say the father of two boys kidnapped from their grandparents' house recently bought a 25-foot sailboat. The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said that 25-year-old Joshua Michael Hakken recently bought a 24-foot, 1972 Morgan sailboat with a blue hull. The boat's whereabouts is unknown. A... more »

• Son joins father in prison for beating death

  March 27, 2013 8:02 AM

  BATON ROUGE - Sheriff's deputies have arrested the 24-year-old wanted in the January beating and death of another man. Deputies booked Shedrick Demond Lobrano into parish prison Monday on second-degree murder and fugitive from justice charges. Police arrested his father, 51-year-old Shedrick L. Lobrano, at their home last... more »

• One arrested, one at large in deadly beating

  March 20, 2013 2:59 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Police arrested one of two men today wanted in connection with a deadly beating. Cpl. Tommy Stubbs said the police Special Response Team arrested Shedrick L. Lobrano, 51, after locating him at his residence. Police had warrants for Lobrano and his son, 24-year-old Shedrick Demond... more »

• Fire academy grads following in fathers' footsteps Play Video

  February 15, 2013 4:51 PM

  BATON ROUGE - After saying the last few words of the Firefighter's Oath, 35 men became the newest members of the Baton Rouge Fire Department. Most are fulfilling a dream they've had for years. But for Josh Gilbaud, that dream goes a little further back "I can always... more »

• Man indicted in stabbing death of his father

  January 29, 2013 8:39 AM

  COVINGTON - A St. Tammany Parish grand jury has charged a Pearl River man with second-degree murder in the October stabbing death of his father. District Attorney Walter Reed says the panel indicted Billie G. Rawson Jr. Rawson, who authorities said has a history of mental illness, allegedly stabbed his... more »

• Victim's father's outburst ends Colorado court hearing

  January 11, 2013 3:13 PM

  CENTENNIAL, Colo.- The father of one of the victims of the Colorado movie theater shootings is promising there will be no more outbursts. Steve Hernandez apologized to the judge today, after shouting during a hearing today that accused gunman James Holmes should "rot in Hell." Hernandez was the father of... more »

• Reports: Edwin to be 85-year-old dad

  January 8, 2013 9:40 PM

  GONZALES- Edwin Edwards and his new wife Trina Scott Edwards are expecting a child, Lafayette-based IND Monthly is reporting . The magazine reported Tuesday the 34-year-old is pregnant. The couple had announced they were attempting to conceive a child via artificial insemination. Edwards is 85-years-old. The couple... more »

• LPSO: Father, son arrested for growing marijuana

  December 17, 2012 3:21 PM

  Livingston- A father and son in Livingston Parish have been arrested for growing marijuana. During a search of the home on J.B. Averett Road in the town of Livingston, detectives found two marijuana plants growing in a machine that produced water and lighting to the plants. They also... more »

• Son allegedly attacked father with sword

  December 14, 2012 10:38 AM

  CARENCRO - Deputies say a father and his adult son are both in the hospital recovering from wounds after the son allegedly attacked his father with a samurai sword. Kip Judice with the Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Office tells The Daily World deputies were watching over 32-year-old Albert Brice Prejean of... more »

• Texas man accused of carving pentagram into son

  December 12, 2012 1:47 PM

  RICHLAND HILLS, Texas - A North Texas man is accused of carving a pentagram on his 6-year-old son's back, telling a 911 dispatcher that he did it because "it's a holy day." Richland Hills police say Brent Troy Bartel faces charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. He's jailed... more »

• U.S. Marshal busted for leaking info to father

  December 4, 2012 7:33 PM

  A deputy U.S. Marshal was arrested for disclosing the name of an undercover agent to his father, who's accused of being part of a drug trafficking ring. Lucio Osbaldo Moya went before a U.S. Magistrate for a bond hearing in McAllen, Texas. Court documents show Moya's father passed him a... more »

• Father arrested for feeding alcohol to infant

  October 29, 2012 10:13 AM

  GRETNA - Jefferson Parish sheriff's deputies have arrested 19-year-old Belle Chasse man for allegedly feeding his 2-month-old son enough alcohol to register a .289 percent blood alcohol content. Cesar Ruiz was booked Sunday with attempted first-degree murder. In Louisiana, drivers are considered legally drunk when their blood alcohol level is... more »

• Sandusky's son says his father abused him

  June 21, 2012 4:33 PM

  BELLEFONTE, Pa. - A lawyer for an adopted son of Jerry Sandusky says the man has told authorities the former Penn State assistant football coach abused him. Matt Sandusky is one of Jerry Sandusky's six adopted children. His lawyer issued a statement Thursday naming Matt Sandusky and saying that the... more »

• Bail denied for father accused of abusing kid to death

  June 18, 2012 10:38 AM

  BATON ROUGE- State District Judge Trudy White ruled the father of Xzayvion Riley will be held in Parish Prison without bail. Michael Robertson did not appear in District Court today. Instead, his hearing was done via video conferencing. The child's mother, Lavaughn Riley, is scheduled to have her... more »

• Sheriff: Dad kills daughter's alleged attacker

  June 12, 2012 12:44 PM

  SHINER, Texas - Authorities say a father beat to death a man who he said tried to sexually assault his 4-year-old daughter at their rural Texas farm. Lavaca County Sheriff Micah Harmon said Monday he doesn't anticipate arresting the father following Saturday's killing near Shiner, about 130 miles west of... more »

• Father, son and girlfriend arrested for carjacking, armed robbery

  June 4, 2012 3:05 PM

  A Pearl River man, along with his father and girlfriend, are under arrest after being accused in an Armed Robbery and Carjacking in St. Tammany Parish over the weekend. Slidell Police say late Friday evening, 17 year-old Jollynne Corter flagged down a car after appearing to be in distress.... more »

• Submit Dad's best advice for "Father Knows Best"

  May 23, 2012 10:22 AM

  WBRZ is offering viewers a chance to win a deluxe La-Z-Boy recliner this Father's Day. Viewers can enter WBRZ's Father Knows Best Contest starting May 30, 2012, and ending on June 12, 2012, at Noon. Just submit advice your father has or would give you by clicking here... more »

• 'Modern Family' star Hyland has kidney transplant

  May 14, 2012 2:40 PM

  NEW YORK - "Modern Family" star Sarah Hyland has had a kidney transplant after a lifetime of pain and fatigue. The 21-year-old actress, who plays big-eyed teenager Haley Dunphy on the hit ABC comedy, told ABC's "Good Morning America" for a report aired Monday that she had the surgery in... more »

• Teen arrested for killing his father, a federal agent

  May 3, 2012 10:47 AM

  CARSON - The 14-year-old son of a federal agent has been arrested in the shooting death of his father in their Southern California home. Sheriff's officials in Carson say the teen called 911 last night to report the shooting in the home about 20 miles south of Los Angeles.... more »

• Missing baby's body found in ditch

  April 10, 2012 10:15 AM

  ZACHARY - The East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office reports that the body of a missing 2-month-old was found Tuesday in a ditch across from the home where the baby lived. The child's body was located at 1200 block of East Mount Pleasant in Zachary according to the Sheriff's Office.... more »

• Elderly Father Starved

  March 15, 2012 7:50 PM

  A man in Philadelphia is accused of starving his 82-year-old father to death and when his body was found, it weighed 79 pounds. Thomas Hauck called paramedics about his mother being sick and they found the father's body. Hauck told them, Leonard Hauck, had died several days earlier and he... more »

• Thousands attend funeral for Susan Powell's boys

  February 11, 2012 2:22 PM

  TACOMA,WA - Hundreds of people attended Saturday's public funeral for 7-year-old Charlie and 5-year-old Braden at Life Center Church in Tacoma, Washington. The family of missing Utah woman Susan Powell is thanking police, social workers, teachers and everyone who cared about her two sons - nearly a week after... more »

• LPSO: Father arrested for shooting son

  January 20, 2012 5:14 PM

  LIVINGSTON - A father is under arrest Thursday afternoon after his son was found by authorities with a shotgun wound in his back in their shared trailer home in Hammond. George W. Hardy Jr., 54, is charged with attempted second degree murder, child desertion and illegal use of a... more »

• Judge sends father in beheading case to mental hospital

  October 18, 2011 2:46 PM

  THIBODAUX, La. - A state judge has ruled that 30-year-old Jeremiah Wright cannot understand the first-degree murder charge against him or help his defense. Judge John LeBlanc based his ruling Tuesday on reports from two court-appointed psychiatrists. He then put both reports under seal. District Attorney Camille... more »

• Dad has Son Pull Teeth

  October 3, 2011 7:25 PM

  A man in Easton,Pennsylvania pleaded guilty to reckless endangerment after his 14-year-old son tried to pull out his own teeth because he'd never seen a dentist. Francisco Torres told a judge he "procrastinated" in getting the boy dental care. Police say the boy broke two teeth and had to have... more »

• Father Abandons Son over Foreclosure

  August 26, 2011 8:00 PM

  Police in Lakeville, Minnesota are looking for a father who abandoned his eleven-year-old son because their home went into foreclosure. The unidentified man left two notes. One said the house was going to be sold at a sheriff's sale and that the boy should take his PlayStation and go to... more »

• Court papers: Wright allegedly threatened son as a baby

  August 16, 2011 3:48 PM

  THIBODAUX - The mother of a disabled boy who was beheaded on Sunday wrote - when he was less than six months old - that his father wanted him dead because the baby was suffering. Jesslyn Lirette's statement in September 2004 brought a restraining order against Jeremiah Wright from... more »

• Father arrested after troopers catch 8-year-old driving on I-12

  July 30, 2011 3:22 PM

  LIVINGSTON- Louisiana State Police arrested a man after receiving a call from a concerned driver who reported seeing a young boy driving erratically on the interstate. According to State Police, troopers pulled over the 8-year-old on I-12 just west of Livingston Parish and found his father, 28-year-old Billy Joe... more »

• Zachary man accused of stabbing father

  July 27, 2011 11:51 AM

  ZACHARY - A Zachary man is in the hospital after police say his son tried to kill him with a kitchen knife. Zachary Police arrested Frank Roberts, 18, in suspicion of attempted murder last night. Chief David Courtney said they were called to a disturbance at the family's... more »

• Father, son critically injured in BR motorcycle wreck

  April 21, 2011 3:48 PM

  BATON ROUGE - A father and his 12-year-old son were taken to a Baton Rouge hospital with critical injuries after their motorcycle hit a car this afternoon, according to police. Cpl. L'Jean McKneely said the son's injuries were worse than the father's, and that the wreck happened on Florida... more »

• Father, son plead guilty to hunting charges

  April 14, 2011 4:58 PM

  BATON ROUGE - A father-and-son team face up to one year in prison each for leading sport hunters to unauthorized areas to hunt American alligators. Prosecutors say 66-year-old Larry Dees Sr. and 37-year-old Larry Dees Jr., both of Maringuoin, pleaded guilty Wednesday in Baton Rouge to violating both federal... more »

• Family and friends mourn crash victim

  February 28, 2011 6:03 PM

  PORT ALLEN - The mother of 18-year-old Trent Smith said she knew something was wrong when he didn't come home when he was supposed to Saturday night. Then, Tammy Bolden got a call no mother wants to hear: her son had died after losing control of his car and... more »

• Rod Stewart becomes father for 8th time

  February 17, 2011 12:39 PM

  LONDON - Rocker Rod Stewart has become a father for the eighth time. The 66-year-old Stewart's wife, Penny Lancaster, gave birth to a baby boy Wednesday. A statement released Thursday on the couple's behalf said they were "proud and thrilled." Aiden is Stewart and Lancaster's second child.... more »

• $3 million bond for son accused of shooting father

  January 25, 2011 5:32 PM

  ROUGON - James Rogers is in jail with a multi-million dollar bond in suspicion of first degree murder, after authorities say he broke into his father's home in Pointe Coupee Parish and gunned him down. James Juge managed to tell authorities his son shot him before he died. Rogers'... more »

• Sheriff: Father says son shot him, then dies

  January 25, 2011 11:44 AM

  ROUGON – Shortly before he died, a Rougon man told authorities his son was the one who shot him, according to the parish sheriff. Sheriff Bud Torres said 18-year-old James Rogers was arrested in suspicion of this morning’s fatal shooting of his father, James Juge. According to Torres, Juge called... more »

• Man accused of beating his elderly father

  January 15, 2011 4:51 PM

  HAMMOND, La.- Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Deputies arrested 32-year-old Dominick Joseph Richard, of Gretna, La., for beating his elderly father in November. Investigators say Richard beat his father because he wouldn't give him money to purchase narcotics. Richard hit his father in the head, knocking him unconscious, according to... more »

• 2 year old found walking in roadway, father arrested

  January 7, 2011 3:02 PM

  A Livingston Parish man is behind bars, after his two year-old daughter was found wandering down the road. After receiving a call from a concerned citizen, reporting the child walking down Duff Road near Walker, deputies searched door-to-door for the child's parents. Deputies later found Christopher Bringhurst inside... more »

• Dad, son sentenced to death in Oregon bank bombing

  December 22, 2010 3:00 PM

  SALEM, Ore. - A jury has handed down death sentences for a man and his son who were convicted of planting a bomb that killed two Oregon police officers. The sentences for 59-year-old Bruce Turnidge and 34-year-old Joshua Turnidge were read in a Salem courtroom Wednesday. Prosecutors say the pair... more »

• Lindsay Lohan's father injured in attack

  October 22, 2010 2:29 PM

  Authorities say troubled actress Lindsay Lohan's father has been hurt in an attack in a Santa Monica parking lot. Police say Michael Lohan was getting into his car when a man attacked him with a sharp object, causing minor cuts to his neck and forearm. Police say during... more »

• Pontchatoula man accused of abusing elderly father

  August 31, 2010 11:53 AM

  A Ponchatoula man has been arrested in suspicion of abusing his elderly father, according to authorities. The Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office arrested 47-year-old Jack Bennett, Jr., on Monday for charges of cruelty to the infirm. Sheriff Daniel Edwards said in a press release that their investigation began when an anonymous... more »

• Amelia man accused of fathering child with juvenile

  August 20, 2010 10:52 AM

  An Amelia man was arrested Thursday after investigators say they learned he had fathered a two-month old child with a juvenile. Twenty one-year-old Rodrigo Bibian was arrested Thursday evening at a residence on Arnold Street, according to the St. Mary Parish Sheriff’s Office. Sheriff John Sonnier said a... more »

• Man arrested for trying to set fire to Father, Stepmother

  July 16, 2010 3:05 PM

  Authorities in Beauregard Parish have arrested a man for aggravated arson. 18 year-old William Martin is accused of setting fire to a mobile home with his father and stepmother inside. Fred and Angela Martin made it out safely, but the mobile home sustained significant fire damage. Martin was... more »

• Lafayette man found dead

  July 7, 2010 8:44 AM

  Lafayette police say a father found his son dead on the carport of a vacant house. Cpl. Randall Leger tells The Advertiser that 28-year-old Joseph Lamar Dugas was found dead early Tuesday morning. Leger said the death is under investigation, pending an autopsy to determine how the victim died, but... more »

• 4-year-old dies in crash; father charged

  June 27, 2010 3:09 PM

  Authorities say a 4-year-old boy was killed when a car driven by his father left the road and hit a culvert. According to a report in The Courier, three others were injured in the crash. State Police spokesman Trooper Bryan Zeringue said Jayden Parfait was riding in the back of... more »

• Father and son die in murder-suicide

  June 8, 2010 6:23 AM

  Authorities say a 46-year-old Lafayette man killed his 72-year-old father and then traveled to Webster Parish where he turned the gun on himself. Deputies say Timmothy Rogers shot his father, Tommy Rogers, in the back of the head at the man's Lafayette home early Monday morning. Authorities found Timothy Rogers... more »

• Father gets life for Incest and murder

  June 7, 2010 8:32 PM

  A 49-year-old man in Missouri got life in prison for fathering four children with his daughter and letting one die when would not allow medical attention when the child got sick. The life sentence comes from the death of the child. The man's name was not released to protect the... more »

• Father drowns during fishing trip with son

  May 23, 2010 1:27 PM

  This morning rescue crews found the body of a man who drowned in the Amite River in Livingston Parish yesterday evening. Officials with the Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office say Jose Ricardo Hernandez Chavez, of Denham Springs, La., was fishing with his 6-year-old son. Investigators believe the boy dropped his... more »

• Police: 5-year-old had alcohol

  May 7, 2010 8:48 AM

  Alexandria police say a man has been arrested for allegedly giving his 5-year-old daughter alcohol. William Moore was booked with second-degree cruelty to a juvenile. According to police, the girl's mother told her daughter that she could go to her father's home around noon on Sunday. The woman said that... more »

• Abbeville man charged in baby's death

  April 18, 2010 3:27 PM

  A man from Abbeville, La. is charged with the death of his 28-day-old daughter. Adolfo Iracheta Jr., 31, is charged with first degree murder for shaking the baby girl to death. His bond is set a $1 million. Abbeville Police arrested Iracheta Thursday after the baby died at... more »

• Edwards admits to being father of mistress's daughter

  January 21, 2010 6:14 AM

  Former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards has finally come forward to admit that he fathered a child with a videographer that he hired before his second White House bid. Edwards confirmed this in a statement, after initially denying that he'd fathered a child during his affair with the videographer, Reille... more »