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  • Baton Rouge man convicted for having gun as felon

    March 28, 2013 12:07 PM

    BATON ROUGE - A 30-year-old man has been convicted in Baton Rouge federal court on a charge that he was a felon in illegal possession of a firearm in May 2009 when two police officers stopped him for a traffic violation. Lonnie Poydras, of Baton Rouge, became a convicted felon... more »
  • 2 men accused of hunting violations

    January 29, 2013 5:55 AM

    MONTEREY, La. - Two north Louisiana men face multiple hunting citations, and one is also accused of carrying a firearm while carrying marijuana. The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries says 46-year-old Michael Burley of Monterey and 22-year-old Duell Moreland of Jonesville were stopped in the Concordia Parish community of... more »
  • EBR public defender arrested for aggravated assault Play Video

    November 15, 2012 6:04 PM

    BATON ROUGE - Police arrested 59-year-old Mark Marinoff, a public defender in East Baton Rouge Parish, and charged him with aggravated assault with a firearm this week. Police say Marinoff got into an altercation with another man around 8:30 p.m. Wednesday in the parking lot of a fast food... more »
  • Ex-Leesville police chief gets prison in gun probe

    October 16, 2012 4:33 PM

    LAFAYETTE - A former Leesville police chief has been sentenced to nearly four years in prison for illegally possessing a firearm with an obliterated serial number. U.S. District Judge Richard Haik on Tuesday sentenced 51-year-old Bobby Hickman to 46 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release. Federal... more »
  • Albany man arrested on drug, gun charges

    March 22, 2012 12:09 PM

    LIVINGSTON - Deputies arrested an Albany man with a long rap sheet Tuesday for possessing approximately six pounds of marijuana with several "assault type" weapons. Chad Lefevre, 32, of 30306 Jericho Dr. was arrested for multiple possession charges including ones for controlled dangerous substances (CDS), firearms with a CDS,... more »
  • Traffic stop yields 400 pounds of pot

    February 17, 2011 8:59 PM

    ST.MARTINVILLE- A man was arrested Thursday morning after deputies found 400 pounds of marijuana and a firearm during a traffic stop on I-10 East near the Basin Bridge. Thirty-year-old Thomas Benson III, of Houston, TX, had his SUV searched after agents smelled marijuana coming from it. Officials say they... more »
  • Man arrested in connection with shooting

    November 12, 2010 4:56 PM

    BAKER- A man already behind bars has been arrested in connection with a shooting that happened in Baker last month. Chadwick Lee Howard was arrested Thursday for suspicion of attempted first degree murder and illegal use of a firearm. On Oct. 12, police were called to a shooting... more »
  • Man pleads guilty on drug, gun charges

    August 24, 2010 6:11 AM

    A Baton Rouge man has pleaded guilty to federal charges of possession of cocaine with intent to distribute and illegal possession of a firearm. Jerome Scott had been released from state custody in March after serving six years in prison for aggravated battery, but he was arrested the next month... more »

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