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• Solutions tough to find after Alabama kicks Louisiana's terrible teens out of their jails Play Video

  July 11, 2022 4:51 PM

  BATON ROUGE- Long-term and short-term solutions are very tough to find after the State of Alabama informed Louisiana our violent juvenile offenders are too bad for their jails last week. At least 14 of the violent juveniles were kicked out of the Alabama facility after causing a riot there.... more »

• Two arrested in deadly August shooting on Simplex Street

  September 28, 2021 2:23 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Police arrested two men in a double shooting that left a man dead last month. The U.S. Marshals assisted BRPD Detectives in arresting Marvin Payne, 32, and Jeremy Payne, 29, for their involvement in the shooting on Simplex Street near Cadillac Street. Both men were... more »

• Police officer on leave over claims he choked teen, used slur

  March 25, 2021 2:10 PM

  JACKSON - An attorney is seeking employment records of a police officer accused of choking a teenager and calling him a racial slur, saying the officer may have a history of similar complaints. The Jackson Police Department confirmed officer Travis Clay Depew was put on administrative leave after an... more »

• Inmate faces additional charges after trying to disarm officers

  November 8, 2017 11:17 AM

  MORGAN CITY- Patrol and correction officers responded to the Morgan City Jail in regards to a combative inmate. The inmate was identified as 26-year-old David Turner. Authorities said during the encounter Turner allegedly struck patrol and correction officers and tried to disarm two officers of their tasers. Turner... more »

• Colvin gets 15 years in courthouse cocaine conspiracy

  September 8, 2015 3:21 PM

  BATON ROUGE - A judge formally sentenced former court clerk William Colvin to 15 years in jail Tuesday for stealing cocaine from an evidence locker at the East Baton Rouge courthouse in order to sell it. Colvin pleaded guilty to malfeasance, cocaine possession, and obstruction of justice charges in... more »