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  • Authorities find woman imprisoned at La. home while making arrest in months-old arson case

    August 14, 2023 2:30 PM

    ARNAUDVILLE - Deputies with the Louisiana fire marshal's office discovered a woman who had been kidnapped and sexually abused after they searched the home of a man implicated in a months-long arson investigation. The agency said Nathaniel Carry, 68, was initially facing charges after investigators linked him to a... more »
  • Toddler found safe after being taken from DCFS office in Crowley

    July 13, 2023 7:17 PM

    UPDATE: Liam James has been found safe as of July 15, 2023. ---- CROWLEY - Police are searching for a toddler who was taken from a state-run office in Acadia Parish. Louisiana State Police issue an endangered child alert Thursday evening for 19-month-old Liam James. The boy... more »
  • 14 arrested in Tennessee sex-trafficking sting

    December 13, 2020 6:14 PM

    CHATTANOOGA - An undercover operation in Tennessee let to the arrest of more than a dozen men accused of seeking sex from children. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said the two-day operation began Dec. 9 in eastern Tennessee. The agency said it placed several decoy advertisements on website with... more »
  • Police: 2-year-old dead after shooting spree; gunman took second child hostage Play Video

    October 16, 2020 5:50 AM

    BATON ROUGE - A man is in custody Friday after a violent overnight crime spree that left a toddler dead and led to an hours-long standoff. Police said four different incidents are all linked to Kendrick Myles. "Each one of these cases was thoroughly investigated and probable cause was... more »
  • Man charged with holding woman, children captive in horrific two-night ordeal

    December 28, 2018 6:26 PM

    BATON ROUGE – A woman and her two children survived two nights of terror leading up to Christmas. Wayne Bernard Hebert, Jr., 25, was arrested and charged with the nights-long, mind-bending threat. Deputies explained what happened in an arrest report, obtained by WBRZ. The mother of Hebert’s two... more »
  • Amber Alert canceled for 3-year-old taken by non-custodial father

    December 9, 2018 9:24 PM

    EVANGELINE PARISH- A statewide AMBER Alert has been canceled for 3-year-old Paizley Ann Fontenot of Ville Platte. Authorities say Paizley was kidnapped by her non-custodial father, Brandon Phillip Fontenot, around noon on Sunday. Fontenot is 34 years old, 5"9" and weighs about 150 pounds. Authorities say he was... more »
  • Woman with Baton Rouge area ties found dead in Indiana, may have been kidnapped

    September 5, 2018 7:37 PM

    SOUTH BEND, Indiana – A woman with ties to South Louisiana may have been kidnapped before she was found dead in northern Indiana, her husband told local reporters this week. Tori Hysmith, 23, was found dead in some woods in South Bend after her family reported her missing three... more »
  • Missing Iberia Parish children located

    June 20, 2017 2:27 PM

    IBERIA PARISH - Louisiana State Police has located two children after issuing a level II endangered/missing child advisory on behalf of the Iberia Parish Sheriff's Office. Police located 7-year-old Easton Alfred and 2-year-old Endie Dacosta of New Iberia who they believed to be in imminent danger after they disappeared... more »
  • WBRSO locates missing Brusly man

    June 14, 2017 3:13 PM

    BRUSLY - The West Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office has safely located a man who went missing Friday. The sheriff's office says 46-year-old Cedric Davis went missing after he left his home Friday. A search for David went underway until he was found Wednesday afternoon. Deputies say friends were... more »
  • Man abducts pregnant New Orleans woman, kills himself in hospital

    April 23, 2016 2:49 PM

    BATON ROUGE -- The Baton Rouge Police Department is investigating an alleged abduction of a pregnant woman in New Orleans by a man who later shot and killed himself inside of a Baton Rouge hospital. New Orleans Police are investigating if the man was also involved in an earlier carjacking... more »
  • Grandmother, grandchild found unharmed after Amber alert issued

    September 19, 2015 2:14 PM

    PRAIRIEVILLE - The Louisiana State Police issued an AMBER Alert Saturday afternoon, reporting they are looking for the estranged husband of a grandmother who may have kidnapped the woman and her two-year-old grandchild, Denim Bureau. Bureau was believed to be in imminent danger. Grandmother and child were found... more »
  • Man accused of kidnapping hoax, bombing ex-wife's house

    September 3, 2015 2:52 PM

    NATCHITOCHES - Investigators in Natchitoches accused an Oklahoma man of creating fake social media accounts to claim he’d been kidnapped and then later bombing a home in Louisiana to get his ex-wife’s attention. Natchitoches Parish Sheriff’s deputies charged 42-year-old Robert Groomer with two counts of attempted second degree murder,... more »

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