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• LSP identify man killed in chemical plant explosion

  June 13, 2013 4:58 PM

  GEISMAR - State Police released the name of the person killed in today's chemical plant explosion in Geismar. Troopers said Zachary Green, 29, of Hammond was found dead at the Williams Olefins plant after an explosion this morning around 8:30 a.m. The state Department of Health and Hospitals... more »

• Missing man found dead off Grand Isle beach

  June 11, 2013 3:35 PM

  LABADIEVILLE - Authorities in Assumption Parish said they found a man reported missing Monday dead just off a beach in Grand Isle. Sheriff Mike Waguespack said relatives of Michael Blanchard, 51, of Labadieville reported him missing when he didn't show up to work Monday morning. Detectives pinged his cell... more »

• BR man on quest to regain turtles

  June 9, 2013 11:41 AM

  BATON ROUGE, La. - A retired LSU chemistry professor is on a quest to regain 103 endangered box turtles he says were like family to him. Robert Zinn housed the turtles on his property - some for more than 25 years - and gave them names like "Grandma," ''Cupcake" and... more »

• EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Missing man reunited with mother Play Video

  June 3, 2013 9:28 PM

  DENHAM SPRINGS - A man with medical disabilities is back with his family after days on the streets by himself. Blake Speed left his grandmother's home Saturday after he told family members he wanted to see his father who is getting bone marrow treatments at MD Anderson Cancer Center... more »

• EXCLUSIVE: Boy thanks hero stranger for saving his life Play Video

  May 28, 2013 10:28 PM

  BATON ROUGE - A man is getting nothing but thanks from a family they call a hero. Saturday, Sherman Jackson saved two unresponsive boys from the Dove Creek Apartment pool in Baton Rouge. After he told News 2 his emotional rescue story Monday , the people he saved... more »

• Man single handedly saves two from drowning Play Video

  May 27, 2013 9:05 PM

  BATON ROUGE - A man's heroic actions saved two boys who nearly drowned Saturday morning at the Dove Creek apartment complex on Airline Hwy. "The family was all around them and they were on the ground crying and stuff," witness Julia Connor said. "It was just really sad." ... more »

• Police report: 80-year-old driver took man on wild ride

  May 24, 2013 10:12 PM

  BATON ROUGE- The driver of a pick-up truck that drove with a man on the hood of his vehicle for miles last weekend has been identified. Cell phone video, posted online, made the incident infamous. Dwayne Huysmans yelled to passing cars : "call the police for me!" Huysmans... more »

• Man gets 8 months for failing to file income taxes

  May 23, 2013 8:56 AM

  BATON ROUGE- Former Denham Springs attorney Roderick Dewitt Aguillard III has been sentenced in Baton Rouge to eight months in federal prison after admitting that he did not file income tax returns on $2.3 million he earned over a four-year-period. Failure to file a federal income tax return is a... more »

• EXCLUSIVE: Man who took ride on truck's hood talks Play Video

  May 21, 2013 10:28 PM

  BATON ROUGE - A man who was seen riding on the hood of a truck Saturday afternoon says the driver tried to run him over. "I didn't have a choice. It was jump up or get run over," Dwayne Huysmans said. The incident started when several of his... more »

• Man wanted for murder in Baton Rouge

  May 20, 2013 2:27 PM

  BATON ROUGE - A man accused of killing another man in a fight is wanted by Baton Rouge Police. Police say 27 year-old Andres Gonzalez punched Raphael Domino Jr. while the two fought at Club End Zone on Plank Road on May 5th. Domino then fell to the... more »

• Man pleads for help on hood of truck in Baton Rouge Play Video

  May 18, 2013 5:43 PM

  BATON ROUGE, La. - A man pleaded for help after jumping on the hood of a moving truck on Coursey Blvd. after his sign was picked up, according to Baton Rouge Police Cpl. Tommy Stubbs. Stubbs says the man was on Coursey selling shrimp when another man driving a... more »

• Man playing hide-and-seek with authorities on river

  May 14, 2013 8:57 PM

  BRUSLY- A man, possibly naked, is apparently playing a bizarre game of hide-and-seek with authorities on the Mississippi River. Sources tell WBRZ News 2, the U.S. Coast Guard was called after deputies in East Baton Rouge asked for help locating a missing boater earlier Tuesday. Deputies were trying to... more »

• Lawyer: Man's pressure cooker for food, not bombs

  May 14, 2013 3:00 PM

  DETROIT- A lawyer for a Saudi man arrested at Detroit Metropolitan Airport say federal agents accused him of lying about why he was traveling with a pressure cooker. Defense attorney James Howarth says his client, Hussain Al Khawahir (HOO'-sayn ahl kah-WAH'-heer), brought the pressure cooker at the request of... more »

• Morgan City man arrested after baby hospitalized

  May 14, 2013 9:01 AM

  MORGAN CITY- St. Mary Parish authorities say an 18-year-old man has been arrested on a charge of second-degree cruelty to juveniles after his infant son was found to have suffered brain damage. The St. Mary Parish Sheriff's Office said Gregory Parker of Morgan City was arrested Monday. Deputies reported receiving... 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 accused of armed robbery in Donaldsonville

  May 7, 2013 2:22 PM

  DONALDSONVILLE - Authorities in Ascension Parish arrested a Donaldsonville man on suspicion of armed robbery. Deputies said 18-year-old Casey Harris robbed a man of $15 at gunpoint on Monday. When deputies arrived Harris took off on foot, but was later caught. Deputies said they also found on Harris... more »

• Unrestrained Gonzales man dies in crash

  May 4, 2013 10:53 AM

  DUTCHTOWN, La. - A 21-year-old Gonzales resident died in a two-vehicle crash on LA Hwy 74 near Bluff Rd. shortly before 6:45 p.m. Saturday, according to Louisiana State Police Tpr. Jared Sandifer. Sandifer says Adam Lambert was driving a 2003 Mitsubishi Lancer eastbound on LA Hwy 74 when he... more »

• Man sought in stolen credit card case

  April 30, 2013 3:47 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Sheriff's deputies released the image of a man sought in connection with a stolen credit card used at an East Baton Rouge Walmart. Detectives said the stolen card was used to purchase a touch screen computer at the store on April 2 around 3 p.m. Surveillance... more »

• Man investigated in poisoned letters missing

  April 25, 2013 2:41 PM

  OZARK, Miss.- Authorities in Mississippi say they are searching for the chief person of interest in the investigation of poisoned letters sent to President Barack Obama and other officials. Everett Dutschke had been under surveillance, but slipped away on Wednesday. Deputies searched a home in Ozark where Dutschke was believed... more »

• Larose man killed in crash

  April 24, 2013 9:04 AM

  LAROSE- A 46-year-old Larose man was killed in a two-vehicle crash on La. Highway 3235 in Lafourche Parish. State police identified the victim as Jason Guidry. The accident happened Tuesday morning as a flatbed truck slowed to make a turn. Troopers say Guidry's pickup struck the rear of the truck... more »

• Shreveport fire victim dies of burns

  April 22, 2013 8:55 AM

  SHREVEPORT- Fire officials say a 65-year-old Shreveport man burned in a fire has died of his injuries. Assistant to the Chief Fred Sanders identified the victim as Jeremiah Dudley. Sanders tells The Times firefighter responding to a call at 1 a.m. Sunday and found Dudley in the living room of... more »

• Senate mail service to resume on Monday

  April 19, 2013 3:13 PM

  WASHINGTON - Senate offices will begin receiving mail again on Monday, a few days after a Mississippi man was arrested on charges he sent letters containing ricin addressed to President Barack Obama and a Mississippi senator. Senate mail will temporarily be screened at a House mail sorting facility, but that... more »

• FBI: Miss. man arrested, accused in ricin letters

  April 17, 2013 7:03 PM

  OXFORD, Miss. - A man in Mississippi has been arrested and accused of sending letters with suspected ricin poison to President Barack Obama and other leaders. FBI Special Agent in Charge Daniel McMullen said Paul Kevin Curtis, 45, was arrested Wednesday. Authorities still waited for definitive tests on the letters... more »

• Man pleads guilty in LSU bomb threat

  April 15, 2013 3:24 PM

  BATON ROUGE - The man accused of calling in a bomb threat to LSU entered his plea in a Baton Rouge courtroom Monday. William Bouvay pleaded guilty to charges of communicating of false information of a planned bombing on school property and habitual offender. Bouvay made the call... more »

• Warrants: Ind. man removed items before home blast

  April 11, 2013 10:02 AM

  INDIANAPOLIS- Search warrants show a man accused of rigging a fatal house explosion in Indianapolis removed his personal belongings from the home a week before the blast. Records released Thursday also show police sought cellphone records that would confirm a Nov. 2 phone call in which Mark Leonard allegedly told... more »

• Police identify suspect killed in officer stabbing Play Video

  April 8, 2013 6:07 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Authorities identified the man shot and killed by Baton Rouge Police today during a confrontation in which investigators said he stabbed two officers. Detectives said Bradford Louis Etheredge, 37, died after the incident at his residence on N. 24th Street just after 1 p.m. Monday. ... more »

• Downsville man dies in wreck

  April 8, 2013 9:14 AM

  RUSTON- State police say a Downsville man died from injuries suffered in a one-vehicle wreck. The accident happened Sunday morning on La. Highway 3072 at Highway 33 north of Ruston. Troopers say a 2012 Mack tractor trailer, driven by 61-year-old Lester Jordan, was westbound on Highway 3072 when it crossed... more »

• Houma man killed when pickup strikes tree, flips

  March 29, 2013 10:30 AM

  SCHRIEVER - State police say a 38-year-old Houma man died when the pickup he was driving struck a tree and flipped off La. Highway 24 in Schriever. Trooper Evan Harrell says Diron Williams was pronounced dead at the scene late Thursday night. Harrell says a passenger in the truck received... more »

• Man accused of selling bogus newspaper ads

  March 28, 2013 8:57 AM

  SHREVEPORT- A 61-year-old Minden man faces charges in at least six parishes and one Texas county in connection with an alleged scam that involved selling bogus newspaper ads. Caddo Parish Sheriff Steve Prator says David Edward Dix is accused of going into several Caddo businesses and stating that he works... more »

• Man accused of burning child with heater

  March 19, 2013 8:37 AM

  WEST MONROE- Deputies say a 22 year-old West Monroe man was booked at Ouachita Correctional Center after being arrested on several charges, including burning his 3-year-old child with a space heater. Authorities tell The News-Star Vincent Tyler Froust allegedly threw a woman on a bed and choked her while their... more »

• Man arrested, home damaged in hit and run

  March 18, 2013 2:38 PM

  Walker- A man who admitted to police he crashed into a home in Livingston Parish over the weekend, then took off on foot, is now behind bars. Police say early Saturday morning, Ashlyn Schroeder walked out of her home on Gaylord Road in Walker and found a car crashed... more »

• Zachary man killed in morning crash

  March 13, 2013 12:54 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Deputies identified a Zachary man killed in a crash this morning in East Baton Rouge Parish. Sheriff's office spokesperson Casey Rayborn Hicks said Zachary Paul Mounce, 27, died after the wreck on East Flonacher Road around 6:35 a.m. Hicks said Mounce left the road, hit... more »

• Gonzales man dies in fiery Friday crash

  March 8, 2013 10:28 AM

  GONZALES - State police say a fiery single-car crash in the Brittany community of Ascension Parish has killed a 47-year-old Gonzales man. Troopers say it happened around 1 a.m. Friday. Benjamin J. Leboeuf was driving a 2009 Corvette southbound on Louisiana Highway 941 when he ran off the road. The... more »

• Man arrested in deadly hit and run

  March 5, 2013 2:18 PM

  Baton Rouge- A man suspected in a deadly hit and run from May last year in Baton Rouge, is now behind bars. Deputies arrested Wayne Station for hitting Durrell Anthony Ballard with his vehicle in the 7700 block of Hanks Drive. Station admitted to authorities he had consumed... more »

• Man convicted for pouring hot grits on wife

  March 1, 2013 8:58 AM

  NEW ORLEANS- A 42-year-old New Orleans man has been convicted of battery for pouring boiling grits on his wife, then hitting her in the head with the pot. The Times-Picayune reports Arthur Porter was found guilty of aggravated second-degree battery, for the grits, and simple battery, for the beating with... more »

• Probation officers find meth lab during visit

  February 27, 2013 9:04 AM

  GONZALES - Probation officers in Ascension Parish said they busted a man operating a meth lab during one of their routine visits. Scott Bateman was on probation for possession of methamphetamine and simple burglary. During their visit, agents said they came across methamphetamine lab and drug paraphernalia. Narcotics... more »

• 1 killed, 1 injured in New Orleans shooting

  February 26, 2013 9:02 AM

  NEW ORLEANS- New Orleans police are investigating a double shooting that left one man dead and another injured. The shooting happened around 8:40 Monday night. Officer Garry Flot says detectives determined the shooting took place inside a house. Flot says a 46-year-old man died at the scene from multiple gunshot... more »

• Maryland man sentenced in child porn case

  February 21, 2013 8:46 AM

  LAFAYETTE- A 30-year-old Maryland man was sentenced in Lafayette, La., to eight years in prison for possessing child pornography. U.S. Attorney Stephanie A. Finley tells The Advertiser Phillip Sessa Jr., of Essex, Md., was sentenced Tuesday by U.S. District Judge Richard T. Haik. Prosecutors say an acquaintance of Sessa alerted... more »

• Man arrested in connection with murder in Ascension Parish

  February 14, 2013 3:22 PM

  SORRENTO - A Baton Rouge man accused in connection with a murder in Ascension Parish is now behind bars. Authorities arrested Darryl "Hoops" Jones for being connected to the killing of Gerald "Butta" Wilkins on January 12 on LV Road in Sorrento. Wilkins was found shot to death... more »

• Man accused biting off ear lobe pleads not guilty

  February 14, 2013 9:05 AM

  STAMFORD, Conn.- A Connecticut man accused of biting off his cousin's ear lobe and swallowing it during a fight over loud music has pleaded not guilty to assault and other charges. Twenty-seven-year-old Emilio Mendoza, of Stamford, was arraigned Wednesday in Stamford Superior Court and ordered held on $50,000 bail. The... more »

• Man wanted for domestic abuse in Ascension Parish

  February 5, 2013 2:53 PM

  DONALDSONVILLE - A man accused of forcing his way into his girlfriend's home in Ascension Parish, then attacking her, is on the run this afternoon. Deputies say Romel Julien, of Donaldsonville, got into a fight with his girlfriend when she was able to get away and dial 911. ... more »

• Clinton man dies in apartment fire

  February 5, 2013 9:07 AM

  CLINTON - Investigators identified a wheelchair-bound man who died this morning in a Clinton apartment which caught fire. The Clinton Fire Department said 47-year-old Christian Phillips died in the fire at the Clinton Manor Apartments today. Firefighters received the call around 7:18 a.m. and were on scene five minutes... more »

• Man at center of Te'o hoax says he was in love

  January 31, 2013 9:02 AM

  A California man says he created the hoax involving former Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o and a fake girlfriend because he was in love with the football player. Ronaiah Tuiasosopo, spoke publicly for the first time in an interview with Dr. Phil McGraw for the "Dr. Phil Show," the first... more »

• Man arrested for terrorizing near high school

  January 29, 2013 2:30 PM

  GONZALES - A man seen walking near East Ascension High School in Gonzales with a hand gun Tuesday morning, is now behind bars. Police say 19-year-old Blaine Dearmond was pointing the weapon, which was a BB gun, at several students. Dearmond was currently on probation for burglaries in Ascension... more »

• Shooting suspect turns himself in to BRPD

  January 18, 2013 2:18 PM

  BATON ROUGE -  A man wanted for shooting two teens in Baton Rouge, is now behind bars. Deaundre Williams turned himself in to police today. Williams is accused of shooting a 15 year-old juvenile and a 19 year-old man just outside of a home in the 1800 block... more »

• Man escapes fire, explosions at his home Play Video

  January 18, 2013 10:45 AM

  ST. AMANT - Firefighters said an elderly man awoken by a fire blowing up bottles of oxygen managed to crawl to safety early this morning. Members of the St. Amant Volunteer Fire Department were called to the home on Brignac Road around 4 a.m. Assistant Chief Derek LeBlanc said... more »

• Coast Guard airlifts sailor with heart trouble

  January 4, 2013 10:57 AM

  NEW ORLEANS- The Coast Guard says it airlifted a man with heart disease from a sailboat in the stormy Gulf of Mexico to shore in Louisiana. The Coast Guard said officials were called early Thursday about a husband and wife aboard a 64-foot sailboat bound for Houston from Cozumel, Mexico.... more »

• Man booked on fourth DWI, facing vehicular homicide charge

  December 18, 2012 2:11 PM

  Baton Rouge- A Greenwell Springs man booked with a fourth DWI over the weekend also was accused in July of driving while intoxicated when his pickup crashed head-on into a car, killing the driver of the car, according to Parish Prison records. Matthew Harding, 31, was booked with fourth-offense... more »

• Man accused of beating son to death denied bond

  December 12, 2012 11:06 AM

  BATON ROUGE- A state district judge has denied a request to set bail for a man accused of beating his young son to death in June. Judge Don Johnson refused to set bond Wednesday for 46-year-old Michael Anthony Robertson, father of eight-year-old Xzayvion Riley. The ruling marked the second time... more »

• Man booked in robbery, shooting death

  December 12, 2012 11:04 AM

  BELLE ROSE- Assumption Parish Sheriff Mike Waguespack says detectives have arrested a 28-year-old Napoleonville man accused of shooting and killing a Thibodaux man last week during an armed robbery in Belle Rose. Waguespack said in a news release received by The Advocate Harrison Truehill was booked Tuesday night with second-degree... more »

• Man arrested for payroll fraud at Honeywell

  November 30, 2012 2:54 PM

  Geismar- An employee of a chemical plant in Ascension Parish has been charged with one count of felony theft for claiming time worked and overtime hours he knowingly did not work since January 2011. Authorities say Jesse Brooks, who was an Operations Coordinator at Honeywell Inc. in Geismar, defrauded... more »

• Murdered man was witness, victim in July 4 shooting Play Video

  November 27, 2012 12:20 AM

  BATON ROUGE - Court documents show Shermaine Matthews was the primary witness in a shooting on the Mississippi River Bridge earlier this year. Family members said Matthews, 28, was shot five times while traveling in a car on the bridge on the Fourth of July. He was in critical... more »

• Man found dead inside car in NO neighborhood

  November 22, 2012 2:32 PM

  NEW ORLEANS - New Orleans' homicide detectives are investigating the fatal shooting of a 25-year-old man, whose body was found in the driver's seat of a car. Police say the victim, whose name has not been released, was discovered just before 9 a.m. Thursday. Authorities say he had been shot... more »

• EBRSO investigating man shot in the back

  November 9, 2012 11:13 AM

  BATON ROUGE - Sheriff's deputies said one person was shot this morning in the northern part of East Baton Rouge Parish, and they're still searching for the shooter. EBRSO spokesperson Casey Hicks said a 20-year-old man was shot in the back around 10 a.m. It happened near the... more »

• Loranger man dies in single vehicle crash

  November 8, 2012 2:45 PM

  Tickfaw- A Loranger man is dead, after crashing his pickup truck Thursday morning in Tangipahoa Parish. It happened just before 8:30 a.m. on LA 442, two miles east of I-55 in Tangipahoa Parish. State Police say 27 year-old Brandon Lala was headed west on LA 442, when he... more »

• Man accused of robbing bank on election day

  November 6, 2012 7:49 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Police arrested a man they said robbed a bank in downtown Baton Rouge today. Cpl. L'Jean McKneely said officers arrested Karl Shelvin, 29, of Opelousas shortly after the robbery around 2:22 p.m. today. McKneely said Shelvin went into the State Bank and Trust at 665... more »

• Elderly Leesville man dies after being hit by SUV

  October 31, 2012 7:39 AM

  LEESVILLE, La. - An 88-year-old Leesville man died when he was hit by an SUV on La. Highway 121 in Vernon Parish, but his body wasn't discovered for a few hours. State Police responded to the accident around 8 a.m. Tuesday. The pedestrian, identified as Eddard L. Morrison, was... more »

• Authorities: 33 year-old man killed Texas pastor

  October 30, 2012 2:39 PM

  FOREST HILL, Texas - A suburban Fort Worth medical examiner's office has released the name of the man who died in police custody after ramming his car into a church wall and then fatally beating the pastor. Thirty-three-year-old Derrick Birdow died Monday after being found unresponsive in the back of... more »

• Skull identified as missing St. Amant man Play Video

  October 29, 2012 5:18 PM

  ST. AMANT - Authorities said a skull found in a wooded section of Ascension Parish this weekend was confirmed to be a St. Amant man reported missing in 2008. Lt. Col. Bobby Webre with the Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office said additional remains were found at the site today. Among... more »

• Sheriff: "Gruesome" scene where baby cut from mother Play Video

  October 23, 2012 3:20 PM

  WALKER - Livingston Parish authorities charged a man with feticide and attempted murder after they said he stabbed his pregnant wife this morning, and cut her unborn child from her. "It's a gruesome scene," Sheriff Jason Ard told News 2, "very challenging for our investigators." Ard said his... more »

• Man accused of bringing BB gun to school, pointing it at students

  October 11, 2012 1:52 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Members of a School Drug Task Force arrested a man after they said he brought a BB pistol onto school property, and used it to threaten students. Deputies on the task force arrested Jeremy Jackson, 24, of Baton Rouge today in suspicion of illegal carrying of... more »

• Denham Springs man charged in death of child

  October 10, 2012 2:39 PM

  DENHAM SPRINGS- A man investigators said was driving home from work when he ran over a child in his subdivision has been charged with negligent homicide. Deputies arrested Brad Welch, 32, in the death of 6-year old Tyler Myers last month in the Lakes at Belle Terre subdivision. ... more »

• Coroner confirms man found dead in pool drowned

  October 8, 2012 4:50 PM

  BATON ROUGE - A man found dead in a Baton Rouge pool slipped and drowned, according to the coroner's office. BRPD and EMS were called to reports of a possible drowning in the 7000 block of Victoria Gardens Court, and found the man dead in a pool. Coroners... more »

• DeQuincy man faces 4th DWI

  September 22, 2012 2:01 PM

  DEQUINCY - A 37-year-old man faces his fourth driving while intoxicated charge after he weaved along a highway and struck a mailbox. Louisiana State Police say Allen Shoemake of DeQuincy was arrested Friday after a Calcasieu Parish sheriff's deputy saw him driving and weaving on the La. Highway 23 before... more »

• Police investigating death near Tigerland

  September 14, 2012 10:11 AM

  BATON ROUGE - Police confirmed they're investigating a man found dead on Alvin Dark this morning. Cpl. L'Jean McKneely said the man was found dead near a residence at 4915 Alvin Dark. He could not confirm if the man had been murdered. Reporter Michael Shingleton is on the... more »

• Policeman charged with manslaughter of unarmed man

  August 16, 2012 6:08 PM

  NEW ORLEANS - A New Orleans policeman has been charged with manslaughter of an unarmed man killed by an officer who was searching his mother's house for marijuana. An email from Orleans Parish District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro's office says a grand jury indicted Joshua Colclough on Thursday with manslaughter of... more »

• La. man wanted for shootings arrested in Alabama

  August 2, 2012 2:33 PM

  AMITE, La. - A Hammond man sought in a double shooting in Tangipahoa Parish has been arrested in Huntsville, Ala., the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office says. Deputies tell The Advocate that Brandon Francois, 18, was taken into custody Wednesday night on second-degree murder and attempted second-degree murder charges in the... more »

• LPSO: Deputies arrest man after finding marijuana

  August 1, 2012 4:46 PM

  SPRINGFIELD - Deputies in Livingston Parish arrested a Springfield man in suspicion of selling marijuana. Sheriff's office spokesperson Lori Steele said narcotics agents arrested Brian Keith Williams, 41, after a search of his residence yesterday. Steele said deputies found more than a pound of marijuana and material to... more »

• Man arrested for assisted suicide in Terrebonne Parish

  July 18, 2012 2:50 PM

  Bayou Blue- A man accused of assisting in the death of his wife, is now behind bars. Terrebonne Parish Sheriff's Deputies arrested Charles Fanguy, of Bayou Blue, Wednesday. Deputies say Fanguy's wife, Betty, was found by her husband unresponsive on the kitchen floor. They say she had... more »

• Hammond man held in vehicle break-ins

  July 5, 2012 2:43 PM

  HAMMOND - A Hammond man has been arrested in connection with dozens of vehicle burglaries in Tangipahoa Parish. James Janicholas Keys, 19, was arrested at the Greyhound bus station in Baton Rouge. Tangipahoa Sheriff Daniel Edwards said Keys was detained on two warrants from Tangipahoa was arrested by Baton Rouge... more »

• Kenner man injured making sparkler bomb

  July 4, 2012 3:19 PM

  Kenner- A 19 year old Kenner man seriously injured himself while manufacturing a sparkler bomb with fireworks. Responding officers found the victim to have sustained injuries to his hands, arms, and legs. Investigators say the victim along with several friends were outside shooting fireworks, when made a... more »

• Man arrested for rape of teen in St. Landry Parish

  July 2, 2012 2:41 PM

  Authorities in St. Landry Parish have arrested a man accused of raping a 13 year-old female at her home over the weekend. According to Sheriff Bobby J. Guidroz, 42 year-old Jessie Ray Young let himself into the teen's home in Bunkie without permission, after her mother left for work.... more »

• Man shot when he confronts invaders in Covington

  June 29, 2012 2:38 PM

  COVINGTON - Police say a man was shot as he confronted two intruders trying to break into a Covington home. A Covington news release says the attempted home invasion happened early Thursday at a residence occupied by Kim Dilworth, his girlfriend and her 3-year-old child. The two were attempting to... more »

• Dulac man arrested in death of shrimp boat captain

  June 26, 2012 2:15 PM

  HOUMA- Terrebonne Parish sheriff's deputies say it was a drug deal gone bad that prompted a Dulac man to drive to a Bayou Grand Caillou dock Sunday, shoot at one shrimper and kill another. Neither shrimper was involved in the alleged drug deal. Twenty-nine-year-old Richard Verdin Jr. was arrested... more »

• Man wanted for drug possession in Baton Rouge

  June 25, 2012 2:25 PM

  East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Detectives are looking for Donovan Jackson, 37, of 822 Terrace Street after they discovered 31.8 grams of crack cocaine inside his home on June 19th. Jackson was not home at the time the search warrant was executed. Anyone with information concerning this incident or... more »

• FBI: Man dressed as woman robs New Orleans bank

  June 22, 2012 6:33 PM

  NEW ORLEANS - The FBI and New Orleans police are looking for a man who was dressed as a woman when he robbed a bank in New Orleans. An FBI news release says the man entered a bank in the Gentilly area just before noon. He implied he had a... more »

• La. man gets prison in alligator hunting case

  June 22, 2012 2:30 PM

  BATON ROUGE- A licensed alligator hunter from Louisiana who pleaded guilty to illegally guiding customers to hunt alligators in unauthorized areas has been sentenced to six months in prison. The Justice Department says 38-year-old Gregory Dupont is the first person to be sentenced to prison for federal felony convictions stemming... more »

• Man found guilty in tax fraud case

  June 21, 2012 7:05 AM

  BATON ROUGE - A federal court jury has convicted a Baton Rouge man on six tax charges that carry possible penalties of as much as 18 years in prison and $1.5 million in fines. Ray Carr said Wednesday he will ask the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to... more »

• Alabama city apologizes to slain man's family

  June 20, 2012 7:06 AM

  MONTGOMERY, Ala. - The Montgomery City Council has expressed "sorrow, profound shock, dismay and regret" to the family of a man who was wrongly killed by a city police officer almost 37 years ago. The council on Tuesday night unanimously passed a resolution saying members "recognize the grief, pain and... more »

• New Iberia man charged with felony hit-and-run

  May 29, 2012 8:12 AM

  NEW IBERIA - Louisiana State Police say 37-year-old Curtis Williams of New Iberia has surrendered to authorities and identified himself as the man driving a Ford Ranger that struck and killed a pedestrian. Troopers say 39-year-old Renee Green of New Iberia was struck Friday while walking south on Louisiana 675.... more »