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• Man wanted in Indiana for alleged promotion of child sex trafficking worked in Hammond in early 2025 Play Video

  March 25, 2025 12:16 PM

  HAMMOND - Law enforcement is searching for a man wanted out of Indiana for alleged promotion of child sex trafficking who reportedly worked in Hammond in early 2025 while still on the run. The U.S. Marshals Service and the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office said Antonio Lewis Jr., 35, fled... more »

• US Marshals, local law enforcement arrest nearly 200 capital area fugitives during 74-day initiative

  September 27, 2024 2:35 PM

  BATON ROUGE — The U.S. Marshals Service said Friday that they arrested nearly 200 fugitives in the Baton Rouge area for various crimes as part of the Operation North Star initiative. Operation North Star covered 74 days between May 10 and Sept. 13 and targeted fugitives and violent offenders... more »

• Man jumps off interstate after tossing suspected drugs during low-speed chase with Port Allen marshals Play Video

  September 17, 2024 12:03 PM

  BATON ROUGE — A man was injured after jumping from Interstate 110 north just off the Mississippi River Bridge after leading Port Allen City marshals on a pursuit early Tuesday, the agency's chief deputy said. Chief Deputy David Jones said the pursuit began around 1:25 a.m. when a marshal's... more »

• Grandmother of child shot, killed by police want body camera video released

  December 10, 2015 3:26 PM

  MARKSVILLE - Cathy Mardis, the grandmother of a six-year-old killed at the end of a police chase when city marshals opened fire, wants State Police to release body camera footage of the incident. Mardis is the maternal grandmother of Jeremy Mardis who died November 3. Jeremy Mardis was shot... more »

• Chief names officers involved in shooting which killed child

  November 6, 2015 5:27 PM

  MARKSVILLE - The police chief in Marksville released the names Friday of the four city marshals involved in a shooting this week which put one man in the hospital and killed his six-year-old boy. Marksville Police Chief Elster Smith Jr. said Lt. Jason Brouillette, Sgt., Kenneth Parnell, and Lt.... more »