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  • Car stolen at gunpoint outside Zachary store; police looking for attacker

    July 5, 2022 11:00 AM

    ZACHARY - A person was robbed at gunpoint outside in a Dollar General parking lot. The Zachary Police Department first shared details of the robbery Monday, which reportedly happened along Main Street in Zachary. According to the department a man in a hooded sweatshirt pulled a gun on someone... more »
  • Mugging victim shoots armed robber; teenage suspect and mother arrested

    May 25, 2022 3:18 PM

    HAMMOND - A 17-year-old was brought to a hospital after the person he tried to mug shot him in the chest. According to a Facebook post from the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office, deputies responded to reports of shots fired on Klein Road in Hammond on May 14. Further investigation... more »
  • Man seen tugging on car doors attacked woman in Ogden Park Thursday morning Play Video

    March 31, 2022 5:35 PM

    BATON ROUGE – A woman was mugged early Thursday morning while leaving her Ogden Park house, according to posts on social media. Police were called to the attack just after 4:30 a.m. in the neighborhood, a close-knit community between Baton Rouge Magnet High and Acadian to the west and... more »
  • Man allegedly robbed pregnant woman at gunpoint in her garage

    March 15, 2022 9:35 AM

    BATON ROUGE - A suspected armed robber was arrested Monday after he allegedly ambushed a pregnant woman at her home off Highland Road as she was leaving for work. The East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office said the attack happened in October on Pecan Shadows Drive. Investigators said the victim... more »
  • Man shot, killed while being mugged in parking lot of Baton Rouge apartment Thursday morning

    November 25, 2021 11:36 AM

    BATON ROUGE - The growing homicide rate increased again on Thanksgiving, jumping above 150 homicides so far this year with a killing on Gayosa Street early Thursday morning. Police said Justin Henry, 33, was found shot to death in the parking lot of the apartment complex where he lived.... more »
  • Longtime Louisiana broadcaster Jim Engster robbed at gunpoint Play Video

    February 11, 2021 7:56 PM

    BATON ROUGE - A routine evening stroll turned dangerous for Louisiana Radio Network Owner Jim Engster. "It all happened so fast. There wasn't any time to get nervous or anxious. It just happened," Engster said. He recalls the moments leading up to the frightening robbery Wednesday. Engster says... more »
  • Live surveillance system in Sherwood Forest neighborhood feeds straight to police Play Video

    December 1, 2020 6:35 PM

    BATON ROUGE – Live surveillance in the Sherwood Forest neighborhood is up and running. The cameras were recently put in place, along with license plate readers to stop crime. "We've been saving our money, and we decided that we could do the entire project at once,” said Gary Patureau,... more »
  • Police looking for suspect in armed robbery near BREC park

    November 24, 2020 12:27 PM

    BATON ROUGE - Police are looking for a man who robbed someone using a weapon near a park in East Baton Rouge earlier this month. According to the Baton Rouge Police Department, the attack happened Nov. 6 on N Ardenwood near Blueberry Street, about a short distance from Blueberry... more »
  • Surveillance video shows lawn crew getting mugged in Capital Heights Play Video

    August 24, 2020 3:49 PM

    BATON ROUGE - Police are investigating after a lawn crew reported being mugged in Capital Heights Monday. Police said they responded to Florence Street between Claycut and Capital Heights after the crew reported being held up by some people and their equipment stolen. At least one of the thieves... more »
  • Deputies: Mugger swinging metal pole chased victim along Gardere Lane, stole wallet

    February 4, 2020 1:46 PM

    BATON ROUGE - Investigators with the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office say they've arrested a man in a Jan. 30 robbery in the Gardere area. According to an official report, a man who was walking down the street around 11 p.m. on a Thursday night said he was... more »
  • Teens arrested for stomping, robbing pregnant woman on Chicago train

    January 6, 2020 2:58 PM

    CHICAGO - Police have arrested two teens who allegedly assaulted and robbed a pregnant woman on a train last week. Officers said the girls, ages 15 and 16, turned themselves in on Saturday and admitted to brutally attacking a 28-year-old woman after seeing themselves on surveillance footage, according to... more »
  • Police investigating daytime mugging in hip Baton Rouge neighborhood

    September 19, 2019 6:41 PM

    BATON ROUGE – A man doing yard work was mugged in a Government Street neighborhood around lunchtime Thursday. Police said they were investigating the armed robbery of a person in the 200 block of Richland Avenue. Police were called to the area around 12:45 Thursday afternoon. Police said... more »
  • Armed gang with stolen gun mugged victim at home

    December 15, 2018 12:10 PM

    BATON ROUGE – A group of people face charges for mugging a woman at a home in North Baton Rouge this week. Police arrested Dinisia and Franklin Moore, Dupree Dryan, Tyrone Palmer, Adriann Stewart and Alexis Beverly on charges related to armed robbery or principal to armed robbery. ... more »
  • Deputies investigating motel mugging

    May 25, 2018 5:13 PM

    BATON ROUGE – Sheriff's deputies shared images of surveillance video and hoped to make an arrest in a violent mugging at a motel this week. Monday, deputies said in a post on Facebook, a person was approached in the parking lot of an area Super 8 by two men.... more »
  • Police investigate morning robbery on edge of Garden District

    May 21, 2018 11:53 AM

    BATON ROUGE – Police are investigating an early morning mugging in the McGrath Heights and Garden District area Monday. Police said a person was robbed on Kenmore about a block south of Government Street. The attack is under investigation. There were no injuries, police said, in a short... more »
  • LSU students focus on safety after armed robbery

    January 10, 2018 6:37 PM

    BATON ROUGE, La. - Louisiana State University students returned to class Wednesday, but woke up to more than first day jitters. They found crime has already hit the campus. Students received an alarming emergency alert, before they even entered a classroom. "I woke up with an email about... more »
  • Mugger killed by victim in BR altercation

    March 24, 2017 10:00 PM

    BATON ROUGE - A person being robbed shot their attacker, who died at a hospital Friday. Police released details of the shooting after Kylin Spencer died. The attempted robbery happened Thursday night, police said. Spencer, 19, and another person tried to rob someone at gunpoint around 10 p.m.... more »
  • Teenagers jumped at abandoned Six Flags Play Video

    February 1, 2016 2:11 PM

    NEW ORLEANS - Two teenage girls were robbed while taking pictures at the abandoned Six Flags amusement park, WWL TV reported Monday. The attack happened Sunday around sunset, police said. The girls, both 17, were jumped by four men with guns. The guys stole the girls' purses, cell phones... more »
  • Standoff ends in arrest of teen mugging suspects Play Video

    January 29, 2016 2:27 PM

    BATON ROUGE - Nearly two-dozen police and other law enforcement agents blocked off a city block on Scenic Highway as efforts to apprehend a pair of kids behind a mugging came to a conclusion. Baton Rouge Police at the scene confirmed that a 16-year-old and an 18-year-old were taken... more »

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