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• Teen arrested after accidentally shooting father to death at Baton Rouge home Play Video

  December 29, 2021 10:42 AM

  BATON ROUGE - A teenager accidentally killed his father when he opened fire inside his home Wednesday morning and now faces criminal charges. Family members said 43-year-old Mohammad Abdul Aziz was found shot to death at the home on E. Brookstown Drive near Prescott Road around 7:30 a.m. Wednesday.... more »

• Driver in crash that killed 81-year-old in Franklinton charged with negligent homicide

  July 12, 2017 5:12 PM

  FRANKLINTON – A driver has been charged with negligent homicide after an 81-year-old was killed in a crash on LA 25. The crash took the life of 81-year-old Curtis Simmons of Tylertown Mississippi. According to Louisiana State Police, the crash occurred on Wednesday around 7:45 a.m.... more »

• Girlfriend charged with negligent homicide in shooting death of boyfriend

  September 11, 2016 2:39 PM

  BATON ROUGE - A woman was arrested and charged with negligent homicide this morning in the shooting death of her boyfriend. Around 12:30 a.m. Sunday, Larriana Hughes said she returned to Christopher Payne's residence after receiving a text message following an argument from earlier in the day, according to... more »

• Man's sentence delayed after killing 5 in road rage-fueled I-10 chase Play Video

  May 12, 2016 9:12 AM

  BATON ROUGE - Sentencing has been delayed on Thursday for a man convicted of killing five people during an alcohol and road rage-fueled high speed chase in 2011. The sentencing was delayed until Aug. 18. 34-year-old David Leger was scheduled to be sentenced for five counts of vehicular... more »

• Dad booked with negligent homicide in crash death of 9-year-old son

  March 18, 2016 9:08 AM

  BATON ROUGE -State Police have arrested a Utah father on a negligent homicide charge after his son died in a crash here this past weekend. On Saturday, Elmer Menendez, 32, and his son 9-year-old Fernando Menendez were in a pickup truck on Highland Road east of Siegen Lane when the... more »

• Mother accused of using cocaine while pregnant, causing newborn's death

  March 2, 2016 12:34 PM

  BATON ROUGE – Police say a woman was charged with negligent homicide Tuesday after police say she used cocaine while pregnant which eventually caused her newborn child to die. Baton Rouge Police say 36-year-old Jerasha Bowman gave birth to a child on Aug. 31 whose blood work tested positive... more »

• Man who claimed self-defense pleads guilty to negligent homicide

  January 5, 2016 11:46 AM

  PLAQUEMINE - Court officials said Cordias Walker pleaded guilty late Monday night to charges he shot and killed someone in Plaquemine during what investigators said was an argument over drugs. Walker, 22, entered a guilty plea to negligent homicide charges for the death of 17-year-old Wilbert Myles back in... more »

• Charges dropped against mother whose son died in water-filled hole

  October 26, 2015 7:31 PM

  BATON ROUGE - A mother arrested after her child drowned in a water-filled hole back in December has been cleared of all charges. The East Baton Rouge District Attorney Hillar Moore said the mother, 26-year-old Brittni Clark's, was not at fault in the death of her four-year-old son. Jassiah Clark's... more »

• Police: Teens playing with gun when one killed Play Video

  October 13, 2015 4:23 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Police arrested a 17-year-old in Baton Rouge in connection with the shooting death of a 15-year-old boy Tuesday morning. Cpl. Don Coppola said Kevin Aguillard faces charges of negligent homicide for the death of Brian Banks. Coppola said police were called out to an apartment... more »