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• Judge orders suspended sentence for convicted killer

  May 3, 2013 10:40 AM

  GONZALES - A judge suspended a two-year sentence today for Stanley White, who pleaded guilty to negligent homicide in 1995 after a car wreck but never served his prison sentence. The judge said the state was negligent for not imposing the sentence in a timely fashion and that two... more »

• Teen arrested in deadly accidental shooting

  January 29, 2013 4:32 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Police arrested a 19-year-old in Baton Rouge today after they said he accidentally shot and killed a Denham Springs teen earlier this month. Cpl. Tommy Stubbs said Tyler Washington faces negligent homicide charges in the death of Trevon Wilson, 18, on Jan. 20. Stubbs said... more »

• One arrested in deadly Ascension Parish wreck

  January 15, 2013 3:36 PM

  GONZALES - State Police said a distracted driver ran a stop sign and killed an Ascension Parish woman this afternoon. Troopers charged 23-year-old Travis R. Parent, Jr. of Denham Springs with negligent homicide, reckless operation and felony running of a stop sign. They said 83-year-old Audrey Wells of Gonzales... more »

• Mother arrested after infant drowns

  May 30, 2012 10:22 AM

  BATON ROUGE - Police arrested the mother of an infant girl who drowned in a bathtub in suspicion of negligent homicide. Sgt. Don Kelly said Lashay Bradley, 22, left her 11-month-old daughter unattended in a bathtub with the water running for an unknown amount of time. When she... more »

• Teen charged with homicide after shooting 13-year-old

  December 30, 2011 6:13 PM

  ADDIS- A teen-age boy faces negligent homicide charges for a deadly shooting that killed another teen. 13-year-old Noah Daigle was shot in the face, with a 20-gauge shotgun, inside a home on Monte Vista Drive just after midnight Friday. Several kids in Daigle's neighborhood told News 2 that... more »

• Daycare workers sentenced in child's death

  November 10, 2011 11:44 AM

  BATON ROUGE - A Baton Rouge judge sentenced two daycare workers today after they pleaded guilty to negligent homicide for the death of a child in their care back in 2009. Kyandrea Thomas and Michelle Veals were both given a five-year suspended sentence with five years probation as part... more »

• Ponchatoula woman charged in fatal accident

  November 27, 2010 10:19 AM

  HAMMOND - State police say an 18-year-old Ponchatoula woman is facing a negligent homicide charge after she drove past a stop sign without stopping and crashed into another woman's car, killing the other driver. State police say Leanne Keen also was booked with failure to yield at a stop sign.... more »

• Daycare workers indicted in 2009 child's death

  November 4, 2010 10:06 PM

  BATON ROUGE - A former Baton Rouge daycare owner and two employees have been indicted in suspicion of negligent homicide in the 2009 death of a child in their care. A grand jury in Baton Rouge handed down the indictments today for Wanda Connor, the former owner of "Wanda's Kids... more »

• Man arrested after hit-and-run pedestrian fatality

  August 13, 2010 3:30 PM

  A man has been arrested following a hit-and-run pedestrian fatality early this morning off Highway 22 in St. Amant. 22-year-old Brandon Patrick Ivey, St. Amant, was driving home from a local lounge when he hit 54-year-old Lauris Ackerman, Livingston Parish. Ivey was on his cell phone when he lost control... more »

• Police arrest Gonzales man after fatal boating accident

  July 15, 2010 2:34 PM

  A Gonzales man was arrested Tuesday for his alleged role in the death of three Gonzales citizens following a boating incident in Lake Maurepas in May. Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries said 25-year-old Blake Caronna was the operator of a boat when it spun out of control, fatally... more »

• Child killed in three-vehicle crash

  July 12, 2010 5:28 PM

  A child is dead after a three-vehicle crash on Interstate 55 north of Interstate 12 in Tangipahoa Parish around 11 a.m. today. Louisiana State Police said 23-year-old Robin Warford, Hammond, was traveling south on I-55 in a 1993 Lincoln Continental. Warford’s right rear tire blew out before the crash, causing... more »

• 15 year old charged in shooting

  May 10, 2010 12:40 PM

  A 15 year old boy is in the East Baton Rouge Parish Juvenile Detention Center, charged with negligent homicide. He's accused of shooting 16 year old Christopher Vaughn on May 8th. Baton Rouge police believe the shooting was accidental. Investigators say the suspect may have been trying... more »