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• Man hangs himself while in custody at State Police facility in Baton Rouge

  August 10, 2023 8:22 PM

  BATON ROUGE - A man being questioned in a violent crime investigation is dead after he managed to hang himself at a building adjacent to Louisiana State Police headquarters on Thursday. Sources tell the WBRZ Investigative Unit that the individual, Kiyle Maxwell, 25, was in custody relative to a... more »

• Police: Man arrested for sexually assaulting 12-year-old girl, recording abuse

  May 25, 2022 11:38 AM

  BATON ROUGE - A man was arrested Tuesday for sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl and recording the assault using his phone. According to arrest reports, 51-year-old Ronald Thibodeaux inappropriately touched the girl in multiple places. The girl told her mother and medical professionals about the abuse, and officers put... more »

• Man facing child molestation charges ordered not to coach, seen at youth basketball tryouts Play Video

  November 15, 2021 6:07 PM

  GONZALES - A picture taken Saturday at the Lamar Dixon Expo Center in Gonzales shows what several parents say is Jermaine Miles running tryouts at the Ascension Youth Basketball Association. The problem : Miles was charged with five counts of child molestation in 2019 and ordered by a judge... more »

• Seven arrested in child sex crimes crackdown based out of capital area

  August 9, 2021 12:58 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Seven men were arrested in southeast Louisiana after they allegedly tried to meet up with children for sex. The Louisiana Attorney General's Office said the suspects came from different areas around the region. Most of them were lured to East Baton Rouge Parish by undercover detectives... more »

• Former police officer sentenced to 15 years for sex crimes involving juvenile

  June 22, 2021 4:47 PM

  HAMMOND- A former member of the Hammond Police Department was sentenced to 15 years in prison for having a sexual relationship with a juvenile. Brad Core, 47, pleaded guilty to felony carnal knowledge of a juvenile, oral sexual battery, sexual battery, and aggravated crime against nature. Core's sentence... more »

• Sheriff: Accused rapist used candy to lure child to his home

  June 7, 2021 2:28 PM

  PIERRE PART - Sheriff's deputies say a man lured a child to his home with promises of candy and then sexually assaulted the juvenile. The Assumption Parish Sheriff's Office said deputies were investigating reports of a possible kidnapping Friday when they learned about the assault. While the department said... more »

• Man facing child porn charges arrested again in undercover child sex sting

  January 28, 2021 1:41 PM

  Editor's note: The original version of this story stated Sousa's previous arrest happened in 2021. He was previously arrested in 2020. BATON ROUGE - A man arrested on child porn charges last year was taken into custody again when multiple agencies ensnared him and another suspect in an undercover... more »

• Prosecutors: Gonzales man sexually abused dog, had child porn in his home

  December 3, 2020 5:07 PM

  GONZALES - Federal prosecutors announced Thursday a man in Ascension Parish was sentenced to 16 and a half years in prison after he shared child pornography over Facebook and violated an animal. The U.S. Attorney's Office said Taylor Haynes, 29, of Gonzales will spend that time in federal prison... more »

• APSO: Man wanted for failing to register as a sex offender

  June 5, 2017 12:31 PM

  ASCENSION – The Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office has issued an arrest warrant for a man who has failed to register as a sex offender. The arrest warrant was issued for 36-year-old Sidney Fairchild, Jr. According to the sheriff's office, Fairchild failed to complete his annual registration after he was... more »

• Baton Rouge sex offender wanted for attempted kidnapping

  January 27, 2017 11:06 AM

  HAMMOND - The Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office announced a reward for information leading to the arrest of a convicted sex offender wanted for attempted kidnapping. According to Sheriff Daniel Edwards, 54-year-old John Lester of Baton Rouge is accused of attempting to kidnap a 38-year-old woman Tuesday afternoon. Lester... more »

• Man arrested for armed robbery is habitual offender

  June 20, 2016 9:16 PM

  BATON ROUGE - The Investigative Unit has learned a man arrested Monday for an armed robbery that occurred in May should have been in prison. Police arrested Roland King, Jr. and charged him in the armed robbery of the Chevron Station on Highland Road in Old South Baton Rouge... more »

• Fugitive sex offender arrested in Shreveport

  August 20, 2015 3:49 PM

  BATON ROUGE – Attorney General “Buddy” Caldwell’s office announced Thursday that a fugitive with a history of evading sex offender registration in Texas and Louisiana was captured in Shreveport. Agents with the Attorney General’s Fugitive Apprehension Unit captured Kentrell Debose, 27, Tuesday in Shreveport. Caldwell’s office said Debose... more »