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  • NTSB recommends ignition locks for all DWI offenders Play Video

    December 11, 2012 6:05 PM

    BATON ROUGE - The National Transportation Safety Board recommends all states require ignition interlock devices for convicted drunk drivers, including first time offenders. In the last three years, over 1,500 first time offenders in East Baton Rouge have been stopped for drunk driving. The offense is an automatic misdemeanor,... more »
  • Tangipahoa Sheriff rounds up non-compliant sex offenders

    May 16, 2012 10:51 AM

    HAMMOND - Tangipahoa Sheriff's deputies served arrest warrants for six sex offenders last Thursday, hoping to send a message to offenders to stay registered or face consequences. Authorities arrested Billy Joe Hart, 44; David Lee Beauchamp, 52; Kevin Lee Jarrell, 40; Kelcy Williams, 34; Zemmon Quillian, 54; and Sedrick... more »
  • Law banning sex offenders from social media thrown out Play Video

    February 20, 2012 10:05 AM

    BATON ROUGE - The governor's administration plans to appeal a judge's decision to allow sex offenders back on social media websites like Facebook. Last week, U.S. District Judge Brian Jackson threw out the recently-passed law banning registered sex offenders from social media sites. Jackson said the law went too... more »
  • Unregistered sex offender sentenced to 21 months in prison

    February 3, 2012 5:05 PM

    BATON ROUGE - The United States Department of Justice sent a strong message to unregistered sex offenders Friday by sentencing a convicted child pornographer who didn't register to 21 months in prison. Noel Carlson, 38, of Mesa, Arizona will be supervised for five years after release . In... more »
  • No ruling yet in bid to overturn Facebook ban

    November 2, 2011 4:31 PM

    BATON ROUGE - A federal judge has called a law that bans certain sex offenders from Facebook and other social networking sites a "constitutionally problematic" statute. But Judge Brian Jackson didn't decide Wednesday whether to throw out the new law that took effect in August. Jackson heard arguments from... more »
  • ACLU challenges state law for sex offenders

    August 15, 2011 5:53 PM

    BATON ROUGE - As of today, sex offenders are no longer allowed to access social media website like Facebook, but the ACLU is suing the state claiming the law violates the First Amendment rights of sex offenders. In a statement the ACLU said, "For the government to ban access... more »
  • ACLU sues over limits on sex offenders' Web access

    August 15, 2011 3:24 PM

    BATON ROUGE - The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana is suing to block enforcement of a new state law that limits sex offenders' access to social networking websites and other online forums. The federal suit filed Monday in Baton Rouge claims the law is overly broad and violates... more »
  • New laws impact abortion clinics, sex offenders

    August 14, 2011 9:15 AM

    BATON ROUGE- More than 230 new laws, from the arcane to the attention-grabbing, take effect Monday after being passed by legislators earlier this year. Among the changes, abortion clinics must post new signs about adoption options and child support. Certain sex offenders have to shut down their Facebook and... more »
  • New juvenile offender center slated for Bunkie

    July 23, 2011 11:24 AM

    BUNKIE, La.- A site in Avoyelles Parish has been selected for Louisiana's first therapeutic treatment center for youth. The state Office of Juvenile Justice says the $20 million center will be built in Bunkie. The secured facility is designed to handle juvenile offenders from southern and central Louisiana. ... more »
  • Committee approves a series of sentencing changes

    June 14, 2011 4:14 PM

    BATON ROUGE - A Senate committee has approved three House-backed bills to release low-risk offenders from prison early, moving them near final passage. The Judiciary B Committee on Tuesday approved a Baton Rouge lawmaker's bill to allow certain inmates above age 60 to be considered for parole. The bill,... more »
  • Franklin man accused of soliciting a minor online

    February 10, 2011 2:15 PM

    BATON ROUGE – A Franklin man has been accused of indecent behavior with a juvenile and computer-aided solicitation of a minor, according to the Attorney General’s Office. Authorities arrested 42-year-old Darren Rawlins after a joint undercover investigation involving the AG’s High-Tech Crime Unit, State Police and the St. Mary Parish... more »
  • TPSO: Warrant issued for missing sex offender

    October 26, 2010 4:01 PM

    Authorities are looking for a man who they said failed to register as a sex offender in Tangipahoa Parish. Detectives said 31-year-old Lance Trauth, Loranger, was supposed to complete his registration on or before October 11th but failed to do so. Authorities said Trauth was convicted on June 24, 1998... more »
  • Man indicted in Baton Rouge woman's death

    September 17, 2010 7:42 AM

    A convicted sex offender has been indicted in the rape and killing of a 29-year-old Zachary woman whose body was found in Monte Sano Bayou in April. An East Baton Rouge Parish grand jury charged 43-year-old Franklin Meredith Jr. with aggravated rape and second-degree murder on Thursday in the death... more »
  • Sex count dropped against slaying suspect

    July 23, 2010 6:25 AM

    A Baton Rouge man who faces a first-degree murder charge in the April slaying of a Zachary woman won't face a charge of failure to register as a sex offender at this time. Prosecutors dropped the charge Franklin Meredith Jr. citing the pending first-degree murder charge. Meredith was... more »
  • Bill to flag licenses of drug offenders rejected

    April 29, 2010 2:39 PM

    A bill that would have had the words "drug offender" on driver's licenses for people twice convicted of felony drug crimes, has died in a state House committee. The vote likely kills the bill for the remainder of the legislative session. more »
  • Gonzales man arrested for 6th DWI

    March 2, 2010 10:00 AM

    We will have more today on a man recently booked for his sixth offense DWI. Ascension Parish deputies say John Massey has never been convicted. A state panel recently looked at toughening up the rules on repeat offenders. Options include seizing or selling an offenders car. We are... more »

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