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• School maintenance worker arrested after students find hidden camera in bathroom stall

  August 31, 2022 3:41 PM

  RESERVE - A worker at a school in St. John the Baptist Parish is accused of planting a hidden camera inside a girls' bathroom on campus. The sheriff's office said Blake Krueger, 35, was arrested Tuesday after two students at Riverside Academy made the discovery inside the campus's athletic... more »

• Frequent escapes from youth center cause state senator to call for its closure

  April 11, 2022 6:44 PM

  BRIDGE CITY - A state senator is calling for the closure of the Bridge City Center for Youth after the number of escapes from the facility rose to 15 this year. “They need to be moved out of there,” State Senator Pat Connick told WWLTV . “Out of this... more »

• Hundreds of inmates evacuated from Angola dorms due to overnight prison fire

  August 11, 2021 1:00 PM

  ANGOLA - A late-night fire at the state penitentiary in Angola led to prison staff evacuating nearly 300 inmates from their living spaces. The Department of Corrections said the fire was reported around 1 a.m. Wednesday at the prison in West Feliciana Parish. A DOC spokesperson said the fire... more »

• State prisons suspending visitations and volunteering amid new COVID surge

  July 27, 2021 4:49 PM

  BATON ROUGE - State-run prisons have put a stop to visitations and volunteering due to a startling increase in new coronavirus cases across the state. The Department of Corrections said Tuesday that the new policy is effective immediately in Louisiana's eight state-run prisons until Aug. 16. A spokesperson... more »

• Sheriff: A dozen inmates test positive for COVID-19 at Livingston Parish jail

  December 8, 2020 5:44 PM

  LIVINGSTON - A dozen inmates are currently quarantined at the Livingston Parish jail after testing positive for the coronavirus, Sheriff Jason Ard confirmed. According to the sheriff's office, those 12 inmates have been placed in quarantine as of Tuesday afternoon. The sheriff emphasized that those inmates are being held... more »

• Offenders with addictions targeted for rehab program in jail Play Video

  September 24, 2019 5:31 PM

  PLAQUEMINE- About 30 inmates at the Iberville Parish jail are part of a pilot program that will target their addictions that played a part in sending them to jail. With the help of therapists from Woodlake Addiction and Recovery, at least 30 inmates have been participating in rehab four days... more »

• Non-violent offender walks free from Angola Play Video

  May 12, 2017 5:21 PM

  ANGOLA- A man convicted on a burglary charge and sentenced to seven to ten years became the first man from Baton Rouge to walk free from Angola after completing a new court program that helps those re-integrate back into society. The Re-entry Court program allows offenders sentenced from... more »

• Five arrested for child porn in cyber crime sweep

  February 13, 2017 3:23 PM

  BATON ROUGE – Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry announced the arrests of five men, two from the Baton Rouge area, on more than 300 counts of sexual exploitation of children Monday. The arrests are a result of a cyber crime sweep aimed at taking child predators off the streets.... more »

• Angola Prison Rodeo tickets go on sale Wednesday

  January 30, 2017 4:18 PM

  ANGOLA - Warden Darrel Vannoy has announced t ickets for the 2017 Angola Prison Rodeo will go on sale Wednesday, Feb. 1. The warden invites the public to come and enjoy the prison's annual rodeo featuring witness offenders in a variety of competitive events, including convict poker, wild cow... more »

• Police chief plans to arrest hundreds overnight Friday Play Video

  July 12, 2013 9:43 PM

  CLINTON - A town's amnesty program ends at midnight Friday evening, and the police chief has planned to round up hundreds of offenders. "Come take care of your citation or your warrant or you will be arrested, plan and simple," Clinton Police Chief Fredrick Dunn said. The program... more »