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• Baton Rouge man sentenced to more than 8 years in prison after gun conviction Play Video

  November 19, 2025 9:12 AM

  BATON ROUGE – A convicted felon arrested in 2022 on gun charges has been sentenced to more than eight years behind bars, federal prosecutors said Wednesday. Edward Shaffett, 33, was sentenced to 100 months in federal prison after he was convicted on charges of possession of a firearm by... more »

• EBR sheriff's office seizes over a dozen pounds of drugs; investigation ends in four arrests

  September 22, 2022 3:51 PM

  BATON ROUGE - The East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office made four arrests following a drug trafficking investigation, ending in over a dozen pounds of drugs and guns being found. Officials say they found 1.25 pounds of a fentanyl and heroin mixture, 13 pounds of marijuana, 1 pound of marijuana... more »

• Accused drug dealer gets 10 year sentence for oxycodone distribution

  June 27, 2016 5:10 PM

  BATON ROUGE - An accused drug dealer was sentenced to 10 years behind bars for trafficking oxycodone. 43-year-old Kendrick D. Alexander, of Baton Rouge and New Iberia, must also serve three years of supervised release, forfeit $60,000 in drug trafficking-related proceeds and pay a $25,000 fine. A jury... more »

• 2 more convicted in multi-state heroin distribution ring

  May 20, 2016 1:20 PM

  BATON ROUGE - The Department of Justice reports two more men have been convicted in connection with a the operation of a multi-state heroin distribution ring. 32-year-old Justin Scott, of Baton Rouge, pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute heroin, and 36-year-old Keenan Harris,... more »

• 'Operation Goldy Locks' leads to 11 indictments in heroin trafficking scheme

  December 16, 2015 11:22 AM

  BATON ROUGE - 11 men, including individuals from Baton Rouge and Denham Springs, have been indicted by a grand jury in connection with a drug-trafficking conspiracy involving the shipment of heroin and other controlled substances from California to the Baton Rouge area. The indictment, resulting from an investigation dubbed... more »

• Local physician assistant sentenced for unlawfully distributing pain pills Play Video

  March 25, 2015 4:47 PM

  UPDATE: Christopher Armstrong was sentenced to seven years in prison Thursday for his role in a scheme to unlawfully distribute prescriptions for thousands of oxycodone pills. ****** BATON ROUGE- Federal Agents temporarily shut down and raided a local doctor's office, intercepting patients who pulled into the parking lot... more »