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INVESTIGATIVE UNIT: Donaldsonville man comes face-to-face with felon who tried to kill him Play Video
June 15, 2023 4:50 PM
DONALDSONVILLE - LeRoy Batiste was enjoying a night out last month when he came face-to-face with the man who tried to kill him two years ago. Watch live newscasts here Michael LeBlanc Jr. was on the streets — an attempted second-degree murder charge had disappeared, and the five-year... more » -
Woman at center of shocking elder abuse video takes plea deal, released from jail Thursday
February 13, 2020 5:40 PM
BATON ROUGE - Lottie Morgan, a woman accused of beating her elderly mother in an infamous viral video in January , took a plea deal and was released from custody Thursday afternoon. Morgan pleaded guilty to cruelty to the infirmed; A charge of aggravated battery was dropped as part... more » -
Man sentenced to 15 years for 2014 drive-by shooting outside of St. James High School
December 5, 2019 11:33 AM
BATON ROUGE – A nearly six-year-old St. James Parish case involving a drive-by shooting has been closed. Kylin Elder, accused of injuring a 19-year-old in a drive-by shooting outside of a school, has been sentenced to 15 years in state prison as part of a plea deal with prosecutors.... more » -
New Roads mayor resigns, pleads no contest to malfeasance charges Play Video
October 19, 2017 4:29 PM
PLAQUEMINE - New Roads Mayor Robert Myer will resign effective 9 a.m. Friday. The move comes after a Thursday evening hearing at a Plaquemine courthouse. In the hearing, Myer plead no contest to felony malfeasance charges for using the city’s credit card illegally for personal purchases. Myer will... more » -
Springfield police chief rehired after resigning for criminal mischief Play Video
January 6, 2016 5:50 PM
SPRINGFIELD - Springfield's top cop was back at work this week after he resigned last year as part of a plea deal, and that's raising eyebrows at the Attorney General's Office. Police Chief James Jones and Mayor Charles Martin pleaded guilty to covering up a 2011 DWI arrest for... more » -
Fetus killer gets 20 years in plea deal
September 17, 2015 5:04 PM
LIVINGSTON - A plea deal will put a man in jail for the next two decades after he slashed his wife and cut his unborn child from her womb three years ago. Thursday, the district attorney's office said Jeffrey Reynolds , 34, pleaded guilty to attempted manslaughter and first... more » -
Springfield mayor resigns after plea deal, could come back Play Video
September 11, 2015 6:36 PM
SPRINGFIELD - The mayor of Springfield in Livingston parish is on his way out of office, but that may not be the last time people see him working for the town. Mayor Charles Martin will resign Sunday after getting caught in a DWI cover-up investigation. In 2011, investigators say Martin... more »