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• Metro Council member loses property dispute case, ordered to pay $57K in damages Play Video

  March 23, 2023 3:27 PM

  BATON ROUGE - After failing to show up for court twice, an East Baton Rouge Metro councilman has been ordered to pay restitution and remove property in violation of parish code. A judge has ordered Councilman Cleve Dunn to pay his neighbor, Eugene Michelli, $57,000 in damages. The property... more »

• Another delay in Dakota Theriot case

  May 24, 2019 11:48 AM

  ASCENSION PARISH- Another hearing date has been set for Dakota Theriot, the man accused of going on a killing spree in two parishes earlier this year. Theriot was in an Ascension Parish courtroom Friday morning. In court, his attorneys asked for the judge to determine a source of funding... more »

• 'DC sniper' can argue he committed crimes at age too young for his sentence

  March 18, 2019 1:25 PM

  WASHINGTON, D.C. - The then-teenage half of the so-called “DC snipers” whose violence had ties to Baton Rouge can challenge a life sentence without parole because of his age when he was arrested. The Supreme Court ruled Monday involving such sentences in the state of Virginia and is expected... more »

• Smothers' murderer given life in prison instead of death penalty Play Video

  July 20, 2016 7:34 PM

  Baton Rouge - The legal maneuvering of the past 23 years has ended as 19th District Judge Richard Anderson complied with the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling and re-sentenced convicted murderer Kevan Brumfield to life at Angola Prison. Brumfield was found guilty by a jury in 1995 for his part... more »

• Court ruling would make sharing your Netflix password a federal offense

  July 11, 2016 4:12 PM

  Jail overcrowding is set to increase dramatically as a ruling by a federal judge last week makes it illegal to share any password due to the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA). Yes, that includes Netflix. An opinion was issued by the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals last... more »