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• More prosecutors join Baton Rouge DA's push to halt 'rushed' clemency hearings for death row inmates

  September 20, 2023 11:54 AM

  BATON ROUGE - More of Louisiana's top prosecutors are joining East Baton Rouge District Attorney Hillar Moore in seeking an injunction to deny a series of expedited clemency hearings for the "worst of the worst" in the state's prison system. A press conference being held Wednesday was set to... more »

• DA says state is rushing clemency requests for the 'worst of the worst' on death row Play Video

  July 12, 2023 7:40 PM

  BATON ROUGE - The East Baton Rouge District Attorney says a recent movement to commute the sentences of more than 50 death row inmates in Louisiana — and to expedite the process before the end of Governor John Bel Edwards' term — is needlessly putting prosecutors across the state in... more »

• Driver who sent bridge worker plummeting to his death gets 18-year prison sentence

  May 26, 2022 2:16 PM

  LULING - A man who struck a bridge worker with his truck , knocking the Baton Rouge contractor into the Mississippi River below, was sentenced to nearly two decades in prison for the deadly hit-and-run crash. Investigators said 23-year-old Hunter Johnson smashed through a work zone on the Hale... more »

• Judge allowing offenders to get COVID vaccine in place of community service hours Play Video

  July 27, 2021 12:06 PM

  BATON ROUGE - At least one judge in East Baton Rouge is offering some people on probation the option to get the coronavirus vaccine in place of some of their court-mandated service hours. Court records obtained by WBRZ show Judge Fred T. Crifasi allowed at least two different people... more »

• Louisiana ex-deputy sentenced to life in prison for sexual assault of children

  April 25, 2021 7:07 PM

  LAKE CHARLES - A former Calcasieu Parish deputy was sentenced to life in prison without parole Wednesday, a little more than a year after he was arrested for the sexual assault of minors. David P. Monceaux, 34, was sentenced by Judge Michael Canaday after being convicted on two counts... more »

• Calendar's Restaurant killer death sentence reinstated

  July 20, 2017 7:11 PM

  NEW ORLEANS - A federal appeals court on Thursday reinstated Todd Kelvin Wessinger's death sentence in the 1995 double murder at a popular Baton Rouge restaurant. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a 2015 decision by U.S. District Judge James Brady that Wessinger had not had an effective... more »

• Man pleads guilty to cocaine distribution, sentenced to 15 years

  May 9, 2017 1:14 PM

  GONZALES – A Gonzales man will serve 15 years in jail after pleading guilty to charges of cocaine distribution, according to the 23rd Judicial District of Louisiana. Derrick Clark, 31, pleaded guilty to distribution of a schedule II controlled dangerous substance and possession of cocaine. The guilty plea was... more »

• Daycare worker sentenced to five years for child's death Play Video

  February 24, 2017 2:38 PM

  BATON ROUGE – The woman accused of operating a daycare without a license and leaving a toddler in a hot van was sentenced to five years hard labor in a Baton Rouge courtroom Friday. Sheila Newman will serve only two years with five years of probation after her release.... more »

• Charleston shooter Dylann Roof sentenced to death

  January 10, 2017 5:01 PM

  CHARLESTON, SC - A jury has sentenced Dylann Roof to death for the murder of nine church goers in Charleston, South Carolina. The jury came to its decision after about three hours of deliberations. Roof, a self-proclaimed white supremacist, was guilty of opening fire on an African-American church... 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 »

• 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 »

• Family: Shooting victim recently had sentence commuted by President Obama

  June 5, 2016 2:33 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Family of a man who recently had his sentence commuted by the president have confirmed to News 2 that he is the surviving victim of a shooting on North Foster Drive in Baton Rouge Saturday. Boo Milton's father told The Investigative Unit his son was shot... more »

• Habitual offender gets 60-year prison sentence

  May 20, 2016 12:52 PM

  AMITE - A Hammond man will spend 60 years in prison after he was convicted of fourth offense felony theft. 47-year-old Maurice Anderson’s criminal history extended back to June of 1989 when he was convicted of felony theft under two docket numbers. He was sentenced to serve two years... more »

• 'Wrong neighborhood' attacker scheduled to be sentenced

  January 22, 2016 10:29 AM

  BATON ROUGE- The man accused of attacking a family at a gas station in Baton Rouge is scheduled learn his fate today. Jurors found Donald Dickerson guilty of second degree battery in a brutal attack two years ago. According to prosecutors, Dickerson told David Ray and his family "they were... more »

• Colvin gets 15 years in courthouse cocaine conspiracy

  September 8, 2015 3:21 PM

  BATON ROUGE - A judge formally sentenced former court clerk William Colvin to 15 years in jail Tuesday for stealing cocaine from an evidence locker at the East Baton Rouge courthouse in order to sell it. Colvin pleaded guilty to malfeasance, cocaine possession, and obstruction of justice charges in... more »

• Louding sentenced to life in prison without parole

  July 9, 2013 1:12 PM

  BATON ROUGE - A judge sentenced Michael "Marlo Mike" Louding to life in prison without parole today for the murder of Terry Boyd in 2009. Judge Trudy White called Louding a "cold-blooded hit man," and said he'd been "infected" by Torrence Hatch, the rapper known as Lil Boosie, and... more »

• Woman who escaped prison has run before Play Video

  January 1, 2013 5:56 PM

  ST. GABRIEL- Authorities said the woman who escaped overnight from a state prison in St. Gabriel was serving a 25-year sentence for manslaughter, and offered a reward for information leading to her capture. St. Gabriel Police Chief Kevin Ambeau said 33-year-old Keana Barnes climbed over a fence at the... more »