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• Propelled by unsolved murders, Baton Rouge crime camera initiative set to add license plate readers

  September 6, 2023 2:08 PM

  BATON ROUGE - The Page-Rice camera initiative , which helps fund crime cameras tied to police and sheriff’s offices, will add license plate readers next month. Clay Young, who hosts the Clay Young Show weekly on WBRZ Plus and is a community activist, said Wednesday that the crime camera... more »

• Trailer full of construction tools taken from job site, owner offering reward Play Video

  February 22, 2023 2:21 PM

  BATON ROUGE - A trailer full of tools was taken from a job site in Baton Rouge Tuesday morning. The contractor who owns the items says he can't work without them. George Schamberger has been a general contractor for the past five decades. He says he's never experienced anything... more »

• Crime cameras helped solve brazen theft in Sherwood Forest area; fee up for renewal Play Video

  November 21, 2022 4:20 PM

  BATON ROUGE - On the Dec. 10 ballot, residents living in Sherwood Forest will vote on its crime district renewal fee. Neighborhood cameras and license plate readers were purchased by the crime district and help Baton Rouge police solve crimes. Ed Greene lives in Sherwood Forest and is a... more »

• Subdivisions joining BRPD Real Time Crime Center Play Video

  February 16, 2022 3:17 PM

  BATON ROUGE - For the last 10 months, the Baton Rouge Police Department has been monitoring and working with crime cameras in Sherwood Forest. More and more cameras are playing a role in police work. There are now 16 cameras and license plate readers - one at every entrance... more »

• Real Time Crime Center working to solve crime parish-wide Play Video

  February 15, 2022 4:36 PM

  BATON ROUGE - The Real Time Crime Center is a hub inside of the Baton Rouge Police Department where information comes in, in real time, and is processed. Inside the center, several screens show real-time crime calls, camera angles, maps, and data. Lt. William Clarida is Baton Rouge Police... more »

• Surveillance video captures bucket truck same night trees were vandalized Play Video

  May 14, 2019 6:20 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Last month, 2 On Your Side reported that three Live Oak trees were vandalized along Airline Highway just south of Prescott Road. The mature oak trees were cut down in the middle of the night by a mystery crew. Tree experts have described the job as... more »

• Dog stolen in rash of burglaries Play Video

  July 10, 2017 9:53 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Surveillance cameras snapped photos of some brazen thieves who took thousands of dollars worth of items and the family dog. Sonseeahray Brown lives off Greenwell Springs Road near Airline Highway and tells WBRZ it all happened within 24 hours. "Like everything is gone, they took... more »

• Three arrested for prostitution on Kimbro Drive

  December 29, 2016 4:34 PM

  BATON ROUGE – One woman was arrested for prostitution, along with two others, after police set up surveillance of a home on Kimbro Drive. Lian Ma was arrested on the charge of prostitution. Yu Bai and a third woman were also arrested, however their charges are not clear at... more »

• Deputies looking for Central car burglars

  December 27, 2016 1:51 PM

  CENTRAL - East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Deputies need help identifying a pair of car burglars caught on camera breaking into two vehicles. Early Thursday around 3:00 a.m., surveillance video captured the two outside of a home on Shoe Creek Drive breaking into a 2015 Ford F150 and a... more »

• 'Cold-blooded mowing of victims seen in surveillance footage from Pulse nightclub

  June 17, 2016 4:25 PM

  ORLANDO, Fla. - Federal authorities have recovered video from security cameras inside Orlando's Pulse nightclub that shows shooter Omar Mateen firing his assault rifle and systematically killing innocent victims, sources told ABC News. The violence depicted in the video can only be described as "cold-blooded mowing, walking through the... more »

• Two sought for using stolen credit card

  January 27, 2016 12:17 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Police asked for people to help them identify two men who investigators said used a credit card stolen from a vehicle in Baton Rouge. BRPD detectives said the card was taken from a vehicle in the 4800 block of Packard Street. Surveillance cameras also showed a... more »