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• After hours-long standoff, police enter apartment to find suspect missing Play Video

  August 31, 2023 6:08 AM

  BATON ROUGE - Officers said the scene of a standoff was cleared Thursday morning, but the suspect in an overnight home invasion was not found inside a barricaded apartment. Residents of Village de Province, a gated community off Boulevard de Province, were evacuated from their apartments around 5 a.m.... more »

• Slidell-area man arrested following eight-hour SWAT standoff

  December 17, 2020 6:46 AM

  SLIDELLL - Authorities engaged in an eight-hour long standoff with a suspect who'd barricaded himself in a Slidell-area home on Wednesday (Dec. 16), officials say. According to representatives with the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office (STPSO), 73-year-old Gerald Maxey was finally taken into custody shortly before 3:30 p.m. ... more »

• Detectives arrest Baton Rouge man following two-month long narcotics investigation

  April 16, 2020 5:54 AM

  BATON ROUGE - Investigators with the East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office have reported the arrest of a man suspected of dealing drugs following a two-month investigation into his activities. Detectives say 36-year-old Donovan Evans was arrested Wednesday by a team of officials that included East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office... more »

• Deputy suspended without pay after inmate escape at BR hospital; policies being revised Play Video

  March 1, 2020 8:10 AM

  UPDATE: The sheriff's office announced Friday it has suspended the deputy who was tasked with guarding the inmate for one month without pay, and he will be retrained on procedure. Prison administration is also revising policies and procedures to require additional security for higher-risk inmates. All prison personnel will... more »

• Search warrant startles suspect, fires at SWAT

  June 30, 2017 8:43 AM

  BATON ROUGE - East Baton Rouge Sheriffs were executing a no knock search warrant on a home when the suspect started shooting at them. According to police documents, EBRSO SWAT members were looking for Roderick Harris. After entering the house, shots were fired at the members from another room.... more »

• Suspect in custody after possible hostage situation in North Baton Rouge Play Video

  June 14, 2017 4:54 PM

  BATON ROUGE – One man is in custody after a possible hostage situation that occurred on Wednesday afternoon on Madison Avenue. A team of tactical police officers secured the area due to a threatening situation reported to law enforcement just after 3 p.m. Wednesday. Baton Rouge Police, which... more »

• Man surrenders after standoff with Slidell SWAT team

  October 10, 2016 1:07 PM

  SLIDELL – A man surrendered himself to the Slidell Police Department following a standoff with the department's SWAT team this weekend. On Saturday around 1 a.m., the Slidell Police Department received a phone call from a person screaming for help at a home on Hailey Avenue. After police... more »

• Two arrested following SWAT situation

  August 19, 2015 9:16 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Two people were arrested and charged with an assortment of armed robbery and burglary charges following a SWAT situation in Baton Rouge Wednesday afternoon. Kellea Duncan and a man were arrested following a three hour standoff with East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Deputies on Monet Dr., off... more »