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• Ex-NFL WR Johnson arrested on probation violation

  May 20, 2013 10:31 AM

  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Former NFL wide receiver Chad Johnson has been arrested on charges that he violated probation stemming from an altercation with his now ex-wife, TV reality star Evelyn Lozada. A Broward County judge ordered Johnson jailed Monday until he posts a $1,000 bond. Another hearing was set... more »

• One dead after attempted murder, suicide overnight Play Video

  May 2, 2013 12:22 PM

  DENHAM SPRINGS - A man is dead after sheriff's deputies said he shot his wife, then turned the gun on himself early this morning in Livingston Parish. The Livingston Parish coroner's office said Charles Irby, 79, died after the shooting this morning on Cecil Drive in Denham Springs. ... more »

• Bond set for woman suspected in husband's murder

  May 1, 2013 12:30 PM

  PORT ALLEN - A judge set a half-million dollar bond today for the Port Allen woman accused of arranging for her husband to be killed. Monique Kitts entered a not guilty plea to charges of conspiracy to commit murder and being principle to second-degree murder. Authorities arrested Kitts... more »

• Texas wife of ex-judge charged with capital murder

  April 17, 2013 10:16 AM

  KAUFMAN, Texas - The wife of a former judge is charged with capital murder in connection with the slayings of a North Texas district attorney, his wife and an assistant prosecutor. The charge Wednesday against Kim Lene Williams is the latest twist in an investigation that had recently focused on... more »

• US tourist faces trial in Turkey

  April 17, 2013 9:00 AM

  ANKARA, Turkey- An American tourist who collected stones during a beach holiday with his wife was briefly detained in Turkey and faces trial for attempting to smuggle historical artifacts. Jason Dement told The Associated Press on Wednesday that he was taken into custody by security officials at an airport near... more »

• Man accused of stabbing, feticide due in court

  April 8, 2013 10:37 AM

  LIVINGSTON - A man accused of stabbing his wife and cutting their unborn child out of her stomach is scheduled to be in court this afternoon. Jeffrey Reynolds is due in court around 1 p.m. in Livingston Parish for a hearing over pre-trial motions. Reynolds faces feticide and... more »

• Trina Edwards hospitalized

  April 5, 2013 10:13 PM

  GONZALES- Trina Edwards, the wife of infamous former Louisiana Governor Edwin Edwards, was recently in the hospital. She's pregnant, and posted on her Facebook page the baby is doing okay. "The baby is fine and completely healthy," she wrote. She was having kidney problems, according to a post... more »

• Feticide suspect blames synthetic drugs at hearing Play Video

  January 17, 2013 4:02 PM

  DENHAM SPRINGS - The Livingston Parish man accused of stabbing his wife and cutting their unborn baby from her womb blamed synthetic drugs today during a court hearing. Jeffrey Reynolds made the comments to reporters as he was being taken away after the hearing. "I love my wife... more »

• Ind. man charged for threats to wife, school

  December 18, 2012 5:19 PM

  INDIANAPOLIS - A judge has set bond at $100,000 for an Indiana man charged with threatening a school massacre and telling his wife he would stab her with a screwdriver and kill her children and grandchildren. Sixty-year-old Von Meyer of Cedar Lake has been charged with intimidation, domestic battery and... more »

• Man accused of kidnapping wife

  December 10, 2012 11:05 AM

  WEST MONROE- A 39-year-old West Monroe man has been arrested for allegedly kidnapping his wife and forcing her to buy crack cocaine. The News-Star reports Marvin Christopher Jenkins was booked with battery-domestic violence abuse, simple kidnapping, possession of cocaine and obstruction of justice. The arrest report states that Jenkins hit... more »

• NYC officer arrested in ghoulish kidnap plot

  October 25, 2012 11:11 AM

  NEW YORK - A law enforcement official says a police officer's estranged wife alerted New York authorities about her husband, who is now suspected of plotting to kidnap and cook women. The official says that Gilberto Valle had split from his wife, Kathleen, and that she contacted authorities about disturbing... more »

• Co-worker: Man accused of feticide "seemed normal" Play Video

  October 24, 2012 6:28 PM

  WALKER- People who knew Jeffrey Reynolds told News 2 he seemed like a regular guy and never expected he would be accused of trying to murder his wife and unborn child. "From what I got to know about the guy, actually a real responsible guy, and from what I... more »

• Report: Husband used kitchen knife to stab wife, fetus Play Video

  October 24, 2012 3:26 PM

  WALKER - An arrest report revealed more details today about what investigators found when they arrived at the scene of a stabbing in Walker. According to the report by the Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office, 31-year-old Jeffrey Reynolds used a kitchen knife to slash his pregnant wife's throat before cutting... more »

• Wis. man bought gun 1 day before spa shooting

  October 22, 2012 4:55 PM

  MILWAUKEE - Police say a Wisconsin man who killed his wife and two other women at a Milwaukee-area spa bought the gun used in the shooting spree two days after a court ordered him to turn in all firearms. Forty-five-year-old Radcliffe F. Haughton was ordered to turn in all weapons... more »

• Wife of shooter at Wis. spa is 1 of 3 dead

  October 22, 2012 12:58 PM

  BROOKFIELD, Wis. - A medical examiner says the wife of the suspected gunman was among three women killed in a shooting rampage at a suburban Milwaukee spa. The Waukesha County medical examiner's office said Monday that 42-year-old Zina Haughton, of Brown Deer, was killed Sunday at the Azana Day Spa.... more »

• Show on Jesus' wife papyrus delayed amid doubts

  October 1, 2012 3:52 PM

  BOSTON - The Smithsonian Channel says the premiere of its documentary on a papyrus fragment that purports to show Jesus referring to his wife is being delayed until further tests can be done. Research about the fourth-century Coptic papyrus fragment was released last month by Harvard Divinity School professor Karen... more »

• Wife and husband killed in apparent murder-suicide

  September 22, 2012 4:22 PM

  COVINGTON - A woman and her husband are dead following an apparent murder-suicide at their home near Covington late Friday, according to authorities. The Times-Picayune reports the bodies of Caroline Crockett Darby, 42, and Adrian Darby, 46, were discovered in their home, said Melanie Comeaux, executive director of St. Tammany... more »

• Sentencing delay sought for Broussard's ex-wife

  September 19, 2012 10:40 AM

  NEW ORLEANS - With Aaron Broussard's corruption trial postponed to Nov. 5, federal prosecutors have moved to delay the sentencing of the former Jefferson Parish president's ex-wife and co-defendant, Karen Parker. They are seeking an unspecified date in January. Parker is listed as a prosecution witness against Broussard and co-defendant... more »

• Scholar: Jesus talks of wife in ancient script

  September 18, 2012 4:16 PM

  BOSTON - A Harvard University professor has unveiled a fourth century fragment of papyrus that she says is the only existing ancient text that quotes Jesus explicitly referring to having a wife. Karen King, an expert in the history of Christianity, says the text contains a dialogue in which Jesus... more »

• Jury convicts Drew Peterson of 3rd wife's death

  September 6, 2012 2:54 PM

  JOLIET, Ill. - A jury has convicted former suburban Chicago police officer Drew Peterson of murdering his third wife. Jurors returned with a guilty verdict against Drew Peterson on Thursday in the 2004 death of Kathleen Savio. The 58-year-old Peterson faces a maximum 60-year prison term. Savio's body was found... more »

• Relative: Man shot while sleeping saved wife Play Video

  August 24, 2012 5:40 PM

  BATON ROUGE- A man is recovering from a shooting after someone shot him through a wall while he slept. It happened early Friday morning on Hollywood Street near I-110. The man's stepson says the victim saved his wife's life by switching sides of the bed, just minutes before the... more »

• Ohio man faces court in wife's hospital shooting

  August 6, 2012 8:34 AM

  AKRON, Ohio - A 66-year-old Ohio man is being arraigned on an attempted murder charge in the shooting of his wife in a hospital intensive care unit. Akron police say John Wise of Massillon will be arraigned today in the shooting of his 65-year-old wife, Barbara. Police say... more »

• Romney's wife says voters will 'fire the coach'

  July 19, 2012 8:03 AM

  WASHINGTON - Mitt Romney's wife is reinforcing her husband's refusal to make public several years of tax returns, saying "we've given all you need to know" about the family's finances. Ann Romney tells ABC News she thinks the Obama campaign's attacks on her husband have been "beneath the dignity... more »

• Jerry Sandusky's wife takes witness stand at trial

  June 19, 2012 2:49 PM

  BELLEFONTE, Pa. - Dottie Sandusky, the wife of Jerry Sandusky, has been called to the witness stand by her husband's legal team. Her initial remarks during the start of her testimony Tuesday focused on how she and her husband met. Dottie Sandusky has stood by her husband, posting his bail,... more »

• Ex-cop's wife pleads guilty over bogus oil spill claim

  March 7, 2012 2:31 PM

  NEW ORLEANS - The wife of a former police officer who helped cover up deadly shootings on a New Orleans bridge after Hurricane Katrina has pleaded guilty to submitting a fraudulent claim for money from BP's oil spill compensation fund. Rokeisha Barrios faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in... more »

• Man accused of biting ex-wife's boyfriend

  March 6, 2012 2:37 PM

  MONROE, La.- Ouachita Parish Sheriff's Office deputies have arrested 38-year-old Tony Glen Lacaze, of West Monroe after he reportedly bit his ex-wife's boyfriend on the chest during an argument. Lacaze went to his ex-wife's home Monday to bring a birthday present to his daughter. While there he and the... more »

• EBRSO: Deputies called to apparent murder-suicide Play Video

  November 21, 2011 1:30 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Sheriff's deputies responded to an apparent murder-suicide this morning in East Baton Rouge Parish, according to a spokesperson. Casey Hicks said a family member found the bodies of Timothy and Natalie Grady inside their home on 15002 Antietam in the Shenandoah subdivision, and both had been... more »

• Chief: Give my Wife a Ticket

  September 29, 2011 7:37 PM

  The police chief of Lodi, New Jersey told his officers no is above the law, including his wife. Chief Vincent Caruso told an officer to ticket his wife after she double parked while she dropped off their 5-year old son at school. Caruso says he didn't want her to get... more »

• Husband accused of shooting wife at her workplace

  September 21, 2011 6:11 PM

  BATON ROUGE- Baton Rouge Police say a man has been charged for trying to kill his wife by shooting her at work. It happened at the Market Plus Cafe in the 1800 block of Muriel, near the intersection of Old Hammond Highway and South Sherwood Forest Blvd. Detectives... more »

• Reward offered for man after wife beaten, choked

  March 28, 2011 4:01 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Authorities are offering a reward for information that helps them catch a Baton Rouge man accused of choking his wife, then threatening to kill her. Major Lawrence McLeary with the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office said 28-year-old Meco D. Johnson is wanted in suspicion of... more »

• Beheading suspect: Wife had my unconditional love

  January 29, 2011 11:56 AM

  BUFFALO, N.Y.- A man accused of beheading his wife after she demanded a divorce told a jury in upstate New York that he had given her "unconditional love" during their marriage. Muzzammil Hassan spent hours Friday testifying about his relationship with his wife, Aasiya. He is acting as... more »

• High court upholds death penalty in church deaths

  November 30, 2010 4:41 PM

  NEW ORLEANS - Louisiana's Supreme Court has upheld the convictions and death penalty for Anthony Bell, who killed four of his in-laws and his wife after bursting into a Baton Rouge church in 2006. Bell was convicted in 2008 of five counts of first-degree murder and one of attempted first-degree... more »

• Woman who helped spill response goes to D.C.

  November 13, 2010 10:47 AM

  HOUMA - A Terrebonne Parish woman who served as a go-between during the Gulf of Mexico oil spill - aiding communications among fishermen, BP and government agencies - is back from a trip to Washington, where she shared her experiences. Julie Falgout, wife of former shrimp boat captain Dean Falgout,... more »

• Football coach pleads not guilty in fatal crash

  November 9, 2010 7:37 AM

  JENNINGS - Ville Plate High School head coach Roy Serie has pleaded innocent to charges stemming from a deadly head-on crash that killed his wife and another woman near Fenton in May. Officials said Serie was arrested in August after toxicology results indicated that he had illegal drugs in his... more »

• Trial in 2004 Baton Rouge slaying set to begin

  October 13, 2010 10:52 AM

  The long-awaited second-degree murder trial of a Baton Rouge woman suspected of shooting her wealthy former husband in 2004 is set to begin Oct. 25. Jan Waters, 46, is charged in the death of 52-year-old Alan Waters in his 7,000-square-foot home after a lengthy custody battle and dispute over money.... more »

• Radio, TV host's conviction for wife's murder upheld

  October 6, 2010 11:04 AM

  Former New Orleans radio and television personality Vince Marinello's murder conviction in the 2006 shooting death of his wife has been upheld by a state appeals court. The 3rd Circuit Court of Appeal in Lake Charles released the decision Wednesday morning. The 73-year-old Marinello was convicted in 2008 of second-degree... more »

• Grand jury indicts man in double stabbing

  September 21, 2010 8:51 AM

  A Mansfield man has been indicted by a DeSoto Parish grand jury in connection with the stabbing deaths of his estranged wife and her sister. Stephen Rivers was indicted on two counts of first-degree murder. District Attorney Richard Johnson plans to seek the death penalty in Rivers' case. Rivers is... more »

• Ex-airport director, wife indicted in Katrina case

  September 18, 2010 9:52 AM

  After backing out of a plea deal, the former director of aviation at New Orleans' Louis Armstrong International Airport and his wife have been indicted on charges they tried to profit from a bogus insurance claim after Hurricane Katrina. Friday's nine-count indictment against 44-year-old Sean Hunter and his 31-year-old wife,... more »

• Hospital shooting suspect turns himself in

  September 13, 2010 5:34 AM

  Baton Rouge police say Darrell Garner has turned himself in. Garner is accused of shooting his estranged wife and her boyfriend at Baton Rouge General Hospital on Florida Boulevard two weeks ago. One of the victims remains in the hospital with life threatening injuries. The other is expected to survive. more »

• Police identify suspect in hospital shooting

  September 3, 2010 8:59 AM

  UPDATE: Police have identified the man suspected of shooting his wife and her boyfriend overnight at a Baton Rouge hospital. Officials say Darrell Garner shot his estranged wife and her boyfriend at Baton Rouge General Mid-City on Florida Blvd. around 12:30 a.m. Friday. Police say Garner went to... more »

• Husband, wife plead in Katrina fraud case

  August 26, 2010 5:25 AM

  A man and his wife have pleaded guilty to theft of government funds they received after Hurricane Katrina. Robert Wallace faces up to 20 years in prison and a $500,000 fine while his wife, Chressye Wallace, faces up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. more »

• Man accused of killing wife caught after 1 month

  August 1, 2010 10:17 AM

  A man accused of killing his estranged wife in St. Martinville nearly a month ago has been caught in a New Iberia sugar cane field. Police say 36-year-old Paul Stanley Collins was caught after a 24-hour chase, including about a 1½-mile search with dogs through thick sugar cane. He allegedly... more »

• Father of BR rig explosion victim: 'It's not easy'

  July 27, 2010 10:20 PM

  Nearly 100 days after the rig explosion killed 11 men, one of their fathers says dealing with the disaster has not gotten easier. At 28, Gordon Jones had a wife, a young son and another on the way. Today, that wife and those sons are alone. Gordon's dad, Keith Jones,... more »

• Man arrested for the murder of his wife

  July 19, 2010 9:38 AM

  Terrebonne Parish deputies arrested a Houma man for the murder of his wife. Bernard Franklin Verrett is charged with second degree murder of his wife, Kristi Verrett. Saturday, Terrebonne Parish deputies say the couple's 19-year-old son called deputies because he had not heard from his mom since 3 a.m. after... more »

• Parents indicted in death of child

  July 15, 2010 8:18 AM

  A husband and wife from Sulphur both face second-degree murder charges in the death of a 5-year-old girl two years ago. Calcasieu Parish grand jurors indicted William S. Vincent and his wife, Barbara V. Vincent. Each was charged in June 2008 with second-degree cruelty to a juvenile after the death... more »

• Tickfaw man arrested for allegedly killing his wife

  April 27, 2010 8:20 AM

  Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff deputies arrested Benny Ray Prine for the death of his wife Rose Mary Prine. Detectives believe Benny Ray Prine violently beat his wife to death with a blunt object as she lay sleeping in their bed. Benny Ray Prine is currently in jail on a $150,000 bond. more »

• Brees and wife expecting second child

  April 16, 2010 7:18 AM

  New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees and his wife, Brittany, are expecting their second child in October - a little brother or sister for 15-month-old son Baylen. Brees says he is excited and that fatherhood is an "awesome" experience. more »

• Wife pleads guilty in husband's death

  April 13, 2010 6:50 AM

  A Baton Rouge woman has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the 2008 shooting death of her estranged husband. Turishcheva Coleman shot and killed James Coleman during a domestic argument. Manslaughter carries a sentence of up to 40 years in prison, but prosecutors and attorneys have agreed that Coleman's sentence will... more »

• Fire to rid snakes burns shed and sends wife to hospital

  March 25, 2010 7:52 AM

  A Monroe man's attempt to get rid of snakes in his yard ended up sending his wife to the hospital and burning down his shed. The News-Star reports, the man, whose name the Monroe Fire Department did not immediately release, apparently started several fires with pieces of paper in his... more »

• Mandeville man arrested after shooting fence

  March 16, 2010 7:59 AM

  A 41-year-old Mandeville man faces felony charges after firing a shotgun at the fence around his home to "blow off steam" after an argument with his wife. Mandeville police officers were called to the home of Michael Housey Sunday after neighbors reported hearing gunshots from the property. Police say Housey... more »

• Doctor's wife gets 3 years in Lortab fraud case

  January 27, 2010 7:56 AM

  A nurse practitioner convicted of conspiring to get Lortab with fake prescriptions will spend three years in prison. Ava McElwee, a nurse practitioner who worked alongside her husband, Dr. Tandy McElwee, must report to prison March 1. She faces a year of supervised probation after her release and must forfeit... more »

• Man pleads guilty to manslaughter

  December 2, 2009 6:49 AM

  A 25-year-old Baton Rouge man has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the 2006 shooting death of a 21-year-old man and was sentenced to 25 years in prison. Ivan Justin Dyer was charged with second-degree murder in the killing of Ulysses Calvey. Authorities said Dyer shot Calvey while the two played... more »

• Woman arrested in murder-for-hire plot

  October 30, 2009 11:03 AM

  A woman from Eunice was arrested, accused of hiring a hit man to kill her estranged husband. Detectives say they set up a sting operation after learning 45-year-old Glynis Fournerat wanted to pay $8,000 to have her husband and another woman killed. They say Fournerat offered the money to an... more »