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8/16/2024
WBRZ Investigative Unit: Officer suspended after domestic violence arrest fired by St. Gabriel Police
Posted 2:13 PM 2/8/2026 by WBRZ Staff
ST. GABRIEL — A St. Gabriel Police officer arrested for allegedly pulling a gun on a woman has been fired from the force after previously being suspended without pay (More)
8/13/2024
Man acquitted of murder says he is blessed; family of victim feels cheated
Posted 8:56 AM 8/14/2024 by Bess Casserleigh
BATON ROUGE — For fifty years, the 19th Judicial District Court has maintained a conviction rate of more than 90 percent. It's highly unusual for a person the state is prosecuting to be found not guilty, but it happened earlier this month when a jury acquitted Kevin Dukes of the murder of (More)
8/12/2024
WBRZ Investigative Unit: See how the Supreme Court booted Eboni Johnson Rose from Baton Rouge bench
Posted 5:53 PM 8/12/2024 by Kelly P. Kissel and Melissa Moore
NEW ORLEANS — A Baton Rouge judge was removed from the bench this week after members of the state Supreme Court reviewed stories by WBRZ and other media outlining numerous violations of various judicial guidelines, documents obtained by WBRZ on Friday show.
Justices on Tuesday (More)
8/7/2024
Plans to build grain export facility in historically Black town in St. John the Baptist Parish fall apart
Posted 8:27 AM 8/8/2024 by Brandi Harris
WALLACE — Plans to build a 250-acre grain export facility in a historically black town in St. John the Baptist Parish have gone up in smoke.
After a nearly three-year battle, Greenfield Louisiana says they are no longer moving forward with the project, which (More)
8/6/2024
Emails reveal scope of New Roads PD staffing problems
Posted 5:50 PM 8/6/2024 by Bess Casserleigh
NEW ROADS - New Roads Mayor Theron Smith admits the city's police department is short-staffed.
"We typically operate with eight full-time officers. We have five right now. So that puts us in somewhat of a challenging position. What we normally do is supplement those shifts with part time (More)
8/5/2024
Amid several resignations, New Roads Mayor addresses police department staffing issues
Posted 9:47 PM 8/5/2024 by Bess Casserleigh
NEW ROADS - It's been a tumultuous year for the New Roads Police Department as the city is without a willing chief of police once again.
In February, Delaney Lee stepped down (More)
7/30/2024
DA unsure why officer once again arrested for domestic violence was granted bond without hearing
Posted 8:58 PM 7/30/2024 by Bess Casserleigh
GONZALES - District Attorney Ricky Babin is unsure why his office was not notified about the aggravated assault domestic abuse arrest of a police officer before he was released over the weekend.
"I wish we could have looked at it. Whether [the judge] made a bad decision or a good decision (More)
7/29/2024
St. Gabriel officer with prior domestic violence arrest allegedly pulled gun on woman
Posted 7:06 PM 7/29/2024 by Bess Casserleigh
GONZALES - A St. Gabriel Police officer who was previously arrested on a domestic violence charge was arrested again after allegedly pulling a gun on a woman.
St. Gabriel police officer Ronald Monroe Jr. was arrested Friday on charges of aggravated assault domestic abuse, as well as (More)
