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Posted 6:11 PM 3/30/2026 by Bess Casserleigh

BATON ROUGE — A man with a three-decade-long criminal career and multiple felony convictions was arrested over the weekend for allegedly stabbing, strangling and kidnapping his girlfriend.

Raymond Brumfield, 48, was on parole before this weekend. Now he stands accused of sexually (More)

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Posted 9:40 AM 3/30/2026 by Stephen Stock, Joe McCoy and Joshua Lennix

BATON ROUGE — A man who served time for theft and selling drugs says the "art" of stealing guns from unsuspecting firearms owners offered "quick money" and was "like taking candy from a baby."

After a yearlong probe examining the problem of stolen weapons, the WBRZ Investigative Unit (More)

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Posted 9:39 AM 3/30/2026 by Stephen Stock, Joe McCoy and Joshua Lennix

BATON ROUGE — In a year-long probe of firearms data and other public records, WBRZ’s Investigative Unit has found that 1,642 different guns were stolen from private gun owners in the greater Baton Rouge area during the last two years.

The data, compiled for the first time into (More)

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Posted 6:24 PM 3/24/2026 by Bess Casserleigh

BATON ROUGE — A state lawmaker aims to compel the Department of Corrections and other prison facilities to be more transparent about inmate deaths. 

It comes amid last year's 18 'unexpected deaths' at Elayn Hunt Correctional Center. De'Troit Draper, 30, was one of them.

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Posted 6:16 PM 3/19/2026 by Domenic Purdy

NEW ROADS — A former Pointe Coupee Parish deputy who was working at the Louisiana State Penitentiary died in a car crash on Angola grounds on Wednesday.

Tyler Grezaffi, 27, was involved in a car crash where her vehicle went off the roadway and into a ditch full of water at Angola (More)

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Posted 6:23 PM 3/16/2026 by Bess Casserleigh & Logan Cullop

ST. FRANCISVILLE - The Louisiana Board of Ethics published an opinion, saying West Feliciana Parish President Kenny Havard violated ethics codes in his dealings with his business — The Oyster Bar.

The WBRZ Investigative Unit has covered the alleged violations (More)

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Posted 12:27 PM 3/12/2026 by WBRZ Staff

BATON ROUGE — A man arrested last week for allegedly raping a 94-year-old woman is now being accused of another sexual assault of a separate victim that allegedly took (More)

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Posted 6:52 PM 3/10/2026 by Bess Casserleigh

ST. GABRIEL — A former Elayn Hunt employee says when she tried to report a higher-up's sexual relationship with an inmate, she was retaliated against and even physically attacked.

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Posted 10:37 AM 3/12/2026 by WBRZ Staff

ST. GABRIEL — An inmate at Elayn Hunt Correctional Center died on Friday, according to officials from the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections. 

The inmate was identified as 42-year-old David Closson. The cause of death is undetermined at this time, and an (More)

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Posted 11:38 AM 3/5/2026 by Logan Cullop & Bess Casserleigh

ST. GABRIEL - An Elayn Hunt lieutenant has been accused of not reporting that an inmate had a cell phone inside the facility, according to WBRZ sources.

Paula LeBlanc, 40, was booked into the Iberville Parish Jail for malfeasance in office on Wednesday. 

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Posted 5:39 PM 3/5/2026 by Bess Casserleigh & Logan Cullop

ST. GABRIEL - A former high-ranking corrections officer at Elayn Hunt Correctional Center was arrested for allegedly having sex with an inmate and giving birth to twins.

Major Francis Smith turned herself in to the Iberville Parish Sheriff's Office on Thursday.

She allegedly gave (More)