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8/8/2022
Despite pleas from victims' families, double-murderer with life sentence gets parole
Posted 10:44 AM 8/9/2022 by Bess Casserleigh
BATON ROUGE - David Chenevert's time as a seminarian, pastor, husband, and so-called model prisoner apparently outweighed his status as a confessed double-murderer when he was granted parole Monday.
Chenevert, now 64 years old, was convicted of—and confessed to—the grisly (More)
8/3/2022
Mother was reported to state 3 times before toddler's overdose death; Inspector General investigating
Posted 11:46 AM 8/4/2022 by WBRZ Staff
BATON ROUGE - A mother was reported to state child services at least three times before her 2-year-old son died from an apparent fentanyl overdose.
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8/1/2022
New Orleans rapper Mystikal arrested for rape, remains jailed without bond
Posted 12:44 PM 8/5/2022 by WBRZ Staff
PRAIRIEVILLE - Mystikal, a rapper from New Orleans who has been accused of sexual assault twice in the past two decades, was booked on new charges after a woman reported being raped at his capital area home over the weekend.
Arrest records say Michael Tyler, 52, better known by his stage (More)
8/2/2022
Plan to move teen convicts to EBR Parish frustrates local leaders over lack of communication
Posted 10:15 AM 8/3/2022 by Chris Nakamoto
BATON ROUGE- A plan to move some of the state's most troubled convicted teens to East Baton Rouge Parish has drawn the ire of public officials who believe they have been left in the dark about the decision.
This week, an informational meeting was canceled in the City of Baker to go over (More)
7/29/2022
Nakamoto: Father at center of high-profile rape paternity case loses custody of teenage daughter
Posted 9:12 PM 7/31/2022 by WBRZ Staff
AMITE - A man who impregnated a 16-year-old girl over 15 years ago will no longer have custody of the child who was born as a result of that crime after a series of reports from the WBRZ Investigative Unit exposing the case.
The story first reported by Chief Investigator Chris (More)
7/28/2022
Double-murderer serving life sentence could be released in 2 weeks
Posted 11:17 AM 7/29/2022 by Chris Nakamoto and Erin McWilliams
BATON ROUGE- The Louisiana Board of Pardons voted to reduce the sentence of a man who was supposed to spend the rest of his life in prison without the benefit of probation or parole. Now, he could be set free in two weeks.
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7/20/2022
CATS health account frozen after bus system falls behind on bills again
Posted 3:35 PM 7/31/2022 by Chris Nakamoto
BATON ROUGE - Employees working at the Capital Area Transit System learned that their health reimbursement accounts were frozen because the public bus system did not pay its bills.
This (More)
