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Police investigating after man found dead inside of home in Baton Rouge
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Homicide detectives with the Baton Rouge Police Department are investigating after a man was found dead inside of a home on Saturday night. According to BRPD, the victim was identified as Brennen Johnson, 33. Police said Johnson was found dead inside a house in the...
Baton Rouge man dead after Saturday morning crash in Ascension Parish
ASCENSION PARISH, La. (BRPROUD) — Louisiana State Police are investigating after a man was killed in a car crash Saturday morning in Ascension Parish. Troopers were called shortly after 6 a.m. to a crash on Louisiana 3251 at Lawrence Minor Road in Ascension Parish. Police identified the victim as Niles R. Bartholomew, 35, of Baton Rouge.
One arrested for murder after March shooting at Scenic Gardens
BATON ROUGE - One person was arrested for second-degree murder after a March 10 shooting that resulted in the death of one person and injured two on the 2200 block of Scenic Gardens, according to the Baton Rouge Police Department. Kevonta Williams, 19, was arrested for second-degree murder, two counts...
BRPD looking for man accused of repeatedly violating protective order
BATON ROUGE - Police officers are searching for a man who allegedly has violated a protective order multiple times and broke into a home with a gun. Court records show Michael Moore III was arrested in 2022 for nearly strangling a woman. Moore pleaded guilty to a related charge nearly a year and a half after the arrest and was sentenced to six months in jail. Moore's sentence was suspended except for four days. He was placed on unsupervised probation, which included staying arrest free and abiding by a protective order for the victim.
Family of Southern student killed in case of mistaken identity pleading for more leads
BATON ROUGE - It's been two very long months for the family of Jayrick Washington. "I wait everyday to wake up, hoping that this is just a dream," said his mother, Lynette Soulaire. Jayrick was shot on i110 and crashed near the Dalrymple exit just five days before his 19th...
Police investigating attempted purse snatching in Hammond Aire Shopping Center
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Robbery detectives with the Baton Rouge Police Department are investigating an attempted purse snatching in Hammond Aire Shopping Center on Airline Highway. According to police, the incident happened on Wednesday, May 1 when an unidentified individual tried to steal the victim’s purse in the shopping...
Crews extinguish fire at self-storage rental facility in Baton Rouge
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Crews with the Baton Rouge Fire Department extinguished a fire at a self-storage rental facility in Baton Rouge. It started around 5:15 a.m. Sunday, May 19 at Storage Rentals of America located at 11500 South Harrells Ferry Road near South Sherwood Forest Boulevard. A spokesman...
BRFD: Water heater behind early morning house fire
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Investigators with the Baton Rouge Fire Department say a water heater is to blame for an early morning house fire. The house fire reportedly happened just before 6:30 a.m. on Friday, May 17, on Laurel Street near Florida Boulevard and Acadian Thruway. According to the...
Louisiana doctor's plane 'out of control' before Middle Tennessee crash, officials say
The single-engine, fixed wing plane that crashed south of Nashville in Williamson County was "violently out of control" before the crash, officials said. "The wreckage is over a half-mile radius," National Transportation Safety Board investigator Aaron McCarter said during a 3 p.m. news conference Thursday. "It was widely dispersed, indicative of an in-flight break up." ...
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