East Baton Rouge Parish, LA

BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) – A deputy with the East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office was called to investigate a reported home invasion around 5 a.m. on Tuesday, June 28. The deputy arrived at a home on Kleinpeter Rd. and questioned the victim in this case. The victim claims...

3 From Louisiana Arrested After Month-long Narcotics and Firearms Trafficking Investigation. Louisiana – Throughout the month of June 2022, the East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office reported that their Narcotics Division conducted an investigation into the narcotics and firearms trafficking group known as the Blue Print Kids (“BPK”). According to EBRSO, this group was led by Ethan Hendricks, Jacquel Bellard, Marcus Elam, Quinton Rogers, and several other co-conspirators. During the investigation, agents discovered that the group was transporting large amounts of marijuana from Oregon to East Baton Rouge and Ascension Parish.

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - A man accused of barging into a woman’s home Tuesday morning and attacking her is facing charges. East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s deputies arrested Charles Feduccia on home invasion charges after he allegedly barged into a home, then began to hit a woman.

BATON ROUGE- One day after WBRZ cameras captured City-Parish Department of Public Works (DPW) crews working on private property, the City of Baton Rouge says that type of work is available to anyone for free. Our cameras captured DPW crews on a lot between two buildings clearing a tree Monday...

BATON ROUGE - Deputies arrested three men Monday in the culmination of an investigation into a drug-trafficking group suspected of moving large amounts of marijuana and weapons from Oregon into the capital area. The East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office reported for the past month, the narcotics department had been investigating...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office Narcotics unit removed thousands of dollars worth of illegal drugs and weapons off the streets during an investigation into a cross-country drug ring. Officials state that EBRSO conducted an investigation into a narcotics firearm trafficking group that calls...

BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) – For one local woman, a night out at T.J. Ribs ended with a stay in the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison. An officer with the Baton Rouge Police Department was at the BBQ restaurant on S. Acadian Thwy. when someone who appeared to be drunk walked outside.

BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — Members of “Blue Print Kids,” a drug and firearms trafficking group accused of transporting drugs from Oregon to East Baton Rouge and Ascension parishes, were arrested by the East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office on Monday. EBRSO conducted four search warrants at...

Lots of East Baton Rouge Parish schools employees awoke Tuesday morning, checked their bank accounts and found they hadn’t got paid like they thought they would. Just before noon Tuesday, Nichola Hall, chief of human resources, sent out a memo to let affected employees know the problem had been fixed and they should be “paid via direct deposit by the end of the business day today.” Hall suggested they keep checking with their bank since financial institutions process direct deposits with varying speed.

BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — According to Project Cold Case, there are approximately 10,042 unsolved homicide cases in Louisiana since the 1980s. Unfortunately, since the pandemic, those numbers are continuing to rise. The Summer of Hope program, which is hosted by the EBR Mayor-President’s Office, held a discussion panel...

BATON ROUGE - Another deputy was arrested Monday in a scheme to double-dip on a timesheet, authorities said. According to the East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office, 25-year-old Brady Davis was working with two other deputies that were paid by two different businesses for off-duty security at the same time. A...

A probe into a scheme by East Baton Rouge Sheriff's deputies who allegedly collected pay for extra-duty security shifts they never worked widened as a third deputy has been accused of theft and malfeasance. Corrections deputy Brady Davis, 24, was fired from the sheriff's office Monday after an internal investigation...

BATON ROUGE, La (BRPROUD) — A man is behind bars after processing a fraudulent transaction from a bank account of an 88-year-old man. On June 29, the 88-year-old victim noticed transactions made from his account that he did not authorize. The victim drove to the Hancock Whitney Bank on Plank Road and learned that 38-year-old Elgin Jamar Franklin, gave the bank teller for $4,000 made payable to himself from the victim’s account.

BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) – Deputies with the East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office (EBRSO) remain vigilant in efforts to protect, serve, and simply get to know members of the local community. Over the weekend, EBRSO officers participated in Pack the Park, which is a yearly anti-violence event that...

Pending permit approval of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which is expected soon, restoration work will then begin in University Lake near the intersection of East Lakeshore Drive and Stanford Avenue. As the equipment is being staged during this advance work phase, the project contractor will test means and methods for dredging and placement of sediment in the bottom of the lakes system and the design team will observe these tests, ultimately informing the path forward for full implementation of the restoration and revitalization project. On April 25, Gov. John Bel Edwards, Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome, LSU President William F. Tate IV and fellow University Lakes Project partners announced full funding – $32 million – and plans for Phase 1 of this project. This initial phase of work will consist of dredging, improving weirs and control structures and key mobility improvements. The project team anticipates completing Phase 1 by December 2023. Ultimately, the work will both help increase the area’s competitiveness for economic development, and greatly enhance the LSU footprint.

To date, 85,673,420 Americans are confirmed to have been infected with COVID-19 — and over 1 million have died as a result. On a per capita basis, the U.S. has one of the highest known infections rates in the world. In the Baton Rouge metropolitan area, located in Louisiana, a total of 214,763 COVID-19 cases […]

An East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office investigation into a narcotics and firearms trafficking group included a location in Ascension Parish. According to a news release, the group calls themselves the Blue Print Kids. Agents alleged the group was transporting large amounts of marijuana from Oregon on the two neighboring parishes of Ascension and East Baton Rouge.

A time capsule was sealed and buried in May 2011 by the first students to attend Zachary Early Learning Center. It was to be opened in May 2021, however, because of COVID-19, a gathering couldn’t take place. Instead, it was opened in May 2022. The current sophomores at Zachary...

BATON ROUGE, La (BRPROUD) — In honor of July 4, the East Baton Rouge Parish Library system will host a free concert in the plaza at the Main Library at Goodwood. Everyone is invited to come out and enjoy patriotic tunes and marches to celebrate the nation. The concert...

BATON ROUGE - Heavy equipment lined City Park Lake near LSU Monday morning, the clearest sign yet that the lakes restoration project is finally picking up steam. Early Monday, passersby spotted workers near Milford Wampold Memorial Park along Stanford Avenue. For months, they have been covered in green, slimy algae...