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Escaped work-release inmate captured in East Feliciana
Authorities have located and apprehended a work-release inmate Saturday hours after he was reporting missing in East Feliciana. Around 8:30 p.m. Friday, the East Feliciana Parish Sheriff's Office were made aware that Landon Hisaw, 36, of Baton Rouge, had left an assigned job location in Ethel. Hisaw was working a...
Deputies capture work release inmate who walked off job site
EAST FELICIANA PARISH, La. (WAFB) - Deputies said they have captured a work release inmate who walked away from his job site in Ethel. According to East Feliciana Sheriff Jeff Travis, the inmate, Landon Hisaw, 39, of Baton Rouge, was captured around 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 13. The sheriff said that Hisaw was located about half a mile away from where he was last seen.
West Feliciana reports inmate walkaway from job site in East Feliciana
FRANCISVILLE, La. - East Feliciana officials say an escaped inmate was recaptured Saturday morning after walking off a work-release program job he was doing at Ethel in East Feliciana Parish Friday night. Officials say Landon Hisaw, 36, of Baton Rouge, escaped around 8:30 p.m. Friday. Deputies recaptured Hisaw around 9:30...
Residents stunned after tree falls onto home in East Feliciana Parish
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - After severe storms ripped through south Louisiana on Wednesday, a tree fell on a home in East Feliciana Parish. The tree fell onto the bedroom of two Ethel, Louisiana residents. “She really was stunned there for a minute, and she didn’t believe it. She wanted...
Severe weather causes damage in EBR, surrounding parishes
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Reports are coming in of possible tornado damage and strong winds knocking down trees and powers lines in several areas in the Capital Region. The following lists are of damage reports. Area law enforcement and emergency responders are on scene investigating the following situations:. Ascension...
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