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Zachary High student killed in New Roads shooting Sunday
NEW ROADS - Police officers in New Roads are looking for information about the killing of a 16-year-old Zachary High student over the weekend. The New Roads Police Department said a juvenile, later identified as Jonathan Johnson Jr., was found with a gunshot wound around 3 a.m. Sunday along Carver Drive near Wilkins Street.
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...
For kidnapping and raping an LSU student at gunpoint, Baton Rouge judge gives man 30 years
A Baton Rouge man convicted of kidnapping a female student from LSU’s sorority row, driving her off campus and raping her at gunpoint was sentenced Monday to 30 years in prison. District Judge Tarvald Smith imposed the sentence on Frank Alvaro Herrera Jr., during a hearing inside the 19th...
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.
A Louisiana prisoner wrote about Angola from the inside. Now he’s getting national recognition.
At home in Baton Rouge, Wilbert Rideau enjoys faded jeans and a cloak of anonymity. The fame that once spread worldwide from behind prison walls still fits too snug for Rideau in Louisiana, the state that tried as it might to kill him and refused to set him free. “I've...
Cigarette reportedly caused early-morning fire that left home total loss
BATON ROUGE - Investigators said a cigarette started a fire that left a home a total loss. The fire started at a home on Louise at McCalop Street near I-10 shortly before 6 a.m.. A firefighter on his way to work reportedly saw smoke coming from the home and contacted 911 before helping the resident out.
Police searching for two men who broke into car, used owner's credit cards
BATON ROUGE — Police are searching for two people who broke into a car and stole a wallet on March Street near City Park. Baton Rouge Police said that the men burglarized the vehicle on May 1. They then used stolen credit cards from the theft victim's wallet to make unlawful purchases, police said.
Crews extinguish fire at self-storage rental facility in Baton Rouge; two firefighters transported to hospital
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Crews with the Baton Rouge Fire Department extinguished a fire at a self-storage rental facility in Baton Rouge. BRFD arrived on the scene at 5:17 a.m., Sunday, May 19 at Storage Rentals of America, located at 11500 South Harrells Ferry Road near South Sherwood Forest Boulevard.
APSO Arrest Report for the Week of May 9-16
Below is Ascension Sheriff’s arrest report for the week of May 9-16: Mechelle Bianchini, 47, 41832 Denver Dr, Baton Rouge was charged w/ Theft, and arrested pursuant to 3 bench warrants;. Yohan Ramirez, 41, 9350 Eskillman St, Dallas TX was arrested pursuant to a fugitive, and 2 bench warrants;
BRFD responds to fire near Plank Road
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The Baton Rouge Fire Department is investigating what caused a fire at a vacant duplex overnight near Plank Road. The fire reportedly happened just before 2 a.m. on Monday, May 20, in the 3000 block of Prescott Road. According to the fire department, responding firefighters...
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