"Desperate times can make for desperate men" goes the old saying. The president of as homeowners association has told authorities that a gambling addiction caused him to engineer a white collar crime to the detriment of his own neighbors. Recently arrested and charged...
Month: July 2013
Baton Rouge doctor charged with sex battery
In a case that has been turning heads, a doctor allegedly violated his medical ethics in the worst way by touching one of his female patient in an offensive manner. The doctor has been charged with sexual assault of the woman who told police she was afraid to stop the...
Louisiana man faces most serious rape charge
The old saying of having "the book thrown at you" was illustrated recently in the dramatic arrest of a fugitive. Topping the Louisiana man's troubles is the alleged rape of a 6-year-old girl. The man, who is currently being held without bond, amassed an impressive...
Murder for hire on the rise
In a video that has gone viral on the Internet, folks in Louisiana and around the country are getting a fresh new look at a special and particularly aggravated brand of murder. It's murder for hire, and the FBI says it's a growing phenomenon in the U.S. and not just...
Arson scheme turns murderous
It was supposed to be a plot to fraudulently collect insurance money but murder reared its ugly head as the scheme went haywire. A woman accused of torching her own bakery in Gretna, Louisiana, probably had no knowledge of the felony-murder rule when she and perhaps...
Cold homicide solved after more than a decade
Even those who figure after a period of time that they have gotten away with murder can get a big, unwelcome surprise in the end. Case-in-point: Recently investigators have arrested a Baton Rouge woman in the 2000 stabbing death of her business partner at that woman's...
New pressure on gangs lowers murder rate
After authorities concluded that there were 30 active street gangs in the Baron Rouge parish with more than 500 members, they looked deeper and found that known gang members or gang-related violence was helping to propel the high homicide rate. Thus was born the Baton...
Drug bust nets six in trafficking case
It took years of stake-outs, stings and authorized phone-tapping to discover just who was behind distributing heroin and the prescription pain drug Roxicodone, serious drug trafficking offenses in Baton Rouge. Undercover cops in unmarked cars watched as members of the...
Father arrested in baby daughter’s death
The story is almost too tragic to comprehend -- the father of an 11-month-old little girl was arrested and charged with first degree murder of the toddler. The dramatic arrest and charging of the father was preceded by the charging of a Baton Rouge woman for failing...