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Following a fatal car wreck on Sunday Morning, a Denham Springs woman was taken into police custody and cited with vehicular homicide, careless operation of a vehicle, and driving under the influence. According to witnesses of the incident, the 24-year-old woman was...
A 30-year-old Baton Rouge man was sentenced on Wednesday to eight years in federal prison following a guilty plea in a case involving allegations that he distributed child pornography. Prosecutors accused the man of distributing 25 images of child pornography to an...
According to a new study conducted by researchers with Baton Rouge Area Violence Elimination (BRAVE), a program aiming to eliminate community violence, a large percentage of homicides in East Baton Rouge between September 2010 and October 2012 involved "known gang...
A recent editorial in The Advocate focused on sexual trauma and mentioned the recent sexual assault case out in Steubenville, Ohio as a reminder of the need to educate the community about sexual trauma and to work for its prevention. Some very good points were made in...
A 24-year-old East Baton Rouge man and his father, who were facing a charge of attempted second-degree murder for allegedly beating another man, are now facing charges of second-degree murder and fugitive from justice. Both the man and his father were arrested and...
Our readers may not be aware of it, but police are bound by very specific procedures when it comes to sobriety checkpoints. Thirty people are currently fighting charges of DUI stemming from a DUI checkpoint after a LSU/Alabama football game last November. According to...
A 30-year-old suspect is currently the target of a search currently being conducted by New Orleans police in connection with the shooting of a man in eastern New Orleans on Monday night. According to police, the man fatally shot a 28-year-old man multiple times on...
Michael Louding, a young man accused of slaying Terry Boyd in October 2009 for pay, received bad news on Monday after a judge refused to throw out one of his first-degree murder indictment and declined to suppress incriminating statements he reportedly gave to Baton...
Last Wednesday, Five residents of Livingston Parish were sentenced to probation in federal court in Baton Rouge after admitting to involvement in insurance fraud. According to the criminal allegations, the five had conspired to commit mail fraud and defrauded two...
Bud Selig, Commission for Major League Baseball, recently held a news conference at the Arizona Diamondbacks' spring training ballpark calling for tougher penalties for players who violate the league's drug agreement. Selig's concern over the issue stems largely from...
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