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Our Baton Rouge readers have likely heard by now of the sexual abuse trial against former Penn. State coach Jerry Sandusky. Sandusky has been charged with 52 counts of child sex abuse involve 10 alleged victims. The alleged incidents span a 15-year time period up...
Four individuals, as well as the corporate owners of a convenience store in Baton Rouge have been charged with conspiracy to launder money. The indictment alleges that law enforcement officers conducted a money laundering money laundering sting in which an undercover...
Under the bill, a drug that proves to be hazardous can be pulled of shelves wherever it is being sold and held as contraband. If the decision to do so is approved by the legislature, the product would then be added to the list of illegal drugs. Another type of...
On Tuesday, police in Baton Rouge arrested a 22-year-old woman who accidentally allowed her 11-month-old daughter to drown in a bathtub. According to authorities, she left the child unattended in the tub with the water running. She has apparently been charged with...
A fraud scam similar to others in Terrebonne and East Baton Rouge Parishes reportedly has Mandeville police looking for several individuals suspected of forging checks. Police were apparently notified of the scam after forged checks were reported at a convenience...
Last Thursday, a grand jury in East Baton Rouge decided not to issue an indictment against two men on second-degree murder charges stemming from a January 14 homicide of one of the men's relatives. Hillar Moore III, District Attorney for East Baton Rouge Parish, had...
Baton Rouge police recently arrested six individuals suspected of being involved in a cocaine distribution ring. Sources recite at length the various arrests and list all the illegal items that were confiscated in the four-month long investigation, giving the reader...
A bill recently introduced into the Senate would require harsher penalties for first-time DWI offenders. Specifically, the bill would make it mandatory for a person convicted of drunk driving to spend at least 48 hours in jail. The jail time could not be suspended by...
Last week, we wrote a post about the murder trial of Torence Hatch, the Baton Rouge rapper known as Lil Boosie. Hatch had been on trial for the 2009 murder of a man gunned down in his home. As we noted, Hatch was accused of hiring a hitman to kill the victim....
On Thursday, a 60-year-oldBaton Rouge man was arrested and charged with 100 counts of pornography involving juveniles. Sources didn't provide any other details about the alleged criminal activity, but did point out that Attorney General Buddy Caldwell, who is in...
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