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• Three people dead in apparent murder-suicide in Albany early Monday

  01-07-2024 09:22 via wbrz.com
  
  ALBANY - Three people - a man, a woman, and a juvenile - were found dead Monday morning in what deputies said appeared to be a murder-suicide.The Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office was called to West Bates Road in Hammond shortly before 8 a.m.. Deputies found the three bodies on the scene. Detectives are on scene Monday morning during the investigation. The identities of the victims were not immediately known. This is a developing story. Permalink| Comments
  
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• Morgan City announces contraflow plan ahead of Independence Day festivities

  03-07-2024 12:56 via wbrz.com
  
  MORGAN CITY — Morgan City will implement contraflow into its plans for Fourth of July celebrations in the area.According to Morgan City Police, all northbound traffic on La. 70 at Veterans Boulevard towards Lake End Park will be shut down starting at 8:45 p.m.After the city's annual fireworks display, which starts at 9 p.m., wraps up, police will route drivers to La. 70 to make traffic flow out of the area most efficiently. All traffic exiting Lake End Park Way will exit the assigned
  
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• Napoleonville man arrested months after leading deputies on high speed chase

  03-07-2024 12:27 via wbrz.com
  
  BELLE ROSE— A Napoleonville man is facing multiple charges after escaping from an Assumption Parish Sheriff's Deputy after a high speed chase in May.Deputies say the pursuit happened on May 23 after 37-year-old Adam Leroy Hunt was seen violating multiple traffic laws off La. Highway One. A deputy assigned to ICE detail attempted to stop his car, but Hunt drove off. The deputy stopped the pursuit after Hunt reached speeds over 130 mph.During the investigation, deputies learned there a
  
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• Livingston Sheriff announces 3 murder arrests in fentanyl-related deaths in record-breaking overdose year

  03-07-2024 09:50 via wbrz.com
  
  WALKER - The Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office made three second-degree murder arrests after investigations into separate fentanyl-related overdoses in a record-breaking year for parish overdose deaths.During a press conference Wednesday morning, Sheriff Jason Ard announced that Travis Freeze, Logan Brown, and Bryan O'Keith Young Jr. were all arrested for second-degree murder after the overdose deaths of Robert Sibley, Angela Armand, and Patrick Kimble, respectively. Coroner Chief Inv
  
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• Livingston Parish sheriff announces three murder arrests in fentanyl-related overdose deaths

  03-07-2024 09:50 via wbrz.com
  
  WALKER - The Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office made three second-degree murder arrests after investigations into separate fentanyl-related overdose deaths. During a press conference Wednesday morning, Sheriff Jason Ard announced that Travis Freeze, Logan Brown, and Bryan O'Keith Young Jr. were all arrested for second-degree murder after the overdose deaths of Robert Sibley, Angela Armand, and Patrick Kimble, respectively. Chief investigator for the parish coroner's office, Ji
  
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• Franklin man arrested on child porn charges

  03-07-2024 09:34 via wbrz.com
  
  FRANKLIN— The Franklin Police Department arrested a man yesterday accused of possessing child pornography.19-year-old Mike Harrison faces two counts of carnal knowledge of a juvenile and one count of pornography involving juveniles.The Galveston County Sheriff's Office assisted in the investigation.Franklin is being held on a $50,000 bond.Permalink| Comments
  
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• Federal Judge orders Angola to take action to protect prisoners from summer heat while working

  03-07-2024 09:25 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE— A federal judge is giving the Louisiana State Penitentiary a week to come up with a plan to protect prisoners working outside from extreme heat after advocates sued the prison in September.Judge Brian Jackson issued a temporary restraining order that will prevent Angola officials from sending prisoners to work on the Farm Line when heat index values reach or exceed 88 degrees. The state must send a memorandum detailing its proposed solutions.  In his opi
  
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• Gonzales woman arrested for assault after allegedly biting victim's finger

  03-07-2024 08:55 via wbrz.com
  
  BELLE ROSE - A Gonzales woman was arrested after she allegedly bit someone's finger during an altercation. The Assumption Parish Sheriff's Office said deputies were called to a home on Virginia Street near Belle Rose on June 22 in response to a victim claiming the suspect, later identified as 22-year-old Tiana Boudreaux, had bitten her during a dispute. The victim had a wound on their finger requiring medical treatment, deputies said. The Gonzales Police Department ar
  
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• Woman arrested on drug charges after she was pulled over for drunk driving in Napoleonville

  03-07-2024 08:16 via wbrz.com
  
  NAPOLEONVILLE– Assumption Parish Sheriff's Deputies arrested a woman from Galliano after they found drugs in her car while pulling her over for drunk driving. Deputies say 61-year-old Deirdre Marie Guidry crashed her car along LA Highway 308 Monday evening. She failed a field sobriety test.While investigating, deputies found multiple doses of morphine and marijuana bi-products. Guidry was arrested and faces several charges including driving while intoxicated, possess
  
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• Deputies asking for help in search for stolen boat

  03-07-2024 08:09 via wbrz.com
  
  HAMMOND - Deputies are asking for help in locating a boat and its trailer that were believed to be stolen from the Club Deluxe Road area. The Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office said the boat, a Shearwater center console boat, and its trailer were parked on Club Deluxe Road when they were believed to be stolen on June 16. The total value of the boat and trailer is $75,000. Anyone with information is encouraged to call Crime Stoppers of Tangipahoa at (1-800) 554-5245.Pe
  
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• Planning on traveling for the Fourth of July holiday? Here's how to avoid the rush

  03-07-2024 05:47 via wbrz.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Fourth of July is right around the corner, and the travel rush is already heating up.Millions of Americans are preparing to get out of town sometime in the coming holiday week. That will likely mean busy roads, as well as packed airports and train stations.Motor club AAA projects that some 70.9 million travelers will head 50 miles (80 kilometers) or more from their homes over a nine-day Independence Day travel period — surpassing pre-pandemic numbers for
  
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• New preparation for this year's Fireworks on the Mississippi

  02-07-2024 20:43 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - For more than 50 years, WBRZ's Fireworks on the Mississippi has brought together the Baton Rouge community and neighboring parishes for the largest fireworks show in Louisiana. Preparations for this year's show are different than previous years. Lead technician Adam Siegal said in the past, they used a manual system. This year everything will be digital.“We have a lot more control over when the shell launches to when it breaks in the air. We can eliminate dead a
  
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• Livingston officials close La. 441 south of I-12 at Holden after crash blocks roadway

  02-07-2024 18:04 via wbrz.com
  
  HOLDEN — Livingston Parish officials say they have closed La. 441 south of Interstate 12 because of a traffic accident.In a Facebook post, the Livingston Parish Fire Protection No. 2 says a two-vehicle accident has blocked the roadway between I-12 and La. 42. Online traffic maps place the location about 1½ miles south of the interstate and about a mile north of La. 42. Permalink| Comments
  
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• INVESTIGATIVE UNIT: Madison Brooks rape case goes before Baton Rouge judge again. Tune to WBRZ now.

  02-07-2024 17:48 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE — A Baton Rouge judge ruled Tuesday that the state must turn over more evidence to a defense lawyer representing a man indicted in the rape of Madison Brooks, an LSU student struck by a car and killed along Burbank Drive in early 2023.Over the state's objections, Judge Gail Ray said lawyer Joseph Long was entitled to see more of the evidence gathered against Casen Carver, one of four men to leave a Tigerland bar with Brooks early on Jan. 15, 2023. Three men were accused of
  
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• INVESTIGATIVE UNIT: Madison Brooks rape case goes before Baton Rouge judge again

  02-07-2024 17:48 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE — A Baton Rouge judge ruled Tuesday that the state must turn over more evidence to a defense lawyer representing a man indicted in the rape of Madison Brooks, an LSU student struck by a car and killed along Burbank Drive in early 2023.Over the state's objections, Judge Gail Ray said lawyer Joseph Long was entitled to see more of the evidence gathered against Casen Carver, one of four men to leave a Tigerland bar with Brooks early on Jan. 15, 2023. Three men were accused of
  
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• 2-year-old from Central to have picture on Times Square jumbotron by Down Syndrome organization

  02-07-2024 17:40 via wbrz.com
  
  CENTRAL — The National Down Syndrome Society will present five hundred photos of individuals with Down Syndrome on multiple jumbotrons in Times Square in September. One of those photos will be of a 2-year-old from Central.Cade Forbes has had a big smile on his face ever since he was born."Cade was born Sept. 9, 2021, he's almost three. We did not know he had Down syndrome while I was pregnant with him, we found out when he was born," his mother Casey said.When Cade was born, the Forbe
  
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• Emergency officials warn of heat-related illness ahead of Fourth of July holiday

  02-07-2024 17:24 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - For the Fourth of July holiday, you'll catch families and friends at the pool, grilling and popping fireworks outside, but southeast Louisiana is hitting triple-digit temperatures and is in an excessive heat warning.Brad Harris with Baton Rouge EMS says to take precautions when being outside too long. "People don't necessarily pay attention to the heat when they're outside enjoying the company of others, so it's a good idea to keep an eye on everyone in your group," Harri
  
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• Fourth man arrested in May killing of Zachary High student

  02-07-2024 17:11 via wbrz.com
  
  ZACHARY — A fourth man was arrested Tuesday for the killing of a 16-year-old Zachary High School student in May, New Roads Police said.ZayQuin Joseph, 19, was arrested and charged with one count of second-degree murder. The Marksville man was booked into the Pointe Coupee Detention Center. On June 24, 21-year-old Michael Anderson of Baker, 22-year-old Brandon Bell and 19-year-old Dylan Bell of Ventress were also arrested for second-degree murder in the killing of Jonathan Joh
  
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• Tenant evicted after moving out, eviction preventing him from moving into new place

  02-07-2024 15:54 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - One man was evicted after he moved out of his apartment and now months later the landlord is hitting him up for rent and late fees.The East Baton Rouge Parish Housing Authority tells 2 On Your Side that because Kentrell Valentine did not put in writing that he'd be moving out of his apartment, his apartment manager went ahead and filed an eviction after he had cleaned up and left.It's something that has cost Valentine his independence."I mopped and swept and cleaned everything out
  
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• Police arrest man accused of attempted rape, robbery of Gonzales supermarket employee

  02-07-2024 15:19 via wbrz.com
  
  GONZALES — A man was arrested for the attempted rape and robbery of a female employee behind Lamendola’s Supermarket, Gonzales Police said.Samuel Lane, 40, was arrested Monday on attempted first-degree robbery, attempted first-degree rape and second-degree battery for the incident at Lamendola’s on West Ascension Street.Around 4 a.m. on Friday, a female employee at the supermarket was assaulted while she was feeding some cats outside the store. According to police,
  
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• Houma man arrested after deputies found drugs during traffic stop

  02-07-2024 15:03 via wbrz.com
  
  HOUMA— A Houma man faces multiple drug charges after Terrebonne Parish Sheriff's Deputies found illegal narcotics during a traffic stop.Deputies say they pulled over 43-year-old Aaron Anthony Lampton Thursday evening on Roy Street. During the stop, he tried to get rid of the illegal drugs in his car but was caught and immediately arrested. He was already under investigation by deputies for suspected drug activity in the Village East Neighborhood.After obtaining a search warra
  
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• Man surrenders, arrested for negligent homicide in months-long Central crash investigation

  02-07-2024 14:31 via wbrz.com
  
  CENTRAL — A Slaughter man turned himself in Tuesday for the negligent homicide of a man in November 2023, Central Police said.Dakota Naquin, 21, was arrested after a months-long investigation by Central Police, the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office and the Baton Rouge Police Department's Traffic Homicide Unit into the death of 50-year-old Charles Lepisto on Joor Road after the Nov. 3 crash. His cause of death was blunt force trauma, police said.Police said Naquin was driving so
  
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• Judge delays Trumps sentencing in hush money case to eye high court ruling on presidential immunity

  02-07-2024 14:16 via wbrz.com
  
  Former President Donald Trump’s sentencing in his hush money case has been postponed to September after the judge agreed Tuesday to weigh the possible impact of a new Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity.Trump had been scheduled to face sentencing July 11 on his New York conviction on felony charges of falsifying business records. He denies any wrongdoing.The postponement sets the sentencing for Sept. 18, well after the Republican National Convention, where Trump is
  
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• Gas line broken during construction work on Bluebonnet Boulevard

  02-07-2024 14:12 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - Crews are working a hazmat scene after a gas line was damaged due to construction work on Tuesday.The St. George Fire Department said crews were working the scene on Bluebonnet between Jefferson and Airline highways. There were no road closures, but officials asked residents to stay back and keep a safe perimeter. Permalink| Comments
  
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• Northeast High Alumni hosting event to provide scholarships for graduating seniors

  02-07-2024 13:54 via wbrz.com
  
  PRIDE - The Northeast High Alumni has an event planned to raise money for its graduating seniors and to honor students and faculty who are no longer part of the alumni family. Next weekend, the inaugural alumni celebration will be held on the Northeast High School grounds. Over 1,000 alumni came together over a year ago to plan the event and decide how to gather thousands of alumni together starting with the inaugural class of 1982 while also honoring the school's newest gradu
  
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• WATCH: Two women caught on camera stealing puppies in Loranger

  02-07-2024 13:52 via wbrz.com
  
  LORANGER— Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Deputies are searching for two women caught on video stealing three puppies from a home in Loranger Saturday evening.In surveillance video provided by deputies, the women can be seen stealing three German Shepard puppies from the backyard. They can be seen looking at the camera before they carried the puppies to their car and driving off.Anyone with information about the theft can call the Sheriff's Office. Permalink| Comments
  
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• Deputies looking for two women caught on camera stealing puppies from Loranger home

  02-07-2024 13:52 via wbrz.com
  
  LORANGER— Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Deputies are searching for two women caught on video stealing three puppies from a home in Loranger Saturday evening.In surveillance video provided by deputies, the women can be seen unleashing and stealing three German Shepard puppies from the backyard.Ashely Rodriguez with the Tangipahoa Sheriff's Office says the security camera alerted the homeowners in real-time while they were away."(The homeowners) even tried to engage with them through the
  
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• Child killed in Albany murder-suicide was nephew of woman who killed 8-year-old, husband, herself

  02-07-2024 13:02 via wbrz.com
  
  ALBANY — An 8-year-old found dead in an Albany murder-suicide on Monday was the nephew of the woman who killed her husband, the child and herself, the Livingston Parish coroner said.The child, Jiovanni Dahl, was in the custody of his mother's sister Jenny Williamson, 49. Dahl's mother was a heroin addict, court records show.According to the Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office, Jenny Williamson shot her husband Steven Williamson, 49, and Dahl before killing herself at some point over th
  
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• Child killed in Albany murder-suicide lived with his great aunt, who killed him, her husband and herself

  02-07-2024 13:02 via wbrz.com
  
  ALBANY — The 8-year-old killed in an Albany murder-suicide was the great-nephew of the woman who killed him and her husband before killing herself.Jenny Williamson, 49, had custody of the child, Jiovanni Dahl, who was identified by the coroner's office Tuesday.According to the Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office, Jenny Williamson shot her husband Steven Williamson, 49, and Dahl before killing herself at some point over the weekend. Deputies were called to the West Bates Road home aroun
  
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• Grosse Tete residents frustrated over drawbridge 'fix'

  02-07-2024 12:35 via wbrz.com
  
  GROSSE TETE - Residents expressed their frustrations to Iberville Parish government officials about how the damaged draw bridge has been handled. During a meeting Tuesday evening, residents said the pedestrian ferry is opened for local foot traffic but passengers say that the hours are not practical. It runs from 5 a.m. to 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. to 8 p.m."The ferry has been helping. But in some ways it's not. I have a daughter. She works from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. and she can not get on the ferr
  
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