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11/20/2024
Man arrested in fatal high-speed drunk driving crash had 4 previous speeding tickets dismissed
Posted 5:57 PM 11/20/2024 by Bess Casserleigh & Logan Cullop
BATON ROUGE — A man accused of killing two people in a drunk-driving crash has a long list of dismissed traffic violations and was convicted of a crime of abuse, the WBRZ Investigative (More)
11/19/2024
Despite son's unsolved murder case, Baton Rouge woman finds peace helping grieving moms move forward
Posted 12:37 PM 11/20/2024 by Bess Casserleigh
BATON ROUGE — Louis Robinson was 29 when he was gunned down in the middle of the day. He left behind three children and a mother who still don't know why he was taken from them.
Robinson was known as rapper Louis Badazz. In 2018, he had a hit on the local radio called 'Let Me Thru (More)
11/14/2024
Attorney Unglesby alleges former Central Police Lt. arrest was politically motivated
Posted 2:32 PM 11/15/2024 by Bess Casserleigh
CENTRAL - Prominent Baton Rouge defense attorney Lewis Unglesby alleges his client, former Central Police Lt. Huey Haley, was unjustly targeted.
"The charges in Central against my client Huey Haley are ill-founded," Unglesby said. "We don't agree that he did anything improper (More)
11/12/2024
Four inmates indicted for murder in fatal stabbing at Dixon Correctional
Posted 9:04 AM 11/13/2024 by Logan Cullop and Bess Casserleigh
JACKSON - Four Dixon Correctional inmates have been indicted on murder charges one week after a fatal stabbing that happened in the prison's yard.
Inmate Joseph Constance (More)
11/11/2024
INVESTIGATIVE UNIT: New documents say EBR deputies filmed alleged assault of handcuffed inmate
Posted 5:57 PM 11/11/2024 by Bess Casserleigh
BATON ROUGE - New documents obtained by the WBRZ Investigative Unit show that three correctional deputies who were arrested for assaulting an inmate filmed the encounter inside the parish prison.
According to a search warrant, former East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's deputies Elijah (More)
11/6/2024
Family of inmate stabbed to death says prison not answering questions
Posted 6:02 PM 11/6/2024 by Bess Casserleigh & Logan Cullop
JACKSON - The family of an inmate killed at Dixon Correctional is searching for answers about what happened to their loved one and who is being held accountable for his death.
According to the East Feliciana Parish Sheriff's Office, 39-year-old Cornelius Kelly was stabbed to death in the (More)
11/4/2024
BREC chairman disputes treasurer's concerns about park system's financial situation
Posted 8:01 PM 11/4/2024 by WBRZ Staff
BATON ROUGE - BREC's nine-person commission may be at odds Monday following the treasurer's revelations to the WBRZ Investigative Unit.
Commissioner and treasurer Dwayne Rogers began expressing concerns about BREC'S finances late last year, (More)
11/1/2024
BREC commissioner, treasurer concerned with park system's financial situation
Posted 8:40 AM 11/2/2024 by Bess Casserleigh
BATON ROUGE — BREC is asking voters to pass a tax renewal that will provide about 60 percent of its funding for the next 20 years, but commissioner and treasurer Dwayne Rogers has concerns about the state of the park system he helps oversee.
"I would have concerns about entrusting (More)
10/31/2024
Dad questioning why deputy still has job after accidentally using stun gun on 13-year-old girl
Posted 6:12 PM 10/31/2024 by Bess Casserleigh & Logan Cullop
BATON ROUGE - The father of a Baton Rouge middle schooler is questioning why a school resource officer still has a job after accidentally deploying his stun gun (More)...
10/30/2024
School resource officer put on leave after student shot with taser at bus transfer site Tuesday
Posted 1:40 PM 10/31/2024 by Logan Cullop
BATON ROUGE - A sheriff's deputy working as a school resource officer accidentally shot an eighth-grade girl with a stun gun at a bus transfer site Tuesday, a statement from the school system says.
The school system put Deputy Nicholas Davis on leave from his extra duty job working at the (More)
