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12/4/2024
Man arrested for murder while wearing ankle monitor officially charged
Posted 3:18 PM 12/4/2024 by Logan Cullop
BATON ROUGE - A man who was jailed in August for a murder six months prior was formally charged Wednesday.
Tremayne "Meezy" Lindsey was indicted for second-degree murder and attempted second-degree murder. The charges are connected to a shooting Feb. 9 that left Tedrick Owens dead (More)
12/3/2024
Class action suit against Baton Rouge for red-light ticket program moving forward
Posted 6:00 PM 12/3/2024 by Bess Casserleigh
BATON ROUGE - A six-year-old civil suit against the City of Baton Rouge for its red-light ticket program has received the green light to move forward.
If the suit goes the way similar litigation in the state has, Baton Rouge could be on the hook for tens of millions of dollars. New Orleans (More)
11/27/2024
WBR constable's office may owe nearly $100k after AG declares speeding tickets illegal
Posted 6:25 PM 11/27/2024 by Bess Casserleigh
ADDIS - After issuing hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of speeding tickets that Attorney General Liz Murrill says are illegal, the Ward Two Constable's (More)
11/26/2024
INVESTIGATIVE UNIT: AG's office says thousands of La. 1 speeding tickets sent by mail are illegal
Posted 5:39 PM 11/26/2024 by Bess Casserleigh & Logan Cullop
ADDIS - Attorney General Liz Murrill says recent speeding citations alleging violations in school zones along La. 1 are illegal, nullifying hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines that could have been collected.
More than 4,000 speeding tickets were issued in a two-week period by (More)
11/25/2024
INVESTIGATIVE UNIT: Section of interstate in Baton Rouge has been the site of six shootings
Posted 3:00 PM 11/26/2024 by Bess Casserleigh
BATON ROUGE - A particular stretch of interstate in Baton Rouge has turned out to be one of the most dangerous this year, not because of crashes, but for shootings.
Interstate 110 had six shootings in 2024, four of them were fatal.
On (More)
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)
