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According to Sheriff Bobby Webre, detectives with the Ascension Parish Sheriff’s Office have obtained an arrest warrant for John Ruiz, 44, of Plaquemine, in connection with a copper wire theft investigation. Ruiz is wanted for one count of Theft $1,000 but Less than $5,000, one count of Simple Criminal Damage to Proper

DENHAM SPRINGS - A Livingston Parish nonprofit is holding a back-to-school supply giveaway this weekend for local families. JUMP Nonprofit is currently accepting donations of new backpacks, school supplies, hygiene supplies and monetary contributions ahead of the event. Supply donations can be dropped off at Renu Behav

BATON ROUGE - A Baton Rouge student is one of 15 recipients of a national scholarship. Donte Hall will receive the Jim Kennedy Scholarship Fund, which awards $10,000 annually for up to four years. The scholarship is funded by Cox and is given only to students whose parents are Cox employees.

BATON ROUGE — A driver led police on a pursuit before running a red light and hitting another vehicle carrying five people, according to police. On July 29, just after midnight on South Choctaw Drive near North Foster Drive, an officer clocked a vehicle traveling around 60 miles per hour in a 45 miles per hour zone and

BATON ROUGE — Right now, there is a critical need for blood donations across the Capital Region. According to LifeShare Blood Center – Baton Rouge, its blood supply changes every day, but Types O-Positive and O-Negative are at critical levels. A critical level means the blood center has less than a one-day supply avail

BATON ROUGE - An East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office captain who reportedly told officers he doesn't drink was arrested following an alleged drunk-driving crash. Reports say he was trying to leave the hospital before police arrived. According to a document obtained by the WBRZ Investigative Unit, EBRSO Capt. Andrew Steve

BATON ROUGE — Three people surrendered to authorities Thursday afternoon following an hours-long stand-off at a home off Government Street. The U.S. Marshals Service, alongside the Baton Rouge Police Department's Special Response Team, blocked off Camelia Avenue near Government Street as they worked to serve multiple b

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Baton Rouge police and U.S. Marshals surrounded a home on Government Street Thursday before taking 50-year-old Timothy Tyler into custody. U.S. Deputy Marshal Mark Canning said Tyler was wanted in connection with multiple burglaries, including several storage unit thefts. Prior arrests and sto

Fearful of losing an ongoing custody battle, a Baton Rouge woman pressured her new boyfriend into killing the father of her children, texts between the accomplices show. The final exchange of messages between 29-year-old Hope Jackson and her boyfriend, 32-year-old Riddick Franklin, came only minutes before Franklin all

WALKER - A Mississippi man who was allegedly messaging someone he believed to be a teenage girl was taken into custody in Livingston Parish. The Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office said Daniel Becker from Picayune, Mississippi, was arrested in Walker. Law enforcement said Becker was inappropriately communicating with so