Baton Rouge LA

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - A third person has been arrested in connection with a deadly shooting from 2022. According to the Baton Rouge Police Department, Charles Aites, 26, is charged with first-degree murder. The shooting happened in December of 2022 and claimed the life of Timothy Chapman, investigators said....

wbrz.com - 11/28/2025 02:00:00 PM. A few days ago, a man named Kennice Crawford from Baton Rouge was arrested under the charges of kidnapping and assaulting a woman. The victim was discovered at the residence of Crawford's mother, bearing facial injuries. Crawford is now facing multiple charges, including simple...

BATON ROUGE — A second suspect has now been arrested in the brutal beating and disappearance of 73-year-old Woodrow Vaughn, according to new details outlined in an arrest warrant. As UWK first reported, Breanna Terrance, 30, was previously arrested and charged in Vaughn’s death. New documents reveal that Edward...

PORT ALLEN, La. (WAFB) - An investigation is underway after someone was hit in the face with a beer bottle in Port Allen, police said. According to the Port Allen Police Department, the incident happened late Saturday night, November 29, at French Quarter Bar and Daiquiri on South Alexander Avenue.

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - A domestic incident led to a deadly stabbing in Baton Rouge early Monday morning, December 1. According to the Baton Rouge Police Department, the stabbing happened around 12:20 a.m. and claimed the life of Kyle Deontae Coleman, 28. Police said they learned that Coleman had...

BATON ROUGE - Though police know who did it, there have been no arrests yet in the stabbing death of Kyle Coleman; that's because the person who allegedly stabbed him may have been acting in self defense. Coleman was stabbed early Monday morning on North Ardenwood Drive. He drove himself...

Daniel Mccoy, 18, of Baton Rouge is facing multiple charges including aggravated kidnapping, carjacking, and armed robbery.

Chad Hughes, a Baton Rouge developer and restaurateur, was arrested Monday on counts of theft and issuing bad checks for his alleged role in the fraudulent purchase of a trailer. Hughes, who co-owns Ivar's Sports Bar and Grill bar and was the owner of the recently-closed Bengal Taproom and Happy's...

A fast-growing New York City-based pizza chain is set to open its first Baton Rouge location on Siegen Lane early next year. Prince St. Pizza is set to open at 6556 Siegen in a space that had been occupied by Blaze Pizza, said Charlie Colvin of Momentum Commercial Real Estate, who had the listing for the property....

A fire at an East Baton Rouge Parish home on Nov. 27 was caused by an electrical malfunction and no injuries were reported, though a dog was safely rescued.