Baton Rouge LA

CENTRAL, La. (WAFB) — Attorney Ryan Thompson and the NAACP addressed recent crimes targeting Central resident Carolyn Howard. Thompson, who is representing Howard and her son, filed a lawsuit Friday against the family of the 13-year-old boy accused of vandalizing the home, alleging the teen also lit part of Howard’s pr

Swimming Pool (Unsplash) A Prairieville woman operating an unlicensed in-home daycare faces a negligent homicide...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - A former deputy is facing charges after she allegedly stabbed her boyfriend during a domestic altercation early Monday morning, June 8. According to the East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office (EBRSO), deputies arrested Faith Placide, 27, and booked her into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison on one

A brother was charged with cruelty to animals after the East Feliciana Parish Sheriff's Office looked into accusations that a man threw his sibling's dog at steps.

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Landrick Ruffin was back in court Monday. He is charged with six counts of attempted first-degree murder after authorities said he allegedly got out of his car and opened fire on the car that was following him from behind. Police said he hit a 2-year-old that was in the back seat.

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The man accused of killing East Baton Rouge School System administrator Marcus Spears was found incompetent to stand trial on Monday, June 8, meaning he cannot help his lawyers through the case. Jaymie Thomas faces a second-degree murder charge in connection with Spears’ death.

On June 4, Regan Tingle thought the envelope she found at the produce stand was trash. She picked it up to throw it away. Driving east on Interstate 10 after crossing the Atchafalaya Basin last week, I was rerouted to a stretch of highway through Port Allen, when I saw a fruit stand I had never noticed before. It had a

BATON ROUGE — A man was arrested after he allegedly shot at a car containing three juveniles on Graham Street. On Friday, officers with the Baton Rouge Police Department responded to a shooting on Graham Street, where they located a victim who claimed she had been shot while driving near Kimberly Way and Kimberly Drive

BATON ROUGE - A 42-year-old woman was arrested after reportedly admitting to police that she threw her 10-month-old daughter out of a second-story window. Lisa Pearson was arrested for attempted second-degree murder on May 29 after allegedly tossing her child out of the window of a home along Old Plantation Lane. Witne

BATON ROUGE — A 27-year-old man who used to work at Take 5 Oil Change in Baton Rouge has been arrested after allegedly breaking into the Airline Highway business and stealing $200 from the safe. According to a Baton Rouge Police warrant, Dejontay Wings broke a window in the...