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Several BRPD arrests over past few months connected to gang activity
Posted 6:35 PM 6/13/2025 by Bess Casserleigh
BATON ROUGE — While Baton Rouge may not have the type of gang activity seen in bigger cities, the people who run in these so-called 'street groups' have been getting arrested for crimes as of late.
"I wouldn't say that we're going after specific gangs, we're going after people who (More)
6/10/2025
Metro Council looking to upgrade security after former member under scrutiny enters office
Posted 7:55 PM 6/10/2025 by Bess Casserleigh
BATON ROUGE -- The East Baton Rouge Metro Council offices in City Hall may be getting new security upgrades following what some members are calling a security breach.
Several council members tell WBRZ they are concerned with security after former member Chauna Banks visited City Hall on (More)
6/3/2025
St. George fire union president discusses meeting with fire chief, path forward amid legal battle
Posted 8:14 AM 6/4/2025 by Bess Casserleigh
Despite a heated, ongoing legal battle over pay discrepancy between the St. George firefighter's union and the department, things appear to be cooling off.
"We've talked to the fire chief. We're trying to work out some resolutions. The lawsuits are not dropped on either side per se, but (More)
6/2/2025
Investigative Unit: Two DCI inmates brutally attacked in six months, one fatally
Posted 9:56 PM 6/2/2025 by Bess Casserleigh
JACKSON - For the second time in six months, an inmate at Dixon Correctional in Jackson has been brutally attacked by another inmate.
Most recently with the near-fatal attack at the end of April.
Inmate Tedrick Carter was charged with attempted murder and first-degree rape.
(More)...5/29/2025
Domestic violence charges dropped against former St. Gabriel officer accused of pulling gun on ex
Posted 8:37 PM 5/29/2025 by Bess Casserleigh
ST. GABRIEL - Former St. Gabriel police officer Ronald Monroe is no longer facing domestic violence charges after the woman who originally accused him of pulling a gun on her recanted her statement.
Monroe was arrested in July of last year at his apartment in Gonzales after his girlfriend (More)
5/28/2025
Fired New Roads Police officer arrested again for pawning service weapons
Posted 6:44 PM 5/28/2025 by Bess Casserleigh
WHITE CASTLE -Former New Roads Police Sergeant Stacy Paul found himself back in custody Wednesday morning, after an investigation by his previous police department.
White Castle Police Chief Harold Brooks says, after learning about (More)
5/27/2025
INVESTIGATIVE: Fired New Roads PD officer arrested for pawning service weapons also did it elsewhere
Posted 6:26 PM 5/27/2025 by Bess Casserleigh
NEW ROADS - At 26-years-old, Stacy Paul obtained the rank of sergeant at the New Roads Police Department. Last week, he was fired -- after just seven months on the job -- and arrested.
"When you have an officer go rogue like that, renegade, rogue, he does something that's totally against (More)
5/22/2025
Violence, drugs persist at EHCC despite several changes in leadership
Posted 1:28 PM 5/25/2025 by Bess Casserleigh
ST. GABRIEL - Despite several changes in leadership at Elayn Hunt Correctional Center, drugs and violence continue to plague the prison.
Since the WBRZ Investigative Unit began reporting on the problems inside Hunt last year, Warden Donny Bordelon was suspended and removed and (More)
5/20/2025
Recent domestic violence related killing raises efficacy questions about legal protections
Posted 9:41 AM 5/21/2025 by Bess Casserleigh
BATON ROUGE - Kayelyn Ford, a 22-year-old mother, did everything she legally could to protect herself from her ex-boyfriend.
On Monday, deputies say, he shot and killed her.
"We could have helped, and I wish we would have had the opportunity to," director of Iris Domestic Violence (More)
