Defense attorneys for Desmond Carter are demanding all charges against him be dismissed, accusing prosecutors of leaking restricted evidence to on-air personality Nancy Grace.
Prosecutors working for Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill are asking for Judge Gail Horne Ray to be recused from presiding over the corruption cases against Councilman Cleve Dunn, Pearlina Thomas, a former CATS administrator, and contractor Jay Colar.
District Attorney Ricky Babin of the 23rd JDC said he now uses the habitual offender law about twice a month, compared with about twice a year when he was first elected two decades ago.
The Iberville Parish Sheriff’s Office arrested a prison employee at Elayn Hunt Correctional Center Thursday and charged her with malfeasance in office, a felony.
The Louisiana Attorney General’s Office amended the indictment against former Councilman and East Baton Rouge school superintendent Lamont Cole this month, reducing the number of corruption charges from five to three.
By Gray Louisiana, Kevin Foster and Chris Nakamoto
New arrest warrants reveal police visits, severe injuries and a high-speed chase in the murder investigation of 92-year-old Larry Salisbury in Baton Rouge.
The mother of a man accused of murdering his father says a system failure led to the 92-year-old’s death. It comes after a protective order meant to keep the man away from his father was lifted in court just weeks ago.
Court records obtained by the WAFB I-TEAM show the 92-year-old who was beaten to death in the 12000 block of Archery Drive had a protective order filed against his son, Bruce Salisbury.
An officer who was arrested twice while serving as a law enforcement officer in East Feliciana Parish has renewed his police certification and is back patrolling the streets, the WAFB I-TEAM uncovered.
Judge Steven Tureau has resigned from the 23rd Judicial District Court and says the impact of his election controversy on his children led him to step down.
A cash sale of a property has landed an attorney in jail on felony charges. Tom McCormick is accused of forging a prosecutor’s signature on the sale documents.
A Louisiana State Police investigator recommended a fellow trooper be criminally charged with battery after video surfaced showing him kicking a suspect in the head following a high-speed chase, according to records obtained by the WAFB I-TEAM.
Prosecutors working for Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill are asking for Judge Gail Horne Ray to be recused from presiding over the corruption cases against Councilman Cleve Dunn, Pearlina Thomas, a former CATS administrator, and contractor Jay Colar.
As Southeastern Conference leaders prepared to consider expelling LSU last week, university officials weren’t lobbying inside the meeting room, they were actively avoiding it.
Attorneys representing Lamont Cole and Terral Jackson are asking a court to throw out their corruption indictments for new reasons, according to brand new court filings this week.
A corruption watchdog says Louisiana State Police broke the law when it voided a set of traffic tickets issued to a driver whose wife works as the administrative assistant to the man who ran the agency at the time.
Baton Rouge police say the former LSU and NFL running back is accused of running a red light and slamming into a Ford F-150—killing two passengers inside and leaving the driver seriously hurt.
Attorneys representing Judge Steven Tureau appealed his disqualification to run for re-election as a 23rd JDC judge to the Louisiana Supreme Court Wednesday.
