Kevin Foster
Updated: Jan. 25, 2023 at 7:24 PM CST
|By Kevin Foster
A Louisiana man was sentenced to 45 years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of kidnapping for his role in a scheme to murder gay men.
Updated: Oct. 12, 2022 at 2:44 PM CDT
|By Kevin Foster and Raley Pellittieri
Multiple robbers made off with a “significant” amount of money during an early morning heist of a video poker parlor in Assumption Parish, investigators said.
Updated: Sep. 16, 2022 at 1:45 PM CDT
|By Kevin Foster
Southern University is considering a curfew at its Baton Rouge campus after a fight on campus Tuesday, Sept. 13.
Updated: Sep. 7, 2022 at 5:07 PM CDT
|By Kevin Foster
An online video of an apparent fight involving FedEx contractors is gaining traction on social media. In response, a FedEx official announced some of the men involved are no longer providing services for the company.
Updated: Sep. 1, 2022 at 6:53 PM CDT
|By Kevin Foster
Campus police at Louisiana State University cited a student accused of grabbing and attempting to follow a person near one of the school’s residence halls.
Updated: Sep. 1, 2022 at 6:44 PM CDT
|By Scottie Hunter and Kevin Foster
The man who was arrested and eventually charged in the attempted kidnapping plot at LSU posed as a delivery driver with DoorDash, the 9News Investigators have learned.
Updated: Aug. 22, 2022 at 3:04 PM CDT
|By Kevin Foster
WAFB has confirmed the Baton Rouge Police Department is investigating after a fight led to one of its officers using a taser to break up the altercation.
Updated: Aug. 19, 2022 at 3:47 PM CDT
|By Scottie Hunter and Kevin Foster
Officials with the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) have released the initial findings of the internal investigation into the agency’s handling of a case that resulted in the death of two-year-old Mitchell Robinson, III.
Updated: Aug. 16, 2022 at 5:35 PM CDT
|By Kevin Foster and Scottie Hunter
Gov. John Bel Edwards’ says the handling of certain cases by the Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) represents a “real failure.”
Updated: Aug. 8, 2022 at 10:17 PM CDT
|By Scottie Hunter and Kevin Foster
Senate Select Committee on Women and Children added the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) to its agenda for Monday, Aug. 8.
Updated: Aug. 5, 2022 at 6:37 PM CDT
|By Scottie Hunter and Kevin Foster
Louisiana's Department of Children and Family Services has been called to answer questions from lawmakers over its handling of cases of abuse and deadly drug exposure.
Updated: Aug. 3, 2022 at 6:47 PM CDT
|By Scottie Hunter and Kevin Foster
The 9News Investigators have learned that the Department of Children and Family Services is conducting a full review of how the case was handled after the overdose death of a 2-year-old boy.
Updated: Jul. 20, 2022 at 10:21 PM CDT
|By Kevin Foster
Authorities are investigating the death of an inmate at Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, Department of Corrections spokesman Ken Pastorick said.
Updated: Jul. 15, 2022 at 11:50 AM CDT
|By Kevin Foster
A former Louisiana state senator was caught on camera saying he’d “go to the sheriff” to report an Assumption Parish sheriff’s deputy who criticized his so-called speeding habit.
Updated: Jul. 15, 2022 at 8:30 AM CDT
|By Kevin Foster
A Louisiana State Police (LSP) spokesman says an employee remains on active duty, despite that employee’s involvement in an ongoing boating crash investigation.
Updated: Jul. 8, 2022 at 6:18 PM CDT
|By Scottie Hunter and Kevin Foster
Davis said Friday that he was “simply wrong in that situation.”
Updated: Jul. 7, 2022 at 11:13 AM CDT
|By Kevin Foster
The man convicted of shooting and killing LSU basketball player Wayde Sims in 2018 has been formally sentenced to life in prison, according to a report published in The Advocate.
Updated: Jun. 27, 2022 at 5:37 PM CDT
|By Kevin Foster
Three East Baton Rouge Parish deputies are being charged for participating in an alleged pay fraud scheme and making off with thousands of dollars.
Updated: Jun. 17, 2022 at 6:11 PM CDT
|By Kevin Foster and Scottie Hunter
Louisiana State Police’s second-in-command is officially done. Doug Cain retired abruptly as several investigations swirl.
Updated: Jun. 9, 2022 at 2:06 PM CDT
|By Kevin Foster
Federal investigators have set up an email address as they investigate policing practices by Louisiana State Police.
Updated: May. 27, 2022 at 7:49 PM CDT
|By Kevin Foster
After admitting detectives failed to pursue allegations of a sexual crime as “diligently” as they should have, questions remain on whether a sheriff will discipline any of the deputies involved.
Updated: May. 27, 2022 at 6:29 PM CDT
|By Kevin Foster
A Louisiana state lawmaker’s testimony about Gov. John Bel Edwards’ knowledge of the Ronald Greene death investigation is drawing a strong denial from the governor’s top staffers.
Updated: May. 27, 2022 at 4:02 PM CDT
|By Kevin Foster
A 19th Judicial District judge says her office is investigating an imposter Facebook account that she believes has sent personal messages to others while pretending to be her.
Updated: May. 27, 2022 at 11:05 AM CDT
|By Kevin Foster
Livingston Parish Sheriff Jason Ard said Friday, May 27, that his office has completed a reopened investigation into Tiki Tubing owner Patricia Fore.
Updated: May. 25, 2022 at 5:20 PM CDT
|By Kevin Foster
A former Baton Rouge police officer continues to raise misconduct allegations against the department’s disgraced narcotics division.
Updated: May. 25, 2022 at 10:53 AM CDT
|By Kevin Foster
A newly-released state audit of the LSU system can be summarized in a single line - the state’s flagship university did not properly monitor its spending.
Updated: May. 20, 2022 at 4:18 PM CDT
|By Elizabeth Vowell and Kevin Foster
Veteran police officer Brandon Taylor is on administrative leave, according to a spokesman with the Baton Rouge Police Department.
Updated: May. 20, 2022 at 12:20 PM CDT
|By Kevin Foster
Just days after Tiki Tubing owner John Fore was arrested for sexual battery, his partner, Patricia Fore, has been booked on the same charge.
Updated: May. 20, 2022 at 11:41 AM CDT
|By Kevin Foster
A Guatemalan national, who authorities say was in the United States illegally, has been arrested in Baton Rouge in connection to a child sex trafficking case.
Updated: May. 19, 2022 at 10:05 AM CDT
|By Kevin Foster and Scottie Hunter
Ascension Parish Councilman Corey Orgeron and one of his former law clients, Roydall Lumar, were both found guilty of misdemeanor simple battery Wednesday, May 18.
Updated: May. 16, 2022 at 3:50 PM CDT
|By Kevin Foster
The family of a man who drowned while recreationally tubing on the Amite River has filed a federal wrongful death lawsuit.
Updated: May. 13, 2022 at 5:38 PM CDT
|By Kevin Foster
Baton Rouge Police Chief Murphy Paul met with President Biden and others in the Biden administration on Friday, May 13.
Updated: May. 13, 2022 at 4:56 PM CDT
|By Elizabeth Vowell and Kevin Foster
Pastor Tony Spell says he’s already planning a triumphant Sunday sermon, following a Louisiana Supreme Court decision.
Updated: May. 12, 2022 at 6:50 PM CDT
|By Kevin Foster
Master Trooper Adam Gaubert’s name has been added to the Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington D.C.
Updated: May. 11, 2022 at 4:27 PM CDT
|By Kevin Foster
At least one juvenile at Glen Oaks Middle School was transported to the hospital Wed., May 11 after reports of a possible drug overdose, according to emergency responders.
THE INVESTIGATORS: EBR public defender’s office doubles down on ‘mission’ as ‘peer review’ continues
Updated: Apr. 29, 2022 at 5:17 PM CDT
|By Scottie Hunter and Kevin Foster
The EBR Parish public defender’s office seeks to reassure the public that it is “working hard” for its clients, at the same time as an ongoing state investigation into allegations of wrongdoing in the office.
Updated: Apr. 26, 2022 at 4:34 PM CDT
|By Kevin Foster
Officials said four black males were able to get away with threes firearms, including one belonging to an off-duty law enforcement officer.
Updated: Apr. 12, 2022 at 10:36 AM CDT
|By Kevin Foster and Breanne Bizette
Sean Ardoin, a three-time Grammy nominee, is partnering with the Golden Band from Tigerland to record his entire forthcoming album, which is something he says no other artist has done in history.
Updated: Apr. 9, 2022 at 1:58 PM CDT
|By Kevin Foster
The fraternity is suspended until May of 2023 and is barred from campus activities. It is also blocked from selecting or admitting new members during the suspension.
Updated: Apr. 3, 2022 at 8:06 PM CDT
|By Kevin Foster
Baton Rouge police say at least one teen is in custody, and at least one other person may be on the run after stealing a car with a child inside.
Updated: Mar. 28, 2022 at 4:07 PM CDT
|By Kevin Foster
Police say that one person is in stable condition at a local hospital after a late-night shooting Saturday, March 26 in St. Gabriel.
Updated: Mar. 25, 2022 at 5:24 PM CDT
|By Kevin Foster
The announcement published Friday, March 25, was meant to answer questions raised by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Those questions centered on whether the officer can sue the organizer of an event that ends in a crime.
Updated: Mar. 18, 2022 at 5:35 PM CDT
|By Scottie Hunter and Kevin Foster
Exclusive new audio obtained by the 9News Investigators revealed what was said when retired Louisiana State Police (LSP) superintendent Kevin Reeves and his legal team met privately with Louisiana House Speaker Clay Schexnayder (R - Gonzales) earlier this year to discuss Ronald Greene’s death investigation.
Updated: Mar. 12, 2022 at 3:56 PM CST
|By Kevin Foster
LSU has fired head basketball coach Will Wade and associate head coach Bill Armstrong on Saturday, March 12, university officials said.
Updated: Mar. 11, 2022 at 4:22 PM CST
|By Kevin Foster
Records show the incident happened on June 23. A lineman was wrapping a power pole when he was electrocuted by an, “energized 23-kilovolt phase,” records show.
Updated: Mar. 11, 2022 at 3:05 PM CST
|By Kevin Foster
Louisiana’s Special Committee to Inquire into the Circumstances and Investigation of the Death of Ronald Greene has called former heads of Louisiana State Police to testify.
Updated: Feb. 23, 2022 at 8:56 AM CST
|By Kevin Foster
Vice President Kamala Harris will visit south Louisiana, on Friday, Feb. 25, according to the White House.
Updated: Feb. 9, 2022 at 7:44 PM CST
|By Kevin Foster
Now, some lawmakers want to know why it appears the firm’s involvement was only known to a select few
Updated: Feb. 8, 2022 at 10:17 PM CST
|By Kevin Foster
Dozens of text messages and emails show staffers in Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards’ office attempting to manage a response to fallout over the death of Ronald Greene.
Updated: Jan. 31, 2022 at 11:56 AM CST
|By Kevin Foster and Chris Rosato
Some Louisiana lawmakers are calling for Gov. John Bel Edwards to be investigated over his knowledge of the death of Ronald Greene. Others say it’s just politics at play.
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