The sheriff says the breach occurred inside the ceiling of the recreation room, with the two inmates gaining access to the air duct and making their way out of the jail.
A man is in the hospital recovering from gunshot wounds after being shot and kidnapped on Tuesday, May 23, according to the Iberville Parish Sheriff’s Office.
Ladarrius Evans, 18, was arrested on Sat., May 6 after deputies said that he carjacked a couple traveling from Arkansas to New Orleans for a cruise at the Red Roof Inn Plus on Puma Drive in Hammond.
The Baton Rouge Fire Department announced the arrest of an arson suspect who had allegedly been terrorizing a neighborhood while squatting at a home in the area.
Another young mother was lost to gun violence, part of a quadruple shooting Saturday night that left two people dead in the Pines Village section of New Orleans East.
A teen and juvenile could face charges in two parishes after the car they allegedly crashed in East Feliciana Parish reportedly turned out to be stolen from a used car lot in a neighboring parish.
Kaivon Washington was indicted for rape and another charge in the Madison Brooks case and was also officially charged in connection with a 2022 rape investigation.
Kaivon Washington, one of the suspects arrested for the alleged rape of LSU student Madison Brooks, has been indicted by a Livingston Parish grand jury for a separate alleged incident that took place in Walker.