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I-TEAM: Defense attorneys say newly released video will be key in Madison Brooks case.

I-TEAM: Defense attorneys say newly released video will be key in Madison Brooks case

Updated: Jan. 27, 2023 at 6:57 PM CST
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By Scottie Hunter
There are still a lot of questions about exactly happened and how a night of underage drinking ended with LSU student Madison Brooks dead.

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I-TEAM: Parish tracked nearly 100 dog bite investigations in last year, records show.

I-TEAM: Parish tracked nearly 100 dog bite investigations in last year, records show

Updated: Jan. 26, 2023 at 6:16 PM CST
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By Scottie Hunter
Weeks after a young girl was killed in a dog attack, the WAFB I-TEAM is tracking how many times the parish has been warned about dangerous animals in the last year.

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Deputies arrest 4 in LSU student Madison Brooks case.

I-TEAM: 3 suspects in Madison Brooks rape case bond out of prison

Updated: Jan. 26, 2023 at 4:14 PM CST
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By Scottie Hunter
Three of the men accused of participating in or witnessing a sexual encounter involving an LSU student before her death bonded out of prison, according to records from the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office.

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Chance Seneca

La. man sentenced to 45 years after pleading guilty to targeting gay men to dismember them, use body parts

Updated: Jan. 25, 2023 at 7:24 PM CST
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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.
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Lawyers want grand jury, upgraded charges in Madison Brooks case

I-TEAM: Lawyers want grand jury, upgraded charges in Madison Brooks case

Updated: Jan. 24, 2023 at 3:32 PM CST
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By Scottie Hunter
Prosecutors will seek upgraded first-degree rape charges against men arrested after an alleged sexual encounter with an LSU student before her death hours later.

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Dior Bar & Lounge.

I-TEAM: Dior Bar and Lounge surrenders license after violent night

Updated: Jan. 24, 2023 at 2:01 PM CST
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By WAFB Staff
Bar regulators in Baton Rouge spent Monday fact-finding, seeking more information about violence at a local lounge over the weekend.

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Shooting on Bennington Avenue

I-TEAM: Dispatch audio paints chaotic scene of mass shooting at area bar

Updated: Jan. 23, 2023 at 6:35 PM CST
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By Scottie Hunter
Twelve people were hurt and police are working to track down the gunman following a mass shooting at Dior Bar and Lounge in Baton Rouge.

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Michael Henderson

Bullet stuck near Baton Rouge DJ’s spine after club shooting

Updated: Jan. 23, 2023 at 4:46 PM CST
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By Scottie Hunter
A Baton Rouge DJ never expected to end up in a hospital, unable to walk after a fun night out in the city, but violence and gunfire inside a lounge Saturday left Michael Henderson, who performs under the name DJ Revv, and 11 others hurt.

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Christian King

Arson suspect’s charges upgraded; will be held in prison without pre-trial bond

Updated: Jan. 20, 2023 at 6:23 PM CST
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By WAFB Staff
Prosecutors argued Friday that King repeatedly harassed his ex-girlfriend, Breanna Jones.

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Christian King

Arson suspect’s pre-trial bond hearing pushed back after issue contacting attorney

Updated: Jan. 18, 2023 at 6:17 PM CST
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By WAFB Staff
An arson suspect, Christian King, will need to return to court to discuss a pre-trial bail amount.

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Breanna Jones

‘She’s a survivor’: Arson victim returns home for first time ahead of suspect’s bond hearing

Updated: Jan. 17, 2023 at 6:28 PM CST
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By Scottie Hunter
It’s the first time Breanna Jones has seen her damaged home since the fire. She could only shake her head as she walked past her scorched door and burned belongings.

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Deadly car crash in Brusly

I-TEAM: Addis officer remains on leave after deadly crash

Updated: Jan. 17, 2023 at 6:25 PM CST
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By WAFB Staff
The fate of a police officer arrested after a deadly high-speed chase is now in the hands of councilmembers in the Town of Addis.

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Christian King

I-TEAM: DA wants man held in jail after arson arrest

Updated: Jan. 16, 2023 at 5:50 PM CST
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By WAFB Staff
According to BRFD, firefighters rushed to a home on Southmoor Drive near Goodwood Boulevard at around 8:30 a.m.

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A federal lawsuit has been filed against Deputy Marshal Clay Depew of the Jackson Police...

I-TEAM: Years after violent encounter, Jackson officer convicted

Updated: Jan. 13, 2023 at 6:22 PM CST
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By WAFB STAFF
A judge has spoken, convicting a Jackson deputy marshal of simple battery.

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Ronald Greene, a 49-year-old man from Monroe, died in 2019 after a car crash and being beaten...

Troopers stripped of pay after indictment in 2019 Ronald Greene case

Updated: Jan. 12, 2023 at 6:15 PM CST
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By Scottie Hunter
The Louisiana State Police Commission is stripping two troopers of their pay at the request of State Police.

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Meshell Hale - EBRSO

I-TEAM: Judge ‘abused’ power by granting convicted killer’s bond request, higher court decides

Updated: Jan. 3, 2023 at 6:34 PM CST
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By Scottie Hunter
A district judge in Baton Rouge is ordered to reconsider after awarding bond to a convicted killer challenging her life sentence.

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I-TEAM: Legal analyst weighs in after five officers indicted in death of Ronald Greene.

I-TEAM: Legal analyst weighs in after five officers indicted in death of Ronald Greene

Updated: Dec. 16, 2022 at 6:50 PM CST
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By Scottie Hunter
Three years after the brutal beating death of Ronald Greene at the tail end of a traffic stop in Monroe, four Louisiana State Police troopers and a Union Parish Sheriff’s deputy have been indicted for their role in what happened.

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The WAFB I-TEAM has learned a Texas gymnastics coach arrested on sexual misconduct charges last...

ITEAM: Texas gymnastics coach arrested on sex crimes has ties to Louisiana

Updated: Dec. 14, 2022 at 7:04 PM CST
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By Scottie Hunter
The WAFB I-TEAM has learned a Texas gymnastics coach arrested on sexual misconduct charges last week has a connection to a facility in the Baton Rouge area.

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Sabrina Scott, 35

I-TEAM: Mother booked in drug bust previously investigated by DCFS

Updated: Dec. 9, 2022 at 6:26 PM CST
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By Scottie Hunter
Sabrina Scott, 35, was arrested during a drug bust this week and was previously investigated by the Department of Children and Family Services according to an internal DCFS report obtained by the WAFB I-TEAM.

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East Baton Rouge Parish Coroner Dr. Beau Clark

I-TEAM: EBR coroner claims he’s full-time while also working two part-time jobs

Updated: Dec. 8, 2022 at 6:18 PM CST
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By Scottie Hunter
East Baton Rouge Parish Coroner Dr. Beau Clark refuses to say if he reimburses the parish for fuel or any other expenses when he drives his public vehicle to a private job 50 miles away in another parish.

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Zachary Police Chief David McDavid.

I-TEAM: Police chief issues warning after city employee arrested, accused of tipping off alleged drug dealer

Updated: Dec. 1, 2022 at 6:41 PM CST
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By Scottie Hunter
An employee with the Zachary City Courthouse was arrested on Wednesday, Nov. 30 after allegedly leaking information to a suspect.

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New temporary leader for DCFS lays out future plans to lawmakers

I-TEAM: New temporary leader for DCFS lays out future plans to lawmakers

Updated: Nov. 18, 2022 at 7:10 PM CST
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By Scottie Hunter
Terri Ricks, the new temporary head of the troubled Department of Children and Family Services went before lawmakers today to lay out her future plans for the agency.

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Charmaine Wilson, 25, was picked up on federal gun charges, including felon in possession of a...

I-TEAM: Baker man arrested on federal gun charges days after prior arrest

Updated: Nov. 18, 2022 at 6:34 PM CST
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By Scottie Hunter
The US Marshal Service Middle Louisiana Fugitive Task Force with the assistance of the East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office SWAT team and ATF made an arrest Wednesday, November 16, 2022.

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Rhenda Hodnett, a top leader with the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) has...

I-TEAM: Another top leader at DCFS heads for the door amid agency controversy

Updated: Nov. 16, 2022 at 10:21 PM CST
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By Scottie Hunter
Rhenda Hodnett, a top leader with the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) has announced she plans to retire at the end of the year.

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Senator Regina Barrow

I-TEAM: Lawmaker believes more change may be necessary at DCFS to right the ship

Updated: Nov. 11, 2022 at 7:29 PM CST
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By Scottie Hunter
Now that Secretary Marketa Walters is out at the Department of Children and Family Services, Senator Regina Barrow, (D) Baton Rouge, says the agency can finally move forward.

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Marketa Garner Walters, Secretary of DCFS

I-TEAM: DCFS Secretary Marketa Walters resigns amid agency’s recent deadly missteps

Updated: Nov. 10, 2022 at 6:21 PM CST
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By Scottie Hunter
The head of the Department of Children and Family Services, Marketa Garner Walters, has resigned from her post less than a week after Scottie Hunter and the WAFB I-TEAM exposed the agency’s latest misstep which allowed 1-year-old Jarhei Paul to die on their watch October 31, 2022.

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ITEAM: Nearly 85 cases untouched in capital area as DCFS 'strike team' works on caseload.

ITEAM: Nearly 85 cases untouched in Capital Area as DCFS ‘strike team’ works on caseload

Updated: Nov. 9, 2022 at 6:57 PM CST
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By Scottie Hunter
The WAFB I-TEAM is tracking the progress of the strike team that has been brought in to help get a handle on the flood of cases in Baton Rouge.

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Gov. John Bel Edwards

‘An absolute failure:’ La. governor blasts DCFS handling of child’s overdose death

Updated: Nov. 9, 2022 at 6:50 PM CST
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By Scottie Hunter
Louisiana’s governor is calling the Department of Children and Family Services’ (DCFS) handling of one its cases an “absolute failure” after a one-year-old boy died of a fentanyl overdose earlier in November.

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Law enforcement responds after a shooting involving an RPSO deputy in Alexandria Sunday morning

I-TEAM: After deputy allegedly kills brother of LSP top official, agency promises ‘impartial investigation’

Updated: Nov. 7, 2022 at 10:12 PM CST
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By Scottie Hunter
A Rapides Parish deputy is under investigation by Louisiana State Police (LSP) after killing the brother of one of the agency’s top three officials.

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DCFS officials speak to media members

I-TEAM: DCFS officials address latest failure in child’s overdose death

Updated: Nov. 7, 2022 at 7:58 PM CST
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By Scottie Hunter
Officials with Louisiana’s Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) are addressing the media Monday, Nov. 7, 2022 about their most recent handling of a case that resulted in the death of 1-year-old Jahrei Paul.

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Jahrei Paul

ITEAM: DCFS admits to failures in handling of case prior to child’s overdose death

Updated: Nov. 6, 2022 at 12:21 AM CDT
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By Scottie Hunter
The agency tasked with keeping kids safe across the state, the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS), is now telling the public exactly how they failed another child, only after the WAFB I-TEAM exposed the botched handling of a case that left 1-year-old Jahrei Paul dead.

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Jahrei Paul, 1

I-TEAM: 1-year-old dies with fentanyl in his system; DCFS worker claims negligence

Updated: Nov. 4, 2022 at 6:21 PM CDT
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By Scottie Hunter
A 1-year-old boy’s death has been ruled a homicide according to the East Baton Rouge Coroner’s Office.

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Vincent Hoang

I-TEAM: Teacher fired from Woodlawn High School amid sexual misconduct allegations

Updated: Oct. 25, 2022 at 4:35 PM CDT
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By Scottie Hunter
Teacher accused grooming students for sex at Episcopal School of Baton Rouge has now been fired for his job at Woodlawn High School.

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Bryan Cage, 37

THE INVESTIGATORS: Man arrested in road rage incident has history of violence

Updated: Oct. 20, 2022 at 5:48 PM CDT
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By Scottie Hunter
Bryan Cage, the man accused of brutally beating an Ascension Parish cancer patient following a road rage incident is locked up days after the encounter.

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Woodlawn High School

Fired Episcopal teacher Vincent Hoang put on leave from Woodlawn High

Updated: Oct. 12, 2022 at 6:35 PM CDT
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By Scottie Hunter
The East Baton Rouge Parish School Board placed a Woodlawn High teacher on paid administrative leave Wednesday October 12 following a report by the 9NEWS Investigators about his allegedly troubled past at another school.

Investigators

Episcopal School

THE INVESTIGATORS: Former student files salacious lawsuit against Episcopal School, former teacher

Updated: Oct. 11, 2022 at 6:51 PM CDT
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By Scottie Hunter
A lawsuit filed by a former Episcopal School student lays out salacious allegations against a former teacher at the elite private school in Baton Rouge.

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Kirk Thibodeaux.

La. trooper admits paying hotel clerk $200 for sex, records say

Updated: Oct. 6, 2022 at 6:28 PM CDT
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By Scottie Hunter
A Louisiana state trooper’s admission that he paid a hotel front desk clerk $200 dollars for sex may have helped him dodge a rape charge while at an out-of-state conference, investigative records obtained by WAFB show.

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James Roberts

THE INVESTIGATORS: Mother pushes for justice after son dies in Nicholson crash

Updated: Oct. 6, 2022 at 5:15 PM CDT
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By Scottie Hunter
Gail Roberts is pushing for justice after her son, James Roberts, was killed in a crash on Nicholson Drive last month.

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Nearly a year after a judge ordered a man to refund Claudette Davis the almost $4,500 she paid...

THE INVESTIGATORS: Even after judge’s ruling, woman still waiting on refund for son’s headstone

Updated: Oct. 3, 2022 at 7:22 PM CDT
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By Scottie Hunter
Nearly a year after a judge ordered a man to refund Claudette Davis the almost $4,500 she paid him for a headstone for her son’s grave, the man has still not paid up and her son’s grave remains without a headstone.

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EBR Day of Hope event

THE INVESTIGATORS: EBR Schools doubles down in defense of Day of Hope event

Updated: Sep. 22, 2022 at 6:37 PM CDT
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By Scottie Hunter
The East Baton Rouge school district is doubling down in its defense of the Day of Hope as criticisms pour in about what happened there.

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The final moments of Dylan McClendon's life were captured in a 911 call for help as those...

THE INVESTIGATORS: Family raises questions over lack of autopsy in loved one’s overdose death

Updated: Sep. 19, 2022 at 6:39 PM CDT
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By Scottie Hunter
The final moments of Dylan McClendon’s life were captured in a 911 call for help as those around him scrambled to alert first responders.

Investigators

Data shows universities across the country have shelled out millions to fire their coaches -...

Big Bucks, Big Buyouts: Public universities shell out millions of dollars firing coaches who didn’t win enough

Updated: Sep. 19, 2022 at 4:03 PM CDT
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By Jill Riepenhoff and Lee Zurik
For many college coaches, it pays to get fired. Over a 17-year period beginning in 2005, public universities have shelled out more than $1.1 billion in buying out the contracts of college coaches, according to an InvestigateTV analysis of NCAA financial data collected by Syracuse University. Most of that money was spent on football coaches who play at the highest level of Division I athletics. As football coaches' annual compensation now stretches into seven digits, massive severance payments also grow bigger and bigger.

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Trooper Kasha Domingue

THE INVESTIGATORS: Fired trooper accused of shooting a teen takes plea deal

Updated: Sep. 12, 2022 at 4:17 PM CDT
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By Scottie Hunter
A former Louisiana State Police trooper has taken a plea deal more than four years after she was accused of shooting a teenager.

Investigators

Gov. doubles down on support for DCFS leadership amid ongoing scrutiny

Updated: Sep. 7, 2022 at 7:19 PM CDT
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By Scottie Hunter
Gov. John Bel Edwards is doubling down on his support for Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) Secretary Marketa Garner Waters.

Investigators

DCFS leaders say they need to hire about 400 workers to keep pace with caseload

THE INVESTIGATORS: DCFS leaders say they need to hire about 400 workers to keep pace with caseload

Updated: Sep. 7, 2022 at 10:28 AM CDT
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By Scottie Hunter
Lawmakers, former employees, and members of the public testified Tuesday, Sept. 6, that there are problems at DCFS that a hiring spree alone will not fix.

Investigators

Louisiana State Capitol

DCFS officials set to go before lawmakers to discuss oversight

Updated: Sep. 6, 2022 at 12:33 PM CDT
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By Scottie Hunter
Officials with DCFS are set to go before lawmakers once again. This time they are set to discuss oversight, specifically in the child welfare division.

Investigators

A photo of the Cypress Hall dormitory at LSU in Baton Rouge, La.

LSU student cited after allegedly grabbing, following person near campus dorm

Updated: Sep. 1, 2022 at 6:53 PM CDT
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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.

Investigators

LSU releases images of attempted kidnapping suspect

THE INVESTIGATORS: Man charged in attempted kidnapping at LSU posed as DoorDash delivery driver

Updated: Sep. 1, 2022 at 6:44 PM CDT
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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.

Investigators

Attorney suggests stiffer penalties for parents pulling strings of juvenile crime

THE INVESTIGATORS: Attorney suggests stiffer penalties for parents pulling strings of juvenile crime

Updated: Aug. 29, 2022 at 6:31 PM CDT
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By Scottie Hunter
An attorney who spent some time as a state senator is hoping his former colleagues will step in after a woman was accused of using her two sons to help her steal.
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