As the Baton Rouge Brave Cave scandal unfolded, police chief Murphy Paul raced to get public officials on the same page about how much they could share about the active investigation, emails reviewed by the WAFB I-TEAM reveal.
Two days after two 17-year-old detainees, David Atkins and Willie Jackson, escaped from the East Baton Rouge Juvenile Detention Facility, Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome is calling for a new facility.
Two women are suing Rapides Parish Sheriff’s Deputy Rodney Anderson, who was cleared of any wrongdoing after shooting and killing their father Derrick Kittling.
The city of Baton Rouge and Baton Rouge Police Department have been slapped with another federal lawsuit that accuses former officer Troy Lawrence Jr. from the now-defunct street crimes unit of abusing his power.
Video from Woodlawn High School that was leaked to the WAFB I-TEAM shows an assistant principal at the school leading a student down the hallway before slamming the student to the ground.
A newly filed federal lawsuit claims strip searches are being carried out by certain Baton Rouge police officers without regard for when those searches can legally be done.
Baton Rouge councilman Cleve Dunn Jr. says workers have almost completed repairs on a home that was reportedly damaged during the Baton Rouge Police Department operation that resulted in the detainment of Jeremy Lee.
An East Baton Rouge Metro Council member is leading the charge to raise private money to repair a home damaged during a January raid tied to the Brave Cave.
For the first time Mayor Sharon Weston Broome confirmed she will not consider anyone who is investigated for misconduct tied to the Brave Cave to take over as chief of the Baton Rouge Police Department.
In the midst of a corruption scandal within the Baton Rouge Police Department and numerous investigations targeting its officers, a prominent Baton Rouge attorney is now suing the department over its policies surrounding strip-searches.
Arrest warrants have been issued for four officers with the Baton Rouge Police Department, sources familiar with the situation have told the WAFB I-TEAM.
A high-ranking deputy chief has been placed on leave amid three separate investigations into the Brave Cave, a secretive warehouse where officers are accused of beating and illegally searching people in their custody.
As two separate investigations into the Brave Cave unfold, both administrative and criminal, and the FBI has officially opened a federal investigation to sort out what happened inside the walls of the facility, Mayor Sharon Weston Broome has another big item on her plate - hiring a new police chief.
Troy Lawrence, Jr., the former Baton Rouge Police officer who resigned amid a flood of allegations of misconduct was arrested Wednesday, September 20, 2023 and charged with simple battery.
Troy Lawrence, Jr., the former BRPD officer who has a history of questionable interactions with the public, has been arrested and charged with battery, according to a department spokesman.
The Baton Rouge Police Department’s street crimes unit is still disbanded while the chief of police personally leads criminal and administrative investigations into its actions.
Now that the FBI is involved in the Baton Rouge Police Department investigation into the Brave Cave, District Attorney Hillar Moore says his office has its work cut out.
Baton Rouge Police Chief Murphy Paul announced Monday that the Baton Rouge Police Department is cooperating with the FBI to investigate alleged misconduct inside of the Brave Cave.
A pair of attorneys and other officials held a news conference on Monday, Sept. 18 to discuss new developments in the investigation of the Baton Rouge Police Department’s Brave Cave.
The East Baton Rouge Parish School System confirms leaders have recommended a teacher at River Oaks Elementary School be terminated after a parent alleges the educator cursed at and bruised her child.
Former Baton Rouge Police Department officer Wade Hill is facing criminal sex charges and a pair of federal lawsuits, alleging he took advantage of women while wearing the badge. The WAFB I-TEAM has learned it’s not the first time he’s been accused of something similar.
East Baton Rouge Parish Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome announced that the Baton Rouge Police Department facility known to some officers as the “Brave Cave” will remain closed permanently at an impromptu news conference Thursday, August 31, 2023.
Baton Rouge Police leaders joined Mayor Sharon Weston Broome Thursday, Aug. 31, to announce the Baton Rouge Police Department’s Street crimes unit will be disbanded and a criminal investigation into that unit’s activities at a processing and interrogation center known to officer’s as the “Brave Cave” is underway.
In the midst of the fallout from allegations of police misconduct inside the Brave Cave, the WAFB I-TEAM is working to answer the question who knew about the allegations of abuse and how long have they known.
Police body camera footage obtained by the WAFB I-Team shows just how quickly an arrest turned violent outside of Our Lady of the Lake hospital in October of 2022 after former Baton Rouge Police Officer Troy Lawrence Jr. arrived at the scene.
Mayor Broome spoke to members of the media ahead of a news conference Tuesday, Aug. 29., where Baton Rouge Police Department leaders are expected to address the resignation of Officer Troy Lawrence Jr.
An attorney claims his client was brutally beaten in a ‘torture warehouse’ that some members of the Baton Rouge Police Department call the ‘Brave Cave’.
As students head back to school, the WAFB I-TEAM recently surveyed more than 370 local teachers to get their honest feedback no the challenges they face inside the classroom.
The WAFB I-TEAM has learned Baton Rouge Police officer Troy Lawrence, Jr. Is being investigated for allegedly taking things too far while making an arrest.
