Louisiana news

NEW ORLEANS — An Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office deputy has been arrested on charges of malfeasance in office and theft. Desiree Kinorri Brown, 40, was taken into custody on Oct. …

SHREVEPORT, La. – A 17-year-old boy was shot and killed in the early hours of August 31 in Shreveport’s Martin Luther King Jr. neighborhood, authorities confirmed. The Caddo Parish Coroner’s …

GRANT PARISH, La. – A Winnfield Police Department detective has been arrested on multiple charges related to the alleged misuse of funds from a children’s charity he helped organize. According …

BATON ROUGE, La. (KLFY) — Ila Marcela Jacobs, 49, has been arrested and charged with Government Benefits Fraud for allegedly collecting over $269,000 in retirement benefits intended for her deceased …

BATON ROUGE, La. – A Baton Rouge homeowner is filing a civil lawsuit after claiming she was scammed out of $6,000 by a man posing as an air conditioning repairman. …

Morgan City, La. (WAFB) – A former teacher in Morgan City is facing criminal charges after being accused of engaging in an inappropriate relationship with a student while the student …

MADISONVILLE, LA — Joseph Boatman, 32, has been arrested and charged with second-degree murder after allegedly leaving his 1-year-old daughter in a hot car for more than nine hours, resulting …

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) — A man with a long criminal history is behind bars again, this time facing serious charges in connection with an armed robbery and kidnapping incident …

The Church Point Police Department confirmed that Taina Shermaine Hubbard, 31, was arrested on Wednesday after leading officers on multiple pursuits that endangered a young child and injured a police …

Rapides Parish, LA – 47-year-old Tony Jake Hicks from Echo, Louisiana, was arrested after being accused of stealing up to 500 pounds of crawfish from a local farmer. Hicks faces …