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• Deputy shoots Metairie man on I-10 in Alabama

  13-05-2017 20:34
  
  BAY MINETTE, Ala. - A Louisiana man has died after being shot by a police officer on Interstate 10 in Baldwin County.Authorities say 35-year-old Jonathan Victor, of Metairie, died early Saturday following a shooting involving a sheriff's deputy at about 5 p.m. Friday about 10 miles from the Florida state line.Victor was flown to USA Medical Center in Mobile, following the shooting. He died about 1 a.m. Saturday.Joseph Dejoie, of Pensacola, Florida, tells Al.com (http://bit.ly/2qDSP6o ) that he s
  
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• Deputy shoots, kills Metairie man on I-10 in Alabama

  13-05-2017 20:34
  
  BAY MINETTE, Ala. - A Louisiana man has died after being shot by a police officer on Interstate 10 in Baldwin County.Authorities say 35-year-old Jonathan Victor, of Metairie, died early Saturday following a shooting involving a sheriff's deputy at about 5 p.m. Friday about 10 miles from the Florida state line.Victor was flown to USA Medical Center in Mobile, following the shooting. He died about 1 a.m. Saturday.Joseph Dejoie, of Pensacola, Florida, tells Al.com that he saw a car in a ditch, a fi
  
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• Suspect wanted for multiple Ascension Parish car burglaries

  13-05-2017 19:18
  
  ASCENSION PARISH - The Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office is seeking a suspect wanted for multiple vehicular burglaries.The sheriff's office says it received multiple complaints of car burglaries in and around the area of LA Highway 42 and the Cherry Creek subdivision on Saturday. Video from the scene shows a young, male suspect wearing a beanie hat and baggy shorts.Anyone with information on this case is urged to contact the Ascension Parish Sheriff’s Office at 225-621-INFO (4
  
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• Washington, DC hosts vigil for fallen officers Saturday

  13-05-2017 17:55
  
  WASHINGTON - A candlelight vigil is scheduled to honor all whose names were added to the walls of the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial over the past year.Over 30,000 law enforcement officers, survivors and supporters are expected to attend the event at 8 p.m. ET Saturday. The vigil will honor the 394 officers whose names were engraved into the wall this past year.A webcast of the vigil will be hosted by United By Light and made available at 7 p.m. CT.To watch the live stream o
  
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• BRPD: Burglar steals $1000 in fresh seafood from restaurant

  13-05-2017 17:29
  
  BATON ROUGE - A man was was arrested Saturday after he broke into a restaurant and stole $1000 in seafood.Police say the break-in occurred at the Seafood Source of Louisiana on Beaumont Drive around 9:40 p.m. Friday night. According to BRPD, 47-year-old Jospeh Peters was arrested after he forcibly entered the restaurant and stole $1000 worth of fresh seafood.Peters reportedly fled from the scene after police arrived, but he was later captured early Saturday morning.Police also noted that Peters
  
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• Angola employee arrested after drug smuggling attempt

  13-05-2017 16:14
  
  ANGOLA - An employee at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola has resigned after she was arrested for attempting to smuggle drugs and contraband to prisoners.According to the Louisiana Department of Corrections, investigators were conducting a routine shakedown of 23-year-old April Matthews when they discovered several items. Authorities say the contraband was found inside Matthews' car located on prison grounds.Investigators found 24 ecstacy pills, 2.6 ounces of
  
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• Heavy delays on I-10 East due to roadwork

  13-05-2017 15:43
  
  BATON ROUGE - Drivers are reporting long delays on parts of I-10 East due to construction Saturday afternoon.According to LADOTD, congestion remains from mile marker 107 to marker 152 due the ongoing roadwork. Drivers are advised to use I-49 North to US 190 East as an alternate route. Drivers in the area are reporting delays ranging anywhere from one to three hours long.Be sure to check back for more updates, and use WBRZ's advanced traffic tracking technology to keep up with l
  
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• Early voting starts for special election to fill Senate seat

  13-05-2017 14:55
  
  BATON ROUGE - Early voting has begun in the special election to replace Troy Brown as state senator for parts of eight parishes along the Mississippi River and Bayou Lafourche.Louisiana Secretary of State's Office spokeswoman Meg Casper says the runoff between Democratic state Rep. Edward Price of Gonzales and Democrat Warren Harang III, a Donaldsonville sugar cane farmer, is the only item on the May 27 ballot.The Advocate reports the two emerged from a 13-person primary election to fil
  
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• UK: 1 in 5 health trusts affected by cyberattack

  13-05-2017 14:53
  
  LONDON - Britain's home secretary says about one in five National Health Service trusts have been hit by the international ransomware cyberattack, and that all but six are now back to normal.Speaking Saturday after an emergency government meeting in London, Home Secretary Amber Rudd said 48 out of 248 NHS organizations were affected by the largest-ever cyberextortion attack, though "most of them are back to the normal course of business."She did not elaborate on how the six remaining health grou
  
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• Undercover agents find registered church to be sex club

  13-05-2017 14:47
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Undercover inspectors have determined that a building registered as a church was being operated as a sex club.WTVF-TV reports that the city of Nashville has filed a complaint against the owners for "maintaining a public nuisance by permitting acts of lewd conduct" and violating a state law banning sex clubs from operating within 1,000 feet of a school.The longtime downtown swingers club underwent a conversion in 2015 when it relocated to a run-down office park in the community
  
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• Shreveport holds meetings on future of Confederate memorial

  13-05-2017 14:41
  
  SHREVEPORT - People in Shreveport are meeting to discuss the future of a Confederate monument in front of the parish's courthouse.The Shreveport Times reports that a citizen advisory committee of the Caddo Parish Commission was created last year to develop recommendations on what to do with the monument.Possible suggestions include removing the monument entirely or demolishing it, leaving it as it is or creating additional memorials.The committee is holding four public meetings to gather input.T
  
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• State lawmakers band together to fight opioid crisis

  13-05-2017 14:32
  
  BATON ROUGE - Louisiana lawmakers, like their counterparts around the country, are considering ways to combat opioid abuse.Rep. Helena Moreno, a New Orleans Democrat, spent years working on a series of bills that eventually resulted in getting naloxone, the opiate antidote, available as an over-the-counter drug. Now, she's focused on preventing people from getting addicted to painkillers such as Vicodin and OxyContin in the first place.Gov. John Bel Edwards has backed Moreno's push to limit firs
  
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• Sex offender sentenced for sending explicit images to children in 8 states

  13-05-2017 14:30
  
  MAYS LANDING, N.J.  - A registered sex offender in New Jersey who admitted enticing a juvenile to create and send him a sexually explicit video is now headed to prison.Atlantic County prosecutors say Sherman Miller received a 12-year sentence on Friday. The 49-year-old Atlantic City man will have to serve more than 10 years in prison before he becomes eligible for parole and will be on lifetime parole supervision.Miller had pleaded guilty in March to child endangerment.Authorities have
  
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• Microsoft shifts policy, now makes fixes free

  13-05-2017 14:28
  
  LONDON - The worldwide cyberextortion attack has prompted Microsoft to take the unusual step of making security fixes available for older Windows system.Before this, Microsoft had made fixes for older systems, such as 2001's Windows XP, available only to mostly larger organizations that pay extra for extended support. But millions of individuals and smaller businesses still had such systems.Microsoft says now it will make the fixes free for everyone.Friday's attack was based on a Windows vulnera
  
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• Candlelight Vigil to remember law enforcement officers lost in 2016

  13-05-2017 14:15
  
  WASHINGTON DC - The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund will host its annual Candlelight Vigil Saturday night to remember law enforcement officers whose names were engraved on the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial this year.The vigil will begin at 7 p.m., and the live stream of the vigil can be watched here. Individuals can also light a virtual candle to recognize the service of any officer.394 law enforcement officers names were engraved on the memorial in Washington DC thi
  
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• Married couple involved in fatal shooting over drug deal; one arrested, one at-large

  13-05-2017 13:46
  
  LAFAYETTE - Lafayette Homicide Detectives have arrested one suspect and are seeking another involved in a fatal shooting Friday night.According to the Lafayette Police Department, Mellissa Neilson, 34, of Lafayette was booked for first-degree murder and conspiracy to possess schedule I narcotic.A warrant has been issued for Robert Neilson, 36, for the same charges.The married couple engaged in a drug transaction with the victim, identified as 36-year-old Leroy Hamilton of the Lafayette area, acc
  
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• TRAFFIC ALERT: All lanes open on I-12 East at Holden (LA 441), congestion is minimal

  13-05-2017 12:53
  
  HOLDEN - All lanes are open on I-12 East at Holden (LA 441), according to the DOTD. Congestion is minimal.Check back for updates. Permalink| Comments
  
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• Woman gets 10 months in prison for Medicare fraud scheme

  13-05-2017 12:47
  
  BATON ROUGE - A New Orleans woman has been sentenced to 10 months in prison for her role in a Medicare fraud scheme.A federal judge in Baton Rouge also on Thursday ordered 56-year-old Demetrias Temple to pay $100,000 in restitution to the Medicare program and to forfeit an additional $100,000.Temple pleaded guilty in June 2014 to health care fraud after a grand jury indicted her and the owner of a medical supplies company that operated in Baton Rouge and Houston.Prosecutors say Temple worked as
  
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• Walker residents say divine intervention protected them from severe storm

  13-05-2017 12:40
  
  WALKER - Residents say a higher power saved them when Friday's storm struck their neighborhood.Tonya Slay lives in this community off Courtney Road in Walker.Slay's neighborhood was hit hard Friday with 100 mile per hour straight line winds in the afternoon, according to the national weather service. Slay says all she could do was pray."And I said don't let one tree fall on my house, and five of them fell right smack dab in a row," Slay said. "And they didn't hit my trailer at
  
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• Bus tips over in Turkey, killing at least 23 people

  13-05-2017 12:34
  
  ISTANBUL - Turkish authorities say at least 23 people have died and 11 others are in critical condition after a tour bus tipped over, fell 50 feet down a cliff and then hit a car on a serpentine mountain road.Deputy governor of Mugla province, Kamil Koten, told Turkey's state-run Anadolu news agency the driver is among the dead and most of those killed were women.Governor Amir Cicek said the bus flipped over at a road bend as it was traveling from the coastal province of Izmir to Marmaris, a pop
  
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