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• Police: Suspect discarded gun, ran when he saw officers

  18-10-2017 21:36
  EDGEWOOD, Md. - A police chief in Delaware says the suspect in the shooting of six people in Delaware and Maryland, three fatally, discarded a handgun and ran when police spotted him walking in a town.
   Wilmington Police Chief Robert Tracy says 37-year-old Radee Prince was arrested by police and federal agents after he had run about 75 feet Wednesday night in Glasgow. No one was hurt in the apprehension.
   Prince has been the subject of a multistate search since the shooting We
  
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• 2 law enforcement agencies investigate after bodies found

  18-10-2017 20:29
  ALEXANDRIA - Two Louisiana law enforcement agencies are investigating after at least three bodies were found in two separate locations.
   The Town Talk reports Pineville Police investigators were working Wednesday to determine what happened to 42-year-old Latish White, of Alexandria. Her body, with multiple stab wounds, was found about 3:23 a.m. Wednesday.
   About three hours later, the Rapides Parish Sheriff's Office got a call about a fire in a ditch in the Boyce area. Investi
  
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• Family parts ways with sitter after urine found on elderly woman's nightstand

  18-10-2017 19:38
  ASSUMPTION PARISH - Authorities say a cup of urine was found on their loved one's nightstand at Heritage Manor Nursing Home back in September. Now, tests have link the glass back to the elderly woman's caretaker.Edna Alleman, 97, has resided at Heritage for three years. July 6, 2017 her daughter, Diane Richard, was visiting when she says she came across the strong odor."It was nauseating," Diane Richard said when we interviewed her last month.The sheriff's office immediately b
  
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• Acadian ambulance involved in early-morning hit and run

  18-10-2017 18:00
  ADDIS - The Addis Police Department says an Acadian Ambulance vehicle was involved in a hit-and-run crash early Wednesday morning.According to Acadian officials, the ambulance was responding to an emergency on LA 1 when a gold Toyota Camry struck the back of the vehicle.The driver of the Camry, a black male with dreadlocks, drove up next to the ambulance and made eye contact with the crew before speeding off toward Plaquemine with his lights turned off. Witne
  
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• Mother arrested, 18-month-old rescued in Baton Rouge as part of sex-trafficking crackdown

  18-10-2017 16:59
  NOTE: The original story stated the mother was trying to sell her child. Authorities have clarified that the mother was instead attempting to commit prostitution while carrying the child.BATON ROUGE - An 18-month-old infant in Baton Rouge was among those rescued in a three-day, nationwide crackdown on sex trafficking. The FBI says Operation Cross Country XI resulted in the rescues of 84 minors and the arrests of 120 traffickers. The effort aimed at cracking down on un
  
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• 18-month-old rescued in Baton Rouge as part of sex-trafficking crackdown

  18-10-2017 16:59
  BATON ROUGE - An 18-month-old infant in Baton Rouge was among those rescued in a three-day, nationwide crackdown on sex trafficking. The FBI says Operation Cross Country XI resulted in the rescues of 84 minors and the arrests of 120 traffickers. The effort aimed at cracking down on underage human trafficking  ran from Oct. 12 to Oct. 15. In Louisiana, FBI Child Exploitation Task Forces in Baton Rouge, New Orleans and Shreveport recovered an 18-month-old child and arre
  
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• 2 Louisiana men plead guilty to importing deer

  18-10-2017 16:57
  JACKSON, MS- Two Louisiana men have pleaded guilty to importing live white-tailed deer into Mississippi.  Federal prosecutors say 75-year-old Edward L. Donaldson Jr. and 42-year-old John Jared Oertling, both of Pearl River, Louisiana, pleaded guilty this week to conspiracy to violate the Lacey Act. It is illegal to import live deer into Mississippi and against federal law to transport wildlife across state lines.  The Clarion-Ledger reports Donaldson and Oert
  
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• 1,000+ convicts set to walk free on November 1

  18-10-2017 16:26
  BATON ROUGE- Upwards of 1500 prisoners are set to walk free on November 1, 2017 as part of a prison reform package that sailed through the legislature this year.
  The point of the Justice Reinvestment Act was to decrease the number of people incarcerated by reducing non-violent offenders. That in turn would also create a cost savings to the state of nearly $250 million dollars over the next ten years.However, the WBRZ Investigative Unit found several of the offenders that will walk on November 1
  
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• Mayor announces crime-fighting collaboration with AmeriCorps

  18-10-2017 15:32
  BATON ROUGE - Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome has announced the latest move her fight against crime in East Baton Rouge Parish.On Wednesday, the mayor's office announced the Baton Rouge ReBuilds AmeriCorps VISTA Program to help support and strengthen neighborhoods in the high-crime areas of the parish. Through the program, AmeriCorps members will maintain a presence in targeted communities and provide resources and assistance to help strengthen, organize
  
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• Man accused of molesting young child, released on bond

  18-10-2017 14:17
  LAFOURCHE PARISH- A man turned himself in to authorities Tuesday after he allegedly molested a young child. According to the Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Office, 26-year-old Jacob Dedon of Galliano was charged with sexual battery of a child under the age of 10.Authorities say the investigation began in late September after they received a report that Dedon had molested the child. Detectives soon obtained a warrant for Dedon’s arrest.Dedon turned himself in Tue
  
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• Treasurer candidate: Trouble filing report due to paralysis

  18-10-2017 14:14
  BATON ROUGE- The Democrat vying to be Louisiana's next treasurer is asking the state ethics board to waive a $2,100 fine for not filing his campaign finance report on time, saying difficulty associated with his paralysis delayed the filing.  Derrick Edwards, paralyzed from the neck down by a high school football injury, says his report was 21 days late because he had trouble finding voice-activated software compatible with submitting the finance forms electronically, as requir
  
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• Authorities looking for missing Breaux Bridge woman

  18-10-2017 14:13
  ST. MARTINVILLE- Deputies from the St. Martin Parish Parish Sheriff's Office are asking for help in locating a missing Breaux Bridge woman.Keshia D. Sylvester, 29, is described as a 5'2'' black woman that weighs 145 pounds.Sylvester was last seen in a white pick-up truck in the Breaux Bridge area on October 2.  Authorities say she is known to frequent the Baton Rouge and Shreveport areas.Anyone with information on Sylvester is encouraged to call 337-394-3071.
  
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• Son pleads guilty in 2014 murder of mother at Walker apartment

  18-10-2017 14:12
  WALKER - Officials say a 21-year-old has pleaded guilty to the 2014 murder of his mother at a Walker apartment complex.According to District Attorney Scott Perrilloux, Edward Island III of Walker pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the death of Tamila Wooley. Wooley was found dead in an apartment complex off Village Drive on Jan. 1, 2014. Police say Wooley's body was discovered by her boyfriend when he went to visit her that afternoon.The boyfriend says
  
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• Two killed in early morning crash on Interstate 55

  18-10-2017 14:04
  PONCHATOULA- Two people were killed in a two vehicle crash on the elevated section of Interstate 55 early Wednesday morning.The crash claimed the lives of 78-year-old Earl J. Daigle and 73-year-old Anna Nimon.Louisiana State Troopers say, the crash occurred when Daigle was driving his 2002 Ford Explorer Sport Truck northbound on Interstate 55 in the right lane.  Daigle's vehicle was hit from behind by a 2005 Chevrolet Silverado driven by 43-
  
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• Trump again blasts NFL over players kneeling during anthem

  18-10-2017 13:42
  WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is again criticizing the NFL over players kneeling during the national anthem.  Trump said on Twitter Wednesday that the "NFL has decided that it will not force players to stand for the playing of our National Anthem."  He adds: "Total disrespect for our great country!"  Trump appeared to be responding to the NFL annual fall meeting. The league invited players and representatives from their union to discus
  
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• Vegas hotel worker says guard saved his life

  18-10-2017 13:41
  LAS VEGAS- A Las Vegas hotel employee who entered a hallway near the suite where a gunman was holed up says he thinks the first gunfire he heard was out the windows of the high-rise.Mandalay Bay building engineer Stephen Schuck tells TV host Ellen DeGeneres in an interview set to air Wednesday that he thought he was hearing jackhammers.But then he realized there wouldn't be construction on a Sunday night. The shooter opened fire out the windows at a concert below Oct. 1, killing 58 peo
  
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• Police looking for Maryland office park shooter

  18-10-2017 13:37
  EDGEWOOD, Md. - Police are looking for a man accused of shooting five people at his workplace in northeastern Maryland, killing three.  Authorities say the suspect is armed and dangerous. They identified the man as 37-year-old Radee Labeeb Prince. They say he is driving a black 2008 GMC Acadia with the Delaware license plate PC064273.  Gov. Larry Hogan said late Wednesday morning that "the killer remains on the loose."  The governor says the
  
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• Jury selection starting for man charged in New Orleans cop's death

  18-10-2017 13:28
  NEW ORLEANS - Potential jurors have gathered at the criminal courthouse in New Orleans for the trial of a man accused in the 2015 killing of a police officer.  Jury selection was beginning Wednesday, with opening arguments set for Monday in the first-degree murder trial of Travis Boys.  Boys has pleaded not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity in the death of Officer Daryle Holloway.  Holloway was shot while transporting Boys to jail
  
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• Report: Mississippi school honoring Jefferson Davis to be renamed after Barack Obama

  18-10-2017 13:02
  JACKSON, MS - A public school in Mississippi will soon be stripped of its Confederate namesake and named after another president who parents, students and teachers say is more fitting for the school, Barack Obama.According to a report from the Clarion Ledger, the decision to change the name of Davis Magnet IB, a predominantly black school, comes after a vote by school stakeholders on Oct. 5. School President Janelle Jefferson announced the new name, Barack Ob
  
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• Felon driving stolen truck fires on deputies during high-speed chase

  18-10-2017 12:50
  LAFOURCHE PARISH- Deputies from the Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Office arrested a man after he led them on a high-speed chase and fired several rounds in their direction.Authorities said that Daniel Borne was scheduled to appear in court for a jury trial on Tuesday on several charges. Around 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, deputies responded to call that Borne had allegedly stolen a truck from a residence on East 58th Street in Cut Off. Authorities say, the homeow
  
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• March trial set for bribery charges against Kenny Matassa

  18-10-2017 12:39
  GONZALES – Embattled Ascension Parish President Kenny Matassa will face bribery allegations at a March trial.The March 13th date was set at a hearing Wednesday.Matassa was indicted on charges earlier this year. He is accused of offering a bribe to get a man running for office in Gonzales to drop out of the race. Audio recordings released last year by the Pelican Post Newspaper appeared to show Matassa and another businessman in Ascension Parish offering a bribe to Wayne Lawson, a cand
  
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• Walker reports brown water, not dangerous

  18-10-2017 12:31
  WALKER- Due to routine water system maintenance, some residents in Walker may experience brown water.Authorities say, that the brown water is not harmful. Permalink| Comments
  
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• Governors urge Congress to back health subsidies

  18-10-2017 12:12
  WASHINGTON - A bipartisan group of governors is urging congressional leaders to support a plan to calm health insurance markets after President Donald Trump blocked federal subsidies to insurers.
   The letter, signed by 10 governors, says, "Stabilizing insurance markets is one of the primary areas where Congress can take action to ensure that consumers have affordable health care options."
   The agreement by Sens. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., and Patty Murray, D-Wash., calls for a
  
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• Trump says Comey knew he was going to exonerate Clinton

  18-10-2017 09:56
  WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is again tweeting about the FBI's handling of the Hillary Clinton email server investigation.The latest burst came Wednesday morning in response to the FBI's release of a heavily blacked-out draft memo from May 2016 by Director James Comey in preparation for closing the Clinton probe.Trump tweeted that the letter, whose existence was previously known, shows the FBI had exonerated "Crooked Hillary Clinton" long before the investigation was complete. A
  
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• Sessions says travel ban is lawful, necessary

  18-10-2017 09:50
  WASHINGTON- Attorney General Jeff Sessions is defending the Trump administration's travel ban as an important tool in fighting terrorism.Speaking Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee, he defended the legality of an executive order that seeks to block the travel to the U.S. of citizens of Chad, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Somalia, Syria and Yemen, as well as some Venezuelan government officials and their families.In his opening statement, Sessions says "the order is lawful, necessary, a
  
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• Prosecutor predicts vindication in lawsuit

  18-10-2017 09:39
  NEW ORLEANS- The New Orleans district attorney is predicting he and his assistants will be vindicated amid allegations that they seek arrest warrants and high bails for witnesses and victims who decline to speak to prosecutors.Leon Cannizzaro issued a statement Tuesday saying no individual person who is aggrieved by his office's policies and practices has contacted him.A federal suit filed Tuesday by civil rights groups alleges that Cannizzaro's office used tactics that resulted in vic
  
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• Man accused of attacking couple after social media threats

  18-10-2017 09:05
  BATON ROUGE- Officers from the Baton Rouge Police Department say a man beat his ex-girlfriend and shot her current boyfriend after threatening the couple on social media.The attack took place at a residence on Appleton Avenue on Sunday. The female victim said her ex-boyfriend Jordan White and his current girlfriend, Mikayla Harris, knocked on her door. When she opened the door, the victim said White pulled her from the residence and began to beat her.During the attack, the vic
  
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• Baker woman stabs boyfriend after finding photo of him with another woman

  18-10-2017 07:05
  BAKER- Officers from the Baker City Police Department arrested a woman who admitted to stabbing her boyfriend multiple times after seeing a photo of him with another woman on his cell phone.On Tuesday a male victim was transported to an area hospital for multiple stab wounds. When officers arrived at the scene of the attack, they found the victim's girlfriend with blood on her shirt. The girlfriend, Aquanetta Bowie, told officers that she was asleep when her boyfriend came int
  
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• Nice for now, watching the weekend forecast

  18-10-2017 06:07
  Temperatures will slowly climb above average through the end of the week. Rain is in the forecast for this weekend.THE FORECAST:Today and Tonight: Wednesday looks like another good one. Sunshine will fill afternoon skies as thermometers chug upward into the low 80s. Winds will be light and northeasterly. Overnight will again bring clear skies and lows in the middle 50s.     Up Next: Thursday will be sunny and a touch warmer with highs ticking just above avera
  
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• Bus catches fire in high school parking lot

  18-10-2017 05:49
  BATON ROUGE- A school bus caught fire just before midnight in the parking lot of an area high school.The bus fire took place at Friendship Capitol High School. Sources say, the school system was contacted about the fire.At this time, it is unclear as to what caused the fire. Check back for more details.   Permalink| Comments
  
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