Baton Rouge news

• Former Mandeville Police Chief Tom Buell dies

  17-02-2018 17:01
  MANDEVILLE, La. (AP) - Funeral services are scheduled next week for former Mandeville Police Chief Tom Buell.Buell, who saw the department grow from 12 to 54 employees during almost 30 years as chief, died Monday of cancer. He was 67.The New Orleans Advocate reports services are scheduled Feb. 24 at Church of the King in Mandeville.Buell remained active in civic affairs following his 2009 retirement, serving on the board of St. Tammany Parish Communications District No. 1, including 10 years as
  
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• Baton Rouge man attacks girlfriend with sword, screams 'I am God' before taken into custody

  17-02-2018 15:56
  BATON ROUGE- A man arrested Saturday has been accused of attacking his girlfriend with a sword.Troy Seals, 20, was charged with aggravated second-degree battery of a domestic partner and battery of a police officer.Early Saturday morning, deputies were dispatched to a home in the 18000 block of Santa Maria Drive.The victim told deputies that the couple had been smoking weed and watching Netflix when Seals started using acid. A short time later, he started "being anti-semitic and making
  
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• Waters' field goal gives LSU 64-63 win over Missouri

  17-02-2018 15:41
  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Tremont Waters made a shot in the lane with 19 seconds remaining in the game to give LSU a 64-63 Southeastern Conference victory against Missouri on Saturday.Waters pulled LSU (15-11, 6-8) within one point on a short jumper with 1:08 left to play. LSU got a stop when Aaron Epps rebounded a missed jumper by Jontay Porter with 40 seconds remaining. Waters then made his game-winning shot.Missouri (18-9, 8-6) had two opportunities to retake the lead in the final seconds. Wit
  
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• Thousands rally for gun control after massacre

  17-02-2018 14:18
  PARKLAND, Fla. - Thousands of people are gathering at a gun control rally in Fort Lauderdale, some 25 miles from where 17 people were shot and killed at a high school.  Students from the high school where the shooting took place spoke passionately during Saturday's rally in front of the federal courthouse, pleading with lawmakers to change the nation's gun laws.  One teen, Emma Gonzalez, angrily criticized politicians who take campaign contributions from the
  
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• Suspect said to have chosen gun over home

  17-02-2018 13:58
  PARKLAND, Fla. - The teen accused of shooting and killing 17 people in a Florida high school is said to have left a suburban Palm Beach County mobile home in November because his benefactor gave him an ultimatum: you or the gun.  The Palm Beach Post reports Rocxanne Deschamps said, "He bought a gun and wanted to bring it into my house" in public comments that have since been removed from her Facebook page.  Chad Bennett, a friend of Deschamps', said Nikolas C
  
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• Road work to cause nightly lane closures on Florida Blvd.

  17-02-2018 13:53
  WALKER - Road work will cause nightly lane closures on Florida Blvd. over the next week.According to the Walker Police Department, Florida Blvd. from Walker South Road to Pete's Hwy. will have nightly lane closures from Sunday, Feb. 18 to Saturday, Feb. 24.Drivers should expect traffic delays as a result, Walker PD said.Click HERE for the latest traffic updates.Fla Blvd from Walker South Rd to Pete’s Hwy will have nightly lane closures Sun - Sat (2/18-24), 8 pm – 6 am for ro
  
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• Louisiana couple charged with theft in western Nebraska

  17-02-2018 13:24
  SCOTTSBLUFF, Neb. - A Louisiana couple faces charges that they defrauded a western Nebraska bank in a check cashing scheme.  The Scottsbluff Star-Herald reports that 24-year-old Melanie Brewster, of Monroe, Louisiana, has been charged with theft. She was arraigned Friday in Scotts Bluff County Court.  Her husband, Joshua Brewster, who was arrested in December, also faces a theft charge.  Prosecutors say an employee of Western Heritage Credit
  
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• Man arrested for first-degree rape after sexually assaulting 12-year-old

  17-02-2018 13:04
  BATON ROUGE - A 42-year-old man was arrested after he reportedly sexually assaulted a 12-year-old that was spending the night at his house in July of 2016.On July 24, 2016, authorities were called to a local hospital in reference to a sexual assault. According to arrest records, the female victim was spending the night at a cousin's house on Cyrus Avenue when the incident took place.Sometime during the night, her cousin's father, James Hughes of Wapakoneta, Ohio, went and got into bed
  
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• 13 killed in helicopter crash after Mexican quake

  17-02-2018 12:15
  MEXICO CITY - A military helicopter carrying officials assessing damage from a powerful earthquake crashed Friday in southern Mexico, killing 13 people and injuring 15, all of them on the ground.  The Oaxaca state prosecutor's office said in a statement that five women, four men and three children were killed at the crash site and another person died later at the hospital.  Mexico's Interior Department said that the helicopter was carrying Secretary Alfonso N
  
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• Film showcases historically black colleges and universities

  17-02-2018 12:06
  NEW YORK - A new documentary that delves into historically black colleges and universities shows they have been about more than learning what's in books and have been driving forces for African-American economic and political advancement.  Filmmaker Stanley Nelson's "Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities" debuted at the Sundance Film Festival last year and gets its national broadcast debut Monday through the PBS series "Independent Lens." It exp
  
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• 19-year-old victim identified in shooting at BREC Cadillac Street Park

  17-02-2018 11:54
  BATON ROUGE - One person is dead after a reported shooting occurred at the BREC Cadillac Street Park.According to authorities, the incident took place in the 6000 block of Cadillac Street near Kissel Street.Around 10:30 a.m., the victim was found lying in the park area and was pronounced dead on scene as a result of the shooting, Baton Rouge Police said.Family and friends have identified the victim as 19-year-old Dequantay Singleton.        &nbsp
  
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• Multiple apartments burned, more than thirty homeless after blaze

  17-02-2018 08:27
  BATON ROUGE – A firefighter and two residents sustained minor medical complications in an overnight fire at a large apartment complex on Jefferson Highway east of Airline Highway.Thirty-five people were displaced in the fire at Jefferson Lakes early Saturday morning.A handful of apartment units burned as the fire tore through two floors of a building.The St. George Fire Department is investigating.Those who complained of injuries did not need to be taken to the hospital. The firefight
  
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