A 21-year-old Louisiana mother is in jail after authorities found she had beaten her 4-year-old child with a plastic utensil and dressed them in a plastic trash bag. The Allen Parish Sheriff’s Office said it responded to a 911 call on Thursday from a witness to the mistreatment and found the child with injuries to …
A Louisiana man has been arrested and charged with stealing thousands of dollars in children’s Christmas presents in a series of December residential burglaries. Forrest County, Mississippi, detectives contacted police in Westwego, Louisiana, on December 18 about a series of burglaries in that county that took place the day before, the Westwego Police Department said. …
A Louisiana man has been arrested after he picked up a Tennessee teenager, brought her to his home for sex, then dumped her in the woods with a tent while he went to celebrate Christmas with his family. Alexander Materne, 28, met the 14-year-old girl on an online gaming platform and made arrangements to pick …
A suspected shoplifter fleeing police slammed into another car last week in Louisiana, killing two teenagers inside and critically injuring one of the girls’ sister. Giselle Smith and Samaj Morris, both 17=year-old students at West Jefferson High School, were killed in the Wednesday night crash just off Interstate 10 in Orleans Parish, WVUE reported. Smith’s …
The mother of a 4-year-old Louisiana girl joined other community residents Wedneday night to pay tribute to the little girl who died earlier this month from injuries police say were inflicted by her father and his girlfriend. “I wish could go back in time so that I could save her because she was my baby,” …
A Louisiana mother has been accused of abandoning young son on the side of the road and then reporting that he’d been kidnapped. The St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office said Tuesday that it was called at about 1 a.m. on on November 5 by Artasia Quantaya Viges, who said she had stopped to deal with …
A TikTok personality wanted in connection with the death of a popular Louisiana therapist has been arrested in Texas. Terryon Thomas, known as Mr. Prada on TikTok, is awaiting extradition to Louisiana at the Dallas County Jail. He is charged him with second degree murder and obstruction of justice, WAFB reported. Dr. William Nicholas “Nick” …
Louisiana police have issued an arrest warrant for a TikTok personality in connection with the death of a well known Baton Rouge therapist whose body was found wrapped in a tarp alongside a roadway in Tangipahoa Parish on Sunday morning. Dr. William Nicholas “Nick” Abraham, 69, died in a “violent attack” and had blunt force …
Police in central Louisiana are investigating a shooting Saturday morning that left a 12-year-old dead and another person wounded. Alexanderia Police released little information about the shooting, except to say they responded to the call just before 9 a.m. in the south part of the city and found the girl dead. The wounded person was …
A 4-year-old Louisiana boy found a loaded, unsecured handgun in the glove box of a car and shot himself to death with it. According to WAFB, the incident took place just after 8:30 a.m. Sunday in Brusly. The Brusly Police Department said the gun was in a holster in the glove box. The boy shot …
A 10-year-old Louisiana boy reportedly confessed to police that he shot to death and 82-year-old man and his 31-year-old daugther Sunday morning. The victims were identified as Joe Cornelius Sr., a long time Minden city council member who was appointed mayor after the death of a previous mayor in 2013, and his daughter, Keisha Miles, …
A small town Louisiana mayor was charged Thursday with rape of a juvenile and contributing to the delinquency of a child after she abruptly resigned the post. Misty Roberts Clanton, 42, announced last Friday that she was taking two-week leave of absence, appointing DeRidder Fire Chief Ken Harlowas mayor pro tem to take her place, …
