Two Louisiana Dollar General Store employees are being hailed as heroes after they recognized a murder and kidnapping suspect and quietly escorted customers out before locking the wanted man in the store. The Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office issued a “BOLO” (“Be On the Look Out”) for Neil Broussard, 51, after two teenagers were shot and …
A 64-year-old Louisiana man was arrested Tuesday after he refused to put on a face mask to help stem the spread of the coronavirus in a Walmart and then backed into the police officer who was called to the scene. Twice. Ricky Taylor has been charged with disturbing the peace/language/disorderly conduct, aggravated assault with a …
A Louisiana mother killed a neighbor, her four children — including a 5-month-old — and then herself Thursday night, days after she was seen walking around her apartment waving a recently purchased gun. Monroe Police said Brittany Tucker, 30, encountered her neighbor, 20-year-old Anteshia Logwood, outside the apartment building shortly before 8 p.m., the Monroe …
A 5-month-old in Louisiana died on Sunday, days after their father allegedly threw them to the ground and slammed their head against a metal bar on a swing set. The St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office said Brian Young, 21, confessed to harming the infant while the mother was at work. WWL reported that the mother …
Onlookers reportedly watched and recorded as two women beat a Louisiana woman, resulting in her death on Monday. According to VermilionToday.com, Shawntele Levine said her daughter, Kyla Mouton, 22, died from brain damage she suffered in the fatal attack. The mother also claimed that Mouton complained of headaches after getting into four fights in a …
A Louisiana high school principal was arrested Thursday on dozens of charges related to illicit behavior with juveniles, including students at his school, the Louisiana State Police said. Brian Biggs, 54, was named principal of Summerfield High School in Claiborne Parish in 2018, according to KTBS. He had previously been an instructional supervisor in the …
Louisiana authorities reportedly misclassified a man’s New Year’s Day death as an accidental drug overdose — a mistake that went undetected until funeral home employees examined his body. The Advocate reported that Joah Ross, 26, was pronounced dead at his Baton Rouge home after his mother discovered him unresponsive. Drugs were reportedly found in the …
A Louisiana sheriff’s deputy and his junior high school teacher wife have been arrested and charged with dozens of counts of producing pornography with a child under 13 as well as rape and other charges, according to The Advocate. Dennis Perkins, 44, had worked for the Livingston Parish Sheriff’s Office since 2002, working his way …
Authorities in Louisiana say a woman is facing criminal charges of second-degree murder related to the death of her young daughter earlier this month. According to KALB, 24-year-old Jasmine Anderson was arrested on Tuesday after allegedly bringing her unresponsive 5-year-old child to a hospital in the Alexandria area. Local police began an investigation upon arriving …
Authorities in Louisiana say a woman was arrested over the weekend on suspicion of biting a retail employee who was attempting to stop her from shoplifting. According to WBRZ, police officers were dispatched to the Dollar Tree location on Main Street in Baker shortly after 6 p.m. on Saturday. Upon arriving in the parking lot, …
Authorities in Louisiana say a kids’ baseball coach is facing criminal charges related to the alleged sexual battery of multiple juveniles. According to WDSU, 49-year-old William Carter Mehrhoff is accused of molesting a boy he met through his volunteer position at the Lakeshore Playground. That boy was 10 years old when the alleged abuse began …
Authorities in Louisiana say they have identified and arrested a man on suspicion of killing the founder of the African American History Museum in Baton Rouge. As CrimeOnline previously reported, the body of 75-year old Sadie Roberts-Joseph was discovered inside the trunk of a car parked about three miles from her home. According to NPR, …
