A man serving life for murder has escaped from Jefferson Parish custody. Sheriff Joseph Lopinto says Leon Ruffin faked an injury while in the Jefferson Parish jail, and then apparently had another ...

The Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office is investigating an inmate death while in jail custody. According to Sheriff Joseph Lopinto, the death happened Wednesday morning after a man was taken from ...

GRETNA, La. (WVUE) - A Jefferson Parish inmate with a pre-existing medical condition died Wednesday (April 23), the second in-custody death reported by Sheriff Joe Lopinto’s office in the past ...

The Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office is investigating an in custody death at the Jefferson Parish Correctional Center. JPSO says around 7 a.m., deputies discovered an unresponsive inmate inside a ...

The inmate, Leon Ruffin, should be considered "armed and dangerous," Sheriff Joseph Lopinto of the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office in Louisiana, told the media Sunday night at a press briefing.

GRETNA, La. (WVUE) - A Jefferson Parish inmate with a pre-existing medical condition died Wednesday (April 23), the second in-custody death reported by Sheriff Joe Lopinto’s office in the past ...

JEFFERSON PARISH, La. — The Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office is investigating an in-custody death. Sheriff Joseph Lopinto says the inmate was taken from the Jefferson Parish Correctional ...

McAdory is the second Jefferson Parish Correctional Center inmate to die in four days. Christopher Burgau, 32, of Marrero, was pronounced dead Sunday morning after ...

Leon Ruffin, 51, who had been in custody on a second-degree murder charge, was found at a hotel in New Orleans East, with the help of New Orleans Police and the U.S. Marshals Service, Jefferson ...

Authorities have identified the Jefferson Parish Correctional Center inmate who died Wednesday night after suffering a medical emergency at the Gretna jail. John Young II, 35, was pronounced dead ...

JEFFERSON PARISH, La. — The Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office is investigating an in-custody suicide that happened Sunday morning at the Jefferson Parish Correctional Center. According to ...