JEFFERSON PARISH, La. (WVUE) - A search is underway for a man who escaped deputies’ custody during transport in Jefferson Parish. According to the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office, Leon ...
A convicted felon who had been in custody on a second-degree murder charge escaped on Sunday after pepper spraying his ...
From a criminal trial and assassination attempt to a poor debate performance and presidential candidate dropout, it’s been an eventful election season. Mayor Steven Reed is throwing his full ...
Jefferson County officials have agreed to pay a former inmate $500,000 to settle a 2022 incident in which jail surveillance video shows deputies drop the handcuffed man on his face. On the night ...
AMITE, La. (WVUE) - An inmate who allegedly absconded twice in three months from the Tangipahoa Parish jail has finally been booked for his February escape, records show. Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff ...
UPDATE, 6/26/24, 6:23 P.M.: Johnwell was found outside an apartment complex in Lansing, Michigan around 1:30 p.m. Wednesday afternoon and was taken into custody. He was booked into the Ingham ...
The Woodlake Swim and Tennis Club in northwest Kenner was demolished last week to clear the way for new houses — the fourth Jefferson Parish country club to close its doors or reinvent itself in ...
JEFFERSON PARISH, La. — Nearly 6,000 customers were without power in Jefferson Parish on Tuesday afternoon. According to Entergy's outage map, 6,393 customers are impacted by the outage.
LAKE CHARLES, La. — A Department of Corrections inmate was accidentally released from custody in Calcasieu Parish on June 12, 2024, the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office announced today.
Jefferson County has agreed to pay a former inmate $500,000 for a 2022 use of force incident that appeared to show jail deputies dropping the handcuffed prisoner on his face. Deputies said ...
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The former warden of the Tangipahoa Parish jail has been demoted as one of his former inmates remains on the run. Sheriff Gerald Sticker confirmed to Fox 8 he’s demoted ...
TANGIPAHOA PARISH, La. (WVUE) - A consultant identified the Tangipahoa Parish jail’s razor wire as an issue weeks before inmates reportedly exploited it. Consultant Perry Stagg warned former ...