Mayor announces plan to help inmates in parish prison receive proper healthcare services
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BATON ROUGE - The City-Parish will announce a Request for Proposal (RFP) on Friday so inmates at the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison can receive on-site primary healthcare services.
The City-Parish plans to provide good quality healthcare services to inmates including medical, dental, mental health, and related support services.
Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome created a task force to help create the RFP.
Mayor Broome stated on Thursday that, “All inmates are valuable individuals who are worthy of dignity and respect. It is incumbent upon us to ensure they have access to the services they need while in custody.”
Second arrest made in 2008 homicide after alleged gunman released
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BATON ROUGE - Police arrested a second suspect they believe is connected to a 2008 cold case.
Damon Franklin was charged with second degree murder for the 2008 killing of Tangie Swanson.
According to a police report, Franklin acted as the getaway driver, and was aware of the plan to kill Swanson.
Swanson was accused of killing Collins uncle, Kevin Collins in 2008. Before police could arrest Swanson she was murdered.
Authorities believe that Swanson was murdered in retaliation for the murder of Collins uncle.
The City Where Police Unleash Dogs On Black Teens
Charles Carey, 19, shows the scars on his leg from a 2019 Baton Rouge police dog bite. His grandmother Patricia Rogers is at left. Travis Spradling/Baton Rouge Advocate In Baton Rouge, police dogs bit a teenager 17 or younger every three weeks, on average. By Bryn Stole and Grace Toohey By Bryn Stole and Grace Toohey
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Charles Carey was riding his dirt bike through north Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in June 2019 when a police cruiser flipped on its lights.
The bike had no license plate, and the 17-year-old thought police just wanted it off the road, he said. So he sped away. Officers gave chase.
Suspect arrested in connection to the shooting death of 21-year-old on McClelland Drive 8720-BRPD generic police car-wafb (Source: WAFB) By WAFB Staff | January 29, 2021 at 6:59 AM CST - Updated February 2 at 9:20 AM
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Detectives with the Baton Rouge Police Department have made an arrest in connection to the death of a 21-year-old male.
According to officials, detectives arrested Michael Brooks, 20 on Monday, Feb. 1. Investigators believe that Brooks is connected in the death of Marquell Wyatt, 21.
Brooks was booked in the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison on the charge of second degree murder.
Wyatt was found inside a vehicle around 11 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 28 in the 5000 block of McClelland Drive, suffering from apparent gunshot wounds.
Man facing child porn charges arrested again in undercover child sex sting
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Editor s note: The original version of this story stated Sousa s previous arrest happened in 2021. He was previously arrested in 2020.
BATON ROUGE - A man arrested on child porn charges last year was taken into custody again when multiple agencies ensnared him and another suspect in an undercover child sex investigation.
According to Louisiana State Police, Jaime Sousa, 26, of Ponchatoula and Dexter Schexnayder, 47, of Deridder were arrested Wednesday in East Baton Rouge Parish.
The agency said both were lured to the parish by undercover FBI agents posing as children on socials. After having separate conversations with agents on the internet, the two arranged to meet up with whom they thought was a juvenile with the intent of having sex.