4+ hour, 57+ min ago   (215+ words) One person has been arrested in connection with the homicide that occurred on N. St. Antoine Street, according to the Lafayette Police Department. Tylier Lindon, 23, of Lafayette, has been charged with one count of 1st Degree Murder, one count of Attempted 1st Degree…...

1+ hour, 47+ min ago   (207+ words) A registered sex offender from Rapides Parish was arrested by Baton Rouge police for sexual battery of a minor after he allegedly inappropriately touched a juvenile. Jail records show that David Coburn, 51, was arrested Tuesday evening by Baton Rouge police....

4+ hour, 33+ min ago   (115+ words) The Advocate Two former employee at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola have been arrested for malfeasance in office, according to the state Department of Corrections. Sgt. Alena Goodin, 40, of Natchez, Mississippi, was charged Thursday with one count of malfeasance…...

5+ hour, 47+ min ago   (133+ words) The Advocate A man has been arrested in connection with a fatal shooting on Florida Boulevard earlier this month, Baton Rouge Police said. Jordan Edwards, 20, was booked into East Baton Rouge Parish Prison on counts of second-degree murder and obstruction…...

1+ day, 39+ min ago   (422+ words) A man arrested Monday for allegedly holding a woman against her will is also a person of interest in the cases of two missing Baton Rouge women. Thomas Morris, 43, of St. Francisville, has been an active person of interest in…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (114+ words) A St. Francisville man was arrested after deputies received a call that he was holding a woman against her will, said the West Feliciana Parish Sheriff’s Office. Thomas Morris, 43, of St. Francisville, was charged with second-degree kidnapping and false imprisonment....

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (103+ words) The Advocate A man fatally shot outside a Baker convenience store Thursday night has been identified, the East Baton Rouge Coroner’s Office said. Dillon Murray, 19, was outside the Buffalo Food Mart on Groom Road in Baker at about 10:40 p.m. Thursday,…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (161+ words) The following people were booked into East Baton Rouge Parish Prison or issued a summons by the Zachary Police Department from July 9-15: Hunter Campbell: 29; 15375 Tom Drehr Road, Pride; simple battery Joshua Cole: 28; 5243 N. Shamrock Drive, Baton Rouge; failure to appear on…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (135+ words) A man died Friday evening after a single-vehicle crash on La. 42 near Galvez Baptist Church Road in Ascension Parish, State Police report. Troopers began investigating the crash just after 9:25 p.m., according to a news release. Investigations showed that Ryan Mendoza, 44, was…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (23+ words) The Advocate The Gulf Coast Brotherhood finished a grueling 90 mile bike ride from Slidell at the memoria…...