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On Tuesday, Baton Rouge police officers arrested a pastor on an assault charge after he admitted that he drove his church bus toward a man who has been protesting the pastors’ decision to hold Sunday services. The pastor’s services violated the public health orders steaming from the COVID-19 pandemic. The …

On Monday, the Supreme Court ruled that defendants in criminal trials will only be convicted by a unanimous jury. According to The Hill, the court said in a divided opinion that the Constitution calls for agreement among all members of a jury in order to enact a guilty verdict. Oregon …

A Louisiana mother has been arrested after she allegedly attacked one student at a middle school. Before having her daughter fight another student, Lacey Louis fought a separate student at Westlake Middle School in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on Monday morning, WAFB reported. The East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office was notified …

Two people are dead, and many others are displaced after dangerous flash flooding triggered by Tropical Storm Imelda slammed parts of Texas and Louisiana on Thursday.  Officials in Harris County, which includes Houston, report that there had been a combination of at least 1,000 high-water rescues and evacuations to get …

A Louisiana sheriff’s deputy has been accused of forcing a woman to sexually abuse her 1-year-old son while he filmed it. Shadrick Jones, 33, allegedly told a woman it was his “fantasy” to watch her sexually abuse her son. The former Iberville Parish deputy has been fired, arrested and charged …

A  71-year-old man has been arrested on 100 counts of first-degree rape involving minors in Pineville, Louisiana. Harvey Joseph Fountain was taken into police custody on April 9 after detectives received information that the suspect was involved sexually with juveniles.  Police investigation revealed that the alleged sex crimes dated back …

According to CNN, a judge released bodycam footage on Wednesday that showed officers firing several shots into a car, which resulted in the death of a 6-year-old boy. The incident occurred in September of 2015. Apparently, a man and his girlfriend were witnessed arguing in front of a local bar. Sometime …