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Sunday, October 12, 2008
POLICE AND FIRE NEWS
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Baton Rouge Police on Friday arrested two men in connection with a September shooting that left one man injured, according to an arrest warrant.
Baton Rouge police arrested a 15-year-old boy Thursday for allegedly shooting three people during an armed robbery of the Rite Aid at 5840 Plank Road. A Crime Stoppers tip resulted in the arrest Friday of Lee Andrew Bradley in connection with a triple shooting that left one dead earlier this month. GONZALES — The Ascension Parish Sheriff’s Office arrested a man and seized more than 15 pounds of marijuana from an abandoned house as a result of an undercover narcotics investigation, Sheriff Jeff Wiley said Friday. A state appeals court sided with The Advocate today and ruled that internal-affairs records from a probe into claims of Baton Rouge police misconduct after Hurricane Katrina should be made public. A man was shot Thursday at a Hollywood Street pawn shop after he tried to sell a stolen miter saw, police said. Robert Lee Glasper, 48, 4274 Clayton St., walked into Penny Pincher Pawn Shop, 5025 Hollywood St., at 9:30 a.m. and told an employee he wanted to sell a miter saw, said Sgt. Don Kelly, a Police Department spokesman. A 44-year-old man was arrested Sunday for allegedly beating another man to death over a dispute about a food-stamp card, an East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office official said Thursday. Police have issued an arrest warrant for Lee Andrew Bradley in a triple shooting that left one dead earlier this month. Bradley allegedly fired multiple gunshots about 9 p.m. Oct. 3 at a home at 3241 Aliquippa St., an arrest warrant says. Nearby plant workers and residents across the Mississippi River in White Castle sheltered in place Thursday when a valve at the PCS Nitrogen plant in Geismar leaked sulfuric acid, State Police said. Authorities released the identity Thursday of a man who was shot and killed Wednesday after deputies allegedly saw him stabbing his girlfriend in a parked car in Iberia Parish. BROUSSARD — Police arrested a 39-year-old Broussard woman on vehicular homicide charges after she allegedly crashed into a car Wednesday afternoon, killing the driver. LAFAYETTE — A former State Farm insurance agent was arrested this week for allegedly pocketing the proceeds from the sale of a $25,000 painting by George Rodrigue, known for his “Blue Dog” series. An Iberia Parish sheriff’s deputy has been fired and faces charges for allegedly taking contraband into the Iberia Parish Correctional Center. |
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