Bess Casserleigh
Reporter and Anchor at WBRZ-TV (Baton Rouge, LA)
Non-Award-Winning Investigative Reporter for WBRZ. Keith Morrison fan. Foodie. Animal lover. #ManshipMade
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3 days ago |
wbrz.com | Bess Casserleigh
BATON ROUGE - Twenty years ago, Jeff LeDuff was a brand new police chief and about to face one of the biggest challenges of his career: Hurricane Katrina. "The whole city of New Orleans came to Baton Rouge," LeDuff said. While the capital city took in thousands of evacuees before the storm hit, the real flood of people came after the levees broke and homes were destroyed. "The days after, we started getting all these folks.
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4 days ago |
wbrz.com | Bess Casserleigh
Despite a heated, on-going legal battle over pay discrepancy between the St. George firefighter's union and the department, things appear to be cooling off. "We've talked to the fire chief. We're trying to work out some resolutions. The lawsuits are not dropped on either side per se, but put on what I call a pause," said St. George Firefighters Local 4524 president Jason Turner.
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5 days ago |
wbrz.com | Bess Casserleigh
JACKSON - For the second time in six months, an inmate at Dixon Correctional in Jackson has been brutally attacked by another inmate. Most recently with the near-fatal attack at the end of April. Inmate Tedrick Carter was charged with attempted murder and first-degree rape. According to his arrest warrant, Carter said that evening he was intoxicated, but did not say by what and had been talking to himself. His cellmate, who Carter says was naked, told him to quiet down.
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5 days ago |
wbrz.com | Bess Casserleigh
JACKSON - For the second time in six months, an inmate at Dixon Correctional in Jackson has been brutally attacked by another inmate. Most recently with the near-fatal attack at the end of April. Inmate Tedrick Carter was charged with attempted murder and first-degree rape. According to his arrest warrant, Carter said that evening he was intoxicated, but did not say by what and had been talking to himself. His cellmate, who Carter says was naked, told him to quiet down.
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1 week ago |
wbrz.com | Bess Casserleigh
ST. GABRIEL - Former St. Gabriel police officer Ronald Monroe is no longer facing domestic violence charges after the woman who originally accused him of pulling a gun on her recanted her statement. Monroe was arrested in July of last year at his apartment in Gonzales after his girlfriend at the time confronted him about an alleged affair and an argument ensued. According to the police report, Monroe pushed her and also pulled out his gun.
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