Ellyn Couvillion

2 days ago | theadvocate.com | Ellyn Couvillion |Quinn Coffman

Two years after the 2014 fatal shooting of a 7-year-old boy in Baton Rouge, a traffic stop uncovered a gun stolen in Ruston that investigators - through ballistic tests and cell phone records - used to link a man arrested Monday to the killing, records show. The driver, Rashad Montreal Turner, would ultimately be arrested in the killing of 7-year-old Terrez Coleman, who was struck by a bullet Aug. 16, 2014, on Prescott Road as he rode home with his parents and two sisters from a family reunion.

6 days ago | theadvocate.com | Ellyn Couvillion

Four hundred meals of good Louisiana cooking had been prepared for an outdoor gathering of energy workers and leaders in downtown Baton Rouge this past week. Called "Industry Day," the event is hosted every year by the nonprofit Grow Louisiana Coalition. This year, it was to have been held outdoors in a park near the State Capitol building. The rain had other ideas, though.

6 days ago | theadvocate.com | Ellyn Couvillion

A Baton Rouge man was arrested Thursday on two counts of pornography involving juveniles, following a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, according to the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office. The investigation began with a Microsoft report that a user uploaded two files of child sexual abuse material, according to the affidavit.

6 days ago | theadvocate.com | Ellyn Couvillion

Five men were sentenced in federal court this week for their roles in a large-scale cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine trafficking network that was operating in four parishes, according to the U.S. Attorney's office with the Middle District Court in Baton Rouge. The network, based in Iberville Parish, distributed drugs there and throughout East Baton Rouge, Ascension and West Feliciana parishes from February 2019 to October 2019, Acting U.S. Attorney April Leon said in a news release.

1 week ago | theadvocate.com | Ellyn Couvillion

Two customers waiting in line at a Baton Rouge bank Thursday morning joined forces to take down a man who walked in with a handgun and demanded money, according to Baton Rouge Police. "The man came in with a gun and two good Samaritans stopped it," said Lt. L'Jean McKneely Jr., police spokesperson. The thwarted robbery happened at about 10:15 a.m. Thursday at the Regions Bank at 3121 Sherwood Forest Boulevard, when the suspect walked in and pointed his gun at tellers.