4:30 PM Newscast
The family of a murdered New Orleans teenager chose a unique manner to honor his memory by displaying his body as he lived: playing video games and surrounded by snacks. The images of the teen’s wake are spreading across the internet. Embalmer and Funeral Director for Charbonnet Funeral Home, Stephanie Simon, says the display of 18 year old Renard Matthews was the family’s idea.
Cut 3 (12) “…the family wanted it.”
A Shreveport man has been sentenced to five years in prison after being convicted of Bigamy. 40-year-old Jeffery Brooks had already been convicted of sex crimes in November against two teenage girls when investigators discovered he has also married to two different women. Assistant DA Britney Green says the second woman he married has no idea that Brooks was married at the time, leading her to enter into an invalid partnership.
Brooks received the maximum possible sentence under Bigamy statues.
Two Jonesboro men have been arrested and charged with arson with attempt to defraud, and criminal conspiracy after allegedly setting a 2016 Chrysler 300 on fire. State Fire Marshal Spokesperson Ashley Rodrigue says Caldwell allegedly set the car ablaze but Rodrigue says a local business’ surveillance cameras captured Caldwell red-handed…
Former Louisiana State Police Superintendent Mike Edmonson has been subpoenaed to testify at a hearing his week involving troopers who are appealing demotions and reprimands they received for taking a tax payer funded adventure to Vegas. The three troopers say Edmondson authorized the trip. Despite the order, Legal Analyst Tim Meche says even if Edmonson signed off on the trip, it’s still an open question as to whether or not that decision was illegal.