51-year-old Leon Ruffin, who’s been in custody for second-degree murder in the Jefferson Parish Correctional Center, escaped from the parking lot of Ochsner Westbank Sunday and drove off in a deputy’s marked car. Sheriff Joe Lopinto says Ruffin was being treated for a seizure and other injuries they believe he was now faking.
The stolen unit was later found abandoned in Algiers.
Legislation that would give non-felon adults the ability to legally carry a concealed handgun without a permit or training continues to sail through the Legislature. The full Senate has already approved New Iberia Senator Blake Miguez’s measure and today it received approval from the House Criminal Justice Committee…
After several wildfires sparked over the weekend a statewide burn ban is expected
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Civil rights lawyer Ben Crump is with the family of Jerome Stevenson and says they deserve answers as to what happened Stevenson who died while in custody at the Avoyelles Parish Sheriff’s jail in Marksville last November. Inmate, 37-year-old John Williams of Mansura has been charged with second degree murder. Corrections deputies, Byron White Frank Overbey also face charges.