A federal grand jury indicts a former Monroe area State Trooper with a civil rights violation in the May 2019 arrest and beating of Aaron Bowman. Jacob Brown’s bodycam footage shows him striking Bowman 18 times with his MagLite. Legal analyst Tim Meche says it’s important to remember a federal indictment is not for committing a violent crime.
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The 31-year-old Brown has been indicted with a single count of deprivation of rights and if convicted, he faces up to ten years in prison.

Hurricane Ida left an estimated eight thousand homes unlivable and some of those individuals are living in tents and rubble where their homes once stood. Thousands of others are displaced. Governor Edwards hopes FEMA will make an announcement very soon on temporary housing…
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This Sunday marks four weeks since Hurricane Ida made landfall. The Louisiana National Guard has distributed more than six-point two million MREs, seven-point eight million liters of water, one-point-three million pounds of ice, and 307-thousand tarps to more than 80 Point of Distribution sites. Spokesperson Noel Collins says at one time the entire National Guard was deployed…
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State Police will provide free child passenger safety seat checks tomorrow as part of National Seat Check Saturday. Sergeant James Anderson says unfortunately in many cases, child safety seats are not used correctly…
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In Alexandria, child safety seat inspection station will be held at Rapides Regional Hospital from 9 AM to noon.