Bond has been set at $75-thousand for the step-father of a Baton Rouge 2-year-old found dead in Hancock Country, Mississippi Sunday. More from Jeff Palermo…:
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The DEA is warning the public that illicitly purchased prescription meds could well be dangerous doses of home-cooked fentanyl and methamphetamine. Drug labs are making the pills so that they look exactly like legitimate doses of OxyContin, Percocet, Vicodin, Xanax and others. Even a tiny amount of fentanyl can be lethal. The DEA says only take meds from a legitimate and prescribed source.
A Schriever man is held on a four-million-dollar bond after a Saturday night shooting on Bull Run Road that left a woman dead and a State Trooper wounded. Troopers responded to the scene Saturday, where they say 38-year-old Patrick Waddle had shot 51-year-old Lisa Eschete. Trooper Ross Brennan says Waddle exchanged gunfire with officers as they arrived and he was making his getaway…:
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Waddle was apprehended and taken to jail early Sunday. He faces charges of 2nd-degree murder and attempted murder of the state trooper.
Have you bought Powerball tickets lately? Tonight’s drawing is for one of the highest jackpots in recent history. Louisiana Lottery spokesperson Kim Chopin says – if a Louisianan wins – it’ll be the first Powerball jackpot winner in the Bayou State since 2018…:
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Lump sum cash payout tonight? $392-million!!