51-year-old Leon Ruffin who was being held at the Jefferson Parish Correctional Center escaped from the parking lot of Ochsner Westbank Sunday and drove off in a deputy’s car. Sheriff Joe Lopinto says the convicted murderer was being transported back to the JPCC from the hospital and escaped after he pepper-sprayed a deputy.
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The car was found abandoned in Algiers.
New Iberia Senator Blake Miguez’s bill to allow non-felon adults to legally conceal carry a handgun without a permit or training was approved in House Criminal Justice today after passing the full Senate last week. Miguez says Senate Bill 1 does not change current law, which prohibits guns near a parade route or in bars and that there’s evidence his legislation will help deter shootings…
The Avoyelles Parish Sheriff’s Office has not released many details about the November in-custody death of Jerome Stevenson. Civil rights lawyer Ben Crump says an autopsy report shows the 26-year-old died from blunt force trauma to the head and stomach…
Two correctional officers have been charged with his death.
The remains of 19-year-old Sheryl Turner of New Iberia have been positively identified as those found in the Ouachita River on January 24th. Turner’s body was found dismembered in the river. Her twin sister told authorities that Turner left New Iberia to go to Monroe with a man around New Year’s. Catahoula Parish detectives are asking for anyone with information about the case to contact them.