12:30 LRN Newscast March 6

Baton Rouge Representative Dixon McMakin wants to make it a crime to live stream illegal activities. He says the proposal would have to identify the difference between a recording in real-time and a pre-recorded video.

Cut 8 (12) “…was live.” 

Lafayette Police have arrested a male teen in connection with a carjacking and high speed chase which slammed into a police vehicle in Acadia Parish.  When law enforcement located the vehicle, Lieutenant Jace Quebedeaux says the driver led police on two high speed chases across Lafayette and Acadia Parishes. During the pursuit in Crowley…

Cut 4 (12) “…a ditch.” 

The subject fled from the vehicle and a foot pursuit began. Quebedeaux says officers arrested a male teen. And following the search of the vehicle.

After the high-profile case where the man accused of poisoning his wife with an abortion pill in Texas and was only sentenced to 6 months, the brother of the victim is calling for stiffer penalties here in Louisiana

Cut 1 (32) “…I’m Brooke Thorington.”