If you missed getting tickets for Taylor Swift’s soldout October 26th show at the Superdome, Brooke Thorington has more on how you can win a pair and help “Mastermind” Ochsner Health’s Neuroscience Institute.
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Booking mug shots of suspects charged in non-violent or minor crimes would once again become available under legislation heading to the Senate floor. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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Ochsner Health is raffling off two tickets to see Taylor Swift and raise money for their Neuroscience Institute. Assistant VP of Philanthropy Lucy King says the winner will receive two suite tickets for the October 26th sold-out show at the Superdome. And like Taylor, King says the neuroscience facilty is one of a kind.
So, if it’s among your “Wildest Dreams” to see Taylor in “Style,” King says don’t “Shake Off” this opportunity.
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King says they’ve already broken ground on the Debra H. and Robert J. Patrick Neuroscience Center in New Orleans and like Taylor, music will play a “Mastermind” role in the treatment of neurological disorders.
The $100 raffle tickets can be purchased at ochsner.org/eras. The deadline to purchase tickets is just before “Midnight” on April 7th and the winner will be drawn on April 8th.
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State Police has charged a Lafayette truck driver with negligent homicide for driving too fast during the super fog event on I-55 last October. Trooper Jacob Pucheu (pee-shoe) says 61-year-old Ronald Britt’s truck was part of a massive chain reaction crash that involved 168 vehicles and seven deaths, including 60-year-old James Fleming…
Pucheu says Britt is facing several charges…
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Britt was booked into the St. John Parish Correctional Center earlier this week.
The pileup occurred in St. John the Baptist Parish on October 23rd during super fog conditions, a combination smoke from marsh fires and foggy conditions.
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Legislation banning importing, ownership, and trafficking of child sex dolls that resembles children 12 years and younger passed out of committee Tuesday. Bill’s author, Franklinton Senator Beth Mizell explains Homeland Security contacted her about trafficking after receiving a package with a label describing it as a mannequin.
And while nine other states already have such laws, Mizell says legislation does not exist in Louisiana to allow law enforcement to take individuals into custody.
Mizell says some companies create dolls based on the likeness of real children. She says her legislation could help prevent assaults on children by pedophiles or potential abusers.
The bill now heads to the Senate floor.
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Legislation that would allow law enforcement to once again make public the booking photos of adults charged with crimes is making its way to the Senate floor. A law passed in 2022 prevents the release of mug shots of suspects accused of non-violent or minor offenses. Shreveport Senator Alan Seabaugh says the 2022 law is hurting law enforcement…
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Seabaugh says the 2022 law was approved with good intentions, but there is confusion over what can and can’t be released, so some law enforcement agencies are not making any mug shots available.
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The Senate Judiciary C Committee approved Seabaugh’s bill. Baton Rouge Senator Regina Barrow was the only no vote. Barrow says once a mug shot goes public, it never goes away and it change and alter a person’s life…
Sarah Whittington with the Justice and Accountability Center of Louisiana says mug shots can cause damage for suspects who later found innocent…