The Louisiana Bond Commission gave its approval today to a 450-million dollar plan to upgrade the Superdome. Jeff Palermo has the story
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The West Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office identifies the deputy who fatally shot an unarmed black man in the back of his neck while in Port Allen motel room last month. Vance Matranga was executing a search warrant looking for drugs when the shot was fired. State Police continue to investigate the incident.
Former Lake Charles Police officer Robert Hammac has pleaded guilty in a federal courtroom to using excessive force during a police chase in 2017. Hammac will be sentenced in November and U-S Attorney David Joseph says the 45-year-old faces up to ten years in prison
Hammac pleaded guilty to a single count of deprivation of rights under color of law.
Former State Police Superintendent Mike Edmonson has been cleared in an investigation into his alleged repeated misuse of department funds during his tenure. Edmonson left State Police two years ago after coming under fire for findings of a Legislative audit. Edmonson Attorney Gray Sexton says any actions his client did take did not meet the threshold of an ethics violation.