ALEXANDRIA, La. (AP) - A search is on for a Rapides Parish Sheriff's Office inmate who walked away from a work detail in the Alexandria area. Authorities say 31-year-old Terrell Jerrod Bryant fled Wednesday. He had been serving time for a narcotics conviction. The sheriff's office says Bryant is about... more »
BAKER, La. (AP) - A 24-year-old man ordered to spend seven days in the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison suffered a serious gash to his arm when he ran into a glass door while trying to escape from police officers. Baker Police Chief Mike Knaps tells The Advocate Jcolby A.... more »
Actors Faith Ford & Justin Gaston, from Pineville, LA, and Melissa Ordway stopped by KATC to talk about their new film Escapee.
Faith Ford stars in the film as well as acts as producer. Her husband Campion Murphy wrote and directed the film as well. The film was shot... more »
At approximatley 10:03 a.m. the Iberia Parish Sheriff's Office recieved a call of an inmate on work detail walking off of a job site. Deputies are in the area of Fulton St. attempting to locate the inmate. The Sheriff Louis Ackal asks if anyone has informatin to Augustine's location to... more »
An escaped inmate in Lafayette has been caught. Michael Proctor spent less than three hours as a fugitive after running away from a work detail near East Lewis Street and Campus Lane around 3:30 Friday. Only KATC was there, as deputies re-captured Proctor a short distance away near the corner... more »
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - A 34-year-old man who was on his way to a habitual offender hearing last month when he escaped from deputies outside the Baton Rouge state courthouse has been sentenced to life in prison. Demond Cook of Baton Rouge, shackled and dressed in a prison jumpsuit,... more »
Several roads are blocked off in New Iberia as deputies there search for St. Martin Parish jail escapee Paul Collins. The sheriff tells us they think they have him cornered near the intersection of St. Jude and Frederick. Deputies say they're acting on tips because Collins had family that lived... more »
PORT ALLEN, La. (AP) - A man who escaped custody Saturday while being escorted to a Port Allen Police Department patrol unit was caught Sunday. Port Allen Police Chief Fred Smith said that 21-year-old Darryl Pierre was captured shortly after he entered an unlocked home. Smith said the people inside... more »
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - One of two East Baton Rouge Parish Prison inmates who escaped Tuesday has been captured in Port Allen. A West Baton Rouge sheriff's deputy attempted to pull over a vehicle Thursday night for having no license plate when the vehicle fled, then crashed into a... more »