Watch: Louisiana worker dangling from fiery cherry picker before plunging to ground

[ad_1] A dramatic video captured a Louisiana utility worker hanging from his safety harness after a bucket truck caught fire Tuesday, before he fell to the ground. The unidentified worker was seen suspended high above the street from the burning cherry picker as thick black smoke poured from the truck below. Flames continued to spread […]

Louisiana jail escape: Police arrest five inmates, search on for three remaining fugitives

[ad_1] Authorities in Louisiana have recaptured five of the eight inmates who escaped from the Riverbend Detention Center in East Carroll Parish during the early hours of January 30, officials confirmed on Friday. A large-scale manhunt remains underway for the three remaining fugitives, all of whom are considered violent offenders.According to the East Carroll Parish […]

Derrick Groves arrested: Final escaped Louisiana inmate captured after 5 months; found hiding in ‘crawl space’

[ad_1] Derrick Groves, the last of 10 inmates who escaped from a New Orleans jail nearly five months ago, was captured at a residence in Atlanta on Wednesday, the US marshals service confirmed.Groves, convicted of murdering two men during Mardi Gras 2018, had been on the run since May 16 after breaking out of the […]

Watch: Massive fire erupts at Louisiana auto supply plant; residents ordered to evacuate

[ad_1] Massive fire erupts at Louisiana auto supply plant A powerful explosion and fire at an automotive supply company in southeast Louisiana forced evacuations on Friday, sending huge flames and a towering column of thick black smoke into the sky above rural communities.The blaze broke out at Smitty’s Supply, a plant that manufactures lubricants and […]

How Louisana Became ICE Detention Central

[ad_1] U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement wants to operate more like a business — like FedEx or Amazon. Brent McDonald and Campbell Robertson traveled to a small commercial airport in Alexandria, La., that has become the No. 1 ICE transit hub in the country. [ad_2] Source link

Louisiana woman beats man, leaves him to be crushed to death by cars

[ad_1] A woman in Louisiana has been charged with manslaughter after she allegedly attacked a man with a bat and left him in the street, where he was fatally struck by two passing cars moments later.The 43 year old Tonnisha Mitchell, is accused of repeatedly hitting Gene Hill, 42, in the head and body with […]

Louisiana and Texas arrest three more in ongoing manhunt for jailbreak inmates, two left

[ad_1] Troopers with Louisiana State Police escort Orleans Parish Prison escapee Lenton Vanburen to a waiting vehicle (Image credits: AP) Three more inmates who escaped from a New Orleans jail earlier this month were re-arrested on Monday in separate states, more than a week after their bold escape.Louisiana State Police announced on X that one […]

Chevron ordered to pay more than $740 million to restore Louisiana coast in landmark trial

[ad_1] POINTE A LA HACHE: Oil company Chevron must pay more than $740 million to restore damage it caused to southeast Louisiana’s coastal wetlands, a jury ruled on Friday following a landmark trial more than a decade in the making. The case was the first of dozens of pending lawsuits to reach trial in Louisiana […]

Rumeysa Ozturk: Judge transfers case of detained Turkish PhD student Rumeysa Ozturk to Vermont

[ad_1] Judge transfers case of detained Turkish PhD student Rumeysa Ozturk to Vermont (Picture credit: AP) A federal judge on Friday ordered the case of Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish doctoral student at Tufts University, to be moved from Massachusetts to Vermont, where she was briefly held after her arrest by immigration officers last week.Ozturk’s lawyers […]