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Deputies spend hours sweeping apartment complex in 'swatting' call, find no evidence of crime
ZACHARY - The East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office found nothing criminal after spending upwards of eight hours searching the Audubon Parks Apartment Homes for an alleged barricaded subject. The incident, which occurred last night, is called "swatting," making a fake call to emergency services to trigger a massive...
EBR community members feel unheard in superintendent vote
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Some East Baton Rouge community members met at the Secretary of State’s office to begin the process of recalling five East Baton Rouge School Board members. “It’s very frustrating. What is going on in EBR right now,” said Alice Devall, a parent of kids...
Update: Active hostage situation near Zachary likely a hoax
ZACHARY — East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s deputies believe that a reported active hostage situation in Zachary appears to be a hoax. Dozens of law enforcement officers responded to the Audubon Apartments on Mount Pleasant-Zachary Road shortly before 7 p.m. on Thursday. Nearby streets were blocked as SWAT...
EBRSO SWAT investigating reports of person barricaded inside Zachary apartment complex
ZACHARY — East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Deputies and the agency's SWAT team are investigating a situation at an apartment complex in Zachary Thursday night. The incident is at the Audubon Park Apartment Homes off of Mount Pleasant-Zachary Road. One man has been taken into police custody, an EBRSO official...
EBRSO investigating reports of person barricaded in Zachary
ZACHARY, La. (WAFB) - The East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office are investigating reports of someone barricaded at an apartment complex in Zachary. According to EBRSO, an alleged call was made to authorities, but nothing could be verified at this time. Authorities say they are still searching the area.
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