Florida man sentenced to six years in federal cocaine caseA Pensacola man got six years in federal prison for his part in a big cocaine trafficking ring linked to a Mexican cartel that used a Lafayette storage unit to stash drugs. The case involved 15 defendants and stretched from Mexico through Texas and Florida.Baton Rouge Advocate12h agoWhole story →Justicecocaine trafficking sentencing
Family sues Baton Rouge sheriff over jail deathA year after Keith Brown died in the East Baton Rouge Parish prison, his family has filed a federal lawsuit against Sheriff Sid Gautreaux and Turn Key Health.Baton Rouge Advocate3d agoWhole story →Justicejail death lawsuit
3 charged in New Orleans for illegal voting in 2024 electionFederal prosecutors in New Orleans have charged three people with voting illegally in the 2024 federal election, part of President Donald Trump’s push to stamp out what he has described as rampant voting by noncitizens. All three defendants were living in the country legally as green card holders when they allegedly cast the votes, the Justice Department…Baton Rouge Advocate4d agoWhole story →JusticeGovernmentvoting fraud charges
Honduras man in Lake Charles arrested for illegal entranceUnited States District Judge James D. Cain, Jr. sentenced Honduras 42-year-old David Joel Hernandez-Sanchez to 30 months in federal prison for “Illegal re-entry of a Removed Alien” on Sept. 24, according to a news release from Western District of the Louisiana U.S. Attorney's Office.Baton Rouge Advocate4d agoWhole story →JusticeGovernmentillegal re entry sentencing
Opinion: Scalise may be right - this Congress is productivePlenty of critics have said this Congress has been unproductive. In a recent post to social media, Majority Leader Steve Scalise of Louisiana, pointed to numerous examples of what the House has accomplished.Baton Rouge Advocate5d agoWhole story →CultureGovernmentS 759S 283congress productivity debate
Federal prosecutor hired for Baton Rouge corruption casesLouisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill’s office has a hired John Luke Walker, a former federal prosecutor out of the U.S. Attorney’s office in Lafayette to lead the state’s cases against LaMont Cole, Cleve Dunn Jr. and other Baton Rouge officials.Baton Rouge Advocate7d agoWhole story →JusticeGovernmentbaton rouge corruption cases
