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Officer kills driver in high-speed crash after running a red light

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BATON ROUGE, LA – A Baton Rouge Police Department officer was taken into custody on Halloween following her alleged involvement in a high-speed collision that resulted in the tragic death of another motorist. The incident occurred on October 20, around 10:30 p.m., as disclosed by the police department in a social media statement. Officer Sharmaine Buckley, 28, was reportedly driving a marked patrol car when she purportedly ran a red light at nearly 80 miles …

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Deadly shooting at high school football game in Louisiana

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A tragic incident unfolded during a high school football game in Port Allen, Louisiana, on Friday night, resulting in the death of a teenager and injuries to a man. The halftime shooting at Port Allen High School, located near Baton Rouge, claimed the life of a 15-year-old boy and left a 28-year-old man with injuries of an undisclosed nature, according to local law enforcement. The West Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office, represented by Sgt. Landon Groger, …

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A Body Found in Louisiana is Believed to be Missing Georgia Man

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The body of Nathan Millard, a Georgia man who went missing during a business trip to Louisiana, was found off Scenic Highway in Baton Rouge. On Monday, a Baton Rouge police officer confirmed the news of the discovery, bringing an end to the weeks of hope that had been kept by Millard’s coworkers in Conyers where he worked for Advanced Construction. Millard’s wife Amber spoke of the nightmare she cannot seem to wake up from …

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Murder Live Streamed on Instagram

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A Woman’s Fatal Stabbing Was Streamed on Instagram, Police Say – The New York Times The victim was tied to the car’s steering wheel with jumper cables, and the attack went on for over 15 minutes.  In a shocking, live-streamed video, drug user Felon Earl Lee Johnson Jr. (35) killed a woman he was on a full days-long drug binge before committing this heinous act. Not so surprising, police said the killer had been arrested …

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