John Simerman

Child abuse allegations, misconduct complaints, unusual probes, recusals: A Baton Rouge custody case has prompted an unusual clash among judges – and now politicians are involved.

He's accused of shooting Eliot Brown, a carpenter and artist, at his doorstep on Dumaine Street.

Devon Lucie, 48, was booked on counts of domestic abuse child endangerment and resisting an officer by refusing to identify himself.

The fatal shooting of Eliot Brown has stunned neighbors.

"That guy didn't have a beef with anybody," a neighbor said. "He was very cool headed. Didn't get into any conflicts. He was just a really good friend, just a really solid person."

Coast Guard inspectors found seven M-16 or AR-15 type rifles that he’d converted to automatic fire.

Troubled New Orleans landlord Joshua Bruno has landed fresh legal problems after police say he tried to run down a tenant in a vehicle.

As soon as this week, Cantrell is expected to answer to Friday’s indictment alleging a scheme with her police officer bodyguard to bilk taxpayers and conceal an affair.

A second teen boy has accused Joshua Kagler of sexual abuse, this time allegedly at McDonogh 35.

In a new memoir called "Jailhouse Lawyer," New Orleans native Calvin Duncan chronicles his remarkable evolution as an attorney behind bars in Angola until his eventual exoneration.