Slidell-area man arrested following eight-hour SWAT standoff
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Authorities engaged in an eight-hour long standoff with a suspect who d barricaded himself in a Slidell-area home on Wednesday (Dec. 16), officials say.
SLIDELLL - Authorities engaged in an eight-hour long standoff with a suspect who d barricaded himself in a Slidell-area home on Wednesday (Dec. 16), officials say.
According to representatives with the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff s Office (STPSO), 73-year-old Gerald Maxey was finally taken into custody shortly before 3:30 p.m.
UPDATE: The individual is in custody. Thank you to everyone for their cooperation in staying out of the area. We will.
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On Dec. 7, the East Baton Rouge Prison Reform Coalition held a vigil and march after the 44th death in Parish Prison since 2012 a number that far surpasses deaths in jail when compared with national data.
“Words have power they have energy. And what our leaders believe is that there is not any power in these names,” said Linda Franks of the East Baton Rouge Prison Reform Coalition whose son’s name was read among the 44 names.
Frank’s son, Lamar Johnson, was arrested for having tinted windows en route to picking up his grandmother from dialysis in 2016. Parish prison officials claim he committed suicide while in custody.
Several national criminal justice advocacy groups have filed a class action lawsuit against judges in the 19th Judicial District Court, alleging their bail practices discriminate against poor people.Â
The lawsuit claims hundreds of people, most of them poor, Black or both, languish in pretrial detention in East Baton Rouge Parish Prison for long periods of time simply because they cannot pay the bail that has been set as the condition for their release. This system inflicts devastating harm on people solely because of their poverty and violates the most fundamental of American axioms, the lawsuit says. That all people are equal under the law and are innocent until they are found guilty. Â
next tonight, ten young men under arrest in the suspected hazing death of a college student in louisiana. the lsu freshman died after attending a fraternity pledge event called bible study. here s abc s steve osunsami. reporter: one by one today, the frat brothers accused in the september hazing death of this lsu freshman were led away in handcuffs. their lawyers were upset it had to be so public. they re going to parade these kids up this walkway and into that facility and to parish prison. it s not necessary. reporter: nine of the ten young men from phi delta theta are charged tonight with misdemeanor hazing. but 19-year-old matthew naquin, who witnesses say was the most aggressive that night, is also accused of negligent homicide, a felony. 19-year-old max gruver died after what they called a bible study september 13th. pledges were asked questions about the fraternity, and police say that naquin and two others forced them to drink 190-proof alcohol when they got the ans