A woman who was in custody inside a Jefferson Parish courtroom while waiting with other inmates for her case to be called managed to slip out of her handcuffs and out the doors of the Gretna ...

GRETNA, La. (WGNO) — Jefferson Parish Sheriff Joseph Lopinto announced that escaped inmate Leon Ruffin is back in custody. Lopinto said 51-year-old Ruffin is a convicted felon who’s been in ...

Lorenzo Conner, an inmate who escaped custody earlier this week, was apprehended Thursday in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana ... continues after inmate escapes in Mid-City areaSign up for our email ...

NEW THIS MORNING FROM JEFFERSON PARISH JEFFERSON PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS INVESTIGATING A DEATH AT A LOCAL HOSPITAL OF AN INMATE. THIS HAPPENED YESTERDAY EVENING. JPSO SAYS AN 82 YEAR OLD MAN ...

Leon Ruffin, the Jefferson Parish jail inmate accused of pepper-spraying a deputy and escaping from custody while awaiting trial for murder, pleaded not guilty to the brazen getaway on Friday. The ...

GRETNA, La. (WVUE) - A Jefferson Parish inmate with a pre-existing medical condition died Wednesday (April 23), the second in-custody death reported by Sheriff Joe Lopinto’s office in the past ...

The inmate, Leon Ruffin, should be considered "armed and dangerous," Sheriff Joseph Lopinto of the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office in Louisiana, told the media Sunday night at a press briefing.

(WGNO) — A judge has denied a bond reduction request for Leon Ruffin, a Jefferson Parish inmate who is accused of escaping police custody in February. On Sunday, Feb. 25, Ruffin allegedly pepper ...

GRETNA, La. — Deputies are investigating after an inmate was found dead in Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office custody Sunday night. According to Sheriff Joe Lopinto, an unidentified person was ...

JEFFERSON PARISH, La. — One inmate died and another was in recovery after they were both were rushed to the hospital Friday night when deputies found them unresponsive in their respective ...