A convicted felon who escaped custody on Sunday after pepper spraying his transporting deputy and stealing her car was captured in New Orleans on Tuesday, authorities said. Leon Ruffin ...

UPDATE: According to WWL Louisiana's media partner Nola.com, 52-year-old Shelita Ruffins, the wife of captured murder suspect ... Police said 51-year-old Leon Ruffin was arrested in the 12000 ...

Police located Leon Ruffin, 51, at a hotel in New Orleans and took him into custody, Jefferson Parish Sheriff Joseph Lopinto said in a Tuesday news conference. Ruffin had been in custody since ...

(WVUE) - The trial begins Monday (June 10) for Leon Ruffin, the man accused of ... and drove off. Ruffin was captured several days later and now faces charges stemming from that escape.