Scottie Hunter, WAFB

Scottie Hunter

WAFB

Baton Rouge, LA, United States

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Past articles by Scottie:

RECORDS: EBR Schools employee admits to hitting autistic student, blames ‘bad day’

Two violent incidents between an East Baton Rouge School System employee and a non-verbal autistic student have landed the worker in jail. → Read More

I-TEAM: Advocates sound alarm over amount of drugs found in area schools

Advocates are sounding the alarm as the amount of drugs that are creeping into classrooms and causing problems at area schools continues to rise. → Read More

I-TEAM: State Representative again calls on removal of EBR Chief Public Defender

State Representative C. Denise Marcelle has once again called on the removal of EBR Chief Public Defender, Lisa Parker. → Read More

I-TEAM: State, local officials at odds over fix for dangerous highway

A family is grieving one week after 41-year-old Jeross Banks was hit and killed while riding his bike to work along LA-1 in Iberville Parish. → Read More

I-TEAM: Training facility passed prior inspections before collapse

A new training facility for athletes being built along Burbank Drive in Baton Rouge is now on hold after a portion of the building came crashing down Friday, February 24, 2023. → Read More

I-TEAM: Bus driver accused of smoking marijuana during route no longer with school district

The bus driver accused of smoking marijuana during a route with children on board last week is no longer with the East Baton Rouge Parish School District, the WAFB I-TEAM has learned. → Read More

I-TEAM: EBR Schools investigating claims of bus driver smoking marijuana during route

Officials with the East Baton Rouge Public School System are investigating claims that a bus driver was smoking marijuana during a route on Thursday, February 9, 2022. → Read More

I-TEAM: Lawmaker takes aim at high-speed chases amid deadly wreck

Representative Edmond Jordan-- (D) Baton Rouge, is taking aim at high-speed police chases following two dangerous chases through the Baton Rouge area within the last month. → Read More

I-TEAM: Parish tracked nearly 100 dog bite investigations in last year, records show

Weeks after a young girl was killed in a dog attack, the WAFB I-TEAM is tracking how many times the parish has been warned about dangerous animals in the last year. → Read More

I-TEAM: Lawyers want grand jury, upgraded charges in Madison Brooks case

Prosecutors will seek upgraded first-degree rape charges against men arrested after an alleged sexual encounter with an LSU student before her death hours later. → Read More

I-TEAM: Bonds set for suspects in Madison Brooks rape case

Bond hearings are underway Tuesday, Jan. 24, for three men who investigators say participated in or witnessed a sexual encounter with an LSU student before her death. → Read More

I-TEAM: Bonds set for suspects in Madison Brooks rape case

Bond hearings are underway Tuesday, Jan. 24, for three men who investigators say participated in or witnessed a sexual encounter with an LSU student before her death. → Read More

I-TEAM: 2 suspects in Madison Brooks rape case bond out of prison

Bond hearings took place on Tuesday, Jan. 24, for three men who investigators say participated in or witnessed a sexual encounter with an LSU student before her death. → Read More

I-TEAM: Dispatch audio paints chaotic scene of mass shooting at area bar

Twelve people were hurt and police are working to track down the gunman following a mass shooting at Dior Bar and Lounge in Baton Rouge. → Read More

Bullet stuck near Baton Rouge DJ’s spine after club shooting

A Baton Rouge DJ never expected to end up in a hospital, unable to walk after a fun night out in the city, but violence and gunfire inside a lounge Saturday left Michael Henderson, who performs under the name DJ Revv, and 11 others hurt. → Read More

Troopers stripped of pay after indictment in 2019 Ronald Greene case

The Louisiana State Police Commission is stripping two troopers of their pay at the request of State Police. → Read More

I-TEAM: Legal analyst weighs in after five officers indicted in death of Ronald Greene

Three years after the brutal beating death of Ronald Greene at the tail end of a traffic stop in Monroe, four Louisiana State Police troopers and a Union Parish Sheriff’s deputy have been indicted for their role in what happened. → Read More

ITEAM: Texas gymnastics coach arrested on sex crimes has ties to Louisiana

The WAFB I-TEAM has learned a Texas gymnastics coach arrested on sexual misconduct charges last week has a connection to a facility in the Baton Rouge area. → Read More

I-TEAM: New temporary leader for DCFS lays out future plans to lawmakers

Terri Ricks, the new temporary head of the troubled Department of Children and Family Services went before lawmakers today to lay out her future plans for the agency. → Read More

I-TEAM: Baker man arrested on federal gun charges days after prior arrest

The US Marshal Service Middle Louisiana Fugitive Task Force with assistance of the East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office SWAT team and ATF made an arrest Friday, November 16, 2022. → Read More