UP A LITTLE BIT LATER. RANDY AND DEREK ALSO DEVELOPING DETAILS. ALL NEW AT NOON. A SECOND PERSON HAS NOW BEEN ARRESTED FOR ALLEGEDLY HELPING A MURDER SUSPECT ESCAPE FROM JEFFERSON PARISH CUSTODY. LAST ...

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 ...

NEW AT SIX A MURDER SUSPECT WHO ESCAPED FROM JSO CUSTODY IN MARCH PLEADS NOT GUILTY. LEON RUFFIN IS ACCUSED OF PEPPER SPRAYING A DEPUTY AND GETTING AWAY IN HER UNIT. HE WAS EVENTUALLY TRACKED DOWN ...

JEFFERSON PARISH, La. (WVUE) - The trial begins Monday (June 10) for Leon Ruffin, the man accused of killing his longtime friend Gannon Johnson at a home in Avondale. Ruffin escaped custody back in ...

Gannon Johnson helped jump-start the car of a longtime friend Leon Ruffin Jr. on July 9. Moments later, authorities say, Ruffin shot Johnson five times outside Johnson's Avondale home. A home ...