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 ...

Leon Ruffin, the murder suspect who escaped from custody two days ago by pepper spraying a Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office deputy and stealing a marked patrol unit, was rearrested Tuesday at a ...

(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.

HARVEY, La. — According to WWL Louisiana's media partner Nola.com, the 52-year-old wife of captured murder suspect Leon Ruffin was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly aiding her husband during his ...