Joseph Arnold Le Jeune

East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Dept. — Baton Rouge, LA

Felonious

End of Watch December 31, 1925

Age 41

Tour of Duty 8 yrs

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Gender Male

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Incident

Deputy Sheriff Joseph Le Jeune was shot and mortally wounded by a man he was attempting to arrest for an attempted kidnapping on the north side of Weller Avenue in Dixie. Deputy Le Jeune died five days later. The suspect, who had escaped a mental institution, was arrested and committed to the state insane asylum. Deputy Le Jeune had served with the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office for eight years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and seven children.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Deputy Sheriff Le Jeune gave the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office 8 years.
Thank you for your service to the Baton Rouge community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Le Jeune.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Dept.

Location Baton Rouge, LA

Platform Identity ebrpso.ebr.la.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 31, 1925

Tour of Duty 8 yrs

Age 41

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Gun; Unknown type

Offender Committed

Deputy Sheriff Joseph Arnold Le Jeune is one of 17,623 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 54.2% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In LA, 364 of 595 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 61.2% of this state's fallen. That is 7 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.

At East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Dept., 11 of 13 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 84.6% of this agency's fallen.

East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Dept.

of 13 officers

84.6% Felonious

LA — Statewide

364

of 595 officers

61.2% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious