Police and Fire Briefs for Dec. 20, 2009

• Advocate staff report
• Published: Dec 20, 2009 - Page: 2B

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Sheriff’s deputies found a 12-year-old girl Saturday whose family had reported her missing the day before.

Aliyah Steward was found at 12:10 p.m. in the 6000 block of North Shore Drive near Woodlake Drive and Tiger Bend Road, said Casey Rayborn Hicks, a Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman. The girl  was not injured and was in good health.

Deputies found Aliyah after getting a tip from someone who had received an automated phone message the Sheriff’s Office sent out about the girl late Friday and Saturday morning, Hicks said.

Aliyah’s family reported her missing at 2:30 p.m. Friday, Hicks said. At the time of their call, the last time Aliyah had been seen was at 12:15 p.m. when she got off her school bus at the intersection of Woodlake Drive and Lost Oak Drive.

After canvassing the area, interviewing people who knew the girl and talking with other law enforcement agencies, the Sheriff’s Office sent a phone message out to people within a 2-mile radius from where Aliyah was last seen, Hicks said.

Deputies decided to send another message out parishwide Saturday morning when their overnight efforts to find Aliyah were not successful, Hicks said. The girl was found hours later.

Detectives do not suspect foul play in the girl’s disappearance but are investigating why she was missing.

8 people arrested on suspicion of DWI
Authorities arrested at least eight people suspected of driving while intoxicated in East Baton Rouge Parish and booked them into Parish Prison between 3 p.m. Thursday and 3 p.m. Friday, booking records show.

Those booked and the counts against them:

• Norman Hawkins, 46, 3616 Addis Lane, Addis, second-offense DWI, reckless operation of a vehicle and stopping vehicle in a roadway.
• Ruthie Jean Selders, 51, 447 Atkinson St., second-offense DWI and equipment violation.
• Eddie Lee Davis, 45, 911 Roundhill Drive, first-offense DWI and improper lane use.
• Caitlin Reynoir Carrere, 22, 1213 Third St., New Orleans, second-offense DWI, improper lane use, driver’s license not in possession and reckless operation of a vehicle.
• Alexander Clark, 55, 4506 Fourchon Drive, Baker, second-offense DWI, flight from officer, improper lane use and driver’s license suspended or revoked.
• Sidney Russell Ard, 24, 24550 Walker South Road, Denham Springs, third-offense DWI, failure to signal/improper turn, reckless operation of vehicle and license plate required.
• James Daniel Herzog, 31, 1808 Edinburgh Ave., second-offense DWI and driving too slow.
• William Leblanc, 40, 3264 Dougherty Drive, third-offense DWI, failure to maintain control and reckless operation of a vehicle.

Compiled from staff reports. To talk to a crime reporter at The Advocate, call (225) 388-0369.