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Stephen Stock

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Stephen Stock is Assistant News Director and Investigative Journalist at WBRZ Baton Rouge. He specializes in public corruption, safety and transportation. Stock was a founding member of CBS News and Stations Innovation Lab and helped build investigative teams in San Francisco, Miami and Orlando. He teaches at IRE, newsrooms and universities around the US. He’s won a Peabody, a du-Pont, a national SPJ, 5 Murrows, 6 AP awards and 23 Emmys. Prior to joining CBS News, Stephen helped found NBC Bay A…

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52,529 guns once owned by police departments have been later used in crimes, new data finds

52,529 guns once owned by police departments have been later used in crimes, new data finds

Police agencies routinely resell or trade in their used duty weapons, a practice that has contributed to more…

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Investigation reveals how thousands of police guns are ending up in the hands of criminals

Investigation reveals how thousands of police guns are ending up in the hands of criminals

A joint investigation conducted by CBS News and the nonprofit newsrooms The Trace and Reveal from the Center …

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Watch CBS Evening News: How bridges can be protected to lessen impact - Full show on CBS

Watch CBS Evening News: How bridges can be protected to lessen impact - Full show on CBS

Could anything have been done to prevent the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge? Investigators say the …

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Traffic deaths rise in U.S. cities despite billions spent to make streets safer

Traffic deaths rise in U.S. cities despite billions spent to make streets safer

CBS News analysis shows most federal traffic safety grants go to planning projects, rather than actual constr…

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What's causing measles outbreaks? Experts point to vaccination decline, waning herd immunity

What's causing measles outbreaks? Experts point to vaccination decline, waning herd immunity

Despite a safe and effective vaccine to protect against measles, a decrease in children getting immunized is …

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Life-saving emergency alerts often come too late or not at all

Life-saving emergency alerts often come too late or not at all

A CBS News investigation found numerous examples across the U.S. where emergency officials failed to issue ti…

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WBRZ Investigative Unit: Gun thief says you can do what you want 'as long as you don't leave fingerprints'

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By Stephen Stock Verified, Joe McCoy, Joshua Lennix
| WBRZ-TV (Baton Rouge, LA) Verified
BATON ROUGE — A man who served time for theft and selling drugs says the "art" of stealing guns from unsuspecting firearms owners offered "quick money" and was "like taking candy from a baby." After a yearlong probe examining the problem of stolen weapons, the WBRZ Investigative Unit found that 1,642 firearms had been stolen across nine area municipalities in 2024 and 2025.
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WBRZ Investigative unit finds hundreds of guns stolen from capital area cars and homes

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By Stephen Stock Verified, Joe McCoy, Joshua Lennix
| WBRZ-TV (Baton Rouge, LA) Verified
BATON ROUGE — In a year-long probe of firearms data and other public records, WBRZ’s Investigative Unit has found that 1,642 different guns were stolen from private gun owners in the greater Baton Rouge area during the last two years. The data, compiled for the first time into a single set, show that among nine municipalities, the city of Baton Rouge led the region with 737 guns stolen from cars and homes during 2024 and 2025.
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Fox 8 Investigation: Subpoenas sent to Harahan as investigators question awarding of public work

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By Stephen Stock Verified, Jon Turnipseed, Dannah Kirby
| WVUE-TV (New Orleans, LA) Verified
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