BATON ROUGE — The man charged with intentionally targeting a Baton Rouge Police motorcycle officer in a crash on Monday will remain behind bars without a bond. He has also been ordered to have a sanity commission.
“He is clearly a danger to the community and a threat to public safety, especially law enforcement officers. Being held without bond is appropriate,” said District Attorney Hillar Moore.
Black was arrested for similar charges over a decade ago, UWK has learned. Black and his girlfriend, Asia Raby, 40, were arrested Monday, June 16, following the crash that’s left an officer fighting for his life.
Black and Raby were scheduled in court on June 17 to determine bond but that hearing was ultimately postponed for Black. District Attorney Hillar Moore told UWK that he requested no bond for Black, who went before Commissioner Nicole Robinson with the 19th Judicial District Court.
Moore was unable to request no bond for Raby due to her charges, but her bond was set at $15,000 and will require GPS ankle monitoring if she bonds out.
The family of Black has also issued an apology to BRPD Sgt. Caleb Eisworth.
To Sergeant Caleb Eisworth:
On behalf of our entire family, we extend our deepest and most heartfelt apologies to you and your loved ones for the injuries you sustained on June 16, 2025. Please know that our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family during this difficult time, and we are praying for your complete and swift recovery. We recognize the gravity of what occurred, and we hope that—with time and healing—you may find it in your heart to forgive Gad. We are also profoundly grateful for your service and sacrifice.
To the Public:
Considering the recent events, we humbly ask for privacy as our family works to secure the medical and legal support that Gad needs. What happened on Monday morning does not reflect the person we know and love. Gad is in a serious mental health crisis, and we are committed to ensuring he receives the treatment and care that he urgently needs from the best mental health professionals.
This is a deeply painful time for everyone involved. We respectfully ask for your compassion, patience, and understanding. Please keep Sergeant Caleb Eisworth, Asia Raby, and Gad Black in your thoughts and prayers as we all seek healing and clarity.
Thank you.
— The Family of Gad Black
2025 incident
On June 16, Gad Black, 41, is accused of hitting BRPD Sgt. Caleb Eisworth at the intersection of Prescott and Joor roads. Sources tell UWK that the incident was an “intentional, targeted hit” and that the officer was dragged nearly 500 feet on his motorcycle before Black allegedly drove off.
East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s deputies responded to the scene for a call “to investigate the attempted murder of an on-duty Baton Rouge Police Department officer.”
Deputies were able to identify a 2014 gray colored Dodge Ram 1500 pickup truck as the vehicle that hit the officer and fled. The truck was seen on surveillance video following the officer for a while before the crash. Officials identified Gad Black, 41, as their suspect.
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He was arrested in the 8400 block of Airline Highway. There was a struggle between Black and the deputies forcing him to be tased. He was taken into custody and transported for questioning.
During that questioning, court documents say Black “alluded to his deep-rooted hatred for Law Enforcement personnel.” He’s said to have admitted to officials during his post-Miranda interview that he followed the officer prior to the crash. He’s charged with attempted first-degree murder of a police officer, hate crimes and resisting an officer.
During their investigation, deputies also found disturbing posts on Black’s Facebook page. There’s a post to Black’s reported Facebook account shortly after the crash on June 16, “Check Him Out on Joor Rd. Stretched One.” Another post was “directly referencing an incident that occurred in May 2025, in the State of Ohio, where a law enforcement officer was intentionally struck and killed by a vehicle,” read the arrest warrant.
Deputies also reviewed a 911 call and pieced together that Black’s girlfriend allegedly aided in by removing the truck in question from the scene and hiding it out. The truck was found at a different location with moderate damage to the front bumper and undercarriage. She is now charged with accessories after the fact for attempted first-degree murder of a police officer and obstruction of justice by tampering with evidence.
2014 incident
Black was arrested on July 5, 2014, for a series of charges, including aggravated assault with a vehicle on a police officer, according to court records. UWK has learned that during that incident, Black was driving erratically on Plank Road with his 9-year-old son in the front seat of the vehicle. Court documents state that he “swerved into oncoming traffic” and “drove approximately six blocks against the flow of traffic” while running red lights.
Police said he also “hung outside the window and would flip his middle finger” at a police helicopter flying overhead before swerving across two lanes of traffic “in an attempt to strike two other marked police units.” He was also accused of hitting a truck with four people inside in an attempt to escape.
Police were finally able to deploy spike strips and stop Black in Baker. While trying to apprehend Black, police said he refused to comply, prompting them to send a trained police K9 to apprehend him. That’s when police say Black “began to throw hard punches down on the top” of the K9’s head in an attempt to injure it. When officers moved in to grab Black’s arm, he punched an officer in the face and continued resisting and fighting with police before he was eventually handcuffed.
Current Baton Rouge Police Chief TJ Morse was the arresting officer in that incident.
Police say they found his son “curled up in a fetal position on the front passenger seat, visibly shaken, scared, and suffering.”
He was charged with:
- Aggravated flight from an officer
- Aggravated criminal damage to property
- Attempt injuring/killing of a police animal
- Aggravated assault with vehicle on an officer
- Cruelty to a juvenile
- Resisting an officer with force/violence
His bond was set at $43,500. His charges were reduced to aggravated flight from an officer and the state dismissed the rest of the charges.
Black was booked into parish prison. During a court hearing two years later, he made a plea deal with then Assistant District Attorney Ryan Volo and received a three-year sentence, with the majority suspended by Judge Beau Higginbotham. He was subsequently placed on three years of supervised probation with numerous conditions.
Facebook comments
A Facebook page, which sources believe belongs to Black, is filled with controversial comments targeting police.
Before his arrest on Monday, Black reportedly posted: “Check Him Out On Joor Rd. Stretched One.” An hour prior to that post, he reposted “Just Stretched One On Joor Rd” as part of an article celebrating Tupac Shakur on what would have been his 54th birthday.
He also has previous posts about Rodney Hinton, an Ohio father charged with fatally striking a deputy with his car after his son was killed in a police shooting. In that post, Black reportedly wrote: “Rodney Hinton I’m Rite Dere Witcha Homie.”
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