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August 20th marked three years since the disappearance of a Lake Charles man. After exhausting all leads, KPLC's Lee Peck reports how authorities are reaching out to a different audience for clues to what happened to David Briley. More>>
An update on what police suspect is a serial robber - hitting up local convenience stores. Plus, a crime caught on tape that could land one young lady in a lot of trouble. More>>
Impaired drivers beware this holiday weekend. Gone are the days of refusing a drug test if you're suspected of being under the influence. As KPLC's Lee Peck reports an aggressive campaign now leaves impaired drivers with few options. More>>
Nearly two years after a home invasion and armed robbery police say they are on the tail of a third suspect who has managed to elude investigators. More>>
The Department of Safety and Corrections has issued the Louisiana Cold Case Card Deck of playing cards featuring 52 homicides, missing persons and unidentified remains cases across Louisiana in hopes of breathing new life into unsolved cases. More>>
Police say she offers help, then robs you. In this week's Crackdown on Crime report, KPLC's Lee Peck warns the unsuspecting easy targets of who could be lurking in the parking lot of area grocery stores. More>>
A man who led police on a chase down Interstate 10 before ditching his car and fleeing was captured late on Thursday night. More>>
This week's Crackdown on Crime report features another armed robbery. And as KPLC's Lee Peck reports, police are hoping a distinctive feature on the suspect's face will lead to his arrest. More>>
Three suspects burglarize a home in broad day light. Not only taking their time, but walking out with a fairly large item. While neighbors didn't see anything, surveillance video did. More>>
Two more arrests in last Friday's armed robbery at a barber shop. As KPLC's Lee Peck reports, the latest arrests come just three days after the first suspect turned himself in to police. More>>
Murdered in cold blood, a woman's body is found dumped in the Black Bayou. Unsolved for nearly 30 years, KPLC's Lee Peck reaches into the cold case files in this week's Crackdown on Crime Report. More>>
In this week's Crackdown on Crime report: Anyone can fall victim to thieves, but when they target a person with disabilities and take their means of transportation it more than crosses the line in the eyes of local law enforcement. KPLC's Lee Peck has the story. More>>
Charles C. Ward Jr., age 20, and Samuel D. Moore, age 23, both of Lake Charles were arrested at BPSO Thursday afternoon. More>>
Super Bowl revelers beware: local authorities will be out in full force looking for impaired drivers. More>>
Two people are behind bars accused of last month's armed robbery at the Vinton Dollar General Store. As police tells us, all signs pointed to an inside job. More>>
The Office of Family Support served some 100 warrants in the Lake Area. While a handful of accused offenders bought themselves some time, others went to jail. But as KPLC's Lee Peck reports a select few are being put to work. More>>
Three people were arrested for various crimes over the weekend in Beauregard Parish. More>>
The Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office is currently working 20 cold case murders dating back to the 1960s. One of those cases is the murder of Annie Mae Guillory, still unsolved after nearly two decades. More>>
The search continues for a Lake Charles woman, now missing for nearly a year and a half. In this week's Crackdown on Crime Report KPLC's Lee Peck talks with the family of LaKisha Taylor. More>>
Lake Charles Police say several men arrested for a Sulphur home invasion are also believed to be suspects in this one where surveillance video caught the suspects on tape. More>>
Two burglaries and a robbery - all subjects of this week's Crackdown on Crime report and all of the suspects caught on tape. More>>
A suspect remains at large after taking Calcasieu deputies on a high speed chase in a stolen truck then fleeing into the woods. More>>
It's coming up on 13 years that a woman was murdered then burned beyond recognition. In this week's Crackdown on Crime Report, KPLc's Lee Peck takes another look at this cold case murder. More>>
When you bury a loved one, the last thing you expect is their final resting place to be disturbed. In this week's Crackdown on Crime Report, KPLC's Lee Peck visits a SWLA cemetery where loved ones are not being allowed to rest in peace. More>>
This man is a person of interest in a case involving a local video poker bar that was robbed of 9 thousand dollars. More>>
A demolition crew finds the body of a Lake Charles man shot to death inside an abandoned home. More than a year after the gruesome discovery answers to who did it are still hard to come by.
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In this week's Crackdown on Crime Cold Case report a Lake Charles man is killed near a busy intersection. As KPLC's Lee Peck reports, nearly five years later sheriff's investigators still are not sure how he got there. More>>
Starting August 15th Louisiana prosecutors will have more tools to combat the war on prescription drug abuse. At midnight three new laws take effect. More>>
DWIs reach an all time high in Calcasieu Parish - among them a number of multiple offenders. In this week's Crackdown on Crime report KPLC's Lee Peck looks at what's being done to strengthen the laws and keep drunk drivers off the streets. More>>
This month marks six years that a Lake Charles teenage girl was run over by a car and left for dead. KPLC's Lee Peck profiles the tragic death of Misty Lynn Guillory in this week's Crackdown on Crime report. More>>
A Lake Charles store clerk is gunned down nearly 20 years ago, but police say robbery does not appear to be the motive. In this week's KPLC Crackdown on Crime report, new details in the case are released in hopes of catching a killer. More>>
By Lee Peck - bio | email LAKE CHARLES, LA (KPLC) - It's been described as one of the most violent murders in Lake Charles history. In this week's Crackdown on Crime cold case, KPLC's Lee Peck takes a More>>
Two victims are robbed at gunpoint by three men, but police say they had accomplices. After a month of investigation, three people have been arrested, but one of the gunmen still remains at large. More>>
A self-confessed thief gets out on bond, only to skip town after promising to pay restitution to his victim. KPLC's Lee Peck has the full story in this week's Crackdown on Crime Report. More>>
Nothing's more frustrating for both sides of law enforcement when they can't agree on if there is enough evidence to support a trial or conviction. That's the case in a nearly 22-year-old murder. KPLC's Lee Peck has more in this week's Crackdown on Crime report. More>>
In this week's Crackdown on Crime report - burglars hit up a local bar three times in less than a month. More>>
As more people find downtown as a destination for late night activity. There are those who will look for opportunity to take advantage. In this week's Crackdown on Crime report, KPLC's Lee Peck tells us about an armed robbery that happened not to far from the comforts of our studio. More>>
A shooting at a local nightclub is solved thanks to a Crackdown on Crime report that aired right here on KPLC. Police say it's proof public involvment works. More>>
Burglary, rape and attempted murder - Lake Charles Police say those are just some of the crimes committed against one of our city's disabled residents. In this week's Crackdown on Crime report KPLC's Lee Peck takes us to the north Lake Charles neighborhood where the suspect got in and out without being seen. More>>
A Lake Charles man is shot in the prime of his life and despite a witness, nearly six years later Lake Charles Police say answers are still hard to come by. KPLC's Lee Peck revisits the scene and the reminder that won't let a community forget. More>>
Lake Charles Police get a major break in the case of the masked robbers who held a woman against her will to steal money from her ATM card... and they say it's all thanks to one of our viewers. In this week's Crackdown on Crime, KPLC's Lee Peck reports investigators are once again appealing to the public to help close the case. More>>
We've featured several bar shootings, but this next one occurred at a place Lake Charles Police say they never had any trouble. In this week's Crackdown on Crime report, KPLC's Lee Peck explains while the suspect still manages to elude authorities - he didn't make a clean get-away. More>>
Still no leads in the case of a Lake Charles teen found dead inside a burning abandoned home. As KPLC's Lee Peck reports, authorities hope to ignite life back into the investigation. More>>
It's coming on four years ago that a Lake Charles teen was violently raped by an intruder in the comforts of her own home. KPLC's Lee Peck profiles this cold case in tonight's Crackdown on Crime report. More>>
A local shopping center has been the target of four senseless burglaries in less than a month. As KPLC's Lee Peck explains it's a hit small businesses can't afford. More>>
In this week's Crackdown on Crime report we revisit one the most brazen local burglaries ever caught on tape. More>>
A horrific crime takes the life of an elderly Lake Charles man. It happened nearly six years ago and the lone suspect in the murder remains a free man. As KPLC's Lee Peck reports investigators once again need your help to close a cold case. More>>
At what point does a crime become a cold case? KPLC's Lee Peck reaches way back in the file to profile an unsolved murder that happened more than 20 years ago. More>>
It's been almost four years to the day that the body of 23-year-old Eric Carver Johnson was found murdered at the intersection of West 18th and Hayes Street... More>>
It's a crime that has frustrated the Lake Charles Police Department for the better part of eight years... More>>
Workers discovered that sometime between the hours of 6 PM and 7 AM, Monday 23 November, person (s) entered a storage building at the Country Club and removed an electric golf cart. More>>
On August 2nd, 1990, a Lake Charles police officer reported for work at his off-duty job, which was to provide security at the old Days Inn hotel on Highway 171. The officer had no way of knowing that soon after arriving at work, he would be fighting for his very life against two aggressive burglary suspects... More>>
In his nearly 40 years in law enforcement, Lake Charles Police Chief Don Dixon says the current problem with PCP is one of the worst he's seen... More>>
In the past three years, six female bodies have been discovered in a ten square-mile radius in Jeff Davis parish. These bodies have been found in drainage ditches and alongside rural roads in an area just south of Jennings. So it begs the question: Does the parish have a serial killer? More>>
Three years, and six bodies. Females who happened to share what Jeff Davis Sheriff Ricky Edwards calls, a "high-risk" lifestyle. All of their bodies dumped on the rural roads and canals located in the area south of Jennings... More>>
State Police would like the person who called Crime Stoppers with tips on a recent crime and was given the code number R 270 to please cal Lieutenant Jim Jones at 491-1311. More>>
Brian Birdsong was leaving a local Lake Charles bar on Halloween night, crossing Ryan Street on the way to his parked car. Only he never made it... More>>
