Sulphur police have released the name of a man arrested following a police chase that began in Sulphur and ended in Carlyss Tuesday. Jacob Lafleur, 18, of Sulphur, was booked into the Sulphur City Jail on one count of aggravated flight from an officer.
The vehicle was eventually stopped using road spikes, Vincent said. The driver was arrested for obstruction of justice and possession with intent to distribute Schedule I drugs. Officers found “several sealed bags containing a green leafy substance believed to be marijuana.”
Through the Safe & Secure Program, detectives and community policing officers with the LCPD Property Crimes division will schedule a time to meet with the property owner and complete a security check, including an inspection of both the inside and outside of the property to advise property owners of
Louisiana State Police say Lacey Jade Jordan, 27, was driving a 2011 Chevrolet Silverado on U.S. 165, south of Alexandria, when she struck and killed Alexandria man Taurus McQuarn, 50, who was riding a bicycle. Both were traveling south. Authorities say Jordan then fled the scene.
A former teacher at a charter school in Lake Charles has been indicted on a rape charge in Beauregard Parish. Deidre R. Smith, 35, is accused of raping a 10-year-old boy.
David P. Denagall, 34, of Lake Charles, was arrested Friday evening without incident, according to Lt. Jeff Keenum, spokesman for the Lake Charles Police Department.
The Oakdale woman identified as the driver in a fatal hit-and-run on U.S. 165 Thursday morning is said to have hit and killed another bicyclist in 2012, according the Louisiana State Police.
A 43-year-old pedestrian was killed in a hit-and-run early Thursday morning at the intersection of E. Broad Street and J. Bennet Johnston Avenue, authorities said.
Detectives have obtained a warrant for Rashun Mayne, 24, of Lake Charles, according to Lt. Jeff Keenum, public information officer for the Lake Charles Police Department. Mayne is wanted for armed robbery, armed robbery with a firearm, home invasion, aggravated cruelty to an animal and possession of
On Jan. 6, DeRidder Police and Fire Departments responded to a fire hydrant that was hit by a vehicle at the intersection of Washington Street and Shirley Street.
Sgt. Brenda Desormeaux says the victim was found in the block of Ryan Street between Broad and Division streets. He was shot in the chest. However, she says, it is believed that the shooting did not happen there, but that the victim was driven there.
Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office received information from several vehicle burglary cases and it eventually led to an illegal firearms arrest of a Lake Charles couple.
Two men from Jeff Davis Parish have been arrested after the last of seven juveniles who escaped from Bunkie was apprehended Wednesday night, authorities say.
There are few things that can simulate real life situations that law enforcement officers face every day, but the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office has a virtual training system that comes pretty close and it’s preparing officers across Southwest Louisiana for anything that could happen.
For the past several years a program through the Calcasieu District Attorney’s Office let some defendants pay their way out of community service by donating gift cards and money to the District Attorneys Community Assistance Foundation.
Baton Rouge officials say at least two men were in the truck when Timothy Pena was shot and killed on Dec. 17, 2013. Pena was shot in the back of the head from the inside of his truck. Officials say DNA from inside the truck matches up with Holland and another man.
DeRidder man Joshua Charles McBride, 28, was shot in a drive-by shooting on Feb. 3, 2019, according to information from the Sheriff’s Office. McBride was transported to a medical facility in Rapides Parish for treatment and lived several months after he was shot. He died from his injuries on Aug. 19
