A Westlake man and a juvenile are in custody after a music video showed them brandishing firearms in a city park, officials with the Lake Charles Police Department said.
The wheels of justice are already notorious for turning slowly, and the pandemic has only made things worse. It's been months since there has been a jury trial in state district court in Calcasieu, but judges and prosecutors are trying to get things moving again.
A former Calcasieu assistant district attorney who was fired for allegedly misleading a judge did not show up for a contempt hearing Monday morning and now faces a second count of contempt of court.
Judge Martha O’Neal convicted Stephen Hodges on Monday of prohibited conduct between an educator and a student. The misdemeanor charge occurs when the student is 17 years or older but less than 21 years old, and carries a maximum sentence of six months in jail.
Five people are under arrest following a July 13 shootout at McMillan Park, authorities say. None of the suspects live in the area of McMillan Park, which is in the 300 block of Goos Boulevard, according to Capt. Kevin Kirkum, Lake Charles Police Department spokesman.
Brock Galloway, 31, of Livingston, Texas, is suspected of stealing a company truck and trailer containing two zero turn lawn mowers and a welding machine, along with numerous other lawn equipment tools, according to Kayla Vincent, Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman. Galloway is also accus
Attorney Richard Bourke, with the Louisiana Capital Assistance Center, confirms that he and attorney Elliott Brown have been assigned to represent Neil Patrick Broussard, because of the possibility he will be charged with capital murder and face the death penalty if convicted.
Two teenagers killed last week are being remembered with funeral services this week.Kyla Lenee Hidalgo, 17, and Kaleb Timothy Charlton, 18, were the victims of a double homicide in Westlake on Wednesday, July 15.
The wife of the suspect in Wednesday’s double homicide was arrested as an accessory, Calcasieu officials confirm. Tori L. Broussard, 41, is the chief investigator at the Calcasieu Public Defenders Office.
Judge Michael Canaday was recused from the homicide case of Dennis Jerome Bartie by fellow state district court Judge Clayton Davis. Bartie is charged with second-degree murder in the 1998 death of Rose Born, found stabbed to death in her doughnut shop. Her death was considered a cold case until Bar
Bryant previously served as Calcasieu District Attorney. He was elected in 2001 and remained district attorney until 2005 when he left to run for judge, a position he held until 2008.
A 74-year-old Sulphur woman died last week of injuries sustained two months ago when she was struck by a hay bale that fell from a trailer being pulled by a pickup truck on Houston River Road, near the intersection of Jeffrey Lane, authorities say.
A barricade situation involving a man who failed to show up for sentencing is ongoing in the Moss Bluff area, officials with the U.S. Marshals Office say.
Lake Charles police are searching for a 16-year-old in connection with a shooting in the 1600 block of Moss Street on Wednesday, July 1. Jaydrien Miller is wanted for four counts of attempted second-degree murder. Several juveniles were injured during the shooting, according to Capt. Kevin Kirkum, s
Calcasieu Parish and Louisiana State Police officials have released the initial reports following the officer-involved shooting of Michael Torres last Saturday.
