The body of Gavin Blaine Benoit, 18, of Vinton, was left at Moss Memorial around 12:37 p.m., according to information from Lt. Jeff Keenum, with the Lake Charles Police Department.
The Calcasieu Parish District Attorney’s Office has fired a prosecutor following his handling of a continuance motion in a homicide case last month, officials confirm.
Sulphur police officer Ben Richard was arrested in Lake Charles by Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office deputies on Saturday, Feb. 29 for first-offense operating while intoxicated.
Jayden Grant Theunissen, 19, was indicted on one count of second-degree murder Monday in connection with the shooting death of 22-year-old Dakota Chaisson at the Toby Ward Event Hall in November.
The Lake Charles Police Department is asking the public for help in identifying a suspect in a bank robbery around 3:30 p.m. Feb. 28, at Jeff Davis Bank in the 2000 block of Gerstner Memorial Drive.
That’s the real-life nightmare that happened to a Lake Charles woman who wants to remain anonymous. She says it’s been over a month since she was shot in the arm at her Gelpi Drive home and there are still no arrests.
The Third Circuit said in December that Aaron G. Hauser is eligible for parole based on a 2012 Supreme Court ruling that defendants who committed crimes as juveniles cannot be sentenced to life in prison without parole without a hearing to consider their youth.
Former minister John Michael Ward has been sentenced in federal court to 60 years in prison for production of child pornography. He still faces charges in state district court.
Leo Laird, 64 of Oakdale, has been charged with first-degree murder, first-degree rape, and aggravated kidnapping for the 1980 death of 18-year-old Donna Gayle Brazzell in Gardner. The grand jury returned a true bill on Tuesday.
An arrest warrant filed by the Zachary Police Department reveals disturbing details about the inappropriate relationship between a teacher and a 15-year-old student.
The girl told detectives that a man in an SUV approached her with a gun and told her to get in his vehicle, Vincent said. She ran from him, but he caught up to her, got out of his vehicle and attempted to grab her. She was able to get away and immediately reported the incident to crossing guards.
Devin Mitchell, was arrested for aggravated flight from an officer, two counts of obstruction of justice, five counts of drug possession with intent to distribute, possession of drug paraphernalia, and transactions involving drug proceeds. He was also cited for traffic offenses.
One man is being treated for injuries after deputies say he stole a car from the Target on Millerville and lead authorities on a chase before crashing the reportedly stolen car into a tree.
The Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office has released a photo of a woman accused of a fraudulent $1,700 withdrawal from an ATM at a bank in Moss Bluff. The money was fraudulently withdrawn on Jan. 25, according to Kayla Vincent, spokeswoman for the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office.
Kristen Ward, 42, was arrested in Allen Parish Monday afternoon on five counts of felony carnal knowledge of a juvenile, five counts of indecent behavior with juveniles, one count of contributing to the delinquency of a juvenile and one count of obstruction of justice.
