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West Point Cadet from Lafayette Escapes Cairo

February 1, 2011 6:48 PM

A Lafayette resident is safe tonight. He's still over-seas but hundreds of miles away from Egypt. Twenty-one year old Matthew McGoffin arrived in Cairo on January 17 to study abroad. He's in his third year at West Point. His father, Gary McGoffin, was all for his son studying Arabic abroad... more »
Inmate escapes from Baton Rouge courthouse

October 19, 2010 10:31 AM

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Deputies are searching for a 34-year-old man who escaped from the East Baton Rouge Parish Courthouse. Casey Rayborn Hicks, a spokeswoman for the sheriff's office,said Demond Cook was being transported to the court Tuesday by deputies from the Catahoula Parish Sheriff's Office for sentencing when... more »
Lafayette parish inmate escapes

August 4, 2010 9:41 PM

Lafayette, La.- A Lafayette parish inmate had a short taste of freedom today. Bondsmen were turning Steven Guillory over to deputies when they say he got away in the short time the handcuffs were removed. He was captured within an hour on Jefferson St. Guillory was going to jail for... more »