JEFFERSON, La. (AP) - The Jefferson Parish council is considering hiring a private investigator to see if all those employees filing workers' comp claims are legit. The Jefferson Parish Council could approve the search for a private investigator to look into suspicious injury claims. The seven-member panel is expected to... more »
SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) - A man who pleaded guilty to participating in a murder-for-hire plot has been sentenced to life in prison. Twenty-nine-year-old Erick Dewayne Crain pleaded guilty Friday to first-degree murder in the death of Ernest Luttrell. The Times reports that state District Judge John Mosely sentenced Crain to... more »
FARGO, N.D. (AP) - A woman who hired an Oklahoma City handyman for remodeling projects and became his friend told a North Dakota jury Monday that the man told her about a plan to beat a Fargo dentist with a hammer, but she didn't think he was serious. Michael Nakvinda... more »
LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) - Lafayette Consolidated Government is looking for a planning consultant or firm to help officials create a comprehensive plan for Lafayette Parish. A Request for Qualifications went out Monday, and responses are due by Nov. 5. Officials are hoping to receive responses from consultants around the country.... more »
SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) - A Caddo Parish grand jury on Thursday indicted a 71-year-old woman accused of paying someone $1,000 to kill her husband so she could sell his land. Bobbie Loretta Luttrell faces one count of first-degree murder in the July 25 death of her husband, Ernest Luttrell, 73.... more »
OPELOUSAS, La. (AP) - A 46-year-old Eunice woman has been sentenced to three years' house arrest after agreeing to plead no contest to charges of attempting to hire a hit man to kill her estranged husband and his new girlfriend. State District Judge Alonzo Harris, in handing down the sentence... more »
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - State lawmakers could slow down Gov. Bobby Jindal's plans to hire outside contractors to run some of Louisiana's inpatient psychiatric treatment facilities - if the Senate agrees to a proposal that has won House backing. The House voted 64-27 Thursday for a bill that would... more »
On October 28, 2009, the St. Landry Parish Sheriff Department received information concerning a possible murder for hire. The information stemmed from an ongoing divorce battle involving a Eunice couple.
According to Sheriff Bobby J. Guidroz, Detectives received information that a Eunice woman wanted to hire a hit man... more »