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• Man charged with threatening nuclear reactor

  November 2, 2012 3:58 AM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Federal prosecutors say a 48-year-old Gretna man has been charged with threatening to destroy a nuclear reactor. William Dugas was charged Thursday in a two-count indictment handed down by a federal grand jury. U.S. Attorney Jim Letten charges that Dugas called the Louisiana Public Service Commission... more »

• Trial of man charged in infant's death to start

  July 23, 2012 5:52 AM

  SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) - The long-delayed murder trial of a Shreveport man charged with beating his infant daughter to death is expected to begin Monday. The Times reports jury selection in the capital murder trial of 24-year-old Samuel Jordan is expected to take a week. Jordan was arrested in December... more »

• Arraignment for man charged with exploiting kids

  May 29, 2012 6:31 AM

  ALEXANDRIA, La. (AP) - A man charged in Louisiana with sexually exploiting children is scheduled to have an arraignment Friday. Daniel Eugene Burris was indicted in September on five charges related to at least three juveniles, but he wasn't arrested until last week in Arkansas. The indictment filed in U.S.... more »

• New Iberia man charged with felony hit-and-run

  May 29, 2012 6:00 AM

  NEW IBERIA, La. (AP) - Louisiana State Police say 37-year-old Curtis Williams of New Iberia has surrendered to authorities and identified himself as the man driving a Ford Ranger that struck and killed a pedestrian. Troopers say 39-year-old Renee Green of New Iberia was struck Friday while walking south on... more »

• Man charged with rape of 9-year-old child

  April 5, 2012 11:05 AM

  PORT ALLEN, La. (AP) - State prosecutors say a 34-year-old Houma man has been charged with raping a 9-year-old child while he was out of jail on bond after an arrest on child pornography. In a statement, Attorney General Buddy Caldwell says a forensic examination of Scott Massey's computer found... more »

• Man charged in plot to export military technology

  March 1, 2012 6:00 AM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - An Australian man has been indicted along with his company in a scheme to export components for drones, torpedoes and other military technology to Iran. A federal grand jury in Washington on Wednesday indicted David Levick, who remains at large and is believed to be living in... more »

• Man charged with 2nd-degree murder in NO killings

  February 21, 2012 8:44 AM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A New Orleans man accused of killing his estranged ex-girlfriend and her teenage son has been indicted with two counts of second-degree murder. The Times-Picayune reports that 45-year-old Keith Tate was originally booked with first-degree murder for the deaths of 36-year-old Kywanda Butcher and her 13-year-old... more »

• Man charged with threat during Lions-Saints game

  January 31, 2012 5:57 AM

  JACKSON, Mich. (AP) - A Michigan man faces federal charges on accusations he phoned in a bomb threat to the Superdome while the Detroit Lions were playing the New Orleans Saints in the NFL playoffs. The U.S. Attorney's Office in New Orleans says that 34-year-old Shawn H. Payton made the... more »

• Man charged in `Doctor Shopping' probe

  January 17, 2012 10:15 AM

  SLIDELL, La. (AP) - A 48-year-old Slidell man faces 20 counts of fraudulently obtaining a dangerous controlled substance. Louisiana State Police arrested David Songy after an investigation determined that Songy had visited 22 different doctors and 18 pharmacies across St. Tammany and Jefferson parishes, filling multiple prescriptions for pain medications.... more »

• Man charged with death of 9-year-old

  June 13, 2011 9:43 AM

  LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) - Lafayette Parish sheriff's deputies say a 31-year-old Broussard-area man has been booked with first-degree murder following the death of a 9-year-old boy. The Advertiser reports Ronjoenox Hamilton is being held in the Lafayette Parish Jail. According to Lt. Craig Stansbury, the case began at 11:30 p.m.... more »

• Man Charged in Fatal Bar Fight

  May 13, 2011 9:06 AM

  RACINE, Wis. (AP) - A Louisiana man is charged with reckless homicide in a fatal altercation outside a bar in southeastern Wisconsin. Prosecutors in Racine County say 32-year-old Larry Dunn of Houma, La., struck Andrew Schuckman outside Peg & Lou's Bar & Grill in Racine early Tuesday, causing him to... more »

• Ill. man charged with murder in student's death

  October 29, 2010 9:57 PM

  DE KALB, Ill. (AP) - Police in Illinois say they have filed charges of first-degree murder against a man in the slaying of 18-year-old Northern Illinois University freshman Antinette "Toni" Keller. DeKalb Police Chief Bill Feithen told The (DeKalb) Daily Chronicle Friday night that 34-year-old William Curl of Dekalb has... more »

• Man charged with throwing cat from balcony

  October 18, 2010 9:39 PM

  PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. (AP) - A Louisiana man reportedly threw his roommate's cat off a sixth-floor balcony in Panama City Beach, killing the animal. The roommate reportedly called police Sunday night, saying 26-year-old Bobby Dewayne Johnson, of Baton Rouge, had been chasing and throwing the cat around the condo... more »

• Man Charged With Conspiring To Commit a Hate Crime

  September 27, 2010 4:54 PM

  MONROE, La. (AP) - A north Louisiana man accused of helping hang a dead raccoon in a noose outside a school to intimidate black students has been charged with conspiring to commit a hate crime. Friday's four-count indictment also charges 33-year-old Christopher Shane Montgomery, of Bastrop, with tampering with a... more »

• Ville Platte Man cCharged with Vehicular Homicide

  August 27, 2010 9:23 AM

  JENNINGS, La. (AP) - State police have arrested a 45-yeaer-old Ville Platte man who caused an accident on U.S. Highway 165 that killed two people earlier this year. Roy Serie was booked Thursday with two counts of vehicular homicide, one count of driving while intoxicated and one count of vehicular... more »

• Bond denied for man charged in Ark. woman's death

  August 18, 2010 9:19 PM

  MONTICELLO, Ark. (AP) - A judge has denied bond for a Louisiana man charged with capital murder in the death of a Crossett woman whose vehicle was used in a bank robbery. Peter Keith Harvey of New Orleans made an initial appearance Tuesday before Drew County Circuit Judge Sam Pope,... more »

• N.O. man charged in deadly carjacking

  August 2, 2010 8:42 PM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A New Orleans man has been indicted on federal murder and carjacking charges in the fatal shootings of three people in 2007. A 10-count indictment unsealed Monday charges 25-year-old Steven Earl Hardrick with gunning down Brett Jacobs, David Alford and Howard Lee Pickens after a carjacking... more »

• Man Charged With Bogus FEMA Claims Pleads Guilty

  June 28, 2010 8:15 PM

  ATLANTA (AP) - A Georgia man pleaded guilty Monday to charges that he bilked the government out of more than $30,000 by claiming he suffered through three devastating Gulf Coast hurricanes, a tornado in Indiana and flooding in New Hampshire - all while living in Atlanta. Prosecutors charged Desima James,... more »

• New Iberia Man Charged With Aggravated Incest

  May 21, 2010 5:25 PM

  On May 18, 2010 the St. Martin Parish Sheriff's Office arrested Chad Lege, 31, New Iberia, in reference to sexual abuse that occurred with a female juvenile subject approximately nine years ago. The victim recently filed a report with the St. Martin Parish Sheriff's Office and following an investigation of... more »