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• New Iberia woman sentenced in tax refund scheme

  May 21, 2013 8:49 AM

  LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) - A 40-year-old New Iberia woman has been sentenced to 26 months in prison in a tax refund scheme that netted $77,349 that the woman used for gambling expenses. The U.S. Attorney's Office says Veta Thompson was accused of receiving the money as a refund after submitting... more »

• Elton woman killed in auto crash

  May 17, 2013 9:03 AM

  LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) - An 18-year-old Elton woman was killed and two other women critically injured in a two-vehicle crash on Ward Line Road and La. Highway. State police Sgt. James Anderson tells the American Press 18-year-old Kennedy Renee Isaac was driving north on Ward Line Road Thursday and... more »

• Mandeville woman gets 18 months for tax evasion

  April 18, 2013 8:39 AM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A 56-year-old Mandeville woman has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for pleading guilty to wire fraud and tax evasion. U.S. Attorney Dana J. Boenta (BEN-tay) said Wednesday that U.S. District Judge Kurt D. Engelhardt also ordered Melody Huie to pay $1.37 million to a... more »

• Woman alleges Waffle House CEO demanded sex acts

  November 9, 2012 4:50 AM

  ATLANTA (AP) - A female employee has told Atlanta police the CEO of Waffle House demanded she perform sexual acts on him in order to keep her job. The woman said the alleged harassment by Joseph Rogers Jr. lasted for 10 years. David Cohen tells The Associated Press that he... more »

• Baton Rouge woman guilty of child cruelty

  October 26, 2012 9:00 AM

  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - An East Baton Rouge Parish jury deliberated just 15 minutes before unanimously finding a St. Gabriel woman guilty in a child cruelty case involving her young stepson. The boy, who will turn 5 in December, was rushed to a Baton Rouge hospital in August 2009... more »

• Woman accused of trying to kill cellmate

  October 26, 2012 8:58 AM

  GRETNA, La. (AP) - A 23-year-old Denham Springs woman is accused of beating her cellmate after she failed at her initial attempt to smother the woman. The Advocate reports Chasity Griffin was re-booked Wednesday with simple battery by the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office after the incident in the Jefferson Parish... more »

• Ferriday woman arrested on Medicaid fraud charge

  October 16, 2012 7:15 AM

  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - A personal care attendant from Ferriday has been arrested on charges she submitted false timesheets to her employer for work she didn't perform. Louisiana Attorney General James "Buddy" Caldwell's office says 29-year-old Ullonda Rena Curry was booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish jail last... more »

• La. National Guard promotes woman to general

  July 27, 2012 9:13 AM

  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - The Louisiana National Guard has its first female general. The Times-Picayune reports that Col. Joanne Sheridan is being promoted to brigadier general Friday, in a ceremony at Jackson Barracks. Sheridan, an assistant adjutant general for the Army, will have the star attached to her uniform... more »

• La. woman pleads guilty to stealing from nonprofit

  July 26, 2012 7:47 AM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A woman who served as chief financial officer of a Metairie nonprofit company has pleaded guilty to a charge she embezzled nearly $250,000 from her former employer and another company official. Thirty-eight-year-old Kelley Williams, of Terrytown, faces a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison and... more »

• Zachary woman sentenced in Medicare fraud case

  July 25, 2012 9:06 AM

  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - A Zachary woman has been sentenced to seven years in prison and ordered to pay restitution of $10.9 million for frauds committed against Medicare. The Advocate reports Chikenna Jones and her attorney, Michael A. Fiser, told U.S. District Judge James J. Brady Tuesday that the... more »

• Woman sentenced to 40 years in fatal stabbing

  July 18, 2012 7:06 AM

  AMITE, La. (AP) - A Tangipahoa woman has been sentenced to 40 years in prison after pleading guilty in the stabbing death of a Kentwood motel manager. District Attorney Scott Perrilloux said Tuesday that state District Judge Ray Chutz sentenced 36-year-old Joyce Stinson Myers, who pleaded guilty July 10 to... more »

• Woman sentenced for forging checks

  June 28, 2012 7:42 AM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A federal judge has sentenced a 54-year-old woman to more than four years in prison for forging checks from her employer to help buy a boat and pay off her personal vehicles. U.S. Attorney Jim Letten says U.S. District Judge Kurt D. Engelhardt handed down the... more »

• Woman killed in hit and run accident

  June 18, 2012 9:42 AM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - New Orleans police are searching for the driver of a gray or silver Saturn Vue that struck and killed a 53-year-old woman. John Gagliano, chief investigator for the Orleans Parish Coroner's Office, tells The Times-Picayune the woman has been identified as Carolyn Hatch of New Orleans.... more »

• Woman killed in Houma accident

  June 15, 2012 9:54 AM

  HOUMA, La. (AP) - A 66-year-old woman has died in a Houma traffic accident. Sandra Robinson, of Houma, was a passenger in a 2009 Dodge Dakota involved in a crash Thursday afternoon at a Houma intersection. The Courier reports that police said the driver of the pickup hit a Chevrolet... more »

• Woman surrenders in debit card probe

  June 7, 2012 11:01 AM

  ZACHARY, La. (AP) - A 39-year-old woman accused of using a stolen debit card to make purchases at Zachary stores surrendered to police after her picture was published in the newspaper and shown on television. Police Chief David McDavid said Wednesday officers booked Alberta Goodman of Baker on five counts... more »

• Houma police: woman stabbed, car crashes

  June 5, 2012 9:04 AM

  HOUMA, La. (AP) - Houma police say a man is believed to have stabbed his girlfriend in the chest as he drove down a Houma street. The car crashed into a local store and both people were hospitalized. The Courier reports that the 38-year-old man was in critical condition after... more »

• Pineville woman faces cruelty charge

  June 4, 2012 8:13 AM

  ALEXANDRIA, La. (AP) - A Pineville woman has been arrested after her daughter was admitted into a Shreveport hospital for treatment of burns to the body. Rapides Parish sheriff's deputies tell The Town Talk Tracey Vanantwerpen was charged with second degree cruelty to a juvenile after her 2-year-old daughter was... more »

• Woman killed in crash in Natchitoches Parish

  May 29, 2012 7:16 AM

  PROVENCAL, La. (AP) - State police say a 75-year-old woman died in a single-vehicle crash in Natchitoches Parish. The accident happened around 10:15 a.m. Saturday on La. Highway 117 near Provencal. Troopers say an SVU Ruby N. Murray ran off the road and struck several trees. Investigators say Murray was... more »

• Alexandria woman charged with child desertion

  May 25, 2012 7:04 AM

  ALEXANDRIA, La. (AP) - An Alexandria woman faces a charge of child desertion after officers arrived at a home and found two young children alone. The Town Talk reports police detectives had gone to a house Wednesday to find Dvisia Marshall on an unrelated matter. When they arrived, they found... more »

• Community Rallies Together to Search for Mickey Shunick Play Video

  May 21, 2012 12:52 AM

  Still no sign of 21-year-old Mickey Shunick. She was last seen at around 2 o'clock Saturday morning when she left a friend's house in the Saint Streets area. She was on her bike headed home to the area of Ambassador Caffery and West Congress, but she never made it... more »

• Woman booked in husband's death

  May 18, 2012 9:40 AM

  HAMMOND, La. (AP) - Hammond Police have booked a woman with second-degree murder in the death of her husband. Lt. Vincent Giannobile tells The Advocate officers found 45-year-old Jermaine C. Williams dead in the couple's home Thursday morning. Giannobile said Williams was found in the bedroom with what appeared to... more »

• Glenmora woman dies in wreck

  May 18, 2012 9:11 AM

  ELIZABETH, La. (AP) - State police say a 47-year-old Glenmora woman died in a single-vehicle accident on La. Highway 112 in Allen Parish. Troopers say Donna Fee was southbound on Highway 112, north of Elizabeth Thursday, when she lost control and ran off the road. The car then went into... more »

• Opelousas woman drops marijuana at police station

  May 9, 2012 10:54 AM

  OPELOUSAS, La. (AP) - Bringing a bag of marijuana to a police station is not a smart idea. The Daily World reports an Opelousas woman has been arrested and booked with possession of marijuana. Police Chief Perry Gallow says 31-year-old Jernita Williams went to the station about 4:30 p.m. Monday... more »

• Woman booked with molestation of juvenile

  May 9, 2012 6:59 AM

  HOUMA, La. (AP) - A 20-year-old woman has been arrested by the sheriff's office for molestation of a juvenile, after admitting to having a romantic relationship with a 13-year-old girl. Sheriff Vernon Bourgeois says Destinee Elizabeth Chaisson was booked Monday into the Terrebonne Parish jail. The Courier reports an investigation... more »

• Woman charged in theft of late mother's benefits

  May 8, 2012 6:33 AM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A Gretna woman has been charged with fraudulently receiving more than $173,000 in Social Security Administration benefits intended for her late mother. A court filing Monday charges 75-year-old Shirley Bunda with theft of government funds. Federal prosecutors in New Orleans say Bunda, who shared a joint... more »

• Woman arrested after lost child found

  May 7, 2012 9:19 AM

  SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) - A 26-year-old Keithville woman remains in jail after allegedly losing her one-year-old son in the woods in southwest Caddo Parish. Megan Ashley Brewer was booked with child desertion. Caddo sheriff's spokeswoman Cindy Chadwick told The Times Brewer took the boy into the woods just before 3... more »

• Miss. woman pleads guilty to using bogus checks

  May 3, 2012 5:59 AM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A Mississippi woman has pleaded guilty in New Orleans to using counterfeit bank checks to purchase vehicles from several dealerships in southeast Louisiana. Twenty-six-year-old Gina Seawright, of Bay St. Louis, Miss., faces a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine following her... more »

• Belle Rose man guilty of strangling woman

  May 2, 2012 8:28 AM

  NAPOLEONVILLE, La. (AP) - A 32-year-old Belle Rose man has been sentenced to life in prison after he pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the death of an 84-year-old woman. District Attorney Ricky Babin tells The Advocate Dean Hue Sr., who is related to the victim, Anna Mae Hidalgo, had... more »

• House fire kills woman

  May 2, 2012 5:42 AM

  BOGALUSA, La. (AP) - A 79-year-old Bogalusa woman is dead following a fire at her home. According to the State Fire Marshal's office, Audrey Gann, was pronounced dead Tuesday as a result of injuries sustained in a Monday afternoon fire. First responders to the fire discovered that Gann and her... more »

• Shreveport woman arrested in parking lot shooting

  May 1, 2012 10:12 AM

  SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) - A 22-year-old Shreveport woman wanted for firing several shots at a man in a Wal-Mart parking lot on Easter Sunday has been arrested in Nevada. Police say Esclarea Smith was taken into custody in Las Vegas by members of the United States Marshal's Task Force. Smith... more »

• Woman faces murder charge in death

  April 27, 2012 10:13 AM

  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - A Baton Rouge woman accused of shooting a man in February, stealing his bike, riding a few blocks and then fatally shooting another man has been indicted on murder and attempted murder charges. The Advocate reports an East Baton Rouge Parish grand jury charged 29-yeaer-old... more »

• Baker woman charged in shooting death

  April 26, 2012 10:02 AM

  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - A Baker woman has been indicted in the January shooting death of another woman. The Advocate reports an East Baton Rouge Parish grand jury charged 38-year-old Kolande Williams with second-degree murder Wednesday in the death of 31-year-old Kimberly Stewart. A second-degree murder conviction carries a... more »

• BR woman wins $10K in Mega Millions lottery

  April 20, 2012 9:30 AM

  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - For 59-year-old Susan Costonis, choosing birth dates and anniversary dates of loved ones paid off big when those numbers won her a $10,000 Mega Millions prize from the March 23 drawing. Costonis' ticket matched four of the numbers and the Mega Ball number to win... more »

• Woman takes plea deal in toddler's death

  April 18, 2012 7:30 AM

  GONZALES, La. (AP) - Prosecutors say a 29-year-old woman facing prosecution in the death of her 2-year-old godchild has pleaded guilty to a reduced charge. The Advocate reports Shantell Watts Donahue and her husband, 29-year-old Terrell Devon Donahue, both of Gonzales, were indicted in May on charges of first-degree murder... more »

• Woman injured in BB gun shooting

  April 12, 2012 10:32 AM

  VENTRESS, La. (AP) - Pointe Coupee Parish sheriff's deputies say a Ventress woman was airlifted to a Baton Rouge hospital with a punctured lung after being shot three times with a BB gun. Capt. Steven Juge tells The Advocate detectives arrested 23-year-old Leslie Aguillard and booked her Wednesday on one... more »

• Police: Man posing as woman in scam

  April 11, 2012 9:18 AM

  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Baton Rouge police are investigating a man who has posed as a woman and contacted several area high school student athletes about offering them work or money. Sgt. Don Kelly said in a news release at least three athletes have been contacted by the man... more »

• Woman pleads guilty to vehicular homicide

  April 10, 2012 9:48 AM

  ALEXANDRIA, La. (AP) - A 39-year-old Pineville woman has pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide in the October 2011 death of a prison inmate on work detail. The Town Talk reports Kellie Geisel also pleaded guilty to vehicular negligent injury on Monday. She will be sentenced April 27 by state district... more »

• Police: Woman lied about sitter who abandoned baby

  April 10, 2012 7:00 AM

  KENNER, La. (AP) - Kenner police say a woman whose baby was abandoned by a shoplifter lied about the identity of the suspect. Lt. Wayne McInnis says the woman will be booked with obstructing justice, making a false statement and filing a false police report. Police say the woman identified... more »

• Lake Charles Woman Held in Husband's Death

  March 25, 2012 1:53 PM

  LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) - A Calcasieu Parish judge has ordered a mental evaluation for a Lake Charles woman charged with second-degree murder of her husband. Judge Clayton Davis stopped a motions hearing Friday and said nothing more would be heard until the examination of 52-year-old Darlene Sias was completed,... more »

• Delhi woman arrested for exploitation

  March 23, 2012 6:35 AM

  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - A 58-year-old Delhi woman has been arrested and booked with three-counts of exploitation of the infirmed. Louisiana Attorney General Buddy Caldwell says Lillie W. Griffin was arrested Tuesday and booked into the Richland Parish Prison. It was not immediately known whether she remained in custody... more »

• Woman convicted in slaying

  March 22, 2012 10:59 AM

  LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) - After deliberating for less than two hours, a Lafayette Parish jury has convicted Debra Sue Hewitt in the 2010 slaying of her boyfriend. Hewitt and John Clifford Romine were both accused in the killing of 47-year-old Dwayne Ball, whose decomposing body was found five to six... more »

• Woman gets 50 years in dress shot shooting

  March 22, 2012 10:55 AM

  LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) - State District Judge Clayton Davis has sentenced a 27-year-old Lake Charles woman to 50 years in prison for the shooting of two dress shop employees in July. The American Press reports Sharonda Obey pleaded guilty in January to two counts of attempted first-degree murder. Police... more »

• Woman hit by car, dies at mailbox

  March 22, 2012 9:26 AM

  TICKFAW, La. (AP) - An Independence woman was killed when she stepped into the path of an oncoming car while retrieving her mail. State police say 41-year-old Kimberly Wright was stepping away from her mail box on La. Highway 442 Wednesday when she walked into the path of a car... more »

• Woman charged with defrauding FEMA after Gustav

  March 22, 2012 7:35 AM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A LaPlace woman has been charged with fraudulently receiving more than $28,000 in federal aid following Hurricane Gustav in 2008. A court filing Tuesday charges 33-year-old Shanette Raquell Kennard with one count of theft of government funds. She faces a maximum sentence of 10 years in... more »

• Celtic Woman loves US spirit for St. Patrick's Day

  March 16, 2012 10:41 AM

  NEW YORK (AP) - The ladies of Celtic Woman are impressed by the spirited way Americans celebrate St. Patrick's Day, even if it isn't an official holiday like in their native Ireland. "The decorations in the bars and restaurants and the buildup makes us very proud to be Irish," Susan... more »

• Westlake woman set for May trial on sex charges

  March 15, 2012 10:25 AM

  DeRIDDER, La. (AP) - A 28-year-old Westlake woman arrested in November for sex-related offenses against a 13-year-old boy is scheduled to stand trial in Beauregard Parish on May 21. Authorities say Heather N. Daughdrill was arrested in Calcasieu and Beauregard parishes for allegedly having sexual contact with the boy. Calcasieu... more »

• Woman killed in 2 vehicle New Orleans crash

  February 29, 2012 11:08 AM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - New Orleans police say a 60-year-old woman was killed when a van slammed into her Jeep. The collision happened around 10 p.m. Tuesday. Officer Garry Flot tells The Times-Picayune Steven Wallace, the driver of the van, was believed to be speeding at the time of the... more »

• Woman Leads Police on High Speed Chase

  February 15, 2012 9:34 AM

  OPELOUSAS, La. (AP) - Police have arrested a Washington woman who sped through school zones, ran red lights and wove in and out of traffic at high speeds from Port Barre to Opelousas. The Daily World reports ( http://bit.ly/w7uXiC ) the wild ride of 24-year-old Kandice Castille eventually ended when... more »

• Woman Says Guidance, Not Jail Time Needed

  February 11, 2012 7:39 PM

  A 23-year-old man whose pit bull killed her miniature schnauzer needs help and guidance, a 92-year-old woman told a judge. Prosecutors said Michael Kopynec should enter a year-long pretrial diversion program shortly after Naomi Montrue Smith's statement on Friday. According the Advocate ( http://bit.ly/wfaBnP ) Smith told the judge that... more »

• Woman cited after pit bull kills neighbor's dog

  February 10, 2012 10:44 AM

  HOUMA, La. (AP) - Terrebonne Parish deputies say they ticketed a Houma woman after her pit bull dog leaped out of her car and killed a neighbor's small poodle. Deputies said the attack happened Tuesday evening. According to The Courier the woman told police that the pit bull jumped out... more »

• Woman Saves Man's Life After His Heart Stops Play Video

  February 6, 2012 12:04 AM

  Lafayette General honored a Lafayette woman with the Making a Difference award for going above and beyond, giving life saving CPR to a jogger who had collapsed. Monday, January 9th started as any other day for Gary Dodson. He went to work and then around 11:30 went home for lunch... more »

• Woman sentenced for fraud after Katrina

  January 27, 2012 9:40 AM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A 37-year-old New Orleans woman has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for mail fraud and identity theft committed after Hurricane Katrina. U.S. Attorney Jim Letten's office said Thursday that Shantell Moses was also ordered to pay $16,915 in restitution to the American Red... more »

• Woman given 12-year term in toddler's death

  January 25, 2012 10:37 AM

  LIVINGSTON, La. (AP) - A state judge has sentenced a Walker woman to 12 years in prison following her manslaughter conviction in the death of her 15-month-old daughter. District Attorney Scott Perrilloux tells The Advocate in a news release that 29-year-old Johnnie Garner pleaded guilty to the crime Oct. 24.... more »

• Woman dies in St. Martin Parish crash

  January 24, 2012 10:38 AM

  HENDERSON, La. (AP) - A 55-year-old St. Martinville woman died in a single-vehicle crash south of Henderson. State police say Elizabeth Howe was a passenger in the rear seat of a sport utility vehicle driven by 34-year-old Bryan Howe. Troopers say the crash occurred Monday when Bryan Howe lost control... more »

• Woman's body found on Bogue Chitto River

  January 13, 2012 10:50 AM

  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - The body of a missing woman has been found in the Bogue Chitto River. State wildlife and fisheries agents Thursday found 61-year-old Kathy Holloway's body at 7:30 a.m. about a quarter-of-a-mile from where her boat capsized Dec. 28. The St. Tammany Parish coroner will conduct... more »

• Woman shot to death in Jefferson

  January 10, 2012 10:52 AM

  JEFFERSON, La. (AP) - Authorities are investigating the shooting death of a Jefferson Parish woman. Col. John Fortunato, a department spokesman for the sheriff's office, says a man walked into Ochsner Medical Center about 2:25 a.m. Tuesday and reported that he had found a woman, who appeared to have been... more »

• Man, woman plead guilty to drug smuggling plot

  October 27, 2011 6:48 AM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A Nicaraguan man and a New York woman have pleaded guilty to charges they conspired to smuggle heroin into the U.S. on a ship that docked in Louisiana. U.S. Attorney Jim Letten's office said the guilty pleas Wednesday by 41-year-old Ernesto Ramon Ali Valles and 37-year-old... more »

• Jennings woman booked with extortion

  September 23, 2011 7:54 AM

  JENNINGS, La. (AP) - State police arrested a Jennings woman accused of extorting an elderly man out of more than $20,000. Troopers tell The Advocate 27-year-old Brooke Cormier was arrested Thursday following a joint investigation involving the FBI. Troopers say Cormier was calling an elderly man in the Jennings area... more »

• Elderly Woman Issued Court Summons for 911 Calls

  September 12, 2011 11:40 PM

  In St. Mary Parish, a 73-year-old woman was issued a court summons. Deputies said it's because she called 9-1-1 a total of nine times in two days. The Sheriff's Office Chief of Staff, Steve Clarke told KATC, each call was a non-emergency, and since issuing the summons, she hasn't... more »

• Woman Killed in Winn Parish Car Crash

  September 9, 2011 7:08 AM

  WINNFIELD, La. (AP) - State police say a three-vehicle wreck in Winn Parish killed a DeSoto Parish woman and seriously injured a Winnfield woman. Troopers say 42-year-old Karen H. Speights of Stonewall was killed Thursday, while 25-year-old Heather L. Johns of Winnfield was injured in the U.S. Highway 84 crash.... more »

• LaPlace woman pleads to theft of government funds

  September 8, 2011 9:43 AM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A LaPlace woman has pleaded guilty to unlawfully receiving Social Security disability benefits. U.S. Attorney Jim Letten says 51-year-old Donna Marie Duhe entered the plea Wednesday before U.S. District Judge Kurt D. Engelhardt. Letten, in a news release, says Duhe admitted receiving benefits in June 2007,... more »

• Doctors Call Crowley Woman's Recovery a 'Miracle'

  September 7, 2011 11:38 PM

  You often hear of medical mysteries and miracles. But even a team of doctors at Lafayette General Medical Center can't explain how a Crowley woman came back to life from the brink of death. 27-year-old Linda Mouton shouldn't be sitting in her sister's living room, holding her newborn baby... more »

• House fire kills Plain Dealing woman

  August 23, 2011 5:58 AM

  PLAIN DEALING, La. (AP) - A deputy at Bossier Parish's Maximum Security Facility spotted a fire and rushed to a burning house Monday, but was unable to save the 74-year-old woman inside, Sheriff Larry Deen said. The woman was identified as Mary Jane Aiken Moore. Deen said that as the... more »

• Woman, husband dead in apparent murder-suicide

  July 26, 2011 9:28 AM

  SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) - A husband and wife are dead in what appears to be a murder-suicide at a house in south Shreveport. Multiple gunshots were reported about 4:20 a.m. Monday. Police identified the victims as 40-year-old Ryan Douglas, and his 49-year-old wife, Carolyn. Authorities say the husband was the... more »

• Woman faces count after injury to child

  July 8, 2011 10:08 AM

  LEESVILLE, La. (AP) - A Pitkin woman is facing a cruelty charge after being arrested when authorities found injuries to her 2-year-old child. Vernon Parish Sheriff Sam Craft said in a news release that 23-year-old Shaylan Anding was booked with cruelty to a juvenile after authorities received a complaint on... more »

• 2 booked after dog attack on woman

  July 7, 2011 8:42 AM

  CLINTON, La. (AP) - East Feliciana Parish sheriff's deputies have arrested two people after an Ethel woman suffered serious injuries inflicted by three dogs on Monday. A sheriff's office spokesman tells The Advocate the victim remained under treatment in a hospital Wednesday for numerous lacerations on her arms and legs,... more »

• Woman held in fatal stabbing

  June 23, 2011 10:06 AM

  LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) - A 20-year-old Lake Charles woman has been booked with second-degree murder in the stabbing death of a 22-year-old man. Deputy Chief Mark Kraus said in a news release Jessica Ann Love was arrested in Tuesday night's death of Lawrence Edward Bryant. Kraus said Bryant was... more »

• Woman takes plea deal in 2008 park slayings

  June 21, 2011 9:46 AM

  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - An East Feliciana Parish woman avoided a possible death sentence by pleading guilty in the deaths of a woman and her 3-year-old son and the attempted murder of two of that woman's other children at a park near Zachary in 2008. The Advocate reports 25-year-old... more »

• Crash Claims the Life of Woman

  April 17, 2011 1:39 PM

  In Evangeline Parish, a woman dies after driving off the road and crashing into a tree. The accident happened at nine am Friday on Highway 3042. State Troopers say 26-year-old Gheri Blood of Saint Landry was not wearing a seat belt, and was thrown from her vehicle. The accident... more »

• Jennifer Lopez Named People's Most Beautiful Woman

  April 13, 2011 12:01 PM

  NEW YORK (AP) - People magazine is naming Jennifer Lopez the World's Most Beautiful Woman. The singer, actress and "American Idol" judge tops the magazine's annual list of "the World's Most Beautiful" in a special double issue. Lopez is joined on this honor roll by such lovelies as Halle Berry,... more »

• Woman gets prison time in fatal crash

  March 30, 2011 9:02 AM

  CROWLEY, La. (AP) - A woman has been sentenced to four years in prison at hard labor in connection with a crash that left a man dead. Loretta R. Richard was charged with vehicular homicide in the Oct. 19, 2008, crash that killed Chad Blyne Trahan, who was a passenger... more »

• Man, woman accused of setting fire at Lutcher High

  January 25, 2011 8:19 PM

  LUTCHER, La. (AP) - A 21-year-old man an 18-year-old woman are in jail tonight, accused of setting fire to the Lutcher High School football stadium. The stadium burned November 15th. St. James Parish Sheriff Willy Martin tells WAFB-TV that Adam Lambert faces a charge of arson while Lindsey Matherne was... more »

• Eunice Woman Arrested for Child Desertion

  January 11, 2011 5:47 PM

  In Eunice a mother is arrested after her two-year-old is found wandering the streets with no clothes on. Police found the child walking outside a home on College Drive Monday. Cassie Watford was booked on child desertion charges and the child was released to family custody. more »

• Coroner Says Body That of Missing Woman

  December 30, 2010 10:00 PM

  TYLERTOWN, Miss. (AP) - Authorities have identified a body found Wednesday in rural Walthall County as Kelly Ann Erwin, a Louisiana woman who had been missing since Dec. 10. The Enterprise-Journal reports Erwin's body was found off a county road by passers-by on a four-wheeler. Walthall County Coroner Shannon Hartzog... more »

• Woman flagging traffic at wreck is killed by truck

  December 27, 2010 9:31 PM

  SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) - A woman hit the side of the I-220 bridge in her car, then was hit and killed Monday by a tractor-trailer as she tried to flag traffic around the wreck in the dark, the Caddo Parish Sheriff's Office said. The tractor-trailer overturned, scattering plywood across the... more »

• Woman found dead in her Moss Bluff home

  December 6, 2010 9:19 AM

  MOSS BLUFF, La. (AP) - Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's deputies are investigating the death of a woman in Moss Bluff. Sheriff Tony Mancuso tells The American Press that a man called authorities at about 11:30 p.m. Sunday and told dispatchers that he killed his wife. Mancuso said deputies responding to the... more »

• Lake Charles woman convicted in shooting death

  December 3, 2010 9:07 AM

  LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) - A Calcasieu Parish jury has convicted a 40-year-old Lake Charles woman in the shooting death of her boyfriend. Jurors deliberated less than an hour Thursday before finding Renee Tyler guilty in the second-degree murder of 34-year-old Elliot T. Thomas. The American Press reports that state... more »

• Sheriff: Woman Married to 3 Men at Once

  December 1, 2010 11:59 AM

  BENTON, La. (AP) - Bossier Parish sheriff's deputies have arrested a 35-year-old Bossier City woman on two counts of bigamy. Sheriff Larry Deen says Bridget K. Mize was taken into custody Tuesday after she admitted to investigators that she is currently married to three different men. Deen said Mize also... more »

• New Roads Woman Arrested in Theft, Forgery

  November 30, 2010 8:52 AM

  PORT ALLEN, La. (AP) - Port Allen police say a New Roads woman accused of stealing $11,000 from a Parkinson's disease patient she was caring for has been arrested. Police Chief Fred Smith says that 42-year-old Sharon Smith has been booked on 89 counts of felony theft, 41 counts of... more »

• Port Allen woman arrested in ID theft

  November 23, 2010 9:14 AM

  PORT ALLEN, La. (AP) - Port Allen Police Chief Fred Smith says a 21-year-old woman has been arrested for allegedly stealing the personal information of more than 20 people in a scheme to secure payday loans for herself. Smith says, on Monday that Janecia R. Fountain was booked into the... more »

• Woman Rescued from Filthy Shed Last Month Dies

  November 19, 2010 8:00 AM

  BAYOU BLUE, La. (AP) - A 69-year-old woman who was hospitalized last month after Lafourche Parish authorities found her living in filthy conditions has died. The Lafourche Sheriff's says in Thibodaux that the woman, Faye Miller, died Tuesday afternoon, less than three weeks after she was released from a specialized... more »

• Eunice Woman Killed in Wreck

  November 5, 2010 3:34 PM

  Dana Brooke Veillon, 27, was killed in a traffic crash last night on I-110 near Harding Blvd. The crash occurred around 7:50pm. The preliminary investigation shows Veillon was driving a 1994 Toyota southbound in the northbound lanes of traffic. She crashed head-on into a northbound 2007 Toyota Tundra,... more »

• Louisiana Woman Faces Charge of Cruelty to a Juvenile

  November 3, 2010 8:08 AM

  ALEXANDRIA, La. (AP) - Alexandria police have arrested a 36-year-old woman accused of beating her 11-year-old son and another juvenile. Barbara Hayes of Alexandria was booked with cruelty to a juvenile. Witnesses told police that Hayes began hitting her son Sunday night with her fists and a belt because he... more »

• Gonzales woman dies in St. Landry Parish Crash

  October 18, 2010 10:23 AM

  OPELOUSAS, La. (AP) - State police say a vehicle 21-year-old Gonzales woman was killed in a one-vehicle accident in St. Landry Parish. The accident happened at 2:57 a.m. Saturday on La. Highway 103 northwest of Opelousas. Troopers say Tabatha Guidin's car failed to negotiate a curve, ran off the road,... more »

• Boyce woman faces kidnapping charges

  October 14, 2010 10:40 AM

  BOYCE, La. (AP) - Rapides Parish sheriff's officials have arrested a 27-year-old Boyce woman after she allegedly kidnapped a 1-year-old child. Thursday that Natasha Starks faces one count of simple kidnapping and simple battery. Deputies tell the newspaper that Starks allegedly forced a vehicle to stop on La. Highway 121... more »

• More Controversy Over Woman Set to be Stoned

  October 11, 2010 11:59 AM

  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iranian authorities have arrested two foreigners as they were interviewing the son of a woman who could face death by stoning on an adultery conviction, the state news agency reported Monday. Judiciary spokesman Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejehi said the two had entered the country on tourist... more »

• 71-year-old woman indicted in murder-for-hire case

  October 7, 2010 9:39 PM

  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 »

• Body Found in Wooded Area in Baton Rouge

  September 28, 2010 8:24 AM

  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Baton Rouge police say they're investigating the death of a 43-year-old woman whose body was found in a wooded area behind a vacant beauty school. A report by Capt. Joan Cage says the cause of death was not clear and the death investigation is continuing.... more »

• 74-Year-Old Steals Identity of 87-Year-Old Friend

  September 24, 2010 12:37 PM

  SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) - Authorities say a 74-year-old Shreveport woman has been arrested for stealing the identity of her 87-year-old friend. Caddo Parish Sheriff Steve Prator says Dorothy Johnson was arrested Friday for identity theft and theft of assets of an aged person. Prator said Johnson opened credit cards using... more »

• Woman Accused of Abusing 11-year-old Girl

  September 24, 2010 11:23 AM

  LIVINGSTON, La. (AP) - Detectives booked a 32-year-old Holden woman Thursday with two additional criminal counts in a child abuse case involving an 11-year-old girl, Jason Ard, Chief of Operations for the Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office said. The investigation has indicated that Lisa Faber didn't just know about the shackling... more »

• Woman Booked in Boyfriend's Death

  September 16, 2010 11:13 AM

  Ascension Parish authorities have arrested a 22-year-old woman in the stabbing death of her boyfriend. Sheriff's Chief Criminal Deputy Tony Bacala says deputies were called to investigate reports of a stabbing at a Donaldsonville mobile home park Tuesday night. When they arrived, Bacala said deputies found 38-year-old Brian Keith Norris... more »

• Iberia Burglary Totals Nearly $50,000

  September 15, 2010 10:54 AM

  NEW IBERIA, La. (AP) - Two stolen potted palm trees and an all-terrain vehicle are among stolen items recovered by Iberia Parish sheriff's deputies after a four-month rash of burglaries across the parish. Lt. Ryan Turner, spokesman for the sheriff, says that investigators have arrested four people, one of them... more »

• Woman to stand trial on charge of slicing DiCaprio

  August 26, 2010 10:02 PM

  LOS ANGELES (AP) - A judge ordered a woman to stand trial on a charge of slashing Leonardo DiCaprio's face with glass during a 2005 party. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Edmund Willcox Clarke ordered Aretha Wilson to face one count of assault with a deadly weapon. The charge includes... more »

• Pineville Woman Pleads Guilty to Mail Fraud

  August 26, 2010 8:45 AM

  ALEXANDRIA, La. (AP) - A Pineville woman has pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud in a case that involved using someone else's identity to steal money by opening accounts at various banks and credit card companies. The Town Talk reports that 36-year-old Lanetta Littleton faces... more »

• Lafourche DA seeks death penalty in woman's death

  August 25, 2010 9:42 AM

  THIBODAUX, La. (AP) - The Lafourche Parish District Attorney's Office will seek the death penalty against four men accused of raping and killing a Cut Off woman earlier this year. 21-year-old Esdras Garcia, 28-year-old Luis Nava, 24-year-old Jose Moreno and 20-year-old Gonzalo Cortes are accused of repeatedly raping and then... more »

• St. Charles Parish Woman Dies of Burns

  August 21, 2010 4:21 PM

  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Louisiana Fire Marshall H. "Butch" Browning says a 48-year-old St. Charles Parish woman has died of burns from a fire earlier in the week. He says investigators are still looking into the cause of the fire that killed Christine Loupe of Paradis (PAR-uh-dee), but believe... more »

• Woman Found Guilty in Death of Boyfriend

  August 19, 2010 9:20 AM

  LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) - A jury has found a 47-year-old Lafayette woman guilty of the April 2009 second-degree murder of her live-in boyfriend. Mary Henderson Trahan was found guilty Wednesday in the April 20 shooting death of 32-year-old George Barbu. Assistant District Attorney Daniel M. Landry III said Trahan shot... more »

• Woman Gets House Arrest in Murder for Hire Case

  August 19, 2010 9:16 AM

  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 »

• Woman Sentenced for Fatal Wreck in Lake Charles

  August 5, 2010 8:44 AM

  LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) - A state judge has sentenced a 45-year-old woman to 12 1/2 years in prison in connection with a 2008 wreck on the Interstate 210 bridge in Lake Charles that killed a 5-year-old boy. District Judge Wilford Carter sentenced Angela Lee Osipuk Wednesday. Osipuk pleaded guilty... more »