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• Hammond man accused of child porn

  January 25, 2011 8:15 PM

  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Attorney General Buddy Caldwell says a 19-year-old Hammond man has been booked with possessing pornography involving juveniles. He said in a statement Tuesday that Sean Joseph Decelle was arrested after an investigation by the Louisiana Attorney General's High Technology Crime Unit and the Tangipahoa Parish... more »

• Man Indicted in Death of 15-year-old LaPlace Girl

  January 4, 2011 8:04 AM

  EDGARD, La. (AP) - A St. John the Baptist Parish grand jury has indicted Earnest Joseph III in the death of a 15-year-old LaPlace girl. District Attorney Tom Daley says that the second-degree murder charge was returned Monday. Joseph is scheduled to be arraigned Jan. 12. The 27-year-old Joseph is... more »

• 19-year-old booked in Claiborne official's death

  December 21, 2010 8:06 PM

  HOMER, La. (AP) - A Haynesville teenager has been booked with first-degree murder in the shooting death of Claiborne Parish Police Juror Brian "Butch" Bays. Sheriff Ken Bailey told The Times that 19-year-old Donte Fielding was arrested Friday night and held at the Claiborne Parish Detention Center on a weapons... more »

• 2 boys aged 6, 3-year-old found with stolen goods

  December 6, 2010 10:09 PM

  COVINGTON, La. (AP) - A trio of boys - two 6-year-olds and a 3-year-old - were found with stolen goods after a man returned home to find them in his house. Covington Police officers found the children playing across from the house when they arrived on Saturday. According to a... more »

• Two Arrested for Sexual Encounter with 13 year old

  October 11, 2010 11:37 AM

  Two Berwick teens are arrested after allegedly having sexual relations with a 13 year old. Ethan J. Falls, 18, was arrested for Felony Carnal Knowledge of a Juvenile and Oral Sexual Battery. Arrest stems from an investigation into an incident reported to the St. Mary Sheriff's Office on September 23,... 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 »

• Crash Leaves 3 Year Old with Serious Injuries

  October 3, 2010 11:08 PM

  A bad crash in Vermilion Parish has left a 3 year old child with serious injuries. State Police say a car drove off the road at Highway 82 and Highway 3147 in the Pecan Island area Saturday evening. The car went down an embankment and into a body... more »

• 2-Year-Old Shot and Killed Near New Orleans Parade

  September 27, 2010 7:17 AM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - New Orleans police say a man shot at a moving car and hit and killed a 2-year-old boy in a parked car. Police say they're looking for whoever killed Jerremy Galmon, who died at a hospital Sunday. Officer Garry Flot, a police spokesman, says witnesses told... more »

• 77 year-old beaten in home invasion

  September 21, 2010 7:08 PM

  A home invasion has this quiet neighborhood on edge. Police say Sunday night in Loreauville, two masked men broke into a home and beat a 77-year-old man, sending him to the hospital. "Two males attempted to break into his residence." Lt. Ryan Turner of the Iberia Parish Sheriff's Office says,... more »

• Grand Jury Indicts a Man in Double Stabbing

  September 21, 2010 9:27 AM

  MANSFIELD, La. - A DeSoto grand jury has indicted a 35-year-old Mansfield man in connection with the Aug. 8 stabbing deaths of his estranged wife and her sister. The grand jury returned two counts of first-degree murder Monday against Stephen Rivers. Rivers is being held in the DeSoto Detention Center... more »

• 14-year-old Arrested for Second Degree Murder

  September 20, 2010 9:35 AM

  LAFAYETTE, La. - Lafayette police say a 14-year-old boy has been arrested in the stabbing death of another 14-year-old boy. Police said the suspect, who was not identified because of his age, was booked Sunday into the Lafayette Juvenile Detention Home on counts of second-degree murder and aggravated battery. Police... more »

• A Mother's Tragic Nightmare: 4 Year Old Son Killed in the Road

  August 23, 2010 11:29 PM

  Her 4 year old son, Ty'zell Williams, rode his bike often enough she felt it was okay for him to go out of her sight. Now Shauda Williams regrets letting her boy pedal just the few yards down the road-- because while riding in the neighborhood where everyone knew his... more »

• 16-year-old accused of raping boys

  August 18, 2010 9:16 PM

  SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) - A 16-year-old boy has been arrested, accused of sexually assaulting four young boys while he baby-sat for them this summer. Caddo Parish sheriff's detectives Wednesday arrested the teenager on four counts of aggravated rape. Sheriff Steve Prator says the victims are ages 4, 5, 7 and... more »

• 12 year old Ore. girl reunited with family

  August 12, 2010 9:05 PM

  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - An Oregon woman has been arrested after a 12-year-old homeless girl was reported missing and returned safely to her family hours later. Clackamas County sheriff's deputies said Elisabeth Shambaugh was reunited with her father and two siblings after a traffic stop Wednesday night by Hood River... more »

• Eunice Man Allegedly Beat His Girlfriend and 5 Year Old Daughter

  July 22, 2010 7:30 PM

  A Eunice man is arrested after allegedly beating his girlfriend and her 5 year old daughter. Police say Cody White entered his ex-girlfriend's house without permission....assaulted her and her child. After being arrested, White escaped but was re-captured and booked into the St Landry Parish jail. He faces15-charges including... more »

• 17 Year Old Arrested For Alleged Criminal Trespass

  July 22, 2010 12:08 PM

  On July 22, 2010 at approximately 12:48 a.m. deputies with the Iberia Parish Sheriff's Office directed patrol unit arrested Jabrison Kinchen, age 17 of New Iberia, for alleged criminal trespass. Deputies responded to a call on the 200 block of Monterey St. where a suspicious person was attempting to... more »

• Missing 12 Year Old Shreveport Girl

  July 19, 2010 4:06 PM

  SHREVEPORT, LA (KSLA) - Shreveport Police want your help in finding a missing 12 year old girl. They say Amber White was last seen around 3 PM Saturday at the Blue Ridge Mobile Home Park on Buncome Road. Her parents called Police when she didn't return from the... more »

• Teens Help Rescue Driver and 3-Year-Old

  July 19, 2010 9:35 AM

  MONROE, La. (AP) - State police say two teenagers helped rescue a man and his son whose car ran into Cheniere Lake. Fourteen-year-old Chris Smith and 19-year-old Josh McDowel said they wish they could also have helped the man's wife, who died Saturday night. Troopers say 28-year-old Jessica Kelley died... more »

• Boy Arrested in Stabbing Death of 8-year-old

  June 11, 2010 9:37 AM

  ST. FRANCISVILLE, La. (AP) - West Feliciana Parish Sheriff J. Austin Daniel says investigators do not know a motive for an attack which left an 8-year-old boy dead, allegedly at the hands of a 16-year-old boy on a wooded trail in The Bluffs on Thompson Creek. Daniel said that the... more »

• 23-Year-Old Jennings Man Electrocuted

  June 11, 2010 9:30 AM

  ROANOKE, La. (AP) - Jefferson Davis sheriff's deputies say a 23-year-old Jennings man died while trying to steal copper wire from a utility line. Sheriff Ricky Edwards said that Joel Schexnider was electrocuted at about 3:30 p.m. Wednesday near Roanoke as he was trying to throw a rope around the... more »

• 1 Year Old Drowns in Neighbors Pools

  June 9, 2010 9:52 AM

  FENTON, La. (AP) - Jefferson Davis Parish authorities say a 1-year-old boy drowned in a neighbor's swimming pool. Sheriff Ricky Edwards said the boy was reported missing from his Felton home just off U.S. Highway 165 at about 2:30 p.m. Tuesday by his father, Deputy Chris Schexnayder. The child was... more »

• Man Arrested & Charged with Manslaughter of 2 Year Old

  May 18, 2010 1:36 PM

  Press Release- On May 5, 2010, the St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office received a call regarding a two year old child that was in a non responsive state. The child was transported to a hospital in Lafayette, La. and had been placed on life support. May 7, 2010, it was... more »

• MISSING CHILD: 13 Year Old Tyler Blaze Murphy

  May 14, 2010 11:33 AM

  MISSING CHILD Endangered Runaway National Center for Missing & Exploited Children 1-800-843-5678 VA 22314 Tyler Blaze Murphy Age: 13 DOB: 12/26/1996 Race: White Hair: Sandy Eyes: Black Height: 4'11 Weight: 105 Missing from: Opelousas, LA Missing Since: 05/01/2010 Details: Tyler was last seen on May 1, 2010. He... more »

• Dad of 5-Year- Old Arrested for Giving Her Alcohol

  May 7, 2010 9:42 AM

  ALEXANDRIA, lA. (AP) - Alexandria police say a man has been arrested for allegedly giving his 5-year-old daughter alcohol. William Moore, age 49, of Alexandria, was booked with second-degree cruelty to a juvenile, according to The Town-Talk newspaper. According to the police report, the girl's mother told her daughter that... more »

• 13 Year Old Girl Killed in Crash

  April 30, 2010 1:27 PM

  St. Martin Parish- Louisiana State Police Troop I investigated a single vehicle crash on LA 94 that claimed the life of a 13-year-old Parks girl. According to investigating troopers, on April 30, 2010, shortly before 12:30 a.m., 18-year-old Joseph Early of Lafayette, LA, was driving a 2001 Daewoo east... more »

• 5 Year Old Left On Lafayette Bus

  April 6, 2010 4:15 PM

  A Truman Montessori student was left on a bus for almost 3 hours. The 5 year old had fallen asleep and woke up to an empty bus. The hot sweaty child pushed the door open and walked for a block before being discovered by a man who brought the child... more »

• Pet monkey put to death after biting child

  February 18, 2010 5:54 AM

  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - State wildlife officials say they had to put a Lafayette Parish woman's pet monkey to death after it bit a child. It happened last week in Lafayette, according to a news release from the state Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. The 3-year-old girl was at... more »

• Authorities: Wife and child flee prior to hostage incident

  February 16, 2010 7:07 AM

  An Acadia parish man is in jail after police say he took a hostage at his house. The Acadia Parish Sheriff's office tells KATC Wayne Boudreaux and his wife were arguing when Boudreaux fired a shotgun twice outside. Deputies say he then locked himself in the house with a... more »

• Acadia man holds family hostage

  February 15, 2010 1:05 PM

  Deputies and Swat Team members swarmed a house Sunday night after a report of a hostage situation involving a two year old child. The Acadia Parish Sheriff's office was called out to 430 Roxie Highway at 4:30 after receiving a call that a man was shooting at his family. Law... more »