A 17-year-old male is dead while a 15-year-old male is currently being held at the Lafayette Parish Juvenile Detention Home following a shooting in Opelousas on Sunday.
23-year-old Christopher Wayne Spencer of Opelousas has been fired from the St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office after the now-former deputy allegedly used his department fuel card for his personal vehicle, without the permission and consent of the Sheriff's Office.
26-year-old Ralph Bates and 34-year-old Brice Robison - both of Crowley - were arrested on August 13th after Acadia Parish Sheriff's deputies say they pulled over a suspicious vehicle on Ella Louis Drive just north of Crowley.
22-year-old Braylon Babineaux of the Branch Community has been booked into the Acadia Parish Jail after he allegedly drugged and raped a 20-year-old woman in her home in the 300 block of Francis Prejean Circle in Duson on Sunday.
A victim is recovering after being shot in the wrist while driving through the parking lot of an apartment complex in the 1500 block of Louisiana Avenue.
Paul Rice of Kaplan and Kelvin Davenport of Abbeville were arrested in Abbeville Monday night after police officers say they were stopped as part of a traffic stop at a home near the intersection of N. Lyman Street and E. St. Victor Street.