Crime

If you recieve a call from a one eight hundred number concerning your electric bill, you might be on the receiving end of a scam.

If someone tries to scam you, make sure you report it to police and to the Better Business Bureau of Acadiana.

Officers responding to the scene caught 18-year-old Lacorrion Detron Turner, and he has been charged with first degree robbery.

Police say Jailen Trevon Zeno then shot the man, striking him with multiple shots.

The Rite Aid in the 4700 block of Johnston Street was robbed overnight.

After the payments were made, the alleged crooks would then cut off communication with the buyers, and of course, the buyers never got what they paid for.

A man showed up uninvited at a wedding reception over the weekend and stole gifts from the bride, and groom. Police in Westport, Connecticut are looking for a man who crashed a wedding reception at the Longshore Inn, and fled the scene carrying a bird cage filled with cards.

Sunday afternoon, the Dallas Cowboys did something few NFL teams have accomplished in the past few years. They beat the Seahawks in Seattle. Backup running back Joseph Randle rushed for 52 yards in the victory coming off the bench to spell league leading rusher, DeMarco Murray. Randle apparently chose a strange way to celebrate.

Eunice Police Chief Ronald Dies says Selina Fontenot will be transferred to Eunice on Monday.

Thirty Four year old Louisiana State Police Sergeant Damien L. Dyson was arrested early Saturday morning by troopers from Louisiana State Police Troop A. Dyson was driving westbound on I-10, west of La. highway 22 when his Cadillac struck the rear of a vehicle driven by 21 year old Kevin Gomez-Castellanos at high speed.

A federal fugitive wanted for sex trafficking has been caught in St. Landry Parish.

The people in the other two cars were treated for minor to moderate injuries.

A vehicle stolen from a Northside High teacher has been returned to its owner - but not after crashing into a ditch.

Olympic Gold Medalist Michael Phelps was arrested on a DUI charge early Tuesday morning. CNN reports, Phelps was arrested around 1:40 am, after being clocked at 84 mph in a 45 mph zone.

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Keanu Reeves dealt with another home intruder in the span of just two days -- and this one got naked and took a shower in his home. Yikes!

The bicyclist injured Tuesday morning by a vehicle has been identified as 27-year-old Jessica Randal.

St. Martin Parish authorities are looking for 26-year-old Dustin Wiltz of the 900 block of Patin Street in Breaux Bridge after he allegedly failed to appear in court on numerous charges.

Lafayette Police will be utilizing a new alert system to keep area residents appraised of crucial information as it becomes available.