A traffic stop turned into a stay in the St. Landry Parish Jail Friday for 59-year-old Donovan K. Hudson of Opelousas after he allegedly fought with the sheriff's deputy who pulled him over and who eventually tasered him during the arresting process.
45-year-old Jennifer Guillory of Opelousas now sits in the St. Landry Parish Jail after she allegedly bought items, paid personal bills, and had checks made out to her dead father using the account of a 93-year-old person she was supposed to be caring for.
15-year-old Trashawn Harrison is now dead after some reckless driving during the storm ended with multiple teens involved in the crash of a stolen SUV.
A business located at 600 1st Street in Gueydan - listed as a tire shop on Google - was the site of an alleged altercation between Gueydan Police Chief Shawn Theriot and a citizen on Thursday, May 6, and the Vermilion Parish Sheriff's Office is now investigating it.
43-year-old Landon Dwayne Jimmerson of Breaux Bridge now sits in the St. Landry Parish Jail after a self-inflicted gunshot wound and the clothes he wore during two armed robberies he allegedly committed led to him being arrested.
Lafayette Police worked three shootings in the Hub City on Sunday that spokesperson Senior Corporal Bridgette Dugas is calling "isolated incidents." One man died while two other people were injured.
Three 18-year-old's from Abbeville - Kenan Michael Wills, Dequan Trevelle Turner, and Latrell Dion Ashley - have all been arrested after they allegedly used social media to rob a victim at gunpoint in order to take that victim's long gun.
Someone in the Lafayette area shared a Ring Doorbell Camera video that shows a male, with no shirt, allegedly taking Nike slippers from their front porch.
31-year-old Nathaniel Leon Brown of Lafayette has been sentenced to spend the next 7 years in federal prison after he was caught with a gun when, as a convicted felon, he is not allowed to possess one.
WDSU in New Orleans has published a story claiming Rev. John Asare-Dankwah of St. Peter Claver Catholic Church in Treme has been accused of raping and beating a 10-year-old during a church retreat in Montgomery, Alabama in 2008.