arrests
6/3: Calcasieu Parish Sheriff announces arrest list
The Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office reported the following arrests: Shannon Ray Stephenson, 51, 6318 Chaisson Road — theft of a motor vehicle from $5,000 but ...
Author: Crystal Stevenson - Page 56 American Press
hit and run
Sheriff: Body found near road a hit-and-run victim
A body discovered Thursday afternoon near the intersection of Goodman Road and Opelousas Street was a hit-and-run victim. Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Kayla Vincent ...
by Crystal Stevenson, Monday, June 3, 2024 10:18 am
weather
Late morning, afternoon thunderstorms on today’s docket
A “very moist and unstable air mass” hovering over Southwest Louisiana today is expected to provide the perfect environment for thunderstorms to develop in the ...
by Crystal Stevenson, Saturday, June 1, 2024 8:35 am
Erron Fontenot
Jurors take less than 30 minutes to convict Fontenot of murder
It took jurors less than a half-hour to convict Erron Fontenot of second-degree murder Friday in the fatal 2023 shooting of James Barrilleaux. Fontenot shot ...
by Crystal Stevenson, Friday, May 31, 2024 6:03 pm
sheriff’s office
Sheriff: Body found on the side of the road
The body of a 64-year-old Lake Charles man was discovered on the side of the road late Thursday afternoon near the area of Goodman Road ...
by Crystal Stevenson, Friday, May 31, 2024 5:21 pm
14th Judicial District Court
Trial begins for man accused in fatal Sherry Street shooting
Opening statements began Thursday morning in the second-degree murder trial of Erron Fontenot — accused of shooting James Barrilleaux as he sat on the front ...
by Crystal Stevenson, Thursday, May 30, 2024 5:31 pm
weather
WEATHER UPDATE: Potential for severe storms into Saturday
Southwest Louisiana will continue to have “an active and unstable weather pattern” for the remainder of the week into the weekend as a series of ...
by Crystal Stevenson, Thursday, May 30, 2024 3:23 pm
shooting
Two injured in Wednesday shooting
Lake Charles Police said two people have been hospitalized with gunshot wounds following a shooting Wednesday afternoon in the 1700 block of 8th Street in ...
by Crystal Stevenson, Thursday, May 30, 2024 1:47 pm
Local News
SUV pulled from same waterway where body recovered earlier this week
A vehicle has been pulled from the waters near Old Highway 90/Burnout Bridge where the body of a man was recovered earlier this week. Calcasieu ...
by Crystal Stevenson, Thursday, May 30, 2024 1:09 pm
Ice pick stabbing
LCPD: Ice pick stabbing after fight breaks out in car
A Lake Charles woman has been arrested after allegedly stabbing a passenger in the vehicle she was traveling inside with an ice pick. Lake Charles ...
by Crystal Stevenson, Thursday, May 30, 2024 11:40 am
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