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A 23-year-old Sulphur man was charged with DWI and child endangerment twice in a 15-hour period on Monday, state police said.
Sgt. James Anderson said Zachry Wayne Parker was arrested by the Sulphur Police around 2 a.m. and charged with DWI, child endangerment, improper lane use and careless o ...
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SULPHUR (AP) — The Calcasieu Parish Coroner's Office says a man who was being booked into the Sulphur jail apparently killed himself.
Coroner's chief investigator Zeb Johnson says he cannot release the man's name because police have not told him whether the man's hospitalized father has been ...
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Prosecutors plan to retry Devin Blake Badon on charges of second-degree murder and attempted second-degree murder.
After an eight-day trial — and seven hours’ deliberation — jurors on Wednesday said they were deadlocked and unable to reach
a verdict. Conviction required 10 ...
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Six people from Lake Charles and one from Kinder were arrested Thursday morning following a raid at a house on Broad Street, city police said.
Chief Deputy Mark Kraus said officers were "dispatched to 2900 Broad St., Lot 11, in reference to subjects cooking meth. Officers arrived and searched the r ...
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A 37-year-old Sulphur man has been charged with theft over $1,500, authorities said.
Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Kim Myers said Andrew G. Menard Jr., 523 Langford Road, was arrested on Tuesday following complaints by a local business regarding employee theft.
"When question ...
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A 34-year-old Lake Charles woman has been charged with four counts of forgery, three counts of theft $500-$1,500 and one count each of theft under $500 and unauthorized entry of inhabited dwelling, authorities said.
Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Kim Myers said Pauline M. Cunningham ...
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After nearly seven hours of deliberation, jurors in the second-degree murder and attempted second-degree murder trial of Devin Blake Badon told the judge they were deadlocked.
The crowded courtroom was silent as Judge Kent Savoie subsequently declared a mistrial Wednesday, just minutes before midni ...
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KINDER — State police and the FBI are looking for a woman they say robbed the Iberia Bank branch on Fifth Avenue on Monday.
State police said a white woman wearing a disguise entered the bank at 12:30 p.m. with a weapon and demanded money from the
teller. She reportedly fled in a small white ...
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A 24-year-old Lake Charles man has been charged with domestic abuse battery and aggravated assault, authorities said.
Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Kim Myers said Brian A. Woods Jr., 1520 Sixth St., was arrested on Tuesday following an early morning incident on Feb. 10.
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Prosecutor Rick Bryant rested his case on Tuesday in the second-degree murder and attempted second-degree murder trial of Devin
Blake Badon after the day-long testimony by Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office detective Andree Daugereaux.
Badon is accused of being a key participant in the drive- ...

Baton Rouge police say Western Kentucky defensive
coordinator Lance Guidry — a former football coach at McNeese State —
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BATON ROUGE (AP) — Baton Rouge police say Western Kentucky defensive coordinator Lance Guidry — a former football coach at McNeese State — was arrested early Saturday on a drunken driving charge.
The Advocate reports that a police affidavit shows that Guidry was booked shortly be ...