Authorities in Louisiana say a charter school teacher was arrested this week on suspicion of raping one of her young students. According to the New York Post, 34-year-old Deidre R. Smith was arrested on Tuesday, the same day the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office reportedly received a report of an “inappropriate relationship” between her and a …
Authorities in Louisiana say a 19-year-old man is behind bars after an early morning traffic stop gone wrong this week. According to WAFB, the incident occurred shortly after midnight on Friday in Baton Rouge. An officer on patrol initiated the stop after reportedly noticing the suspect’s vehicle driving with just one headlight and no license …
Authorities in Louisiana are reportedly looking for a 21-year-old man suspected of carrying out a deadly shooting spree that left five dead on Saturday. According to WAFB, Dakota Theriot was allegedly behind the wheel of a 2004 Dodge Ram that took him to Livingston Parish and Ascension Parish this weekend where he carried out separate …
Authorities in Louisiana say a man was arrested on suspicion of dumping a woman’s dead body in a car and leaving the scene without reporting it. According to KLFY, police believe 54-year-old Robert Lowe invited the woman into his home in Baton Rouge on Tuesday. Upon entering, she allegedly injected some type of narcotic into …
Two days after their 9-year-old boy was reported missing, a Louisiana couple faces criminal charges. According to WAFB, authorities in Evangeline Parish staged a search for young Bryson Thibodeaux on Saturday after parents Paul and Minette reported him missing. The boy reportedly ran away from the Blue Point residence on Friday and was found the …
According to authorities in Louisiana, a man accused of raping an 11-year-old girl was released on $100,000 bond, only to victimize a woman he met through a dating app. As the New York Post reported, 49-year-old Mark Ferguson was arrested most recently on Thursday. Investigators believe he met the victim through Tinder in August and …
According to authorities in Louisiana, a 32-year-old Alexandria man is facing multiple criminal charges for a pair of violent attacks that left one victim dead. As KALB reported, police identified the first victim Friday evening after officers responded to a report of a disturbance on Beatrice Street. Upon arrival, authorities found a battered woman bleeding …
A U.S. Olympian was injured this week as she attempted to save her sister from a fatal stabbing. According to the New York Post, Danielle Scott witnessed the alleged attack on her sister, 51-year-old Stephanie Vallery, by the latter’s estranged husband. Police say 49-year-old Michael Vallery fled the scene and authorities were still looking for …
Authorities in Louisiana say a 28-year-old woman with a history of drunk driving arrests was sentenced to 20 years behind bars in connection with a vehicle crash that killed a father of seven last year. According to Fox News, Olivia Matte was driving along the Lake Pontchatrain Causeway on March 23, 2017, when she rear-ended …
Police are searching for a man who may have fled the state after they found a Louisiana couple killed in a “heinous” way inside their Denham Springs pool company on Tuesday. The Advocate reports Eugene “Frank” Gurley, 72, and his wife, Patricia Gurley, 70, were found brutally murdered at their pool business, National Pool Builders, off of Pete’s Highway …
Authorities in Louisiana have made three arrests following the discovery of a man’s body over the weekend. According to the Lafayette Daily Advertiser, the remains were found Saturday morning on a levee near North Henderson Road in Henderson. Mayor Ginny Higgins told reporters that the body, identified as 38-year-old Brocky McGee, was a local man …
A Louisiana man who called 911 falsely, claiming he was the victim of an axe attack, told officers that meth located in his home was planted there by a “ghost,” police said. Per KNOE, Michael Auttonberry was screaming profanities when officers arrived at his West Monroe home on Wednesday, leading them to place him in …
