Crime

The Natchitoches Parish Sheriff’s Office is investigating a shooting that happened on August 6.

Natchitoches Police are investigating a shooting that occurred early Saturday morning, leaving one man dead.

Derrick D. Ford is wanted for second-degree murder.

A Natchitoches man wanted in connection with the January 2022 murder of a LaSalle Parish man was captured in Lake Charles.

Two people have been arrested following a shooting in Bunkie.

APD said Leandra McNeal has been arrested.

Three non-violent offenders are wanted after walking away from Concordia Parish Corrections Facility on Aug. 1, 2022, in Ferriday.

Neal Holmes was arrested and charged with one count of theft under $1,000.

An unnamed suspect led authorities on a dangerous chase, injuring a deputy and an agent and damaging patrol units.

Three Louisiana residents face felony charges after allegedly defrauding a state program that offers sales tax refunds on personal property destroyed in a natural disaster.

The Alexandria Police Department is asking the public for help in identifying a man who was recorded stealing a package from a porch on Jackson Street.

New Orleans-born rapper Mystikal’s hit songs climbed the charts in the early 2000s but on Monday, Aug. 1, the man whose real name is Michael Tyler, found himself back in jail.

Two men from Opelousas have been accused of stealing catalytic converters in Alexandria.

Authorities are investigating a burglary that happened in Pineville.

A Plaucheville man, and former corrections employee, has been accused of communicating with a juvenile by sharing explicit images on social media.

The family of Shelvey Mark Dunkley, one of the first homicide victims of 2021, was baffled and at a loss after the sentencing hearing for Dunkley’s killer, Davontay Davis, on July 20, 2022.

Four people from Pineville have been accused of burglarizing a business on Highway 28 East.

Sheriff Sam Craft said it’s the second incident in recent months involving fraudulent fuel purchases by out-of-state persons.

A pre-trial is set for October 13.

Four people were arrested in a traffic stop on I-49 that resulted in the recovery of meth and cocaine.

A man from Pineville was arrested in a traffic stop that led to the recovery of fentanyl.

The Bogalusa Police Department confirmed the shooting in a post on Facebook.

An Alexandria woman has been accused of committing identity theft and the exploitation of the infirmed.

Two men from Alexandria have been arrested in an investigation that led to the seizure of 60 pounds of marijuana and nine firearms.

Leonardo Roque Martinez, Jr. has turned himself in without incident.

A federal judge has granted a motion for summary judgment filed by a former APD lieutenant related to a civil suit amid allegations that excessive force was used during an arrest.

Eight local juveniles have been arrested in connection with several recent area crimes.

Business owners said incidents like this happen far too often.

A Woodworth man accused of sexual assault and rape for incidents with minors that happened last year did not show up in court on Monday for a hearing to revoke or increase his bond.

The Concordia Parish Sheriff’s Office Cyber Crime Unite has arrested a Ferriday man after an investigation regarding a subject uploading child sexual abuse material.