Crime

The death penalty trial for Matthew Sonnier, which was set to start in Rapides Parish next week, has been continued due to Hurricane Ida’s impact.

The Grant Parish Sheriff’s Office arrested a Colfax man in connection with a shooting incident in a Verda parking lot over the weekend.

Natchitoches Parish Sheriff’s Detectives and Campti Police are actively investigating a homicide.

Alexandria Police have arrested a suspected narcotics dealer.

Two men have been accused of stealing hurricane relief equipment from vehicles in Pineville.

The Pineville Police Department and Crime Stoppers of Central Louisiana need your help in solving a missing persons case from 1986.

Alexandria Police have made an arrest in connection with a rape investigation.

A Rapides Parish grand jury has indicted a Boyce man for the May 15 deadly shooting of an off-duty Rapides Parish Sheriff’s Office deputy.

Crime Stoppers is looking for information on this case

A Rapides Parish grand jury has indicted one of the suspects arrested in connection with the deadly shooting at Liberty Arsenal in Libuse on May 7.

A Pineville woman has been arrested in relation to a stabbing incident in Alexandria.

The vehicle pulled out of Big Creek on August 16 was reported stolen 12 years ago.

The Cougar Stop in Creola was robbed on August 27.

An Alexandria man was found guilty of first-degree rape.

Police responded to a report of a medical emergency.

The family of a man gunned down in the parking lot of the Grand Theatre in Alexandria on July 19 is still looking for answers about what happened that night.

He was put on leave after being released on bond following his arrest on a charge of prohibited sexual conduct

The Alexandria Police Department and Crime Stoppers of Central Louisiana need your help in solving a case from 2020.

Two individuals from Pineville have been arrested in a child abuse case conducted by the Rapides Parish Sheriff’s Office.

The vehicle stolen was recovered in Alexandria, but the firearm is still missing.

Three suspects were arrested following a complaint of an alleged beating.

Grief-stricken city leaders responded to the weekend murder of an off-duty NOPD detective in Houston.

Veteran NOPD detective Everett Briscoe was killed Saturday, Aug. 21, during an apparent robbery attempt in Houston.

An NOPD officer was fatally shot in Houston early this afternoon.

The capital defense attorneys who represent Matthew Sonnier, 33 of Pineville, in his death penalty trial scheduled to begin Sept. 13 in Rapides Parish, are asking Judge Chris Hazel to continue the trial due to rising COVID-19 cases in the parish.

Alexandria police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating Laycee Walls.

A Pineville man has been arrested in relation to a drive-by shooting that occurred in Ball

An Alexandria groom, who allegedly shot a friend on his wedding day after suspecting the man was having an affair with his new wife, will be arraigned on Oct. 20 in LaPlace.

The defense attorney for an Oakdale man charged with a 1980 murder, called into question the credibility of the case’s only witness in a hearing Thursday that attempted to unveil severe flaws with the investigation.

The Alexandria Police Department and Crime Stoppers of Central Louisiana need your help in solving a case from 2020.