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UPDATE: More charges filed against former Turkey Creek police chief
Louisiana State Police Region 2 detectives have updated the charges against the Ex Turkey Creek Police Chief, 43-year-old Robert Moreau. In addition to the original charges, detectives have now in...
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LSP books former Turkey Creek chief on felony theft
Thursday,, Louisiana State Police Region 2 detectives assigned to the Lafayette Field Office arrested former Turkey Creek police chief Robert Moreau man for charges relating to theft. Moreau, 43, r...
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Sentencing set for remaining teen defendant in rape-murder case
CROWLEY – Sentencing is scheduled this month for the remaining teenager charged in a home invasion-rape-murder case. Claude Morrison, Jr., 15 at the time of the crime, pleaded guilty in April 2010 ...
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Shooting victim gets on with his life, and involved in domestic violence issue
CROWLEY – Too often, crime’s victims are forgotten as soon as the story leaves the front page. But nobody’s forgetting Dewith Carrier. On September 28, 2010, Carrier and his wife, Kathy were watch...
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Turkey Creek chief resigns after shoplifting guilty plea
VILLE PLATTE – Turkey Creek Police Chief Robert Moreau was arrested and charged with shoplifting by the Ville Platte Police Department October 5. Moreau turned himself in to Evangeline Parish Distr...
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Maneuvering continues in Vermilion child sex ring case, another plea deal reached
Six out of eight defendants involved in a December 2009 child sex case out of Vermilion Parish have now reached plea agreements with the prosecutors. The most recent occurred last week when the As...
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Alexandria council bans smoking in bars, on and around all city property, parks and ball fields
ALEXANDRIA – The City Council on Tuesday night banned smoking in bars and gambling rooms within the city, as well as snuffing it within 25 feet of city property, athletic facilities and ballparks. ...
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Youth strikes head, dies when ATV flips
PINEVILLE – A 9-year-old boy was killed when his ATV flipped east of here about midnight Friday. Jason Paul Ross was driving the four-wheeler with his father riding on the back when the machine fl...
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Teenage volunteer firefighters face multiple arson counts
LIVINGSTON – Three teenaged volunteer firefighters are charged with setting 11 fires over the past year. The fires caused more than $100,000 in damages, according to the State Fire Marshal’s Office...
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Unbelted driver dies when vehicle rolls several times
ST. MARY PARISH – A Jeanerette man dies Friday night when partially ejected from his vehicle as it rolled over several times. State Police said Matthew Romero, 25, was driving his pickup on La. 182...
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Cyclist dies after hitting levee embankment
MARKSVILLE – A motorcyclist not wearing a helmet died Saturday when ejected after hitting an embankment. According to Louisiana State Police, troopers responded to the crash around 1:00 pm, which o...
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Sanity not yet an issue in case of beheaded child, judge says
THIBODAUX -- The obvious remains unsaid in the case of a man who allegedly beheaded his son. Psychiatrists cannot yet consider whether a 30-year-old Thibodaux man was sane when authorities say he d...
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