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DNA from Lutcher burglary leads to plea, jail sentence

  CONVENT — DNA and crime lab analysis cracked a Lutcher burglary case, leading to a plea bargain ...

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Police respond to Madewood Drive shooting, make arrest

LAPLACE — Gunshots rang out when two vehicles intersected Wednesday evening at Madewood and Concord drives in LaPlace, ...

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Lutcher man given 30 years for manslaughter, more could be coming

CONVENT — A Lutcher man sentenced Monday to three decades in jail could face additional time behind bars, ...

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Father found guilty of killing son, faces life in jail

HAHNVILLE — A St. Charles Parish man is going to prison for life, and prosecutors said the bravery ...

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St. John Parish arrests report: 4/30 – 5/2

4/30 Sheila Saddemi, 56, 213 Carnation Court, Metairie, domestic abuse aggravated assault Teorae Henderson, 21, 132 Cranberry Street, ...

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Reserve man, 38, arrested for alleged rape of 19-year-old

LAPLACE — A local man is behind bars, charged with raping a 19-year-old woman last week. Tie Jamal ...

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Sentencing for man convicted of 2nd degree murder in Feed Store killing could be delayed past May

EDGARD — Sentencing for Charles McQuarter III’s role in the 2014 LaPlace Feed Store homicide could see further ...

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St. John Parish arrests report: 4/26 – 4/29

4/26 Charles T. Lane Jr., 50, 329 Greenwood Dr., LaPlace, D.W.I. – 1st offense (misdemeanor) Craig A. Lee ...

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Police take readers inside LaPlace raid, arrests of 3 linked to violence (possible homicides)

LAPLACE — Dawn was still a few hours away as S.W.A.T. officers approached a home on Cambridge Drive ...

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Father, son & friend of family connected to LaPlace house of drugs and guns

(Editor’s note: This story will be updated in greater detail later today) LAPLACE — A father, son and ...

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