A Missouri mother is facing child abuse and second-degree murder charges this week after being accused of allowing — and perhaps even encouraging — her sex-offender boyfriend to rape her young daughter. Prosecutors allege that Howell knew her boyfriend, Jordan Lafayette Prince, was a convicted child abuser and allowed him to spend time with her [...]
Tue, Jun 18, 2013
Lafayette Parish Sheriff’s Office announces the retirement of Deputy Jimmy Fruge after serving the citizens of Lafayette Parish for over 15 plus years of service. Mr. Fruge plans to enjoy his time with his family and was recently honored by his co-workers who presented him a plaque for his service to the agency. Your Ad [...]
Tue, Jun 18, 2013
The Lafayette Parish Correctional Center is installing a new inmate video visitation system called Telmate. The system is being rolled out June 24th, according to LPSO. The new Telmate video visitation system will allow friends and family to video visit Correctional Center inmates from their home or anywhere there is Internet access. Learn more about it [...]
Tue, Jun 18, 2013
A charge against a Eunice man of stalking a woman he allegedly had previously raped has been dismissed. Meanwhile, status of the rape charges against him is shrouded in the secrecy imposed by global order of the 27th Judicial District Court judges. Dustin Heinen was charged Oct. 31, 2012 with stalking and other counts related [...]
Tue, Jun 18, 2013
By mutual agreement, the “sexting” case for a former Eunice High teacher is moving from misdemeanor charges in City Court to a felony charge in 27th Judicial District Court. That decision came after Judge Lynette Feucht heard pre-trial argument from Jacqueline Fruge’s attorney, Laura Rougeauu, that the initial charge against her client does not fit [...]
Tue, Jun 18, 2013
A 13-year-old boy was arrested and charged with second degree murder after his 5-year-old sister died Sunday. Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Detectives say the boy admitted to practicing “WWE” moves on the girl, even after she told him that she was in pain. According to reports, Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Deputies were called to a house in [...]
Tue, Jun 18, 2013
According to Sheriff Mike Couvillon, Chief Tony Hardy and Chief Boyd Adams, the Vermilion / Municipal Task Force made the following arrests recently for drug related offenses. A Kaplan man and a New Iberia woman are behind bars for taking the Vermilion / Municipal Narcotics Task Force on a violent ride. On June 17, 2013, [...]
Tue, Jun 18, 2013
The ‘Lifeline’ free-cell-phone scheme cost $2.2 BILLION last year alone, all of it from fees added to the phone bills of paying customers The biggest beneficiary other than low-income consumers is billionaire Carlos Slim Helu, whose TracFone has collected $1.5 BILLION to date One company told MailOnline it will fire a salesperson who laughed uproariously [...]
Mon, Jun 17, 2013
Is Rapper, Lil Wayne officially America’s newest douche bag or he is an all American ghetto hero? Wayne trampled all over the American flag while shooting his new video, “God Bless Amerika” this past weekend in New Orleans, Louisiana. During the shoot, Wayne begins rapping in front of a giant American flag … which is released [...]
Mon, Jun 17, 2013
New Orleans – Michael Anderson, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s New Orleans Office, today announces the addition of Jose Manuel Garcia Guevara to the FBI’s “Ten Most Wanted Fugitives” list. Guevara is wanted for the brutal sexual assault and murder of a woman in Lake Charles, Louisiana, in 2008. Joining Anderson in making [...]
Thu, Jun 13, 2013
We received the following unsolicited confidential settlement offer that Ind Monthly’s attorney Gary McGoffin allegedly drafted and provided to Glenn Stewart’s legal council days after the Mardi Gras 2012 incident. We shared the content of the letter with Lafayette District Attorney Mike Harson and inquired whether any of its content constituted possible extortion charges under Louisiana [...]
Tue, Jun 11, 2013
Public assistance requested in locating missing Ville Platte woman. According to reports, Nikki Gallow made contact with her family on May 15th, 2013 near Orland, Florida and hasn’t been heard from since. If you know information about Nikki’s whereabouts, please contact police at 337-363-1313. No foul play is expected at this time, however, is in [...]
Tue, Jun 11, 2013
Lafourche Parish Sheriff Craig Webre is asking for the public’s help in locating a 54-year-old man missing since Monday evening. Daniel Lajaunie of 116 Palmetto Lane in Chackbay was last seen around 8 p.m. on Monday, June 10 at his son’s home, which is also on Palmetto Lane. As family members awoke Tuesday morning, they [...]
Mon, Jun 10, 2013
Publisher’s Note: Erin May Fitzgerald is the daughter of Ind Monthly’s – (formerly The Independent Weekly’s) publisher Steve May and stepdaughter to publisher Cherry Fisher May. As many of you may recall, there was an altercation in the staging area for the Fox 15 Independence Parade Mardi Gras in 2012 which involved Erin Fitzgerald May, [...]
Mon, Jun 10, 2013
LAFAYETTE — Next month, a panel of the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals will convene for arguments on whether the U.S. District Court in Lafayette went too far in shutting down a website critical of the Lafayette Police Department, the city’s police chief and other officials, according to The Advocate. That website was www.realcopsvcraft.com which Busted [...]
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
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