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Trio charged with leaving baby, dog in car while they shop at Walmart
KENNER – A trio of shoppers who left an infant and dog locked in a car while they shopped at Walmart are on bond awaiting a court appearance. A window of the vehicle was partially down with the 10-...
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Woman pleads, faces 25 years for death of her step-daughter, 5
BOSSIER CITY – An Elm Grove woman pleaded guilty Monday to killer her five-year-old stepdaughter last year. She could get up to 25 years in prison for the manslaughter plea. Sentencing is scheduled...
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Teens' killer gets life with no parole
TALLULAH – The man who killed two teenage women here last summer was sentenced Monday to life in prison with no parole. Walter Walker was convicted of two counts of second-degree murder. He killed ...
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Luck, police work led to bust of hydro-marijuana farm
ERATH - The Erath Police Department got the surprise of the year when they walked into the Norred home on Broussard Street and learned a husband and wife were running a sophisticated hydrophonic ma...
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Coke dealer gets 27 years; his son six
SHREVEPORT – A coke dealer has a 27-year sentence and his son a six-year one. US Attorney Stephanie A. Finley said Darien L. Reliford of Shreveport was sentenced on Friday, November 9, 2012, to 327...
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Allegedly drunk driver hits, kills motorcyclist
By Cathy Chapman LSN KENTWOOD – What started as a peaceful ride with friends turned tragic Saturday morning when ae motorcyclist was killed just west of here. According to witnesses, Elmus “E.H.” ...
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Trio robs popular Shreveport eatery
SHREVEPORT – Police are searching for a trio of men who held up one of the city’s more-popular restaurants. The Superior Grill on Line Avenue was robbed at closing time Sunday night. Just before 11...
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Deer hunter learns a tracking lesson the hard way
DRY CREEK – Even experienced hunters learn something every season. For Chad Hebert that lesson could have been fatal. Hebert’s son, Gavin, 13, shot a 10-point buck and Hebert, unarmed, tracked the ...
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Unbelted, Rayne woman dies when her car hits tree
ABBEVILLE – An unbelted woman was killed when her car left the road Saturday night and hit a tree. Alyssa Gibson, 20, of Rayne, was driving north on US 167 about 10 p.m. when she traveled off the r...
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Man booked on charges related to large pot cultivation lab
Parks – Marijuana might be legal in Colorado and Washington state now but it ain’t legal here yet. Consequently, narcotics agents with the St. Martin Parish Sheriff’s Office booked 24-year-old Kory...
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Search on for hit-and-run driver who killed Tangi bicyclist
ROBERT -- Troopers from Louisiana State Police Troop L are searching for a driver who struck a Hammond bicyclist on LA 445 Saturday and left the victim lying in the road. Troopers discovered a fata...
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Richard backs Boustany in run-off
LAKE CHARLES – The Democrat who finished third in the Third Congressional District primary race has endorsed one of his Republican opponents. Ron Richard announced his support of Dr. Charles Boust...
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