Wanted: Detectives need help identifying woman using counterfeit bills in Lake Charles

Detectives with the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office are attempting to identify the woman seen in this photograph who they say is responsible for using counterfeit money at a store on Highway 14 in Lake Charles. | Photo: Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office This article was originally published in The Examiner on Dec. 28, 2017. By EleanorContinueContinue reading “Wanted: Detectives need help identifying woman using counterfeit bills in Lake Charles”

Two Louisiana generator thieves tracked by GPS

George Edwards III, 31, and Joey Hanchett, 36, were charged with stealing two generators from a nearby business. Photo: Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office This article was originally published in The Examiner on Nov. 30, 2017. By Eleanor SkeltonStaff Writer  Two men from Lake Charles were arrested and charged with stealing a generator on Tuesday. AContinueContinue reading “Two Louisiana generator thieves tracked by GPS”

Lake Charles man convicted in sexual abuse of Texas child arrested for not registering

Content note: mention of child sexual abuse This article was originally published in The Examiner on Nov. 30, 2017. By Eleanor SkeltonStaff Writer A man from Lake Charles was arrested for not meeting his sex offender requirements Wednesday. The arrest happened about midnight Wednesday, Nov. 22 near the intersection of 11th Street and Fourth AvenueContinueContinue reading “Lake Charles man convicted in sexual abuse of Texas child arrested for not registering”

Canadian arrested with $3 million of cocaine on I-10 in Louisiana, just beyond Texas border

This article was originally published in The Examiner on Nov. 23, 2017. By Eleanor SkeltonStaff Writer A Canadian citizen was arrested with $3 million of cocaine just inside the Louisiana border on I-10, the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office said in a news release. Stephane Baril, a Quebec native, was arrested and bookedinto the Calcasieu ParishContinueContinue reading “Canadian arrested with $3 million of cocaine on I-10 in Louisiana, just beyond Texas border”

Five teens arrested after woman robbed, husband shot at Lake Charles motel

Tammy Pryor, 18, Broderick Record, 19, Kenneth Sweet, 19, Mauricio Labrada-Hernandez, 19, and Fabien Record, 18, are all charged with robbing a woman and her husband in their car at gunpoint at a Lake Charles motel and shooting the husband. Four out of the five teens turned themselves into police after their arrest warrants wereContinueContinue reading “Five teens arrested after woman robbed, husband shot at Lake Charles motel”