CRIME & SAFETY
Deputies make armed robbery arrest after incident at Franklin business
St. Mary deputies on Tuesday arrested a man accused of damaging property at a Franklin business while he was armed. Morgan City officers made a domestic battery arrest, while Franklin police detained suspects on charges of battery on a police officer and assault with a firearm. St. Mary. Sheriff Gary...
CAUGHT ON VIDEO: New Iberia shooting leaves home riddled with bullets
NEW IBERIA, La. (KADN) — Dramatic surveillance video shows a shooting in a New Iberia neighborhood that left a home riddled with bullets. In that surveillance video, you hear non-stop gunfire for at least five seconds. Luckily, no one was injured. The car initially drove past a home along...
New Iberia man arrested after fleeing from Wildlife and Fisheries agents
A New Iberia man has been arrested for drug possession after fleeing from Wildlife and Fisheries agents. Allen J. Toucheck Sr., 55, was jailed on counts including second offense possession of a firearm in the presence of methamphetamine; possession of a firearm in the presence of heroin; possession of drug paraphernalia; resisting an officer; flight from an officer; and possession of heroin, methamphetamine and marijuana with intent to distribute, according to a Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries release.
New Iberia 11-year-old sentenced to seven years with suspended time
A New Iberia 11-year-old, originally accused of murder and who pleaded down to obstruction, was sentenced to seven years in juvenile detention with three and half years suspended in connection to the Nov. 14 killing of Kameran Bedsole. Judge Roger Hamilton handed down the sentence Wednesday afternoon at the 16th...
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