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7/12: Calcasieu Parish Sheriff announces arrest list
The Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office reported the following arrests: Samuel Paul Simon, 33, 2713 General Arnold St. — two counts theft of a motor vehicle from $5,000 but less than $25,000; bank fraud; forgery; illegal possession of stolen things less than $1,000; bicycle lamps and reflectors. Bond: $60,100. Jebb Allen Cradeur, 42, 3616 Dover St. […]
Free hot lunch for children at DeQ. Primary
The Calcasieu Parish Police Jury Human Services Department and City of Lake Charles began the 2024 Summer Food Service Program on Monday, June 3, at multiple Calcasieu Parish locations. Lunch will be served daily, Monday through Friday, until Friday, July 26. . All children ages 18 and under will receive...
Lake Charles mother charged with second-degree murder after child abandonment
Aaliyah Jack, the Lake Charles mother who abandoned her four-year-old son who was found dead behind a Welcome Center in Vinton Monday and her infant son found crawling from a ditch along I-10 Tuesday, has also been charged with second-degree murder and cruelty to a juvenile. Calcasieu Parish Sheriff Stitch Guillory said after she was located in Mississippi,
‘Miracle baby’ found crawling on Louisiana highway after brother found dead, mom arrested
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Louisiana sheriff says a 1-year-old “miracle baby” survived two days of sometimes stormy weather before a truck driver spotted him crawling along a roadside the day after his 4-year-old brother was found dead and his mother was arrested in Mississippi. Calcasieu Parish Sheriff Gary “Stitch” Guillory said the baby had […]
Abandoned 1-Year-Old Baby Found Crawling Near Dead Sibling in Louisiana, Mother Arrested in Mississippi
Tragic Discovery and Miraculous Survival in Louisiana. Louisiana highways were the scene of a tragic discovery and a miraculous survival story this week. A one-year-old child was found crawling by a roadside, a survival deemed miraculous by local authorities. The baby survived alone for two days in stormy weather conditions. This incident occurred after a distressing discovery of the child's 4-year-old sibling, found deceased nearby.
Mother of the 'miracle baby' found crawling by a highway faces a murder charge in older son's death
LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — Three days after a 4-year-old boy’s body was pulled from a southwest Louisiana lake, and two days after the child’s 1-year-old brother was rescued while crawling beside an interstate highway, Louisiana authorities announced a murder charge against the children’s mother. Aaliyah Jack, 25 was arrested earlier this week in Mississippi on a Louisiana charge of failure to report a missing child. On Thursday, the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office added charges including cruelty to a juvenile and second-degree murder. She remained in custody in Mississippi after her arrest in the city of Meridian. It was unclear when she would be extradited. She did not appear in online booking records, and there was no information available on whether she had an attorney who could comment on her behalf. A Louisiana judge set bond at $9.1 million, according to the sheriff’s news release. “Although we have upgraded charges on Jack, our detectives still have a lot of work to do,” Calcasieu Sheriff Gary “Stitch” Guillory said in a news release. “The investigation will continue while we wait for the autopsy results of the victim.”
Mom Charged with Murder, Cruelty After Son Found Dead, Toddler Crawling in Highway Ditch
The suspect's mother details her final day with her daughter and grandchildren, and the single chilling picture she received from her daughter before one grandson was found dead in the lake and the other crawling along the highway.
Bond set at $9.1 million for mom accused of murdering 4-year-old, Louisiana cops say
A Louisiana mom has been charged with murder in connection with a dead 4-year-old boy found floating in water behind a welcome center in Louisiana, according to investigators. Aaliyah Jack, 25, of Lake Charles, is also suspected of leaving an infant in a ditch not far from the same welcome center, the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.
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