Lake Charles
CRIME & SAFETY
SWLA Arrest Report - July 1, 2024
LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - The Calcasieu Correctional Center booking report for July 1, 2024. Holly Bae Gonzales, 42, San Antonio, TX: Possession of a Schedule II drug; possession of drug paraphernalia; out-of-state detainer. Rikasha Nicole Chevalier, 35, Lake Charles: Theft under $25,000. Don Houston Runte, 36, Lake Charles: Contempt...
7/2: Calcasieu Parish Sheriff announces arrest list
The Calcasieu Parish Sheriffs Office reported the following arrests: Stephanie Nicole Dean, 37, 196 Levan Hoffpauir Road, Ragley — drug possession; prohibited acts, drug paraphernalia. Bond: $11,000. Kyle Hollis Medley, 30, 1195 Joshllins Pit Drive, DeRidder — failure to register and notify as a sex offender or child predator. Bond: $40,000. Robert Charles Williams, 52, […]
16-year-old arrested in Ernest St. homicide
LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - A second arrest has been made in connection to the June 22 shooting on Ernest Street that left one man dead. A 16-year-old boy was arrested today in Carencro, according to the Lake Charles Police Department. The arrest was made with the assistance of the Lafayette Parish Sheriff’s Office.
Calcasieu Parish no longer under shelter in place order after warehouse fire
WESTLAKE - A portion of Calcasieu Parish was placed under a shelter-in-place order Tuesday after a fire at a chemical facility. The order has since been lifted. The affected area extended to about a quarter-mile south of the BioLab facility in Westlake. BioLab is a chemical engineering facility off I-10.
Inmate mistakenly released from a Calcasieu Parish jail has a long criminal history
LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - An inmate who was mistakenly released from a Calcasieu Parish jail has a long criminal history. Xavier Johnwell, 31, of Lake Charles, was serving time in East Carroll Parish for charges of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and second-offense illegal carrying of weapons. He returned to the Calcasieu Correctional Center for a court appearance, and deputies “inadvertently” released him on June 12, according to the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office.
7/1: Calcasieu Parish Sheriff announces arrest list
The Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office reports the following arrests: Jeremiah D. Landry, 24, 2314 Poplar St. — illegal possession of stolen firearms, first offense. Bond: $25,000. Paul Douglas Blank, 47, 914 Aberdeen Drive — domestic abuse battery-child endangerment; domestic abuse battery-pregnant victim; false imprisonment. Derrelle Duane Upshaw, 38, 419 John Henry Jones St., DeRidder — […]
SWLA Arrest Report - June 30, 2024
LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - The Calcasieu Correctional Center booking report for June 30, 2024. Stephanie Nicole Dean, 37, Ragley: Possession of a Schedule I drug; possession of drug paraphernalia. Kyle Hollis Medley, 30, DeRidder: Failure to register as a sex offender. Robert Charles Williams II, 52, Lake Charles: Possession...
UPDATE: Shelter in place lifted, interstate reopening
The Calcasieu Parish Police Jury’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness said the shelter in place has been lifted and Interstate 10 is reopening after a warehouse fire at the BioLab facility in Westlake. The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality said the fire at BioLab is 75 percent under control, and it is actively […]
Firefighters assist with two structure fires Saturday
DEQUINCY, La. (KPLC) - Firefighters across Southwest Louisiana banded together in both Carlyss and Moss Bluff Saturday to fight two separate structure fires. Around 5 p.m., Ward Six Fire Protection District No. One, Engine 19, Unit 901 and the mobile air trailer responded with eight firefighters to a mutual aid request from Carlyss Fire Department for a structure fire.
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