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CRIME & SAFETY
Two Killed in Beauregard Parish Crash
DeRidder – On July 12, 2024, shortly after 5:00 p.m., Louisiana State Police Troop D began investigating a single-vehicle fatality crash on U.S. 171 near Willow Branch Road in Beauregard Parish. The crash claimed the lives of 59-year-old Ellory “Butch” Burgess Jr. of Longville and 29-year-old Cody Goode of Dry Creek.
SWLA Arrest Report - July 16, 2024
LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - The Calcasieu Correctional Center booking report for July 16, 2024. Tyrone Devonte Simien, 28, Lake Charles: Sale, distribution, or possession of a legend drug without a prescription; aggravated flight from an officer; possession of a drug paraphernalia; possession of a Schedule IV drug; possession of a Schedule I drug (2 charges); distribution of a Schedule I drug.
Another Louisiana pastor jailed on a theft charge
Another southwest Louisiana pastor has been jailed on a theft charge. This time it happened in Calcasieu Parish. KPLC 7 News is reporting that Derek D. Bellard, of Stay the Course of Louisiana Full Gospel Ministries in Lake Charles, took on a job last year to make repairs at a woman’s home. However, the woman filed a complaint in March stating that she paid Bellard over $100,000.00 for labor and materials. The woman contended that Bellard started the job, but never finished it and never reimbursed her.
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