Belle Chasse News

A Gulf Coast con artist who faked federal credentials to peddle worthless "training" to unemployed immigrants has been sentenced to 57 months in prison.

John Arceneaux, 19, of Mandeville, was booked with carnal knowledge of a juvenile for allegedly twice having sex with a 14-year-old Belle Chasse girl he met online, according to the Plaquemines Parish Sheriff's Office.

Olivia Stricklin, a resident of Belle Chasse, is the daughter of Gregory and Celeste Stricklin.

A Louisiana woman will serve nearly five years in prison for impersonating a federal safety trainer to profit off of displaced members of the Gulf of Mexico's fishing community, many of whom spoke little or no English.

Plaquemines Parish Sheriff Lonnie Greco says he will ask the Parish Council to withdraw his proposed ordinance allowing traffic cameras in the parish.

The Plaquemines Seafood Festival opened Thursday night at 225 F. Edward Hebert Blvd.

Plaquemines Parish sheriff's deputies say a Belle Chasse High School sophomore was booked with illegal possession of prescription pills and two other sophomores were booked with distributing pills at the school.

The Plaquemines Parish Sheriff's Office is asking the public's help in identifying a car burglary suspect.

West Bankers will have at least two festivals to choose from this month: the Plaquemines Parish Seafood Festival and the Westwego Farmers & Fisheries Market's fourth annual Crawfish Cookoff.

At Jazz Fest, the group at the Algiers Sports Booster Club beer booth has been together so long that they practically finish each others' sentences.

Plaquemines Parish Sheriff Lonnie Greco became the latest public official to oppose a continuation of tolls on the Crescent City Connection.

When the weekend's NFL draft ended and his name was not among the 254 called, Louisiana College senior offensive tackle Jeremy Vujnovich was disappointed, but that disappointment didn't last long.

Science and Engineering Services LLC, Huntsville, Ala., ; and Support Systems Associates Inc., Melbourne, Fla., ; were awarded an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, multiple-award, firm-fixed-price contract with a maximum value or $1,500,000,000 for services in support of Army Aviation program management.

The walls inside Reisie Murchison's new home in Arabi, La., are filled with the signatures of Operation Southern Comfort volunteers who built the structure.

Belle Chasse State Rep. Christopher Leopold has filed two bills to divert state funds to maintain the Crescent City Connection without tolls.