Des Allemands News

The St. Charles Parish Sheriff's Office is looking for a second suspect in the armed robbery of two Paradis men in their home last week.

St. Charles Parish Council members added $3.4 million to the parish's $134 million budget on Tuesday, prompting Parish President V.J. St.

Pernal Brumfield Jr., 24, 194 Tower Lane, Montz, was booked Oct. 8 with possession of crack cocaine and drug paraphernalia after being stopped for suspicious activity.

Lionel McKnight, 51, King Drive, Tangipahoa, was booked Sept. 25 with theft after he allegedly stole a trailer containing assorted tools and equipment in St.

Former Destrehan High School band teacher Byron Toups began serving his one-year sentence Monday at the Nelson Coleman Correctional Center in Killona.

A 31-year-old Des Allemands man who allegedly had sex with a 15-year-old girl was booked with carnal knowledge of a juvenile Thursday.

Fisherman Joey Fonseca checks traps set on Lac Des Allemands. Shortly after chef Frank Brigtsen decided to reopen the Charlie's Seafood restaurant in Harahan last spring, he called Joey Fonseca in Des Allemands, the bayou fishing village famous for its catfish.

Through the hot summer and late into September this year, Cajuns take to the bayous in their air boats, pirogues and flat-bottomed mud craft in search of patches of lotus flowers floating in the shallow swamps and marshes of coastal Louisiana.

This photo taken Aug. 4, 2009 shows Casey LeBlanc eating a seed taken from the pod of a lotus... This photo taken Aug.

A Hahnville man has been booked with raping a 27-year-old Des Allemands woman whom he offered to give a ride home, police said.

Deputies arrested three lounge patrons and are looking for a fourth in the armed robbery and beating of a bar assistant manager at midnight Tuesday after he called for closing time, the Lafourche Sheriff's Office reported.

Adam M. Baloney, 26, 101 First St., Apt. D, St. Rose, was booked Aug. 12 with possession of cocaine after he was picked up on a Jefferson Parish fugitive warrant.

A man who allegedly burst into his girlfriend's apartment and took their daughter away at gunpoint was talked into releasing the child into the custody of a deputy and then arrested early Thursday Morning.

Byron Toups, 40 of Des Allemands, pled guilty to felony charges of malfeasance, intimidation of a witness and a misdemeanor charge of simple battery in St.

A man who was employed by the city of Lafayette has been convicted of charges he used his work computer to try to entice a minor into having sex with him.

Troop B- This morning shortly after 5:30 am, State Police investigated a two-vehicle fatal crash on LA 3127, which claimed the life of an Edgard woman.

A Des Allemands man heading for work at a Luling shopping center was robbed at gunpoint Thursday, according to St.

In the River Parishes, residents and visitors alike can look forward to a few festive events that celebrate St.

The three-day Louisiana Catfish Festival continues through Saturday and Sunday in Des Allemands, "The Catfish Capital of the Universe." The event is hosted by, and benefits, the St.

Festivals for the weekend of Friday, July 10th - Sunday, July 12 Running of the Bulls in New Orleans , French Quarter, Saturday, July 11th For more information: www.nolabulls.com/sanFermin/default.asp Tales of the Cocktail , French Quarter, Wednesday, July 8th - Sunday, July 12th For more information: www.talesofthecocktail.com/ Louisiana Catfish ...