Laplace News

Brandy C. Miller, 20, Heron Court, LaPlace, LA, was arrested on 6/14/2013 and booked with simple criminal damage to property and contempt of court.

Attorneys filed a class action lawsuit today against the operator of a Geismar chemical which exploded yesterday, killing one person and injuring dozens.

Ramornick R. Williams, 28, Whitlow Court, LaPlace, LA, was arrested on 6/13/2013 and booked with aggravated battery, resisting an officer with force or violence, and injuring a police dog.

Jenna Tregre of LaPlace, a senior at Archbishop Chapelle High School , was presented the highest honor a Chapelle student can receive.

Juvenile, 15, Oakmont Drive, LaPlace, LA, was arrested on 6/11/2013 and booked with attempted theft of $1,500 or more and simple battery.

The Coast Guard says a 750-foot freighter loaded with pig iron grounded in the lower Mississippi River, impeding traffic for several hours.

Louisiana State Police have confirmed that the allegedly drunk driver who killed three people, including a pregnant woman, in a crash in St. Charles Parish over Memorial Day weekend was released from the LSU Interim Hospital on Tuesday afternoon, and will be be arrested and booked in St. Charles Parish on three counts of vehicular manslaughter, one ... (more)

Baton Rouge police Monday were investigating the death of 33-year-old man who was shot in the head while sitting in a Cadillac SUV.

Randolph Anderson Jr., 39, Sugar Ridge Drive, LaPlace, LA, was arrested on 6/7/2013 and booked with DWI-1st offense and careless operation.

Dustin Braud, 30, Oak Bend Drive, LaPlace, LA, was arrested on 6/6/2013 and booked with DWI- 1st offense, reckless operation, and stop signs.

Two caregivers at a LaPlace-based personal care services agency have been arrested and charged with Medicaid fraud after filing false claims, according to the Louisiana attorney general.

Police arrested a LaPlace man for stealing a significant amount of fuel from a former employer, according to Sgt.

Juan J. Lennix, 49, Kim Court, LaPlace, LA, was arrested on 6/5/2013 and booked with disturbing the peace, possession of drug paraphernalia, resisting an officer by violence, resisting an officer by refusing to identify, and public intimidation/retaliation of a public officer.

Embattled former St. John the Baptist Parish Councilman Steve Lee , who for the past four years has been embroiled in a litany of alleged ethics violations , struck a deal with the Louisiana Board of Ethics in late April to avoid an adjudicatory hearing.

Seth M. Martin, 34, Little Creek Drive, Gonzales, LA, was arrested on 6/3/2013 and booked with theft-auto over $500. Trey D. Creecy, 27, St.

Deputies stopped a vehicle that was involved in a deadly accident just four hours before that wreck, arresting the driver and giving the keys to the two other occupants, the WDSU I-Team has learned.

A driver was killed in St. John the Baptist Parish on Monday morning after he lost control of his vehicle while driving on U.S. 61, according to the Louisiana State Police.

Chad Wilson, 21, was arrested and booked with attempted first-degree murder, armed robbery and aggravated burglary.

Kenneth Leggion, 52, Leclercq Lane, Livingston, LA, was arrested on 6/1/2013 and booked with DWI-1st offense, reckless operation, operating a vehicle while license is suspended, and fugitive from another agency.

Former Tulane director of equipment David Lowry died this morning after getting diagnosed with terminal renal cancer in July.