Suspended Lafayette City Marshal Brian Pope is asking a judge to dismiss 17 malfeasance charges against him.
District Attorney Keith Stutes’ office has refused first-degree murder charges on two Lafayette teenagers accused in the fatal shooting last year of Tiage Hudson.
State appeals court judges heard arguments Tuesday on a district judge's ruling in favor of a swamp tour business that continues to operate at Lake Martin, even though it violates a parish zoning ordinance that activists say protects wildlife and …
Two men from Jennings have been sentenced in federal court on related to drugs and firearms.
The founder of the Baton Rouge-based United Cajun Navy agreed Thursday to resolve a cyberstalking lawsuit brought against eight defendants after both parties accepted a settlement barring contact between one another.
NEW IBERIA — After filing hundreds of recusal motions against 16th Judicial District Judge Lori Landry, District Attorney Bo Duhé stood beside the judge Thursday and agreed to dismiss the motions and recommit to working together. They then hugged …
The third day of hearings in the recusal effort against Judge Lori Landry was cut short Wednesday — held to barely 30 minutes — so appointed Judge Harry Randow and counsel could work out issues with audio evidence the district attorney’s counsel w…
NEW IBERIA — Prosecutors and staff in District Attorney Bo Duhé’s office told an appointed judge Tuesday morning that they had experienced or witnessed District Judge Lori Landry berating them or intimidating others in her courtroom. They also sug…
Hearings began Monday in the recusal case against 16th Judicial District Judge Lori Landry, as an appointed state judge determines whether the African American elected official will be removed from hundreds of criminal cases.
An appointed state judge will hear arguments in the recusal case against 16th Judicial District Judge Lori Landry next week while District Attorney Bo Duhé’s office works to have her removed from over 300 criminal cases for alleged bias against hi…
The founder of the Baton Rouge-based United Cajun Navy testified Thursday that a yearlong "smear campaign" by a social media group and several individuals has left his nonprofit disaster relief organization "dead in the water."
Don Landry announce his candidacy this week for district attorney in the 15th Judicial District. He was scheduled to make the announcement official at an event at 6 p.m. Thursday at The Madison, 406 E. Madison St., Broussard.
A lawsuit that Max Gruver's parents filed last year against the LSU Board of Supervisors, Phi Delta Theta and current and former members of the fraternity has detoured into a fight over whether the university can be sued as a result of his 2017 al…
Gregory Graffeo Jr., 25, of Lafayette, was sentenced Friday by U.S. District Judge Robert R. Summerhays, to 63 months in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release for possession of child pornography, according to a statement from…
Some juveniles could be released from Lafayette detention home because of JAC closure, director says
The administrator of the Lafayette Parish Juvenile Detention Home said Wednesday he's concerned the center will fill up quickly with the closure Monday of the parish Juvenile Assessment Center.
The Louisiana Supreme Court on Monday appointed a retired Rapides Parish judge to hear hundreds of recusal motions filed by 16th Judicial District Attorney Bo Duhé’s office against Judge Lori Landry.
A suspect was convicted on obstruction charges Friday in the 2014 homicides of Cody Fell and Abigail Clark.
When a Lafayette Parish man removed the words “sex offender” from his state-issued ID, law enforcement officers said Louisiana law had been broken. A local judge saw things differently.
Former Opelousas Mayor Reggie Tatum was sentenced to probation and community service Thursday, according to KATC.
The trial of suspended Lafayette City Marshal Brian Pope on 19 malfeasance charges has been delayed.
Attorneys for a Lafayette man who could face execution in the 2012 beating death of a 3-year-old boy offered to settle the case Wednesday.
Sentencing delayed for Raymond Reggie, politically tied Mandeville businessman, to Dec. 17 for fraud
The sentencing of politically connected Mandeville businessman Raymond Reggie, who pleaded guilty earlier this year to wire fraud, has been pushed back to Dec. 17 in Baton Rouge federal court.
A Lafayette Parish judge on Monday extended the deadline for the man accused of killing a Lafayette Police officer to declare whether he will pursue an insanity defense.
In early October, Lafayette Parish Sheriff Mark Garber filed suit against Lafayette Parish and Lafayette Consolidated Government, asking the court to decide what costs the parish is responsible for to run the parish jail. Filed in state district c…
Lafayette Parish Sheriff Mark Garber filed suit against Lafayette Parish and Lafayette Consolidated Government, asking the court to decide what costs the parish is responsible for to run the parish jail, according to The Current. Filed in state di…
Sixteenth Judicial District Court Judge Lori Landry pushed back against attempts by District Attorney Bo Duhé’s office to recuse her from all criminal cases on her docket in court Thursday.
A 16th Judicial District Court judge pushed back consideration of motions to remove Judge Lori Landry, a black judge, from criminal cases in the district Wednesday.
Sixteenth Judicial District Attorney Bo Duhé’s office has moved to remove a black judge from more than 300 criminal cases across the district’s three-parish area, arguing she’s made unfounded comments alleging their office is biased against Africa…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — An organization challenging Louisiana's permit requirements for hair braiders has won a round in state court.
A trial date has been set for two men accused of killing 25-year-old Pernell Boudreaux in March.
When Judge Jules Edwards of the 15th Judicial District Court ruled recently that the man accused of killing a Lafayette police officer is entitled to a unanimous jury verdict, he took sides in a thorny legal debate that is percolating in Louisiana…
WASHINGTON — The battle over a Louisiana law that would require abortion providers to have admitting privileges at local hospitals is heading to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Two Opelousas men were indicted on murder charges Tuesday in separate fatal shootings.
A Denham Springs woman’s proposed class action lawsuit against e-cigarette manufacturer JUUL Labs Inc. marks the first vaping case in a federal court in Louisiana, mirroring similar cases playing out across the country.
A failed lawsuit that challenged a Lafayette Parish Home Rule Charter amendment and threatened to derail the Oct. 12 city council elections cost taxpayers more than $117,000 to defend against.
WASHINGTON — A controversial nominee for a life-time judicial appointment drew the ire of U.S. Sen. John Kennedy and other Judiciary Committee members on Wednesday after he repeatedly refused to answer specific questions during his confirmation hearing.
Suspended Lafayette City Marshal Brian Pope's two remaining malfeasance cases will be consolidated into a single criminal case set to go to trial in December.
Brian Pope, the suspended Lafayette city marshal and convicted felon, will appear in court this week for a hearing in one of two remaining criminal cases pending against him.
Iberia Parish Sheriff Louis Ackal sued for alleged discrimination against HIV-positive job applicant
Iberia Parish Sheriff Louis Ackal is at the center of another lawsuit — this time for allegedly rescinding a job offer after learning the deputy applicant is HIV positive.
As the Lafayette City-Parish Council considers its final budget before disbanding next year, council members are hearing a familiar story when it comes to finding money for jailhouse services.
A Lafayette public defender was found in contempt of court Friday after filming a bailiff duct taping a defendant during a sentencing hearing July 18.
A man had his mouth taped shut on order from 15th Judicial District Court Judge Marilyn Castle after repeated interruptions during a hearing July 18 in Lafayette.
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A civil rights organization has filed a federal lawsuit challenging the maps used to elect Louisiana's seven state Supreme Court justices as discriminatory against African American voters.
Decades before she became known as "Mama Glo" at Louisiana's women's prison for her mentorship of young and often wayward inmates, Gloria Williams escaped from her lifelong incarceration three times, and attempted at least once more.
A Baton Rouge federal judge is being asked to rethink his dismissal of a major portion of a decade-old class-action lawsuit by local victims of former Texas tycoon R. Allen Stanford's massive Ponzi scheme.
A grand jury Thursday indicted a Louisiana man in connection with the March 26 death of his 2-month-old daughter, whose twin brother also was injured.
Prosecutors rested their case Tuesday against a former LSU student accused in the 2017 hazing death of Phi Delta Theta pledge Max Gruver after a toxicologist testified Gruver was a “walking dead man” by the end of that ill-fated night with a blood…
Kevin Daigle was found guilty Tuesday of the first-degree murder of Louisiana State Trooper Steven Vincent, who was shot and killed in 2015 when he stopped to help Daigle on the side of the road.
Two former members of LSU’s now-banned Phi Delta Theta chapter testified Tuesday they saw an obnoxiously loud Matthew Naquin hand Max Gruver a bottle of 190-proof liquor and order him to chug from it the night the 18-year-old pledge died of alcoho…
Coastal researcher Ehab Meselhe, facing federal criminal charges for allegedly conspiring to swipe a model of the Mississippi River basin after leaving the Water Institute for Tulane, is asking a judge to reject prosecutors’ request for more time …
The Louisiana Supreme Court decided Wednesday not to review lower court rulings in a lawsuit over how to correct Lafayette City Council district errors, clearing the way for fall council elections.