Crime/Police 17-year-old charged with murder in deadly Sweetbriar Street shooting in Lafayette BY KRISTIN ASKELSON | Staff writer May 27, 2026 A Lafayette Parish teen has been arrested on a second-degree murder charge in connection with the fatal shooting of another teenager earlier t…
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+4 Crime/Police As Bridge City Center drama escalates, officials discuss reopening Jetson Center for Youth BY JACQUELINE DeROBERTIS | Staff writer Jun 20, 2022 Amid the fallout of yet another escape and a two-hour standoff at the embattled Bridge City Center for Youth in Jefferson Parish, officials ar…
Crime/Police Police arrest teenager in connection with Hammond High graduation shooting that injured 4 BY ELYSE CARMOSINO | Staff writer Jun 8, 2022 A 15-year-old was arrested this week after authorities said he was involved in a shooting that injured four people during a high school gradua…