Assistant U.S. Attorney appointed as Coronavirus Fraud Coordinator Shreveport/Lafayette/Alexandria/Lake Charles/Monroe, La. – U.S. Attorney David C. Joseph of the Western District of Louisiana today urged the public to report suspected fraud schemes related to COVID-19 (the Coronavirus) by calling the…
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Woman accused of Hit and run in August, arrested for DWI Wednesday
A woman who was arrested for hit and run driving in August was arrested again Wednesday on charges of DWI. Police arrested Tiffany Heard, 36, of 605 Harvey Avenue in Sterlington, she was arrested Wednesday, November 20th on Charges of…
While city discusses violence, two more shootings occur
Even while city leaders conducted a meeting about growing violence in the community, the shooting of the week was underway in South Monroe. The shooting incident involved two men who shot at each other and two people were wounded. According…
Shootings of the week continue with man’s arrest Monday
It has all of the trappings of a reality TV show, except it is frightening and not entertaining. There’s been another shooting in South Monroe added to the “shooting of the week” scenario that doesn’t seem to be changing for…
Police arrest Lampley in Alice Heckard murder
Ouachita Parish Sheriff’s Deputies have arrested a man in the shooting death of a Monroe mother, Sunday in the Town and Country neighborhood. Deputies arrested Charles Ray Lampley, 33, of 157 Paula Drive, West Monroe, on charges of second degree…
Shooting Epidemic continues, three dead, nobody’s talking
There is an epidemic of gun violence in Monroe that is growing by the week as leaders are puzzled about what can be done to solve the problem. In the last three weeks, there have been at least four shootings…
Cops bust man with 100 Opioids in his buttox
Just when police think they have seen it all, something else happens that takes the cake. That’s what happened Sunday when local law enforcement officers pulled over a man for a simple traffic violation, and then discover that he had…