A New Orleans East house fire suspect faces upgraded charges as he is accused of setting the deadly blaze that claimed the lives of three of his own children.
Trey Carter, 28, of Kenner, was arrested this past Saturday, August 19 on charges of Malfeasance in Office and Extortion. He was also terminated from the Kenner Police Department.
John Fore, the former owner of Tiki Tubing in Denham Springs, Louisiana, pleaded guilty to two counts of indecent behavior with a juvenile yesterday in a Livingston Parish courtroom.
John Billiot Jr., the founder of "America's Cajun Navy," has been arrested for allegedly stealing money that was intended to help children and foster parents with their care as well as for Christmas presents for the children.
Paul Thibodeaux, 45, and Minette Thibodeaux, 45, of Point Blue, were booked earlier this afternoon into the Evangeline Parish Jail on the charge of Cruelty to Juveniles.
A teacher at Buckeye Elementary in Rapides Parish was arrested on Tuesday afternoon after witnesses said she appeared intoxicated and had alcohol in her classroom.
Two New Orleans police officers have been placed on emergency suspensions after they were arrested on Sunday from separate DWI accidents while in department vehicles.