Crime

House lawmakers have passed a bill to make animal cruelty a federal felony.

21-year-old Trevonce Bernard has been charged with the murder of 17-year-old Garon Lewis, the son of Iberia Parish School Board member Raymond “Shoe Do” Lewis.

The Social Security Administration is warning citizens in the Acadiana area about a Social Security scam in progress now. Most scam calls are coming from (866) 705-8406 and (888) 485-9383 but could be coming from others as well.

Wednesday night, a suspect went to the Dollar General located on La. 700 in Indian Bayou and demanded all of the money from the register at gunpoint before getting away.

This seems like a one in a million shot...of stupidity.

The two officers were taken to a local hospital and a suspect was taken to jail.

This guy tries to break into a vehicle by smashing the windows with a brick. Let's just say it doesn't go his way.

Officers with the Lafayette Police Department responded to the parking lot of a business in the 5600 block of Johnston St. last night in reference to a robbery.

A New Orleans man has been indicted on charges of kidnapping and first-degree rape in an October attack on an Indiana tourist visiting the French Quarter.

Officers say the shooter killed his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend before calling 911 and killing himself.