Crime

A LaFourche Parish grand jury will hear the case today against the accused killer of Jori Lirette.

(Crowley, LA)  --  The Acadia Parish Sheriff's Office says Nathaniel Bates is in custody following his arrest this morning in Houston, Texas, on a warrant charging him with second-degree murder.

The person responsible for this morning's bank robbery in Lafayette is now in custody.

A rocky relationship has left a Lafayette woman dead.

Lafayette Police are looking for a man accused of trying to break into a home on Benoit Falgout Drive this morning.

An OWI checkpoint over the weekend lands four drivers in jail.

An overnight fight at a nightclub puts a man in the hospital.

The man who was accused of raping a woman Sunday in Abbeville has been released after police say the woman admitted her accusation was false.

The search is on for two inmates who turned up missing in St. Martin Parish.

Today's edition of Lafayette Live with City Parish President Joey Durel had Mr. Durel commenting on the decision not to look into a possible roundabout near Bendel Gardens.  Then Durel was joined by Lafayette Police Chief Jim Craft. Craft spoke on "Mornings With Ken and Bernie" about the latest statistics with crime in Lafayette...

An out-of-town-woman arrested in an accident says her pets traveling with her were placed in a shockingly bad animal shelter.

Two carjacking incidents leaves one victim without a car.

St. Landry Parish authorities say a mail truck was robbed Saturday afternoon.

In Kenner, a man is accused of throwing his infant son against a wall and beating him.

The two suspects accused of robbing a Crowley Pizza Hut in 2009 have been arrested.

Lafayette Police are looking for a man accused of trying to rob some people in their car after they say they were there to pick him up.

A Thibodaux man is charged with decapitating his 7-year-old son, a wheelchair bound cerebral palsy victim.

Today's edition of "Mornings With Ken & Bernie" featured Captain Craig Stansbury with the Lafayette Sheriff's Office for a segment to discuss when, and the reasons why, a law enforcement officer can search your home or vehicle.

In today's edition of "Behind the Badge" on the KPEL Morning Report, Lt. Craig Stansbury details what you need to know to prevent and protect yourself from stalkers.

Lafayette Police have made 3 arrests in connection with the October 28, 2010, McKinley Street Homicide.