lafayette police

23 years ago this week, a man known as the 'Southside Rapist' was arrested after terrorizing Lafayette for the better part of the '80s and '90s.

The suspects ran away after stealing money.

The Lafayette Police Department has made an arrest in the double shooting at a Lafayette Waffle House late Sunday night.

A man is in a local Lafayette hospital after being critically wounded in a shooting incident Friday afternoon near the intersection University and St. John intersection.

43-year-old Robert Hebert of Lafayette is dead following a shooting Wednesday afternoon in a neighborhood in the 1800 block of E. Simcoe Street.

You've seen him dancing in viral videos on the internet, now see him dancing on the corner of Johnston Street in Lafayette.

Local authorities are asking the public for help to identify two people who dined at a local restaurant and allegedly left without paying.

A Lafayette police officer is appealing his termination after he was fired for pushing and punching a handcuffed man at the jail.

Two people have been arrested in connection to a looting incident that occurred at the Acadiana Mall where over $1,000 in merchandise was stolen. According to reports, the two looters were questioned by police about the merchandise and arrested when they were involved in a traffic accident shortly after leaving the scene of the crime.

The scene is now clear.

Lafayette has a new police chief.

The incident took place at a motel on E. Kaliste Saloom on December 15th.