Louisiana State Police

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Driving without a required inter-lock will get you arrested, not ticketed.

Temporary plates must be properly displayed.

Troopers say the man's car struck a tree.

159 mph in a 65 mph zone can make for a bad day.

State Police say Monique R. Branch was driving southbound on Louisiana Highway 1161 when, for unknown reasons, she crossed over to the other side of the road.

The crash took the life of 25-year-old Jeremy J. Little of Kaplan.

The investigation was requested by Lafayette Police Chief Jim Craft.

Legislators have decided to use $5 million dollars from a new state debt recovery unit for the Louisiana State Police.

Louisiana State Police Troopers arrested 31-year-old Tasha Boudreaux of Patterson for charges related to a fatal crash on Highway 90 in Calumet on April 15th of this year.  The crash took the life of Boudreaux's passenger, 33-year-old Ryan Boudreaux...

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Gerard Richard is also facing four other charges.

The details of a crash in Beauregard parish which claimed the life of a Texas man were released to members of the press this morning.

They died after the crash took place on Highway 85 near 674 in Iberia Parish.

Austin Vinning is also facing additional charges.

The vehicle fire has now been cleared.

A couple from St. Martinville lost their lives in a single vehicle crash on State Highway 347 near Delcambre Road. Louisiana State Police Troop I spokesman Stephen Hammons said that it happened Saturday night at around 10:22.  45-year-old Danny Boudreaux was driving his Corvette south on the highway, when he went off the left side of the road on a slight curve...

State Police are telling KPEL News that a woman could be in big trouble after her latest traffic stop.  Shortly before 6pm Thursday, 32-year-old Desireah Annette Chapman of Lake Charles was stopped on Highway 3059 was pulled over after a trooper noticed her commit a traffic violation...

An Iowa, Louisiana man is in trouble with State Police.  State Police spokesman Sgt. James Anderson tells KPEL News that 34-year-old Nathaniel Mitchell has been arrested for possession of heroin.  The arrest was made by officers with the State Police Bureau of Investigations on Friday...

A Lake Charles woman is in the hospital after an accident in Calcasieu Parish.  It happened Friday evening on Louisiana Highway 3059 when 29-year-old Lindsey Anderson of Jennings lost control of her 2007 Mitsubishi in a curve causing her to hit a driveway and go airborne until the vehicle came to rest in a ditch...