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The Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Office has announced a second arrest in the investigation of a shooting that claimed the life of a Carencro High School student.

The pranksters were out in a South Louisiana community and they made a quick visit to a Sheriff's Office headquarters.

One of the most unassuming counties in Texas is home to the most violent jail.

The Lafayette Sheriff's Department is reaching out to the public for help located an "endangered runaway" teen.

The man had been missing since last week.

Officials with the Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Office have released the name of the person who was shot to death Friday night.

The incident occurred in the 1000 block of Potato Shed Road at the intersection of Grand Anse Highway at approximately 6:30 pm on Wednesday, December 27, 2023.

The package, left by two women at the Sheriff's office for working inmates, contained a lot of drugs.

Detectives made the arrest during routine criminal patrol.

The victim was struck in the leg, but not critically injured.

An undercover drug investigation turns into multiple counts of possession of pornography involving juveniles.

One Sheriff in Florida had a powerful message for the citizens of his county.

New Orleans Police now have a suspect in the recent incident where two horses were sexually abused inside of the stables at City Park. New DNA evidence found in the horse stable has resulted in a warrant for a cheek swab of a suspect that NOPD are now in search of.

It technically worked.

Cited as "a valuable tool for the department," the Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Office today announced that LPSO patrol deputies will be issued body cameras, after several months of evaluation.

During the last 24 hours St. Mary Parish Sheriff Mark Hebert says his officers responded to 28 complaints.

The Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Office reporting 41 arrests during the last 24 hours.

Today Capt. Clay Higgins resigned as Public Information Officer of the St. Landry Parish Sheriff's.

Today a federal judge said the Sheriff did not have a role in this legal matter.