UPDATE: Tuesday, 11:52 a.m. -- The shooter is being identified as George D. Lowdins, who has been charged with been charged with attempted first-degree murder, possession of a firearm by a felon, resisting an officer by flight and domestic abuse battery. Lowdins ambushed Benoit from a closet. Louisiana State Police have taken over the investigation.
UPDATE: 1:03 p.m. -- The officer is being ide
You know those Chevy Camaros you see the police driving around the City of Lake Charles, pretty intimidating when they pull up behind you aren't they? Just imagine if LCPD, or CPSO had an entire a fleet of luxury super cars from around the world made up of Buggati's, Ferrari's, Lamborghini's, Audi's, Ford Mustangs, and more … Yeah, let that sink in for a minute…
Operation 27 was a combined effort by the Louisiana State Police, the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office, the Lake Charles Police Department, Homeland Security, The Drug Enforcement Agency and the Calcasieu Parish District Attorney's Office. The arrest total stands at 24 now with more coming. We have a list of those who were busted for you.
An Oregon State Police Trooper pulled a man dressed in military-style clothing over for speeding, and it ended in the trooper being shot in his side, and left the shooter dead.
When George Burton, of Sacramento, California returned home Thursday, there was a FedEx/Kinkos box with his name and return address handwritten on the package. Burton and his dog sitter cut the package open to find a layer of spray styrofoam, beneath that layer of foam, an estimated $24,000 worth of marijuana.
It's no secret, the LAPD has had a pretty bad image when it comes to the public they serve. Even before the horrific Rodney King beating was shown to the world, they had been notoriously known for police brutally years prior to that.
Lake Charles Police have arrested 26 year old Justin Pleasant on 2nd degree murder, in connection with a death that happened Friday night in South Lake Charles.