16. December 2015

On December 16, 2015 Judge Robert Wyatt sentenced Joseph Herbert Bargeman, 46, to 25 years in prison. The first 10 years of the sentence with the Louisiana Department of Corrections will be served without the benefit of probation, parole or suspension of sentence. Bargeman pleaded guilty on August 17, 2015 to one count of Forcible Rape. The incident occurred on May 30, 1991 in Lake Charles and remained unsolved until recent years. The victim, an 18-year-old woman, was leaving a restaurant on...

15. May 2014

On May 15, 2014 a jury convicted Jonathan Jacito Frank of Aggravated Rape in a 20-year-old cold case. Frank was convicted of raping a young woman at knifepoint on September 10, 1994 on Iris Street in Lake Charles. The victim was sleeping when Frank entered her apartment and began raping her. Judge Kent Savoie set sentencing for May 22, 2014 at 9 a.m. Lieutenant Michael Primeaux served as the lead detective in the case for the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office. Assistant District Attorney...