11. April 2017

The Lake Charles Police Department, Mayor Randy Roach and District Attorney John DeRosier held a joint press conference today regarding the shootings on Tulip Street on April 6, 2017. According to Chief Don Dixon of the Lake Charles Police Department, the four people shot in the 2000 block of Tulip Street on April 6 were innocent victims caught up in someone else's quarrel. The altercation began on Rose Street in Lake Charles, and concluded on Tulip Street in an barrage of gunfire that resulted...

11. April 2017

On April 6, 2017, a Calcasieu Parish District Court jury found David Billy Parker Jr., guilty of two (2) counts of Armed Robbery with a Firearm and two (2) counts of Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon. On November 15, 2015, at approximately 2 a.m., Parker entered the America’s Best Suites on Lakeshore Drive, Lake Charles, Louisiana. He brandished a revolver upon Richard Evans, a hotel clerk, and demanded money in the safe and cash drawer of the hotel. Parker fled the scene with...

24. March 2017

On March 24, 2017, Ali Lee Barconey, 33, was found Guilty of Second Degree murder in the 2014 death of Nathaniel Reynaud. On September 25, 2014, officers with the Lake Charles Police Department were dispatched to a home on Allen Street in reference to shots fired. When they arrived, they found the victim fatally injured. Another victim at the scene had been shot in the face but survived, as well as a third victim who was treated for minor injuries. The Lake Charles Police Department...

07. March 2017

On March 7, 2017, Jerin Charles, 26, entered a no contest guilty plea to three (3) counts of Purse Snatching. Judge Michael Canaday sentenced Charles to 20 years Department of Corrections on each count, concurrent to each other and consecutive to his current probation/parole violations. The defendant, Charles, committed the purse snatchings on three separate occasions: April 1, 2016 at the Dollar General store on Prien Lake Road; April 5, 2016, at the Dollar General on 4th Avenue; and April 5,...

24. February 2017

On February 23, 2017, a jury returned a guilty verdict for all counts against Javonta Jermel Harrison, age 20, for Aggravated Rape, Aggravated Burglary, and Armed Robbery with a Firearm. On August 14, 2015, officers with the Lake Charles Police Department, were dispatched to St. Mary Drive, Lake Charles, La., in reference to report of a burglary and rape. The defendant, Harrison, gained access to the victim’s residence, while she was sleeping, by pushing a window air conditioning unit into...

01. February 2017

Jurors returned a verdict of guilty on all counts in the trial of Antonieo George Smith. Smith was charged with Second degree murder, Attempted Second degree murder, Aggravated Burglary and Armed Robbery. On May 16, 2016, the defendant Antonieo George Smith, age 17 at the time, entered the residence of victims, Robert and Rita Anderson, without authorization and armed himself with a knife. Upon encountering Rita Anderson, as she entered her home from the grocery store, Smith stabbed her...