Crime

Man pleads guilty to mail fraud for selling fake Clementine Hunter paintings

Submitted by Sean Staggs, Digital Media Manager
Monday, August 8th, 2011, 3:10pm
Man pleads guilty to mail fraud for selling fake Clementine Hunter paintings

A New Orleans man faces up to 20 years in prison after he admitted in federal court that he knowingly sold forged Clementine Hunter painting.

Hunter was an African-American folk artist who lived in Natchitoches Parish. Her paintings, which span about 50 years, vary in value on the open market.

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Man wanted for allegedly beating woman now in jail

Submitted by Sean Staggs, Digital Media Manager
Friday, July 29th, 2011, 9:33am
Man wanted for allegedly beating woman now in jail

SHREVEPORT, LA (KSLA) – A Natchitoches Parish man wanted for allegedly attacking a former girlfriend is now in jail.

Police say 34-year-old Calvin Ray Moss turned himself in to police about 5 p.m. Thursday night. He was booked into the city jail on a charge of 2nd degree battery. His bond was set at $150,000.

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Two jail guards arrested for bringing contraband into prison

Submitted by Sean Staggs, Digital Media Manager
Thursday, July 28th, 2011, 4:44pm
Two jail guards arrested for bringing contraband into prison

NATCHITOCHES PARISH, LA (KSLA) – Two part-time Natchitoches Parish correction officers face criminal charges after investigators say the pair was smuggling contraband into the parish jail.

Deputies arrested 23-year-old Demetrus Jude Lewis and 33-year-old Gary Fontenot after a six-month investigation into an illegal smuggling operation that was bringing contraband into the jail. The contraband include tobacco products, synthetic marijuana, and other narcotics.

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Webster Sheriffs make bust after six months undercover

Submitted by Anonymous on Friday, July 15th, 4:23 pm
Webster Sheriffs make bust after six months undercover

Two Minden residents are in jail after a six month undercover operation by the Webster Sheriff’s Office.

Webster Parish Sheriff’s Community Action Directed Patrol arrested Quincy Lamar Harris, 43, of Talton Street in Minden for distribution on Thursday, July 15. Harris was booked for distribution of a controlled dangerous substance (CDS), Schedules IV and III, and two counts for distribution of a CDS Schedule II.

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Doyline, LA man arrested for alleged attempted 1st degree murder

Submitted by Anonymous on Tuesday, July 5th, 1:04 pm
Doyline, LA man arrested for alleged attempted 1st degree murder

Original release by: Webster Parish Sheriff's Office

The small Webster Parish town of Doyline was shaken early Sunday morning when gunshots were fired into the bedroom window of a local resident.  By that afternoon, though, local police and sheriff’s authorities had their shooter in custody.

 26-year-old Mirio Lendell Thompson of  Doyline was booked on charges for attempted first degree murder, assault by drive-by shooting, and criminal damage to property.

Reportedly, Thompson attempted to enter a home on Ward St., which at th

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Natchitoches man faces felony theft charges for 2nd time in a year

Submitted by Sean Staggs, Digital Media Manager
Monday, June 27th, 2011, 1:31pm
Natchitoches man faces felony theft charges for 2nd time in a year

NATCHITOCHES PARISH, LA (KSLA) - A Natchitoches man is in trouble with the law again after deputies say they arrested him for a second time on theft charges.

Deputies say 37-year-old Damon Prothro was charged with one count of felony theft after an investigation showed Prothro stole vehicle rims and copper wire from a local farm.

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Natchitoches investigators looking for suspect in Campti shooting

Submitted by Sean Staggs, Digital Media Manager
Monday, June 20th, 2011, 9:26am
Natchitoches investigators looking for suspect in Campti shooting

The Natchitoches Parish Sheriff's Office is are looking for a Montgomery, LA man in connection with a late night shooting, in Campti, LA. 

Natchitoches Parish Sheriff Victor Jones, Jr., says the Sheriff's Office got several calls shortly after midnight about a man, possible shot, lying in the middle of Sherry Circle in Campti. Deputies responding to the scene found the victim with a gunshot wound to the head.

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