The Terrebonne Parish Sheriff’s Office is investigating two armed robberies connected to the creation of false accounts on the website “plenty of fish.com.” Capt. Dawn Foret says during both incidents, each victim believed he was meeting a woman from the dating site, but when he arrived to meet her, it wasn’t what he expected…:
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She says they tracked the account to 20-year-old Taylor Williams who, along with 2 other men and the woman they used as bait, were all sent to jail.

The Attorney General’s Office says they’ve made a second arrest in an elaborate financial fraud scheme that claimed hundreds of victims and millions of dollars. They say 64-year-old Brenda Taylor of Carencro is accused of conspiring with the original suspect, 24-year-old Donald Batiste of Baton Rouge. Batiste allegedly used a “credit repair” company as a way to steal more than 300 identities and $5 million dollars nationwide.

Fundraising continues for the building of the National Hurricane Museum and Science Center in Lake Charles. Emelie Gunn has more..:
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Governor Bobby Jindal has issued a proclamation to commemorate today as the 10 year anniversary of Hurricane Rita which devastated southwest Louisiana.