A Port Allen man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for two counts of solicitation of murder. Emelie Gunn has more…
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The Hammond Police Department has identified the abducted Baton Rouge couple found dead at a truck stop as Denis and Suzanne Duplantier (DOO PLON SHAY.) Eric Gill reports:
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After Saturday night’s primary election, at least 77-percent of the state House and Senate races will be decided. LaPolitics-dot-com Publisher Jeremy Alford says that’s based on the number of lawmakers running without opposition and the number of legislative races involving just two candidates. Alford says an unusually large number of legislators ran unopposed this election…
He says 51-percent of state lawmakers were automatically re-elected in unopposed races. Alford says a large number of legislative seats will be decided Saturday in two candidate races…
He says a total of 38 legislative seats will be filled after Saturday in two candidate races. Alford says there are 23 House races and 9 Senate races with multiple candidates that could go to the November 21st runoff…
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A Port Allen man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for pleading guilty to a murder-for-hire plot against an elderly Pointe Coupee couple. Prosecutor Tony Clayton says 38-year-old Tommy Lee Gioele hired someone to kill the Persicas after a business deal went wrong. He says Giolele is serving 10 years of a 20 year sentence and will be required to wear an ankle bracelet for five years after being released.
Clayton says the man Gioele hired to kill the couple had no intention of committing the murder and fully cooperated with authorities throughout the investigation. He credits the capture of Gioele to Louisiana State Police.
Clayton says Gioele manned up to what he did and openly confessed to his crime of solicitation of murder.
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The Hammond Police Department says the Baton Rouge couple found dead at a truck stop near I-12 had been strangled and kidnapped from their home. The two have been identified as Denis and Suzanne Duplantier (DOO PLON SHAY.) Baton Rouge Police Corporal L Jean McKneely say they did a welfare check at the victims’ home and discovered them and a vehicle missing. McKneely says they used OnStar to locate the vehicle in Hammond…:
CUT 9 (09) “inside of the car”
Hammond police found the vehicle parked in a remote corner of the truck stop with the bodies inside. McKneely says very few details of the crime are being released at this time…
cut 10 (09) “our investigation”
Officials are looking for a 2007 white Chevrolet pick-up truck that was captured on camera at the truck stop on Sunday when the victims were left there. McKneely says BRPD is searching the victims’ home for any evidence that will help authorities identify and capture the suspects. McKneely says this joint investigation between BRPD and Hammond Police is in its early stages…
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A 3-year-old was shot during a home invasion in Lake Charles this morning. Deputy Chief Mark Kraus says two armed men entered the house demanding money. He says when the victim said he didn’t have any, a suspect began pistol whipping the man holding his child when the gun discharged and hit the child.
Kraus says the two suspects fled the scene in a dark colored pickup truck. He says he wants to put people at ease by explaining this doesn’t tend to happen to the ordinary person but crimes like these are usually connected to some other type of criminal activity.
Kraus says the child was transported to an out of town hospital and both victims are expected to live. He says once they catch these suspects, he hopes a judge will put these people in prison for the longest time possible.
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