Breaux Bridge man arrested in deadly shooting
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A Breaux Bridge man has been arrested in connection with an early morning shooting Saturday that left one person dead.
Warren Joseph Chavis, 57, was arrested Saturday on charges including second-degree murder, possessing a firearm in a firearm-free zone and illegal carrying of a weapon, according to Breaux Bridge Police Department Facebook post.
Police allege Chavis fatally shot a woman, who was his relative, at about 2:30 a.m. Saturday in the 700 block of Albert Street in Breaux Bridge, according to police department spokesperson Terry Latiolais. Chavis was arrested on the scene.
Chavis was booked on a $550,000 bond and transferred to the St. Martin Parish Correctional Center.
Breaux Bridge man arrested following sex trafficking investigation
Breaux Bridge Police Department
and last updated 2021-03-12 15:52:44-05
A Breaux Bridge man has been arrested after a months-long investigation by police into sex trafficking.
Breaux Bridge Police say 40-year-old Gerald Mouton was arrested on Friday, March 12, on the following charges:
Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes
Carnal Knowledge of a Juvenile
Soliciting Minors to Distribute CDS
Contributing to the Delinquency of a Juvenile
Possession of Schedule I
Possession of Drug Paraphernalia
Assistant Chief Terry Latiolais says Mouton s arrest was made in connection to a report of a missing juvenile out of Lafayette Parish. That juvenile is back with family Latiolais reports. Further details were not provided.
Female Found Dead in Breaux Bridge Home
Breaux Bridge Police say a female subject was found dead in a residence on Wednesday.
In a press release, Assistant Chief Terry Latiolais says the incident is being investigated as a homicide. He says it happened at a home off of Main Street in Breaux Bridge at approximately 1:45 p.m.
Breaux Bridge Police will update KPEL News when details become available.
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Police investigating fatal crash in Breaux Bridge
Courtesy: MGN Online
and last updated 2021-01-02 10:38:25-05
BREAUX BRIDGE, La. - Police are investigating a fatal crash on the interstate.
On January 1, just after midnight, the Breaux Bridge Police Department received a call in reference to a crash on the westbound lane of I-10 near the exit ramp, according to Assistant Chief Terry Latiolais.
The first crash involved a single vehicle that had hit the concrete barriers and came to rest on the westbound lanes of travel. Other vehicles stopped to help.
Another vehicle traveling westbound then struck the disabled vehicle and two people. One person was very seriously injured and the other was thrown over the center concrete wall into the eastbound lanes of travel.