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U.S. News & World Report
February 5, 2018
Assumption Parish Sheriff Leland J. Falcon tells The Houma Courier Edward Murphy Jr. was given CPR by Assumption Parish jail correctional employees after collapsing Sunday morning before being taken to a hospital where he died. Falcon says Murphy was booked into the jail Saturday night by stateÃÂ ...
www.brproud.com
February 5, 2018
(LOCAL 33) (FOX 44) - An inmate at the Assumption Parish Detention Center died on Sunday after he collapsed in his cell. ... Parish Sheriff Falcon indicated that Murphy of 202 Sparrow St., was booked into the facility around 6:30 p.m. on Saturday by Louisiana State Police on charges of D.W.I., expiredÃÂ ...
Houma Courier
February 4, 2018
A Plattenville man was arrested Saturday morning after he attacked a store manager with liquor bottles after being accused of shoplifting, Assumption Parish Sheriff Leland Falcon said. Deputies found the manager with significant injuries, and there was a large amount of broken liquor bottles at the storeÃÂ ...
WWL
February 4, 2018
Murphy was rushed to the Thibodaux Regional Medical Center where he died around 8 a.m. The sheriff's office says that Murphy was booked into the Assumption Parish Detention Center around 6:30 p.m. on Saturday by Louisiana State Police on charges of DWI, driving under a suspended license andÃÂ ...
Houma Courier
February 1, 2018
Harry Banks, 47, 2971A La. 1, Labadieville, pleaded guilty last week to simple burglary, said Tyler Cavalier with the 23rd Judicial District Attorney's Office. Cavalier said Assumption Parish sheriff's deputies responded April 7 to a residence on La. 1 near Napoleonville. Someone had broken the shed windowÃÂ ...
Houma Courier
January 31, 2018
A Labadieville man accused of pointing a gun at several people during a May 14 street fight was arrested Monday, the Assumption Parish Sheriff's Office said. James Johnson Jr., 35, 116 Palm Lane, is charged with aggravated assault with a firearm. He was also booked on warrants for a felony theft chargeÃÂ ...
Houma Courier
January 29, 2018
A Houma man was arrested Wednesday afternoon in Assumption Parish after witnesses reported he'd walked down a street, pointing a gun at people and pets. Jeramey Johnson, 33, 109 Polk St., is charged with possession of a firearm by a felon, illegal carrying of weapons, five counts of aggravatedÃÂ ...
Houma Courier
January 19, 2018
A Napoleonville man was arrested after he attacked two deputies following a traffic stop early Wednesday evening, the Assumption Parish Sheriff's Office said. Quintard Truehill, 29, 153 Bertrand St., is charged with two counts of resisting arrest with force or violence, two counts of battery on a peace officer,ÃÂ ...
The Advocate
January 11, 2018
NAPOLEONVILLE — A former Assumption Parish sheriff's deputy accused of pulling a gun and threatening five people at a Napoleonville school campus in May has been arrested again on allegations he pulled a gun and threatened another person at Assumption Parish High School. Commander LonnyÃÂ ...
The Daily Advertiser
January 11, 2018
LOUISIANA SUPERINTENDENT SALARIES FOR 2016-17: John Bourque, Acadia Parish: $237,490. Michael Doucet, Allen Parish: $147,606. David Alexander, Ascension Parish: $160,096. Earl Martinez, Assumption Parish: $175,067. Blaine Dauzat, Avoyelles Parish: $112,035. Timothy CooleyÃÂ ...
Donaldsonville Chief
January 10, 2018
Assumption Parish Sheriff Leland Falcon is pleased to announce that for the first time in the last five years, the Assumption Parish Detention Center has been re-certified by the Louisiana Department of Corrections. The Sheriff was notified of the action by letter on December 28, 2017. The facility will returnÃÂ ...
Houma Courier
January 8, 2018
The Assumption Parish Detention Center has been recertified by the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections. The jail was last certified in April 2013. That month, the Department of Public Safety and Corrections found that the facility was compliant in most, but not all, areas included in theÃÂ ...
WAFB.com
January 7, 2018
Authorities are calling off a search for a missing elderly man with dementia after he was found safe on Saturday. According to the Assumption Parish Sheriff Leland Falcon told WAFB's Cheryl Mercedes a patrol deputy found Mr. Wilfred Davis, 67, safe in his truck after having been missing since Thursday.
Daily Comet
January 7, 2018
Assumption jail recertified again The Assumption Parish Detention Center has been recertified by the Louisiana Department of Corrections. The jail lost its certification in 2013 because of several violations. Hide caption. 3. Gibson murder case to begin Kyle Cedotal, 32, is set for trial this week. Cedotal isÃÂ ...
WBRZ
December 29, 2017
BAYOU L'OURSE, LA. - The efforts of a concerned neighbor and the Assumption Parish Sheriff's Office led to an amazing late Christmas gift for a man in need in Bayou L'Ourse. A citizen in Bayou L'Ourse contacted the sheriff's office after he noticed a disabled man living alone in a broken down mobileÃÂ ...
NOLA.com
December 27, 2017
Earlier this year, the judge presided over a trial without a jury for the family's lawsuit against the Assumption Parish Sheriff's Office and Louisiana State Police. The Advocate reports that officers entered the wrong house when they searched the family's Labadieville home in 2013, executing a "no-knock"ÃÂ ...
The Advocate
December 27, 2017
An Assumption Parish Sheriff's Office SWAT team thought it had executed the perfect "no-knock" search warrant in 2013 when it forcibly entered a suspected drug house in Labadieville in the early morning hours, pulled the homeowners and some of their children from their beds and handcuffed them.
Daily Comet
December 16, 2017
Two local men face prison time after pleading guilty in Assumption Parish to their third DWIs, authorities said. Faron Coupel, 56, of Belle Rose, and Rudy Lyons, 46, of Schriever, pleaded guilty Oct. 10 and were sentenced last week, said Tyler Cavalier with the 23rd Judicial District Attorney's Office. CavalierÃÂ ...
Houma Courier
December 16, 2017
A Belle Rose man was killed in a crash this afternoon on La. 308 north of La. 70 when a car hit the bicycle he was riding, State Police said. State Police said Acquindas Brown, 22, of Plattenville was traveling south on La. 308 in a 2015 Chevrolet Impala at a high rate of speed when he struck Terry Sims, 64,ÃÂ ...
Daily Comet
December 13, 2017
An Assumption Parish sheriff's deputy was charged with first-offense DWI after he crashed his patrol car into a ditch early Wednesday morning, authorities said. Joseph Repp, 22, 119 Oak Lane, Pierre Part, was also charged with hit-and-run driving and careless operation, Capt. Lonny Cavalier said. He wasÃÂ ...
The Advocate
December 13, 2017
An Assumption Parish sheriff's deputy was arrested early Wednesday morning and accused of driving while intoxicated after he crashed his patrol unit into ... Repp was given a breathalyzer test and registered a blood alcohol content of 0.09 percent, just above the legal limit for driving, which in Louisiana isÃÂ ...
NOLA.com
December 9, 2017
In St. James Parish, the Sunshine Bridge on Louisiana 70 and the Veterans Memorial Bridge also were closed because of weather issues, according to the Louisiana State Police. Officials also have closed U.S. 90 between the Amelia Overpass in Assumption Parish and Louisiana 1 in Lafourche ParishÃÂ ...
The Advocate
December 31, 1999
NAPOLEONVILLE — A Labadieville man wanted in a street fight in southwest of Napoleonville last May was arrested Monday, the Assumption Parish Sheriff's Office reported. James J. Johnson Jr., 35, is accused of pulling handgun on a crowd after a May 14 confrontation with the group as he and anotherÃÂ ...
Houma Courier
December 31, 1999
Governments throughout Louisiana -- led by the state Department of Health and the cities of Baton Rouge and Covington -- are joining a national stampede to file civil lawsuits alleging that drug companies have saddled taxpayers with huge medical and law enforcement costs by recklessly creating opioidÃÂ ...
Daily Comet
December 31, 1999
A Houma man was arrested Wednesday afternoon in Assumption Parish after witnesses reported he'd walked down a street, pointing a gun at people and pets. Jeramey Johnson, 33, 109 Polk St., is charged with possession of a firearm by a felon, illegal carrying of weapons, five counts of aggravatedÃÂ ...
WBXH
November 22, 2017
Sheriff Leland Falcon thanks Louisiana State Police, the St. James Parish Sheriff's Office, and the Plaquemines Parish Sheriff's Office for their ...
Houma Courier
November 19, 2017
Voters today approved three property tax renewals in Lafourche Parish and one in Terrebonne Parish. A mill is $1 in tax levied on every $1,000Â ...
Weekly Citizen
November 15, 2017
On the charge of Possession of a Schedule II Controlled Dangerous Substance, the defendant was sentenced to 12 months with the Louisiana ...
Weekly Citizen
November 9, 2017
NAPOLEONVILLE – Assumption Parish Sheriff Leland Falcon reports the arrest of Karl Johnson, 34 of 6129 East Glen Court, Baton Rouge, LA, ...
Donaldsonville Chief
November 3, 2017
Jarmaine “Big G” Gibson, found in Assumption Parish days after being ... Gibson was located in Napoleonville by the Louisiana State Police ...
FOX 15
October 26, 2017
... Lady of the Assumption Parish in Franklin to help the parish through a ... in Calcutta to support pro-life bills before the Louisiana legislature.
The Advocate
October 24, 2017
... become the next leader of the second-ranked school district in Louisiana. ... said she grew up in and worked for years in Assumption Parish.
The Daily Advertiser (blog)
October 20, 2017
Charge: Assumption Parish Arresting Agency: Broussard Pd Address: 800 Blk Houmas STR Donaldsonville, La. Name: Jasmin, Jarred Charge:Â ...
Houma Courier
October 19, 2017
Assumption Parish sheriff's deputies will be getting pay raises thanks to a new tax voters approved in Saturday's election. The 4.25-mill property ...
WWL
October 19, 2017
NAPOLEONVILLE, La. -- An Assumption Parish Sheriff's Office Correctional Officer was arrested after trying to bring cigarettes, marijuana and ...
WAFB.com
October 17, 2017
The Assumption Parish Sheriff's Office says on Monday morning, a faculty member contacted the school resource officer and said a handgun ...
Donaldsonville Chief
October 17, 2017
The defendant was sentenced to 3 years with the Louisiana Department of Corrections with credit for time served on each count. The said ...
Weekly Citizen
October 17, 2017
There will be an open house at our Napoleonville office located in Assumption Parish on October 28 from 10 a.m. to noon. The office is located ...
Weekly Citizen
October 16, 2017
Because of this high prevalence of obesity, Louisiana citizens suffer from ... This Assumption Parish Healthy Communities collaborative project, ...
Donaldsonville Chief
October 15, 2017
Because of this high prevalence of obesity, Louisiana citizens suffer from ... This Assumption Parish Healthy Communities collaborative project, ...
Houma Courier
October 12, 2017
A man accused of burglarizing a hurricane-damaged home in 2011 was arrested Wednesday, the Assumption Parish Sheriff's Office said.
WAFB.com
October 10, 2017
Authorities in Assumption Parish say they arrested a man on several charges after he fled during a traffic stop Saturday. Sheriff Leland Falcon ...
Daily Comet
October 7, 2017
A Labadieville man is accused of exposing himself to a 15-year-old girl at a local home, the Assumption Parish Sheriff's Office said.
Houma Courier
October 4, 2017
... a parked school bus in Pierre Part and deputies found him with tools typically used in burglaries, the Assumption Parish Sheriff's Office said.
The Advocate
September 28, 2017
... to generate $710,000 a year for the Assumption Parish Sheriff's Office. ... for the facility housing the Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service, ...
Houma Courier
September 22, 2017
In fact, in all of Louisiana, only two other parishes have 15-member ... with 9 School Board Members, Assumption Parish represents their district ...
Weekly Citizen
September 22, 2017
The defendant was sentenced to 4 years with the Louisiana Department of .... Assumption Parish had no court news to report this week.
FOX 15
September 20, 2017
Lovell was also arrested on a warrant from Assumption Parish for failure to appear on the charge of theft. A deputy located Lovell at a residence ...
Weekly Citizen
September 18, 2017
The Louisiana State Board of Private Investigator Examiners licenses ... Assumption Parish Sheriff Leland Falcon is advising residents that his ...
Donaldsonville Chief
September 14, 2017
Assumption Parish Sheriff Leland Falcon reports the arrest of Rodolfo Tosca Chan, 34, 143 Bayou Bouef Road, Morgan City, LA, on charges ...
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