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  • LSU cornerback Tharold Simon arrested

    April 26, 2013 11:20 AM

    EUNICE - LSU cornerback and NFL draft prospect Tharold Simon was arrested in Eunice Thursday night for allegedly intimidating a police officer. According to police records, Tharold Simon's car was blocking Beulah Street when an officer asked him to move it. The report says Simon told the officer, "I... more »
  • Church Point man facing charges following crash

    March 11, 2013 10:29 AM

    RAYNE - State police are investigating a three vehicle crash on La. Highway 95 north of Interstate 10 which claimed the life of a Eunice man. The accident happened Sunday around 7:30 p.m. Troopers say 28-year-old Gerardo Robles of Church Point was driving a truck south on Highway 95 and... more »
  • 4 ex-LSU Eunice employees charged with theft

    December 28, 2012 1:46 PM

    NEW ORLEANS- Acadia Parish prosecutors have filed theft and forgery charges against four former LSU Eunice employees accused of running up nearly $160,000 in fraudulent purchases made with school-issued credit cards. Court records show federal authorities also are investigating allegations that four women who worked in the school's Office of... more »
  • Eunice man indicted in wife's death

    November 26, 2012 9:51 AM

    OPELOUSAS - A St. Landry Parish grand jury has indicted 35-year-old Robert Lee Heard Jr. on a charge of first-degree murder in the September stabbing death of his wife, Demetra Doyle Heard. Heard is accused in the death of his wife of only two months on or about Sept.... more »
  • Eunice man booked with solicitation for murder

    July 6, 2011 7:39 AM

    EUNICE- Police say a 53-year-old man has been arrested in an attempt to hire an undercover officer posing as a hit man to kill two Eunice residents. Police Chief Ronald Dies said in a news release received by The Advocate Tuesday that Charles Keith Runnels of Eunice was arrested Saturday... more »
  • Woman gets house arrest in murder for hire case

    August 19, 2010 8:45 AM

    A 46-year-old Eunice woman has been sentenced to three years' house arrest after agreeing to plead no contest to charges of attempting to hire a hit man to kill her estranged husband and his new girlfriend. The judge says the victims Logan Fournerat and Lori Beth Johnson requested the home... more »
  • Eunice woman charged with 30 counts of theft

    July 15, 2010 7:41 AM

    A Eunice woman has been arrested with the theft of more than $100,000 from a former employer. Lisa M. Soileau was booked into the St. Landry Parish Jail on 30 counts of monetary instrument abuse and 30 counts of felony theft. St. Landry Parish deputies say the case began when... more »
  • Rig driver killed in crash

    April 7, 2010 8:44 AM

    A two-vehicle accident just south of Eunice has claimed the life of a Jennings-area man. The Daily World reports Tuesday's crash caused an 18-wheeler containing crude oil to overturn, spilling its payload and trapping the driver. Because of the danger of fire, the area was sealed off by police, and... more »
  • Eunice woman dies in crash

    April 6, 2010 8:45 AM

    State police are investigating a two vehicle crash in Acadia Parish that claimed the life of a 36-year-old Eunice woman. Troopers say Adrienne Reed was northbound on La. Highway 13 south of Eunice Monday when her car crossed the center line a struck a pickup driven by 47-year-old Jesse Collins... more »
  • 2 rural hospitals to merge

    April 6, 2010 7:39 AM

    Ville Platte Medical Center and Acadian Medical Center of Eunice, which last year announced plans to merge, will make it official when they become two campuses of the newly created Mercy Regional Medical Center. The Daily World reports that Alan Daugherty, who had served as chief executive officer of the... more »
  • Inmate-housing suit settlement proposed

    March 19, 2010 7:27 AM

    The city of Eunice is being offered $102,000 by the St. Landry Parish Council to settle a decades-old civil lawsuit for alleged costs of housing state prisoners in the municipal jail. Parish attorney Andrea West said the original lawsuit dates back to sometime in the early 1990s when the city... more »
  • Judge increases bond for suspect

    March 5, 2010 9:02 AM

    Bond has been increased to $500,000 for a 45-year-old Eunice woman accused of attempting to hire a hit man to kill her estranged husband and his new girlfriend. Glynis Ann Fournerat is charged with two counts of solicitation for murder and she pleaded not guilty. Fournerat was arrested in October... more »
  • Man arrested in Eunice for funny money

    March 3, 2010 8:06 AM

    The Eunice Police Department arrested Michael Anthony Jacobs in connection with an attempt to swap six fake $20 bills for a legitimate $100 bill. Officers say Jacobs allegedly tried to exchange the money at a local convenience store, but the clerk became suspicious and used a special pen used to... more »
  • Woman arrested in murder-for-hire plot

    October 30, 2009 11:03 AM

    A woman from Eunice was arrested, accused of hiring a hit man to kill her estranged husband. Detectives say they set up a sting operation after learning 45-year-old Glynis Fournerat wanted to pay $8,000 to have her husband and another woman killed. They say Fournerat offered the money to an... more »

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