Edwin Demontae Burks of 3105 S Grand St was arrested Monday for a domestic disturbance. According to the police report officers made contact with the victim who advised that Edwin Burks came to her residence to drop off their child.…
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10-year-old boy shot in the leg
A 10-year-old Monroe boy is in the hospital after being shot in the leg while in his own home. According to Monroe police, a shot was fired inside the home in the 1300 block of South 3rd Street and struck…
OPSO investigating vehicle burglaries in the Lakeshore Subdivision area
Ouachita Parish Sheriff’s Investigators are currently investigating a series of vehicle burglaries that occurred in the Lakeshore Subdivision early on June 16, 2018. The vehicles were at residences on McCain, Hinke, Lula and Newberry streets. The suspects are believed to…
Beaudoin says he had nothing to do with baby mama’s stabbing
A local man says it’s unfair that he is being associated with the stabbing of his baby’s mother and accuses the media falsely reporting that he once shot the victim. Michael Beaudoin, of Monroe, took to Log in…
Woman stabbed 55 times hanging on for life
“There was so much blood that it looked like something out of a horror movie,” that’s the way Rebecca Benjamin described the scene where her niece Jessica Benjamin was stabbed by her a woman Monday. Police arrested 21 …
Cashier confesses to $17,000 theft, friends say he’s misunderstood
Dionza Brown’s friends say he is being unfairly accused of stealing nearly $17,000 from a local Target Store. He says he did not get any of the money, but was just Log in to read the remainder of this…
Dice game shooting tags Wright as suspect; 2nd shooting
A man who is already on the wanted list of local law enforcement officers, is now on the list for the third time, and he hasn’t been caught yet. Deajohn Spencer Wright, of Monroe, is on the watch list of…