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Medal recipient’s daughter to receive flag Thursday

May 17, 2013
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Medal recipient’s daughter to receive flag Thursday

  The Joint Readiness Training Center and Fort Polk hosts a Memorial Day ceremony Thursday at 10 a.m. at Warrior Memorial Park. Guest speaker is Barbara “Bobbie” Broyles, daughter of Medal of Honor recipient Lt. Col. Don C. Faith Jr., a World War II and Korean War veteran. Broyles,...
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Avoyelles Deputies Searching for Work Detail Offender

May 17, 2013
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Christopher Roy

Christopher Roy May 17, 2013 – At about 10:30 a.m. Friday morning, State D.O.C. offender Christopher W. Roy, B/M, age 21, walked off a Marksville City work detail while under the supervision of city employees in the area of Felix St. Roy is 6’2”, 150 lbs., short hair, dark complexion. He has the name “Dalecia”tattooed on...
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At Your Service

May 17, 2013
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AYS

F.E.E.D Information on F.E.E.D., Faith Employees’ Employment Data.  An organization to help get the unemployed and under-employed connect with businesses seeking employers.  Watch now: Kisatchie National Forest KLAX TV’s John LeBoeuf talks to Amy Robertson about being prepared before you venture out for hiking, camping, swimming or fishing. Amy also discusses things you should be aware of...
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Search Warrants Yields Cocaine

May 16, 2013
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Cocaine

May 16, 2013 – On Monday, detectives assigned to the Rapides Parish Sheriff’s Office Metro Division executed a search warrant at 1505 Yoist Street in Alexandria after receiving complaints of marijuana sales. Surveillance led detectives to believe that Kimberly Dunbar lived at the residence and allowed several people to sell large and small quantities of...
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Gov. Jindal on Supreme Court Ruling: Scholarship Program Alive and Well

May 16, 2013
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Governor Bobby Jindal

BATON ROUGE – Governor Bobby Jindal issued the following statement regarding the Louisiana Supreme Court’s ruling on Act 2: “This ruling means that the Scholarship Program is alive and well. I’ve looked these parents and their children in the eyes and I know how important it is to give them the opportunity to get a...
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Sheriff Awards Scholarship to College-bound Teen

May 16, 2013
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KLAX

Sheriff Steven McCain announced that Kristen Huntsberry of Grant Parish has been named the recipient of an academic scholarship from the Louisiana Sheriffs’ Scholarship Program for the 2012-2013 school year. She lives in Georgetown and plans to attend  University of Louisiana at Monroe and pursue accounting as a field of study. Her parents are...
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Downtown Bicycle Patrol Catches Burglar

May 15, 2013
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James Davenport

James Davenport On Saturday afternoon, Alexandria Police arrested 53-year-old James B. Davenport, listed address as “homeless” in Alexandria.  He is charged with Simple Burglary. Alexandria PD were patrolling the downtown area on bicycles and observed Davenport hiding in the area of parked cars. When the officers investigated they determined that Davenport had burglarized a vehicle in...
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Traffic Stop Leads to Meth Arrests

May 15, 2013
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Meth

Marcus Randall Haston, Jr. James Clifford Fleming Kayla Marie Walker May 14, 2013 - On Friday, Rapides deputies conducted a traffic stop in the area of Monroe Street and MacArthur Drive for a seat belt violation. 19-year-old Marcus Randall Haston, Jr. of Alexandria and the passenger, 25-year-old Kayla Marie Walker of Hineston, LA. became so nervous deputies asked...
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Welfare Concern turns in to Attempted Murder Arrest

May 14, 2013
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Ernest Ray Williams

Press Release Ernest Ray Williams May 14, 2013 – On May 12th at approximately 10 am, complainants came to the Tioga Sub Station to report a welfare concern that someone was possibly in jeopardy from an estranged husband. The complainant went on to explain that a family member had left a suicide note in their vehicle...
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Anonymous Tip Leads to Meth Arrest in Pineville

May 14, 2013
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Meth

Ricki Schneider May 14, 2013 – On Friday, Rapides deputies received an anonymous tip regarding methamphetamine sales in the Pineville area.  Deputies followed up on the tip reporting Ricki Schneider was in possession of methamphetamine and included a specific vehicle description. Deputies located the vehicle and contacted Schneider as he was about to leave a local...
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