Man cleared of all charges in 2023 Jackson Parish murder case
UPDATE: 2/28/2025– Kurae Cottonham, who faced charges of Second Degree Murder and Attempted Murder in Jackson Parish from October 2023, has been cleared of all charges. On August 28, 2024, District Attorney Daniel W. Newell of the Second Judicial District Court announced the decision not to prosecute. Cottonham had been in custody for 242 days. […]
BASTROP, La. (KTVE/KARD) -- On May 28, 2025, the Morehouse Parish Grand Jury met in a special session to continue its review of a traffic stop in Bastrop, La. where 21-year-old Marquez Crowder was shot and killed by Morehouse Parish Sheriff's Office Investigator Cody Kinnaird on November 23, 2024. According…
JEANERETTE, La. (KLFY) -- Charges have been filed in the death of Lafayette Police Sr. Cpl. Segus Jolivette in a deadly standoff in Jeanerette on July 25. Nyjal Hurst, 31, of Jeanerette, is charged with second degree murder, 10 counts of attempted first degree murder, two counts of second degree…
RAYNE, La. (KLFY) -- Carencro man has been booked into the Acadia Parish Jail for charges related to an incident that occurred in March 2024. Michael Lee Duplechian II, 31, of Carencro was charged with carjacking, attempted second degree murder, armed robbery, intimidation of a witness and possession if a…