Louisiana State Police arrested a Gonzales woman this morning after she crashed a pickup into a vehicle and knocked down two utility poles on Hwy 621 east of Hwy 44 shortly after 6 a.m.

Ascension Parish deputies arrested a Donaldsonville man on Aug. 15 after finding a quanity of narcotics in his possession.

Deputies arrested a St. Amant man following a hit and run fatality of a pedestrian Friday, Ascension Parish Chief Deputy Tony Bacala said.

A Plaquemine woman who was walking in an outside lane near the Sunshine Bridge around midnight Sunday died after being struck by two different vehicles, Troop A State Police reported.

Agents with the Louisiana Attorney General’s Fugitive Apprehension Unit located and apprehended fugitive Jablonski Hankton, 29, of Gonzales on Sunday.

Louisiana State Troopers and Ascension Parish Sheriff’s Deputies executed a search warrant July 8 at the 40067 Causey Road residence in Prairieville, and later arrested an 18-year-old on child pornography charges.

A Baton Rouge man was arrested Tuesday after an early morning car chase and charged with one count each of armed robbery, carjacking, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, plus other traffic violations, Gonzales Police Chief Sherman Jackson said.
 

While it may come as a surprise to many people, the most frequently committed felony in Ascension Parish is theft of valuable property from unlocked vehicles, according to Sheriff Jeff Wiley.

While it may come as a surprise to many people, the most frequently committed felony in Ascension Parish is theft of valuable property from unlocked vehicles, according to Sheriff Jeff Wiley.

Louisiana State Police Troop A spent the holiday weekend participating in “No Refusal” initiative and working extra hours in an effort to get impaired drivers off the roadways before they were able to cause serious injuries or deaths by making a bad decision and getting behind the wheel.

Sorrento police busted a methamphetamine laboratory at a residence in town Saturday.

Louisiana State Police Troop A reported a single-vehicle fatal crash in St. James Parish June 25 on Hwy 3125 near Hwy 64 shortly before 3 p.m.

Ascension Parish Fire District No. 1 Chairman James E. LeBlanc recently expressed concern with the number of home fires that have occurred in the Ascension Parish area since April 1.

The reversed murder conviction and life sentence of decorated Vietnam War veteran Nolan James of Donaldsonville was reinstated June 17 by Louisiana’s First Circuit Court of Appeal.

    With undercover help, Sorrento police officers busted two people for selling Oxycontin at the Bayou Chevron on June 10.

A 47-year old Ascension Parish resident set fire to the house where he was living Tuesday morning, then took his own life while still on the scene of the blaze.

A fugitive from Columbus, Miss. was arrested in the parish Monday evening, Sheriff Jeff Wiley said.

An accused murderer on house arrest pending trial was arrested May 30 in Gonzales following a hit and run accident in which the suspect ran into an unmarked sheriff’s car, Sheriff Jeff Wiley reported.

The body of Dylan Herring, 17, of 31649 Hwy. 1036, Holden, was recovered from the Amite River at 10:15 p.m. Sunday after a three-hour search effort, Ascension Parish Chief Deputy Tony Bacala reported.

A Prairieville man died in a head-on collision on Daigle Road around 7 a.m. Friday morning, Chief Deputy Tony Bacala reported in a release.

The accident involved a Ford Mustang driven by Dameon Breaux, 28, of 16123 Henderson Bayou Rd., and a Ford F-350 pickup truck. Breaux was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident, Bacala said.

According to the driver of the truck, Breaux’s vehicle left the roadway to the right, then came back on the road, Bacala said. It appeared that Breaux lost control of his car and crossed the center line, resulting in the collision, according to the driver of the truck, Bacala said.

The driver of the truck suffered minor injuries, Bacala said.