Police & Fire

Overloaded Electrical Outlet Ignites Fire

Lafayette, LA (January 22, 2025) – At 8:06 a.m. Lafayette firefighters responded to a house fire in the 200 block of Irma Drive....

Possum’s Tree Service Employee Dies in On-the-Job Accident

On January 20, 2025, at approximately 9:30 a.m., the Lafayette Police Department responded to a report of an employee injured at a work site. READ MORE ...

Fatal Hit and Run Involving a Bicycle

Update Lafayette, LA (January 19, 2025, 9:16 a.m.) - The Lafayette Police Department is investigating a fatal hit-and-run incident that occurred on January 19, 2025,...

Body Found in the Vermilion River

Lafayette Parish Sheriff’s Detectives are conducting a death investigation after a body was discovered in a Lafayette Parish waterway.

LPSO Makes Narcotics Arrest with Help from BPD

A Lafayette Parish man is under arrest due to an investigation by the Lafayette Parish Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Section. READ MORE ...

Mother and Daughter Escapes House Fire Without Injuries

Lafayette firefighters responded to multiple 911 calls of a house fire in the 300 block of ... READ MORE ...

LPD Narcotics Arrest

Narcotic Agents with the Lafayette Police Department received intelligence regarding drug activity at a residence ... READ MORE ...

Arrest Made for Animal Cruelty

On January 8, 2025, Investigators with the Broussard Police Department responded to the 100 block of Lantana Court for an investigation related to a complaint of animal cruelty. READ MORE ...

Vacant house fire at 1101 Cameron Street

Lafayette firefighters responded to a 911 call at 8:38 a.m. for smoke from a vacant home in the 1100 block of Cameron Street. READ MORE ...

ARRESTS MADE: Officer-Involved Shooting 2100 block of NE Evangeline Thruway

On the morning of January 01, 2025, at approximately 2:34 a.m., the Lafayette Police Department responded ... READ MORE ...
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