Sheriff Craig Webre announced the Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Office will conduct a DWI checkpoint in Lafourche Parish. The checkpoint will begin on the evening of Monday, April 29, 2024, and will continue into the early morning hours of Tuesday, April 30. During the checkpoint, deputies will be looking for drivers who are possibly impaired while checking for other traffic safety issues. These checkpoints are designed to help raise awareness for these types of violations and make the highways of the parish safer for all motorists ..read more

Lafourche Parish Sheriff Craig Webre announced detectives are investigating a shooting that occurred shortly after noon on Friday, April 26, 2024, in the area of Ayo Street in Raceland. The shooting involved two vehicles. No injuries were reported. Anyone with any information on this incident is asked to submit a tip anonymously to Bayou Region Crime Stoppers by phone at 1-800-743-7433, online at CrimeStoppersBR.org, or via the Bayou Tips app on mobile devices. Tipsters could be eligible for a reward of up to $1,000.00 in cash if the information leads to an arrest. Shortly ..read more

Lafourche Parish Sheriff Craig Webre announced one man has been arrested in an ongoing investigation into a Raceland shooting incident. Joshua Ingram Jr., 22, of Raceland has been charged with principal to attempted murder. At around 3:15 p.m. on April 24, 2024, deputies responded to reports of shots fired at the corner of St. Louis Street and Garden Street in Raceland. When deputies arrived in the area, they found multiple shell casings at the scene. Through further investigation, detectives obtained video of the incident from security cameras in the area. They learned two SUVs were involved ..read more

Lafourche Parish Sheriff Craig Webre announced the arrest of a Golden Meadow man who allegedly strangled and threatened a woman and her family. Ethan Mobley, 23, was arrested on Tuesday. On April 23, 2024, deputies received a complaint regarding Mobley potentially threatening a family in the southern Lafourche Parish area. Mobley reportedly sent the message to a woman, threatening her family if she did not respond. Through investigation, deputies learned an incident occurred on April 20, 2024, wherein Mobley and the woman were involved in an argument that turned physical. Mobley reportedly gra ..read more

Sheriff Craig Webre announced the Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Office will host a Rape Aggression Defense (R.A.D.) course on May 20-22, 2024, at the Law Enforcement Complex, located at 1300 Lynn Street in Thibodaux. This self-defense course designed for women will take place over three days. The class will begin at 6 p.m. and end around 9:30 p.m. each day. Participants must attend all three days. Course instruction will be provided by certified R.A.D. instructors from the Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Office. The cost of the course is $10 to cover the cost of course materials and is non-refundable ..read more

Sheriff Craig Webre announced the Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Office is joining other law enforcement agencies in participating in the “Buckle Up in Your Truck” campaign, going on now through April 27, 2024. The campaign is coordinated and funded by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Louisiana Highway Safety Commission. As part of this effort, additional deputies will be assigned to saturated patrol efforts in an effort to ensure the safety of everyone on our roadways. According to the Louisiana Highway Safety Commission, state observation surveys and fatality data show ..read more

4/24/24 UPDATE: Cheralynn Lopez has been found and is safe. ORIGINAL POST: Lafourche Parish Sheriff Craig Webre is asking for the public’s help in locating 14-year-old Cheralynn Lopez of Raceland. She was last seen at around 8 p.m. on Sunday in the Raceland area.   Cheralynn Lopez is described as 5’3” tall, weighing approximately 140 pounds with reddish brown hair. Anyone with information on her whereabouts is asked to call the Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Office at (985) 532-2808, or simply dial 911. Cheralynn Lopez ..read more

Lafourche Parish Sheriff Craig Webre announced one person is in custody following a shooting incident on St. Louis Street in Raceland on Sunday evening. There were no reported injuries in the shooting. One vehicle was damaged in the incident. More information will be provided as the investigation continues. Meanwhile, anyone with information on either of these incidents is asked to submit a tip anonymously to Bayou Region Crime Stoppers by phone at 1-800-743-7433, online at CrimeStoppersBR.org, or via the Bayou Tips app on mobile devices. Tipsters could be eligible for a reward ..read more

Lafourche Parish Sheriff Craig Webre announced detectives are continuing to investigate two shooting incidents that occurred Thursday night. The shootings occurred in Raceland and Thibodaux, with the Thibodaux incident resulting in four injuries. There is no evidence that the shooting incidents were related. The first incident occurred at around 8:25 p.m. in the 200 block of Market Street in Raceland. Deputies responded to the area after receiving several 911 calls of shots fired. At least three vehicles and one residence were struck by gunfire during the incident, but there were no reported i ..read more

Lafourche Parish Sheriff Craig Webre announced deputies are investigating two separate shooting incidents that occurred Thursday night in Lafourche Parish. The first incident occurred on Market Street in Raceland with no reported injuries. The second incident occurred on Orange Grove Square in Thibodaux with reported injuries. These investigations are ongoing. More information will be provided on these incidents as it can be made available ..read more