ROCKY BRANCH, La., (KNOE 8 News) - A Union Parish resident has been booked for cruelty to the infirm after Elderly Protective Services reported to the Sheriff's Office that he had threatened to kill his father.
Jay Caraway, 39, of the Rocky Branch community, is being held in the Union Parish Detention Center on a $50,000 bond.
Sheriff Bob Buckley says that when deputies arrived they found the 73-year-old victim hiding in the woods near his residence, claiming that Jay Caraway had threatened to kill him and then himself.
The man had on no shirt and had scratches on his body when deputies found him. He told deputies that his son had been walking up and down the driveway threatening to kill him with a .38-caliber pistol. Deputies found a pistol inside the home and later picked up Jay Caraway and had him mentally evaluated.
Subsequently, Caraway was booked into the detention center.
Friday, May 24 2013 6:40 PM EDT2013-05-24 22:40:16 GMT
RIVER RIDGE, La. (AP) - Jefferson Parish sheriff's deputies say a 52-year-old man apparently shot his 16-year-old son in the head and then turned the gun on himself in their home in River Ridge.
RIVER RIDGE, La. (AP) - Jefferson Parish sheriff's deputies say a 52-year-old man apparently shot his 16-year-old son in the head and then turned the gun on himself in their home in River Ridge.
A Virginia man who was once one of the nation's most prominent swimming coaches has been sentenced to seven years in prison for sexually abusing one of the girls he instructed.
A once-prominent swimming coach who trained thousands of children was sentenced to seven years in prison Thursday for sexually abusing one of the girls he instructed.
Friday, May 24 2013 5:06 PM EDT2013-05-24 21:06:12 GMT
Monroe, La. (KNOE 8 News) - Police arrested Thomas Wroten this afternoon following a domestic dispute. At 9:15pm last night Monroe Police received an emergent call for help in the 5300 block of Blanks.
Monroe, La. (KNOE 8 News) - Police arrested Thomas Wroten this afternoon following a domestic dispute.
