Ouachita Parish sheriff's deputies arrested a West Monroe man on suspicion of criminal trespass and resisting an officer last week after authorities received a suspicious person complaint outside a business on Arkansas Road.

Monroe police arrested a Monroe man on suspicion of simple assault on a police officer last week after authorities questioned the suspect as part of another investigation.

Monroe police arrested a Monroe man on suspicion of simple battery of the infirm earlier this month after authorities received a complaint of a disturbance at a home on Nory Lane.

Ouachita Parish sheriff's deputies arrested a Monroe man on suspicion of simple burglary last week after authorities received a burglary complaint on Bennett Lake Drive.

Ouachita Parish sheriff's deputies arrested a Monroe man on suspicion of disturbing the peace last week after authorities received a complaint from a local church about a suspect disrupting the service.

Extremely dark-tinted windows on a vehicle driven by a Union Parish resident resulted in an arrest for illegal carrying of weapons.

Monroe police arrested four juveniles on suspicion of vehicle burglary last week after authorities received a suspicious person complaint on Valencia Avenue.

A traffic stop by a Union Parish sheriff’s patrol deputy has resulted in the arrest of two adults and a juvenile on narcotics charges.

A tip received by a Union Parish sheriff’s deputy about suspicious activity on property along Williams Colony Road near Downsville has led to the arrest of one man on weapons and drug charges.

The passenger in a car stopped by a Union Parish sheriff’s deputy ended up being arrested on a drug possession charge.

Possible criminal charges are pending following the death of a Louisiana State Penitentiary inmate. West Feliciana Parish Sheriff’s Deputies and Department of Corrections investigators are investigating the death of 32-year-old Major Jones.

Monroe police arrested a Monroe man on suspicion of several charges including simple battery last Saturday after authorities learned the suspect struck a victim in the face, several times, with a closed fist.

Ouachita Parish sheriff's deputies arrested a West Monroe man on suspicion of disturbing the peace through disorderly conduct and resisting an officer last week after an off-duty officer learned of a patient acting strangely at St. Francis Medical Center in Monroe.

Two Union Parish sheriff’s detectives were en route Monday afternoon to Texarkana, Texas, to interview Sean Johnson, a Bernice man who is accused of shooting his girlfriend in the head late Saturday night.

Ouachita Parish sheriff's deputies arrested a Bossier City man on suspicion of disturbing the peace and criminal trespass last Saturday after authorities received a complaint from St. Francis Medical Center.

An officer with the state Probation & Parole Office in Monroe was arrested for theft earlier this month after an investigation by state Department of Children and Family Resources of the officer's employment details.

A Monroe woman was arrested for attempted second-degree murder last week after authorities received a report of a victim beaten and dragged by a car.

A federal grand jury in Shreveport returned a three-count indictment, charging Michael Jarred Gentry, 32, of Shreveport, with second degree murder, felon in possession of a firearm, and discharging a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, resulting in death, according to U.S.…

Two Ouachita Parish residents are accused of aggravated burglary in a Point community break-in that occurred in August, Union Parish Sheriff Dusty Gates said last week.

Ouachita Parish Metro Narcotics Unit agents arrested a West Monroe couple on several drug dealing charges last week after authorities completed a 15-month investigation of the couple’s activities.

Ouachita Parish sheriff's deputies arrested a West Monroe man on suspicion of disturbing the peace through language and disorderly conduct last week after authorities received a “hold up” alarm from a store on Old Hwy 15.

Monroe police arrested a Monroe man on suspicion of illegal use of a weapon in an aggravated assault last week after authorities observed the suspect kicking and beating a door on Stacy Drive.

West Monroe police arrested a West Monroe man on suspicion of aggravated escape after the suspect tried to escape from the police department's jail.

Ouachita Parish sheriff's deputies arrested a West Monroe woman on suspicion of disturbing the peace and criminal trespass last week after authorities received a complaint the suspect refused to leave her mother's house.

A former human resources/payroll employee at the Union Parish Detention Center is accused of intentionally changing her supervisor’s time sheet in retaliation for her twice being reprimanded.

Ouachita Parish sheriff’s investigators are investigating a fatal shooting in the 100 block of Blackwood Drive in Monroe.

A Downsville woman was recently booked into the Union Parish Detention Center accused of throwing some hedge clippers at a maintenance man who had gone to the woman’s rented property to extinguish an outside fire.

Monroe Fire Department investigators arrested a Monroe man on suspicion of simple arson last week after the authorities investigated a vehicle fire on Atkinson Street.