Teens Apprehended: 2 Juveniles Arrested in Connection with Business Burglary

Last week, two minors were taken into custody in relation to the break-in at a shop on N. Martin Luther King Highway, according to Calcasieu officials.

Kayla Vincent, a spokesperson for the Calcasieu Sheriff’s Office, stated that the minors, who are 14 and 16 years old, were taken into custody in a car that was reported stolen and included some pilfered goods.

There are still two suspects being looked for.

Around three in the morning, deputies responded to a burglary alarm at the company. Wednesday, November 8.

According to Vincent, deputies discovered that four men broke through the door of the company with a big rock. She said that the suspects stole many things before escaping in a sedan.

After a short foot pursuit, the 14-year-old and the 16-year-old were taken into custody after the automobile was discovered close to the junction of 4th Avenue and 7th Street, according to Vincent. Deputies discovered the vehicle had been taken from a motel parking lot on W. Road to Prien Lake

The two minors were charged with theft ranging from $1,000 to $5,000, simple burglary, simple criminal damage to property, theft of a motor vehicle, fleeing from an officer, possessing tobacco products under the age of eighteen, and curfew violations when they were brought into the Juvenile Detention Center.

Vincent requests that anybody with information on this incident or the other two suspects contact Incident Stoppers at 337-439-2222 or the sheriff’s office at 337-491-3605.

The chief investigator is Detective Jill Feverjean.

This has not been the only juvenile arrest this year in Louisiana.

Monday saw the arrest of a Lake Charles man for acting indecently among minors.

The Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office reports that on Monday at 11:30 a.m., school resource officers at a nearby high school received notification. that a male could have been en route to the school to pick up a pupil for sex.

When Kenneth R. Cretchain, Jr., 19, of Lake Charles, arrived at the school, SROs found him. He was taken to the CPSO so they could interview him. Investigators discovered that Cretchain had texted the victim directly about picking her up for sex.

After being taken into custody, Cretchain was charged with criminal trespass and indecent behavior with minors. He was also lodged in the Calcasieu Correctional Center. A $100,500 bond was imposed for him.

A youngster, aged 13, was taken into custody in Lake Charles after he made threats against a school.

The Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office said that deputies were informed at around 11:00 a.m. regarding a threat made by a student at Southwest Louisiana Charter Academy School on Wednesday.

Following an inquiry, it was discovered that a 13-year-old child had made threats to shoot pupils and blow up the school. The young person was taken into custody, accused of intimidating and frightening others, and placed in the juvenile detention center.

Juvenile cases in the state have been on the rise. A bill has been passed to address this problem.

The amendment proposed by Senator Stewart Cathey, a Republican from Monroe, is applicable to a wide range of violent offenses, from first-degree murder to handbag snatching. Its requirements would take effect as soon as a minor is believed to have committed a crime, not after they are charged and put on trial.

“Those who have been charged are not the subject of this. The Louisiana Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers’ president, Meghan Garvey, stated, “This is about people who have been arrested.” A large number of these children will never face criminal charges. Additionally, they might suffer all of that harm in an adult jail for two months if they are unable to bail out, which for some people might be irreversible.

Rep. Alan Seabaugh, a Republican from Shreveport, used the Cathey measure as a platform for a related bill that was ultimately abandoned by the legislature. Both legislators served on conference committees that convened during the last hours of the session to discuss differences between the two houses; yet, the final product that was approved bore a striking resemblance to the defeated Seabaugh measure.

Detective Jill Feverjean

Detective Jill Feverjean is the chief investigator in the case.

This month, Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office Detective Jill Feverjean was honored for her unselfish act of compassion during last May’s historic flooding event. On May 17, a historic flood event that brought 16–18 inches of rain in a six-hour period caught several communities in Calcasieu Parish off guard. CPSO deputies were called in to help with emergency calls and erect temporary shelters during that flash flood. One such refuge was a nearby church where deputies were housing locals and stranded drivers who had no way out of the region.

Feverjean noticed a mother with a child on an oxygen tank, and she had no shoes on while helping at the church. When Feverjean got close to the woman, she began to tell him about how she and the kid had to escape the rising floodwaters with very little.

Feverjean claimed that the woman’s dejected expression and the tiny child’s deteriorating condition were what motivated her to take action.

Feverjean rushed right away to a nearby store and paid with her own money for the woman’s shoes as well as the child’s diapers and formula.

Sheriff Tony Mancuso said that Feverjean went above and beyond the call of duty as a deputy and demonstrated a sincere gesture of charity for the most vulnerable people.

Feverjean was one of 15 police enforcement personnel from across the state to be awarded the 2022 Heart of Police Enforcement Award for her actions. On March 8, Feverjean was presented with her honor during a ceremony and luncheon organized by the non-profit Beyond the Badge and held in Baton Rouge. More than 200 people attended the event this year, including John Schneider, star of the Dukes of Hazzard, and Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser.