Crime Blotter: Reported offenses in the Tri-parishes

Thibodaux man arrested for alleged aggravated rape

Lafourche Parish Sheriff Craig Webre announced this week that a Thibodaux man is in custody after allegedly making sexual contact with a juvenile less than 13 years old.

LPSO spokesman deputy Brennan Matherne said authorities were contacted regarding the alleged misconduct last Wednesday. Zachary Mire, 25, of 2011 St. Mary St., was arrested after being taken in for questioning.

Following questioning, Mire was placed under arrest and charged with one count of aggravated rape.

Mire is being held in lieu of a $500,000 bond.

Because of the nature of the crime, Matherne said no additional details would be released.

Child found wandering in the streets of Thibodaux

Thibodaux Police Chief Scott Silverii announced this week that a 36-year-old mother is behind bars after her daughter was found wandering the city’s streets.

Cynthia Brown, 36, of 907 President St., Thibodaux is charged with child desertion, simple criminal damage to property and a warrant for criminal trespassing.

Authorities were called at 11:45 a.m. last Tuesday in reference to a citizen who called TPD regarding a young child crying and running in the roadway behind vehicles on President Street.

When approached, Silverii said the child told witnesses that her parents were gone, but she knew where they lived.

Police were notified after the concerned citizen went to the child’s house and found no one home.

Brown, the child’s guardian, arrived on the scene 15 minutes after police. She claimed that she was only gone for 15 minutes and that she told a friend to watch the kid while she went to the store. Police noted upon her arrival that she had prior warrants for arrest.

Authorities said that the friend Brown referenced had left earlier that morning and didn’t return until later that afternoon.

Police said Brown is not the child’s biological mother, but is watching her because the mother’s financially instable.

When Brown was arrested, the child was reunited with her mother.

Thibodaux man arrested for attempted 2nd-degree murder

A 20-year-old Thibodaux male is in police custody this week and is charged with two counts of attempted second-degree murder.

Thibodaux Police Chief Scott Silverii said that Cornell McIntyre, 20, of 1292 St. Charles St., Thibodaux, is charged for his alleged role in a shooting that took place at Rak-N-Dak earlier in October.

Police said McIntyre turned himself into authorities with help from a concerned citizen.

Silverii thanked the TPD and the people of Thibodaux for getting a dangerous citizen off the streets.

St. Mary Sheriff makes marijuana arrest

The St. Mary Parish Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Division announced that an 18-year-old was arrested for possession of marijuana.

Last Monday at approximately 4:26 p.m., authorities patrolling the Franklin area observed a male subject walking in the roadway.

Authorities came in contact with the man and identified him as Wilbray Joseph Dauntin, 18, of 212 Easy St., St. Joseph.

SMSO spokesman Traci Landry said detectives located marijuana and rolling papers on Dauntin and charged him with possession of marijuana.

He was given a summons to appear in court on Jan. 16, 2013.

Authorities warn of Internet scam

Thibodaux Police Chief Scott Silverii said this week that he is warning citizens about an Internet scam that is costing victims several thousands of dollars.

Silverii said the scam starts out on Craigslist, where the victim sells an item to a buyer.

The buyer, who authorities believe is the scammer in this situation, then sends the seller a check for well more than the amount of the item being sold.

Police said that the scammer then asks the seller to send back the money leftover.

In many cases, police have been reported that victims have sent the left over money back only to realize that the original check bounced.

Silverii said once victim of this scam suffered a loss of $2,000.

The scammers often use false information throughout communication, which makes them difficult to track.

Lockport man arrested on 2 counts of rape, other charges

A 42-year-old Lockport man is in custody after the Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Office alleged that he raped a woman.

Lafourche Parish Sheriff Craig Webre said that John Delatte Jr., 42, of 8874 La. Highway 308, was arrested and charged with two counts of simple rape, simple battery and also simple criminal damage to property.

Delatte’s arrest stems from a call authorities received last Wednesday.

LPSO spokesman deputy Brennan Matherne said they learned that Delatte allegedly took a woman to his Lockport residence that night and forced her to have sexual intercourse against her will.

Through the course of events, authorities said Delatte also committed a battery on the woman and damaged property, as well.

When approached, Matherne said the woman told deputies that this was the second time Delatte had sexually assaulted her.

Delatte was arrested last Thursday and he is held in lieu of $102,000 bond.

Seatbelt checkpoint results released

The Houma Police Department held a seat belt checkpoint last Wednesday from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the intersection of Roussell and Main streets.

Police said that a total of 522 vehicles were checked in the breakdown and the following violations are as follows:

26 seatbelt violations

4 child restraints

13 non-moving violations

HPD said motorists are reminded that the improper wearing of a seatbelt is against the law.

Woman arrested after making false claim about killing

A 57-year-old woman has been arrested after she allegedly told family members that she killed her boyfriend.

Last Monday at approximately 5 p.m., the Thibodaux Police Department received a call from Jacqueline England’s ex-father-in-law, who said that England had told him that she had just killed her boyfriend.

Police rushed to the woman’s home and started knocking on doors and windows. They eventually found a highly intoxicated England walking about a block away.

Authorities said she told police that her boyfriend was, “in the house, probably smoking crack.”

Police eventually kicked in the door, while England yelled expletives for authorities to “get him.”

Authorities said that no one was found in the home.

England was placed under arrest for disturbing the peace by alarming the police.

Houma man charged with multiple charges

The Houma Police Department said it has nabbed a 25-year-old man that it believes pulled a gun on a woman and forced her into a vehicle.

HPD said it responded to the 300 block of Jane Avenue shortly before 7 p.m. on Saturday in reference to a disturbance.

Once on the scene, authorities learned that Joshua Lee, 25, had allegedly forced his 26-year-old girlfriend on the road.

As the investigation continued, police located Lee’s vehicle at the Red Carpet Inn in Houma.

After a short search, authorities said they located Lee outside the business and a brief foot pursuit took place, during which Lee was taken into custody.

Once in custody, Lee began threatening law enforcement officers, allegedly stating that once out of jail, he’d kill them.

During booking, police said Lee pulled his pants down and exposed himself to officers, while consistently threatening them.

Lee was charged with one count of resisting an officer by flight, one count of a firearm by a convicted felon, one count of obscenity, one count of public intimidation.

Lee also had a warrant for felony theft and trespassing.