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Terrebonne Parish Sheriff Soignet said Friday that detectives continued investigating and obtained information that Simmons paid Rondell Dewey, 25, of Gray, to shoot and kill Taylor. The investigation revealed that Simmons drove Rondell Dewey to Cameron Isles Apartments where Dewey committed the murder and was driven from the scene by Simmons, the Sheriff s Office said in a news release. Simmons had posted $750,000 bail and was released earlier from the Terrebonne Parish jail, the Sheriff s Office said. Based on the latest information, the Sheriff s Office said it obtained an arrest warrant for Simmons on one count of solicitation for murder. He was arrested Friday by the U.S. Marshal’s Service in Patterson and returned to the Terrebonne jail, where he is being held on $2 million bail. ....
Grand jury indicts Houma man in fatal apartment shooting A Houma man has been indicted in connection with a fatal shooting at an apartment complex in December. A grand jury found enough evidence Thursday to charge Joseph Simmons III, 28, with second-degree murder. He is accused of killing Troy Taylor Jr. on Dec. 5 at the Cameron Isles Apartment Complex, 711 Enterprise Drive. An indictment does not presume guilt or innocence but indicates the grand jury found prosecutors presented enough evidence to warrant a trial on the charges. Taylor, a resident of the apartment complex, suffered multiple gunshot wounds and was transported to Terrebonne General Medical Center, where he was later pronounced dead. ....
The Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Office handled four homicides in 2020, which two fewer than the previous year. The agency investigated six in 2018. There were no homicides in the city limits of Thibodaux this year, which is one of the few bright spots of 2020, Police Chief Bryan Zeringue said. “Although last year we reported an increased number of homicides from one in 2018 to four in 2019, our officers continued to strive daily to make our community, the city of Thibodaux a safe place to live,” Zeringue said. “As we welcomed 2020, we set a number one goal to continue to build a partnership with our community to keep our city a safe place to live and retire. With a joint effort between the community and the police, we were able to eliminate homicides all together thus far this year. As the chief of the Thibodaux Police Department, I could not be prouder of the men and women who serve this this agency. As we embrace 2021, we’re going into it with these same ....