Hilarity in Houma

Houma police say two alleged car burglars -- one in a wheelchair -- were arrested after they returned to their victim's home to apologize. The Courier reports that 50-year-old William Poindexter and 48-year-old Ernest Mart, both of Houma, were booked with simple burglary and held in lieu of $50,000 bond. A third man is wanted.

Police say they allegedly were taking a car radio from an SUV about 1 a.m. Monday when the owner saw them. They fled -- one pushing another in a wheelchair.

Police say Poindexter allegedly took a bottle of cologne and two cellphone chargers.

They say Poindexter and Mart, who uses a wheelchair, returned later Monday to the woman's house to apologize. Police say her father chased them, and they were later caught by police.

Scuzzbucket of the week

I can't put my mind around this horrific crime

The following is from the Houma Comet:

The "devil" came to Thibodaux Sunday, Jesslyn Lirette said, and he did so in the form of the man she was with for 10 years. The devil, she said, took her "angel" away.
Here's a video of a press conference held Monday - August 15, 2011



Jeremiah Wright, 30, Lirette's live-in boyfriend and the father of their child, 7-year-old Jori Lirette, is accused of killing the boy and dumping his dismembered body outside the West Seventh Street home the three shared.

Jori loved his father more than anything, Lirette said.

"He still killed him," she said. "He killed my baby."

A passing motorist alerted police after spotting the boy's head at the curbside. His body was found in a white trash bag nearby.

Jeremiah Wright, booked on a charge of first-degree murder, is accused of decapitating his son in the kitchen sink with a meat cleaver.

Wright is in the Lafourche Parish jail in lieu of a $5 million bond. If convicted, he faces mandatory life in prison and is eligible for the death penalty.

Police said Sunday they could not determine a motive for the killing, but family and friends said tension had been rising between Wright and Jesslyn Lirette for years. Jesslyn Lirette said she had an argument with Wright Saturday night, and those close to her said they had encouraged her to leave him.

"They had been on this rocky road," said Jesslyn's friend Samantha Scioneaux. "I told her ‘You have to end this before he kills you.' "

And while Wright acted as one of the boy's caretakers, Jesslyn said she had planned on ending the relationship for some time.

"I didn't get out fast enough," Jesslyn said.

Read more at the link provided at the beginning of this post. I'm disgusted.

Scuzzbucket of the week

Actually, this guy is sadder than a scuzzbucket. Maybe he was just hungry.
I needed the laugh.



A one-legged shoplifter was arrested days after allegedly taking a rack of beef ribs, police said Wednesday.




story here WWL.com


According to Lt. Todd Duplantis, a Houma Police spokesman, officers were called to the Rouses Grocery Store on St. Charles Street in reference to a shoplifter on Saturday, September 9. The store manager told them a one-legged man on a scooter picked up a 14-pound pack of ribs and left the store without paying for them.

The manager said he chased the man down and got the ribs back outside the store, Duplantis said. Police patrolled the area but could not find the suspect.

On Wednesday, police, acting on several tips, apprehended 48-year-old Darryl Chauvin and charged him with theft of goods, Duplantis said. Investigators also discovered that Chauvin had seven outstanding warrants against him for writing bad checks. He was also charged for those warrants.