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  • Armed mom shot while retrieving son held at gunpoint; 1 arrested

    09/22/2016 3:39:57 PM PDT · by BBell · 12 replies
    NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune ^ | 9/22/16 | Michelle Hunter, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
    Authorities arrested one man and are seeking a second suspect in an unusual double shooting in Bridge City. Darnell Phoenix, 21, of Bridge City, is accused of shooting a 42-year-old River Ridge woman who had armed herself to retrieve her son, whom Phoenix was holding at gunpoint, according to Glen T. Boyd, spokesman of the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office. Phoenix, who suffered a gunshot wound to his abdomen during the encounter, was booked Sunday (Sept. 18) with two counts of attempted second-degree murder and armed robbery, an arrest report said.Investigators are also searching for Phoenix's alleged accomplice, Jordan Jones, 23....
  • Home at last, Bridge City teenager describes days spent adrift in Caribbean Sea

    07/07/2013 1:40:07 PM PDT · by Wellington VII · 17 replies
    Times Picayune ^ | July 7, 2013 | John Harper
    After spending four days stranded on a boat in the Caribbean Sea, Amber Burkett is home. The 16-year-old Bridge City resident, whom Coast Guard rescuers found Wednesday 60 miles away from the Honduras island she and eight friends were trying to reach, cried and laughed, sometimes simultaneously, Saturday evening while exchanging hugs with more than a dozen friends and family members who had gathered to greet her.