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  • Asked to leave, man returns to Ponchatoula bar with samurai sword

    10/17/2017 4:49:25 PM PDT · by BBell · 33 replies
    http://www.nola.com/ ^ | 10/16/17 | Bob Warren
    Ponchatoula police arrested a man Sunday morning for bringing a samurai sword in a bar after he had been asked to leave the premises, authorities said. Shawn Verret was inside the Stray Cats bar when he got into an argument and was asked by bar personnel to leave the premises, the Ponchatoula Police Department said in a news release. Police said Verret re-entered the bar around 2 a.m. with a mask on top of his head and samurai sword in his hands. He was asked again to leave and police were notified. Police arrived a short time later and found...
  • Church Sex Case Stuns Louisiana Town

    06/11/2005 3:05:35 AM PDT · by ovrtaxt · 40 replies · 2,347+ views
    Anchorage Daily News & AP ^ | Friday, June 10, 2005 | Alan Sayre
    PONCHATOULA, La. (AP) -- From his tire store next door, Donald Moore got an up-close look at the strange changes that went on at the once-bustling Hosanna Church. For one thing, the congregation had dwindled to a handful of reclusive members who chased away visitors. For another, the windows were painted white so no one could see in. And just before it closed its doors for good a couple of years ago, eight dump trucks came in and spread dirt over the church's back lot.