CALCASIEU PARISH, LA (KPLC) - A suspect in a cold case rape pleads no contest but he doesn't have to report to jail for a month. Joseph Herbert Bargeman entered the plea Monday in the 1991 rape case.

LAKE CHARLES, LA (KPLC) - A Lake Charles man who pleaded no contest to forcible rape was sentenced Wednesday to 25 years in prison. The first 10 years are to be served without the benefit of probation ...

LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) — A man is dead after a shooting in Lafayette late Thursday night, authorities said. Police have identified the victim as Joseph Bargeman Jr., 24, of Lafayette. Lafayette Police ...

UPDATE: A man found dead Wednesday morning following a shooting at a home in the 100 block of S. Refinery has been identified by Lafayette Police. The victim, 20-year-old Markeylan Edmond of Lafayette ...