Suspects in double slaying arrested

A Baton Rouge man was arrested Tuesday in Lake Charles in connection with a double homicide in Baton Rouge.

Patrick Ramirez, 30, was apprehended at around 7:30 p.m. as a result of the efforts of local U.S. Marshal’s Violent Offender Task Force officers, Lake Charles police and the Calcasieu Parish sheriff’s personnel.

Ramirez, who was back in Baton Rouge Wednesday morning, is charged with two counts of first-degree murder.

Kendrick Johnson, 29, of Baton Rouge was also arrested Tuesday in connection with the case. He is charged with two counts of first-degree murder and possession with intent to distribute cocaine and marijuana

The victims were Jarrett Stanley, 28, of 2001 N. Jake St. in Lake Charles, and Tonya Wright, 27, of Baton Rouge. Their bodies were found at around noon Monday in the trunk of a 2006 Saturn Ion parked near Airline Highway in Baton Rouge.

An anonymous tip led police to the bodies and implicated Ramirez, according to the Advocate newspaper of Baton Rouge.

In a search of Ramirez’s home, investigators detected human blood in the living room using a chemical and alternate light source. They also found what could be a bullet hole in an appliance that was covered with tape and fresh spray paint.

Combined efforts result in arrests of fugitives locally, across nation

BY VANESSA C. DEGGINS
*published July 13, 2009

A month-long joint fugitive apprehension effort led to the arrest of 58 fugitives and cleared 66 outstanding warrants in Calcasieu Parish.

During June, Operation FALCON — Federal and Local Cops Organized Nationally — targeted violent offenders, gang members and sex offenders with registration violations, said Beau Bartel of the U.S. Marshals Lake Charles office.

This is the sixth nationwide operation since the program began in 2005. Since 2002, the Lake Charles division has arrested 887 fugitives.

In Calcasieu Parish, about 50 officers — from the Lake Charles Police Department, Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office, Marshals Service, FBI and Probation and Parole — participated in the operation.

The law enforcers in the western district of Louisiana, which consists of Shreveport, Monroe, Alexandria, Lake Charles and Lafayette, arrested 165 fugitives and cleared 205 warrants.

Nationally, 35,190 fugitives were arrested and 47,418 warrants were cleared.

The goal of the operation is to remove as many violent offenders from the streets as possible and help reduce the number of backlogged open warrants, according to the Department of Justice Web site.

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