Coast Guard helps 2 fishermen to safety near Texas-Louisiana border

Coast Guard helps 2 fishermen to safety near Texas-Louisiana border
LAKE CHARLES, La. — A Coast Guard boat crew assisted two men to shore after their boat became disabled Tuesday morning nearly 2 miles southwest of Holly Beach, which is about 10 miles west of the mouth of Lake Calcasieu. Around 9 a.m., the captain of the 21-foot bay boat contacted the Cameron Parish Sheriff’s Department with his mobile phone, reporting that his boat’s engine fell off and...

Coast Guard suspends search for missing swimmer in Lake Charles, Louisiana

Coast Guard suspends search for missing swimmer in Lake Charles, Louisiana
LAKE CHARLES, La. — The Coast Guard suspended their search for a potentially missing swimmer off Lake Charles beach at 12:45 p.m. Tuesday. A Coast Guard Station Lake Charles boat crew and a MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew from Coast Guard Air Station Houston spent a total of 14 hours searching the lake for a person after two individuals reported losing sight of a man in the water Monday evening. “We...

Coast Guard, Calcasieu Parish Sheriff searching for missing swimmer in Lake Charles, Louisiana

Coast Guard, Calcasieu Parish Sheriff searching for missing swimmer in Lake Charles, Louisiana
LAKE CHARLES, La. — The Coast Guard and Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Department are searching for a missing person Tuesday morning, who was last seen swimming more than 250 yards off the beach south of the I-10 bridge in Lake Charles. Missing person is unknown and was described as being 5-feet-10-inches to 6-feet tall, weighing more than 200 pounds, having short black hair, wearing khaki cargo...

Coast Guard, police, good Samaritan searching for 1 missing near Calcasieu Lake, Louisiana

Coast Guard, police, good Samaritan searching for 1 missing near Calcasieu Lake, Louisiana
HOUSTON — Coast Guard helicopter and boat crews, Cameron Parish Sheriff’s Department and Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Department personnel are searching for a man who went missing Friday evening from a boat near Calcasieu Lake. Missing is, Ronald Moore, a 44-year-old man, described as wearing a grey shirt when last seen. About 4:19 p.m. Friday, Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston watchstanders...

Coast Guard, National Marine Fisheries Service seize 2,700 pounds of shrimp near Cameron, Louisiana

Coast Guard, National Marine Fisheries Service seize 2,700 pounds of shrimp near Cameron, Louisiana
HOUSTON — The Coast Guard along with the National Marine Fisheries Service seized 2,700 pounds of catch, Tuesday evening, after boarding a fishing vessel near the jetties off Cameron, Louisiana. A Coast Guard Station Lake Charles boarding team was on a routine boarding when they discovered the fishing vessel Kathleen Yvonne was not equipped with the legally required turtle excluder devices. The...

Coast Guard, Black Bayou fire crew responds to fire on tugboat near Lake Charles, Louisiana

Coast Guard, Black Bayou fire crew responds to fire on tugboat near Lake Charles, Louisiana
HOUSTON — The Coast Guard along with the Black Bayou Fire Department responded to a tugboat fire near Lake Charles, Louisiana, Tuesday. The six people aboard the tug vessel Garyville were able to escape and no injuries were reported. At approximately 1:15 p.m., watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston Command Center received a report from the captain of the tug vessel Garyville, stating...

Coast Guard, NOAA seize 700 pounds of illegally caught shrimp

Coast Guard, NOAA seize 700 pounds of illegally caught shrimp
HOUSTON — A joint law enforcement operation involving Coast Guard crewmembers and agents from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration resulted in the seizure of 700 pounds of illegally caught shrimp in Louisiana waters, Monday. A boarding team from Coast Guard Station Lake Charles along with a NOAA Fisheries enforcement officer were deployed and discovered that the crew of the fishing...

Coast Guard, partner agencies recover body of 2nd missing man in Lake Charles

Coast Guard, partner agencies recover body of 2nd missing man in Lake Charles
HOUSTON — The Coast Guard, Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office recovered the body of the other missing fisherman on Lake Charles in Louisiana, Sunday morning. A Coast Guard Station Lake Charles response boat crew found the man’s body at 6:53 a.m., 200 yards southeast of where the men’s jon boat had been located. “Our heartfelt...

Coast Guard, partner agencies locate body, search for missing man in Lake Charles

Coast Guard, partner agencies locate body, search for missing man in Lake Charles
HOUSTON — The Coast Guard, Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office are searching for a missing man Saturday and have located the body of another after two men were reported missing Friday evening, while boating on Lake Charles in Louisiana. A concerned family member contacted Coast Guard Station Lake Charles Friday at 11:20 p.m. reporting the...