KAJN Jesus FM 102.9


5-19-17

LOUISIANA STATE POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR THE DRIVER OF A HIT AND RUN THAT LEFT ELIZABETH M. PETE, 58 OF LAKE CHARLES, DEAD LAST NIGHT. PETE HAD JUST CHECKED HER MAILBOX AND WAS WALKING BACK ACROSS HIGHWAY 90 WHEN SHE WAS HIT BY AN UNKNOWN VEHICLE HEADING EAST. THE DRIVER DIDN’T STOP AND TRAVELED ON TOWARD IOWA. PETE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE. THE SUSPECTED VEHICLE COULD POSSIBLY BE A MAROON 2009-2012 FORD F 250 WITH DAMAGE. ANYONE WITH ANY INFORMATION SHOULD CONTACT LOUISIANA STATE POLICE AT 491-2511.

 

MICHAEL L. DUGAS, 50 AND HIS 17 YEAR OLD SON JAKE DUGAS, BOTH OF MOSS BLUFF, WERE ARRESTED YESTERDAY IN CONNECTION TO THE ACCIDENTAL SHOOTING OF 7 YEAR OLD GAGE MECHE AT MOSS BLUFF ELEMENTARY ON MONDAY. ACCORDING TO CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICIALS, MICHAEL, THE FATHER OF THE FIRST GRADER WHO BROUGHT THE GUN TO SCHOOL IN HIS BACKPACK, TURNED HIMSELF IN AND WAS CHARGED WITH NEGLIGENT INJURING AND IMPROPER SUPERVISION OF A MINOR. JAKE WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH NEGLIGENT INJUIRING. MICHAEL SAID HE BOUGHT THE GUN FOR JAKE TO KEEP IN HIS BEDROOM, WHICH IS SHARED WITH THE YOUNGER SON. THE GUN WAS KEPT UNSECURED IN A SHOE ORGANIZER THAT HUNG ON THE WALL IN THE SHARED BEDROOM. GAGE MECHE CONTINUES TO RECOVER AT WOMEN’S AND CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL IN LAFAYETT.

 

LAKE CHARLES POLICE SPOKESMAN LT. RICHARD HARRELL SAID A WOMAN DROVE HER CAR INTO THE MARKET BASKET AT LAKE STREET AND COUNTRY CLUB ROAD YESTERDAY MORNING AROUND 9. A WORKER AT MARKET BASKET SAID SHE HEARD THE CRASH AND SAW SODA CANS FLYING FROM THE IMPACT. THE DRIVER REFUSED MEDICAL TREATMENT AND NO OTHER INJURIES WERE REPORTED.

 

A CARENCRO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT WAS ARRESTED YESTERDAY FOR THREATENING TO SHOOT UP THE SCHOOL ON SOCIAL MEDIA LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT.  POLICE CHIEF DAVID ANDERSON SAID THEY WERE NOTIFIED ABOUT THE POSTS AND BEGAN AN IMMEDIATE INVESTIGATION. THEY DID NOT DISCOVER ANY EVIDENCE OF THE STUDENT PLANNING A SHOOTING OR THAT THE STUDENT HAD BE BULLIED LIKE HE HAD CLAIMED IN HIS THREATS. AFTER MEETING WITH THE STUDENT AND HIS PARENTS, THE STUDENT WAS ARRESTED ON THE CHARGE OF TERRORIZING AND BOOKED INTO THE JUVENILE ASSESSMENT CENTER. CLASSES TOOK PLACE YESTERDAY WITHOUT ANY INCIDENT.

 

LAFAYETTE POLICE WILL BE CONDUCTING A CHECKPOINT TONIGHT.  JULIE DARCE HAS MORE.

 

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HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL FEDERAL AGENTS WERE SEEN TAKING MUTIPLE BOXES OF DOCUMENTS FROM HARBOR HOSPICE ON LAKE STREET IN LAKE CHARLES YESTERDAY. THE ONLY INFORMATION GIVEN WAS THAT THERE ARE FEDERAL ACTIVITIES INVOLVING AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION. OTHER OFFICES WERE RAIDED IN BEAUMONT AND HOUSTON, INCLUDING THE OFFICES OF BEAUMONT DR. QAMAR ARFEEN, THE FOUNDER OF HARBOR HOSPICE. IN ADDITION TO THEIR LAKE CHARLES LOCATION, HARBOR HOSPICE HAS FACILITES IN LAFAYETTE, OAKDALE AND ALEXANDRIA AND IN FOUR OTHER STATES.

 

(AP)  Louisiana’s getting another $51 million in federal dollars to help with recovery from last year’s floods. U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy announced the latest figure yesterday. He says the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development released information about how it was divvying up $163 million recently earmarked by Congress for disaster recovery. With this latest allocation, Louisiana has received more than $1.7 billion in congressional block grant aid for rebuilding programs after the March and August 2016 flooding. Gov. John Bel Edwards’ administration has indicated the new dollars will go into aid for homeowners. But the extra $51 million is far short of the additional $2 billion sought by Edwards. The Democratic governor says that’s how much more Louisiana needed for a complete recovery.