03-13-23
A LAFAYETTE HOMEOWNER WAS ARRESTED AFTER HE SHOT AT TWO TRESPASSERS IN HIS BACKYARD, WOUNDING ONE OF THEM. SERGEANT MATTHEW BENOIT SAYS POLICE OFFICERS WERE ON THE SCENE AT THE HOME ON VERDUN STREET/AFTER RECEIVING A CALL ABOUT TRESPASSERS, WHEN THE HOMEOWNER, FIFTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD PATRICK NARCISSE, FIRED SHOTS IN THE DIRECTION OF THE TWO TRESPASSERS, BOTH JUVENILES. NARCISSE WAS CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED SECOND-DEGREE MURDER AND ILLEGAL DISCHARGE OF A FIREARM. BOTH BOYS WERE ARRESTED FOR ATTEMPTED THEFT AND TRESPASSING.
A BODY WAS FOUND IN BREAUX BRIDGE SATURDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE ONE. SHERIFF BECKETT BREAUX SAYS THEY RECEIVED A CALL ABOUT A DECEASED MALE SUBJECT. DEPUTIES RESPONDED TO THE CALL IN THE SIXTEEN-HUNDED BLOCK OF PRAIRIE HIGHWAY. AN INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY AND NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION HAS BEEN RELEASED.
PRIVATE SCHOOL ENROLLMENT IN LOUISIANA IS REBOUNDING AFTER LOSSES SUSTAINED DURING THE PANDEMIC. ACCORDING TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, THERE ARE NEARLY ONE HUNDRED TEN THOUSAND STUDENTS IN THREE-HUNDRED THIRTY-SIX PRIVATE SCHOOLS, WHICH IS FORTY-FOUR HUNDRED MORE THAN IN THE FALL OF TWENTY-TWENTY WHEN PRIVATE SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BOTTOMED OUT. IT’S STILL FOURTEEN HUNDED BELOW THE FALL OF TWENTY-NINETEEN, THE LAST COUNT TAKEN BEFORE THE PANDEMIC. ABOUT SEVENTY PERCENT OF PRIVATE CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS HAVE ADDED STUDENTS OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS.
A WOMEN AND TWO FEMALE JUVENILES DIED AS AN APPARENT DROWNING IN THE GULF OFF OF LONG BEACH ROAD IN CAMERON PARISH. A MALE JUVENILE IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION AFTER BEING PULLED FROM THE WATER AND AIRLIFTED TO A HOSPITAL. THE IDENTITIES OF THE VICTIMS HAVE NOT BEEN RELEASED AND AUTOPSIES ARE PENDING. CAMERON PARISH SHERIFF RON JOHNSON SAYS WATERS WERE ROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND NOT GOOD FOR SWIMMING.
A NEW IBERIA MAN WAS ARRESTED FOR PULLING OUT A GUN AT WALK-ONS IN BROUSSARD SATURDAY NIGHT. BROUSSARD POLICE SAY IT HAPPENED DURING A PHYSICAL CONFRONTATION BETWEEN TWO PEOPLE WHO KNEW EACH OTHER. NO SHOTS WERE FIRED. TWENTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD LATAVIAN LOCKS WAS ARRESTED FOR ILLEGAL CARRYING OF A FIREARM AND TERRORIZING.
A SEARCH PARTY COVERED A SIX MILE AREA IN NEW IBERIA SATURDAY IN HOPES OF FINDING A MAN WHO’S BEEN MISSING SINCE FEBRUARY TWENTY-THIRD. THE FAMILY OF TWENTY-NINE-YEAR-OLD DEVONTE JAMAL COLAR SAY THEY WERE THANKFUL FOR THE EFFORTS AND ARE HOPEFUL HE IS STILL ALIVE. APOSTLE FELTON HOGAN HELPED ORGANIZE THE SEARCH CONDUCTED BY CAJUN COAST SEARCH AND RESCUE. HOGAN SAYS HE’S EXCITED TO SEE THE COMMUNITY COME TOGETHER TO SEARCH FOR A LOVED ONE IN AN EFFORT TO BRING CLOSURE TO THE FAMILY.
EARLY VOTING BEGAN SATURDAY FOR THE MARCH TWENTY-FIFTH MUNICIPAL PRIMARY ELECTION. THOSE WHO WANT TO VOTE EARLY CAN DO SO IN PERSON AT THEIR PARISH REGISTRAR OF VOTER’S OFFICE FROM EIGHTY-THIRTY TO SIX EACH DAY THROUGH SATURDAY. NOT MANY PARISHES HAVE ELECTIONS ON MARCH TWENTY-FITH, BUT THERE ARE ELECTIONS IN IBERIA, JEFF DAVIS, SAINT MARY AND VERMILLION PARISHES. YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE BY GOING TO THE LOUISIANA SECRETARY OF STATE’S WEBSITE.
TWO SCHOOLS IN EVANGELINE PARISH ARE CLOSED TODAY DUE TO ISSUES WITH THE VIDRINE COMMUNITY WATER SYSTEM. DANIELLE JOHNSON HAS MORE.
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