1-11-23
YOUNGSVILLE POLICE HAVE RELEASED THE NAME OF THE MAN FOUND DEAD IN A DITCH SATURDAY. THEY ALSO ARRESTED A SUSPECT. DANIELLE JOHNSON REPORTS.
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THE FIRST HOMOCIDE OF THE YEAR FOR SAINT LANDRY PARISH HAPPENED EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING. DEPUTIES, RESPONDING TO A CALL OF SHOTS FIRED IN THE LINWOOD SUBDIVISION NEAR OPELOUSAS, FOUND THE BODY OF A MAN. HE HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AST THIRTY-NINE-YEAR-OLD JOHNATHAN SIMIEN OF OPELOUSAS. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON THE HOMOCIDE IS ASKED TO CALL NINE-FOUR-EIGHT-TIPS. CALLERS WILL REMAIN ANONYMOUS AND CAN RECEIVE A REWARD OF UP TO TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR INFORMATION LEADING TO AN ARREST.
THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IS CLOSELY MONITORING A NEW STRAIN OF COVID. DANIELLE JOHNSON HAS THE DETAILS.
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AN AIR FORCE CADET, WHO WAS FROM LAKE CHARLES, DIED UNEXPECTEDLY MONDAY MORNING AT THE AIR FORCE ACADEMY IN COLORADO SPRINGS. TWENTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD HUNTER BROWN SUFFERED A MEDICAL EMERGENCY WHILE HEADING TO CLASS. A PRESS RELEASE FROM THE ACADEMY SAYS BROWN WAS ASSIGNED TO CADET SQUADRON SIXTEEN AND WAS PURSUING A MAJOR IN MANAGEMENT. THEY SAY HE HAD RECENTLY COMPLETED BACK-TO-BACK WINNING SEASONS WITH THE FOOTBALL TEAM.
ONE PERSON WAS KILLED IN A MOTORCYCLE CRASH IN LAFAYETTE. IT HAPPENED AT AROUND SIX-THIRTY-FIVE LAST NIGHT IN THE FOUR HUNDRED BLOCK OF CARMEL DRIVE. POLICE SHUT DOWN THE INTERSECTION OF CARMEL AND TWELFTH STREET WHILE THEY WORKED THE CRASH. NO OTHER DETAILS HAVE YET BEEN RELEASED.
STATE POLICE SAY A GUEYDAN MAN WAS KILLED MONDAY NIGHT WHEN HE WAS RIDING HIS BICYCLE EAST IN THE WESTBOUND LANE OF L-A SEVEN-SEVENTEEN IN VERMILLION PARISH. THEY SAY SIXTY-YEAR-OLD ALLEN J. VINCENT COLLIDED HEAD-ON WITH A PICK-UP TRUCK TRAVELING WEST. THE BICYCLE DID HAVE ILLUMINATING DEVICES BUT STATE TROOPERS WERE NOT SURE IF THEY WERE OPERATING AT THE TIME OF THE CRASH. THE CRASH REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION AND BLOOD SAMPLES WERE TAKEN FROM VINCENT AND THE DRIVER OF THE PICKUP TRUCK, WHO WAS NOT INJURED.
State agriculture officials say at least 20 horses in Louisiana have died after ingesting bacteria found in some alfalfa hay cubes from a manufacturer in Colorado. The Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry began notifying livestock owners about potential problems with some bags of “Top Of The Rockies Alfalfa Horse Cubes” in mid-December after horses in Louisiana and three other states began showing neurological symptoms consistent with botulism. Manzanola Feeds recalled the product after an unopened bag of the cubes apparently contained animal remains. The LDAF said horse owners should contact a veterinarian if a horse ate the product and is showing signs of a neurological illness such as muscle tremors, trouble swallowing or difficulty standing.
ACADIA PARISH CRIME STOPPERS IS ASKING FOR HELP TO SOLVE RECENT DIESEL THEFTS. SEVERAL HUNDRED GALLONS OF FUEL WERE STOLEN FROM A FARMER’S DIESEL TANK OFF OF LEGER ROAD EAST OF CROWLEY. THE VALUE OF THE CRIME IS TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS. EITHER A QUAD OR EXTENDED CAB WHITE TRUCK WAS SEEN LEAVING THE LOCATION DURING ONE OF THE THEFTS. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION IS ASKED TO CALL SEVEN-EIGHT-NINE-TIPS AND COULD RECEIVE UP TO A THOUSAND DOLLAR CASH REWARD IF THE INFORMATION LEADS TO AN ARREST.
