1-13-23
LAFAYETTE AT AROUND TWO-FORTY-FIVE YESTERDAY MORNING. ACCORDING TO LAFAYETTE POLICE, THIRTY-YEAR-OLD JMARIUS CHARLES OF LAFAYETTE WAS TRAVELING EAST IN THE EIGHTEEN-HUNDRED BLOCK OF EAST PINHOOK WHEN HE LEFT THE ROADWAY AND STRUCK A TREE. CHARLES DIED AS A RESULT OF HIS INJURIES. AN INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING.
AN ARNAUDVILLE MAN, WHO FACES NUMEROUS CHARGES OF CRIMES AGAINST JUVENILES, HAD HIS BOND REVOKED AND IS BACK IN JAIL. SEVENTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD JACK RAY SENIOR WAS FOUND TO HAVE VIOLATED A PROTECTIVE ORDER BY A SAINT LANDRY PARISH JUDGE, WHICH LED TO THE REVOKING OF THE BOND. THE MOTHER OF ONE OF THE ALLEGED VICTIMS SAYS SHE SHOUTED OUT THANK YOU, JESUS, BECAUSE HER BABIES CAN SLEEP AT NIGHT NOW. INCLUDED AMONG THE CHARGES RAY FACES ARE TWO COUNTS OF INDECENT BEHAVIOR WITH JUVENILES, TWO COUNTS OF SEXUAL BATTERY, AND TWO COUNTS OF MOLESTATION OF A JUVENILE OR A PERSON WITH A PHYSICAL OR MENTAL DISABILITY.
THE JENNINGS CITY COUNCIL IS CONSIDERING THE FIRST-EVER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT FOR THE CITY. IT WOULD ENCOMPASS AN AREA NEAR HIGHWAY TWENTY-SIX AND WEST INTERSTATE DRIVE. AN EXTRA SALES TAX WOULD BE IMPLEMENTED IN THAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT BUT MAYOR HENRY GUINN SAYS THAT SPACE WILL NOT IMPACT LOCALS BUT IS GEARED TOWARD INTERSTATE TRAFFIC. THE MAYOR SAYS DOING THIS WILL ENTICE BUSINESSES AND OFFSET THE COSTS OF DEVELOPMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE.
A Republican Louisiana lawmaker has pre-filed a bill that would allow mothers to sue their child’s father for 50% of out-of-pocket pregnancy-related medical expenses. State Rep. Larry Frieman’s proposal, filed Thursday ahead of the legislative session, is of particular interest in Louisiana where there is a near-total abortion ban. Under the bill, the mother would be able to sue the father within two years from the birth of the child only if the paternity of the child has been proved by “clear and convincing evidence.” A 2022 study by the Kaiser Family Foundation says health costs associated with pregnancy, childbirth, and post-partum care average a total of $18,865.
A STATE REPRESENTATIVE FROM BATON ROUGE IS PREPARING LEGISLATION TO RESTRICT SOME POLICE CHASES. IT IS PROMPTED BY A RECENT POLICE PURSUIT IN WHICH TWO BRUSLY HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS WERE KILLED WHEN STRUCK BY A POLICE CAR DRIVEN BY AN ADDIS POLICE OFFICER. STATE REPRESENTATIVE EDMOND JORDAN SAYS HE’S STUDYING POLICE PURSUIT LAWS IN INDIANA AND CALIFORNIA. HE SAYS HE THINKS IT’S POSSIBLE TO GET A POLICE PURSUIT BILL PASSED IN THE UPCOMING LEGISLATIVE SESSION WHICH BEGINS APRIL TENTH.
THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IS LAYING OUT PLANS TO REPAIR THE I-TEN OVERPASS IN LAFAYETTE. SYLVIA MASTERS HAS THE DETAILS.
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TWO WOMEN WERE ARRESTED FOR TRYING TO GET CONTRABAND TO TWO WORKING INMATES AT THE SAINT MARTIN PARISH PUBLIC SAFETY COMPLEX. SHERIFF BECKET BREAUX SAYS SIXTY-YEAR-OLD BRIDGET VICTORIANO OF HENDERSON AND TWENTY-NINE-YEAR-OLD JOELEE MYERS OF CECILIA LEFT A PACKAGE IN A SPECIFIC AREA FOR THE TWO INMATES, ERIC WILLIAMS AND CORY FISHER. HE SAYS THE PACKAGE CONTAINED CRYSTAL METH, SOME CONTRABAND AND OTHER UNAUTHORIZED ITEMS. BECKET SAYS DEPUTIES ON PATROL DISCOVERED THE PACKAGE.
RUMORS OF A SHOOTING AT THE NEW IBERIA WALMART ARE FALSE, ACCORDING TO POLICE CHIEF TODD D’ALBOR. SOMEONE POSTED ABOUT THE ALLEGED SHOOTING ON FACEBOOK, SAYING THEIR DAUGHTER AND GRANDDAUGHTER RAN OUT OF THE STORE YESTERDAY SCARED TO DEATH AND CRYING. THE NEW IBERIA POLICE DEPARTMENT SAID IN REPLY ON FACEBOOK THAT SOMEONE IS SPARKING THE GOOD OLD FASHIONED RUMOR MILL, WHICH ALWAYS GAINS LOTS OF MILEAGE. THEY SAID, “ANYONE THAT HAS THIS RUMOR CONTINUING TO CIRCULATE, PLEASE SHARE THIS WITH THEM SO THAT THEY DON’T CONTINUE TO SPREAD FALSE INFORMATION.”
