KAJN Jesus FM 102.9


1-19-23

LAFAYETTE POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR A PERSON WHO SHOT TWO TEENAGERS IN A PARKING LOT ON MOSS STREET NEAR EAST ALEXANDER AT AROUND SEVEN LAST NIGHT. THE SIXTEEN AND FOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD VICTIMS WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AND ARE IN STABLE CONDITION. SERGEANT ROBIN GREEN SAYS THE TEENAGERS GOT INTO A VERBAL ALTERCATION WITH SOMEONE IN A VEHICLE WHO BEGAN FIRING SHOTS AT THEM. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON THE SHOOTING IS ASKED TO CALL LAFAYETTE CRIME STOPPERS AT TWO-THREE-TWO-TIPS.

NEW IBERIA POLICE HAVE ARRESTED A FOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD BOY IN CONNECTION TO A HOMOCIDE. SERGEANT DAESHA HUGHES SAYS THE VICTIM IS A BOY BELIEVED TO BE BETWEEN FIFTEEN AND SIXTEEN, WHOSE BODY WAS FOUND MONDAY BEHIND A TREE LINE IN THE FIVE HUNDRED BLOCK OF WEST ADMIRAL DOYLE DRIVE. SHE SAYS THE CAUSE OF DEATH APPEARS TO BE A GUNSHOT WOUND. THE FOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD WAS ARRESTED AFTER HE TRIED TO FLEE FROM POLICE IN A STOLEN TRUCK BUT WAS CAPTURED WHEN THE VEHICLE GOT STUCK IN MUD.

State Rep. Richard Nelson has launched his campaign for Louisiana governor, joining a swelling list of prominent Republicans who are hoping to lead the state. Nelson, of Mandeville, on Wednesday joined Attorney General Jeff Landry, State Treasurer John Schroder and state Sen. Sharon Hewitt in vying for the GOP nomination. Hunter Lundy, a Lake Charles small-business owner and attorney, has said he’ll be running as an independent. No Democrats have entered the race yet.

A PLANNED POWER OUTAGE IN DOWNTOWN LAKE CHARLES THAT BEGAN YESTERDAY CONTINUES TODAY. THE PLANNED OUTAGE IS ALLOWING EMERGENCY REPAIRS TO BE COMPLETED ON THE DOWNTOWN ELECTRICAL GRID. BECAUSE OF THE OUTAGE, LAKE CHARLES CITY HALL AND THE CIVIC CENTER WILL BE CLOSED TODAY. PUBLIC SAFETY AND PUBLIC WORKS WILL REMAIN OPERATIONAL, AND CITY TRANSIT WILL CONTINUE TO RUN ITS NORMAL ROUTES.

A LAFAYETTE POLICE OFFICER, WHOSE BEEN WITH THE DEPARTMENT FOR SEVEN YEARS, HAS BEEN PLACED ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE FOLLOWING A COMPLAINT. DERRICK MILES IS A SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER AT LAFAYETTE HIGH. HE WAS PUT ON PAID LEAVE LAST FRIDAY AND REMOVED FROM DUTY. POLICE SPOKESPERSON SERGEANT ROBIN GREEN SAYS THE DEPARTMENT’S INTERNAL AFFAIRS DIVISION IS INVESTIGATING THE ALLEGED INCIDENT BUT SHE WOULD NOT ELABORATE.

THE HISTORIC WHISKEY RIVER LANDING DANCE HALL IN HENDERSON WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE LATE LAST NIGHT. WITNESSES TOLD KLFY TV THAT THE BUILDING WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES WHEN FIREFIGHTERS ARRIVED. THE BUILDING WAS REPORTEDLY UNOCCUPIED. THERE’S NO WORD YET ON THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE.

THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE WILL BEGIN ACCEPTING STATE INDIVIDUAL TAX RETURNS ON MONDAY, WHICH COINCIDES WITH THE TIME THE I-R-S ACCEPTS FEDERAL RETURNS. TAXPAYERS CAN FILE STATE INCOME TAX RETURNS ELECTRONICALLY THROUGH LOUISIANA FILE ONLINE, WHICH IS AVAILABLE AT REVENUE-DOT-LOUISIANA-DOT-GOV. YOU CAN PRINT STATE TAX RETURNS FROM THAT WEBSITE AS WELL. TAXPAYERS WHO FILE ELECTRONICALLY CAN EXPECT REFUNDS WITHIN FORTY-FIVE DAYS WHILE THE PROCESS TIMES FOR PAPER RETURNS IS UP TO FOURTEEN WEEKS.

A DRUG TRAFFICKER FROM CHURCH POINT WAS SENTENCED TO TEN YEARS IN PRISON, ACCORDING TO U-S ATTORNEY BRANDON B. BROWN. HE SAYS IN A NEWS RELEASE THAT FORTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD RICKY JAMES SHEPHEARD PLED GUILTY TO A CHARGE OF POSSESSION WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE METHAMPHETAMINE. ON JUNE THIRD OF TWENTY-TWENTY-ONE, AGENTS WITH THE U-S DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION CONDUCTED A SEARCH WARRANT AT SHEPHEARD’S RESIDENCE. THEY FOUND METH, HEROIN, A LARGE AMOUNT OF CASH, AND SIX FIREARMS.