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1-23-20

Authorities in Lafayette say a Comeaux High school student, who was shot during an armed robbery last weekend, has died. Lafayette police confirmed the death of 17-year-old Matthew Carter Wednesday. Cpl. Bridgette Dugas says police found Carter on Saturday inside his black Chevy Camaro suffering from a critical gunshot wound. Carter’s family says two teens attempted to steal his car. Police arrested a 13-year-old and 14-year-old Saturday, who are both charged with murder, armed robbery and conspiracy to commit armed robbery.

 

RECENT SOCIAL MEDIA THREATS HAVE LED TO THE CLOSURE OF IOTA’S ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS.  THE CLOSURES WILL ALLOW LAW ENFORCEMENT TO MORE THOROUGHLY INVESTIGATE THE THREATS.  THE ACADIA PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS THEY WILL KEEP THE PUBLIC INFORMED OF DEVELOPMENTS AND IT’S HOPED THAT CLASSES WILL RESUME TOMORROW.  ST. FRANCIS SCHOOL IN IOTA HAS ALSO BEEN CLOSED AS A PRECAUTION BECAUSE OF THE AREA THREATS.

 

A LAKE CHARLES MAN WAS ARRESTED FOR THE RAPE OF CHILDREN.  A GRAND JURY LAST WEEK INDICTED THIRTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD TIMOTHY BENOIT THE THIRD FOR THE SEXUAL ASSAULT OF TWO YOUNG CHILDREN ON DIFFERENT OCCASIONS BETWEEN 2015 AND 2018.  BENOIT’S GIRLFRIEND WAS ALSO ARRESTED.  WHEN POLICE ARRIVED AT HIS HOME, THE GIRLFRIEND, TWENTY-NINE-YEAR-OLD ASHLEY FOY OF LAKE CHARLES, ALLEGEDLY LIED TO THE POLICE ABOUT THE LOCATION OF BENOIT AND ALSO WAS FOUND TO HAVE MARIJUANA AND DRUG PARAPHERNALIA.

 

LAFAYETTE MAYOR PRESIDENT JOSH GUILLORY SAYS HE WANTS TO MAKE CHANGES TO THE PARISH’S UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE.  HE TELLS KATC TV THAT IT’S HARD TO DO BUSINESS IN LAFAYETTE BECAUSE OF THE REGULATIONS.  GUILLORY SAYS IT MAY TAKE TWELVE TO EIGHTEEN MONTHS TO CHANGE THE CODE, WHICH SETS STANDARDS FOR ZONING AND DEVELOPMENT.  HE SAYS ULTIMATELY THEY WILL COME UP WITH A COMMON SENSE SOLUTION.

 

DURING TUESDAY NIGHT’S NEW IBERIA CITY COUNCIL MEETING, COUNCILWOMAN NATALIE LOPEZ ADDRESSED HER RECENT D-W-I ARREST.  CAROLINE MARCELLO REPORTS.

 

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A JENNINGS MAN WAS ARRESTED FOR THE ALLEGED SEXUAL BATTERY OF A JUVENILE AND KIDNAPPING.  SIXTY-SEVEN-YEAR-OLD JOHN BREAUX WAS PULLED OVER AT FIVE-THIRTY YESTERDAY MORNING BECAUSE OF PROBLEMS WITH HIS TAIL LIGHTS AND THE OFFICER FOUND THAT HE HAD A JUVENILE WITH HIM.  THE OFFICER DISCOVERED BREAUX WAS A TIER TWO SEX OFFENDER.  A FURTHER INVESTIGATION LED TO BREAUX’S ARREST ON CHARGES OF SEXUAL BATTERY AND SECOND DEGREE KIDNAPPING.

 

A LANDMARK STORE IN RAYNE WILL BE CLOSING.  THE ANNOUNCEMENT WAS MADE ON A FACEBOOK POST THAT THE WORTHMORE FIVE-TEN-25 STORE WILL BE CLOSED AFTER MORE THAN EIGHTY YEARS IN BUSINESS, THOUGH A CLOSING DATE WAS NOT ANNOUNCED.  WORTHMORE WAS OPENED IN 1936 BY DAVE ROSENBAUM WHO PASSED IT ON TO TWO EMPLOYEES BEFORE HIS DEATH, IKE AND EFFIE HANKS.  THE HANKS LATER PASSED IT ON TO THEIR GRANDCHILDREN.

 

TWO ALTERNATIVE PROGRAMS IN THE ST. LANDRY PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM THAT WERE CLOSED EARLIER THIS WEEK, WILL REMAINED CLOSE THROUGH FRIDAY.  CAPS AND THE ST. LANDRY VIRTUAL SCHOOL WERE CLOSED BECAUSE OF A CYBER ATTACK OF THE SCHOOL SYSTEM.  THOSE TWO PROGRAMS ARE MADE UP OF ONLINE CONTENT.  OFFICIALS SAY THE WEBSITE FOR MOBILE USERS WAS BACK UP AND RUNNING BUT WORK IS STILL ONGOING TO GET THE SYSTEMS BACK UP AND RUNNING AT FULL CAPACITY.