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MORE THAN TWENTY-FOUR POUNDS OF METHAMPHETMINE VALUED AT OVER TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS WERE SEIZED BY ACADIA PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES DURING THE ARRREST OF A CROWLEY MAN. THIRTY-FOUR-YEAR-OLD GILBERT JOSEPH OF CROWLEY HAD HIS CAR SEARCHED DURING A TRAFFIC STOP AND THAT’S WHEN THE DEPUTIES MADE THE DISCOVERY. JOSEPH FACES MULTIPLE CHARGES INCLUDING POSSESSION WITH THE INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE METHAMPHETAMINE AND POSSESSION OF A FIREARM. SHERIFF K-P GIBSON CALLED THIS ONE OF THE LARGEST NARCOTICS RECOVERIES HIS OFFICE HAS MADE SINCE HE BECAME SHERIFF.
AN EXCESSIVE USE OF FORCE LAWSUIT AGAINST THE YOUNGSVILLE POLICE HAS BEEN SETTLED OUT OF COURT. A TEXAS MAN ACCUSED FORMER OFFICER ERIC SEGURA OF PUNCHING HIM IN THE FACE SEVENTEEN TIMES AND KNEELING ON HIS NECK IN AUGUST OF TWENTY-TWENTY-TWO. INTERIM POLICE CHIEF CODY LOUVIERE SAYS THE TWO OFFICERS INVOLVED ARE NO LONGER WITH HIS DEPARTMENT INCLUDING ONE WHO WAS TERMINATED UNDER HIS TENURE. LOUVIERE SAYSHE’S GOING TO HOLD PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE TO A HIGHER STANDARD.
THERE WAS A LANE CLOSURE ON THE I-TEN CALCASIEU RIVER BRIDGE IN LAKE CHARLES LAST NIGHT. A VEHICLE FIRE JUST AFTER EIGHT LED AUTHORITIES TO CLOSE THE RIGHT LANE ON THE WESTBOUND SIDE OF THE BRIDGE. ABOUT AN HOUR LATER, THE RIGHT LANE WAS REOPENED.
SAINT LANDRY PARISH OFFICIALS HAVE LAUNCHED A CAMPAIGN TO REDUCE LITTERING IN THE PARISH AS MORE AGENTS AND DEPUTIES SEEK TO TRACK DOWN VIOLATERS. RICHARD LEBOUEF OF SAINT LANDRY PARISH SOLID WASTE SAYS LITTERING HAS BECOME A CONSTANT ISSUE, ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. HE SAYS HE’S HEARD FROM DISTRICT ATTORNEY CHAD PITRE, WHO IS PUSHING FOR THE STRICTEST PUNISHMENT IN THE CASES THAT GO TO COURT. THE FINE IS FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR FIRST-TIME OFFENDERS AND UP TO THIRTY DAYS IN JAIL FOR THIRD OFFENSES.
TWO SUSPECTS HAVE BEEN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION TO BURGLARIES THAT HAPPENED JANUARY SECOND AT THE RED DOT STORAGE FACILITY ON THE YOUNGSVILLE HIGHWAY. NUMEROUS STORAGE UNITS WERE BROKEN INTO AND BURGLARIZED. THIRTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD JAVAUGHN JEAN BAPTISTE FACES EIGHTEEN COUNTS OF SIMPLE BURGLARY WHILE TWENTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD EMILEE WALDEN IS LOOKING AT TWELVE COUNTS OF SIMPLE BURGLARY. YOUNGSVILLE POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR TWO MORE SUSPECTS IDENTIFIED AS WYATT JAMES CURTIS AND LEA ELIZABETH JACKSON WHITE.
JENNINGS POLICE BELIEVE A BODY FOUND SUNDAY MORNING ON RACCA ROAD DIED FROM A CAR CRASH. THEY BELIEVE THE PERSON FOUND HAD BEEN EJECTED FROM A TRUCK THAT WAS FOUND NEARBY. THEY HAVE NOT RELEASED THE IDENTITY OF THE VICTIM OR ANY DETAILS. THEY DO NOT SUSPECT FOUL PLAY BUT THE INVESTIGATION IS CONTINUING.
NORTH VERMILLION HIGH SCHOOL WAS PLACED ON LOCKDOWN YESTERDAY AT TEN-FORTY-SEVEN AFTER A MAN WAS SEEN WALKING ON CAMPUS WEARING A CAMOUFLAGE JACKET. IT TURNED OUT THE MAN WAS A SCHOOL GROUNDS KEEPER AND NORMAL OPERATIONS WERE RESUMED ABOUT AN HOUR LATER. VERMILLION PARISH SHERIFF MIKE COUVILLON SAYS, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS A FALSE ALARM, IT WAS STILL AN EXAMPLE OF GOOD OBSERVATION BY STUDENTS. HE SAYS SCHOOL SAFETY LARGELY DEPENDS ON STUDENTS DOING THEIR PART AND IT WORKED YESTERDAY.
A CHURCH POINT MAN IS FACING AN ATTEMPTED MURDER CHARGE FOR AN ALLEGED RETALIATORY SHOOTING. DANIELLE DUNCAN REPORTS.
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