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TONY TRUMPS, 49 WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE RAPE AND FALSE IMPRISONMENT. CROWLEY CHIEF OF POLICE JIMMY BROUSSARD CONFIRMED THAT AFTER GETTING A CALL ABOUT AN ALLEGED RAPE AT THE 400 BLOCK OF EAST JEANETTE STREET, THEY FOUND A 37 YEAR OLD WOMAN WHO WAS BEING HELD CAPTIVE AND BEING FORCED TO HAVE RELATIONS WITH TRUMPS. CHIEF BROUSSARD SAID “TRUMPS HAD BEEN HOLDING HER AT A MAKESHIFT BARN/RESIDENCE AGAINST HER WILL AND WOULD NOT ALLOW HER TO LEAVE”. TRUMPS WAS BOOKED INTO THE ACADIA PARISH JAIL ON A $135,000 BOND.
CAROLINE MARCELLO HAS MORE DETAILS ON THE GRAND COTEAU POLICE THAT WAS SHOT NEW YEAR’S DAY.
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BRETT J. BURNS, 56 OF WALKER, LA DIED AFTER WRECKING HIS TRUCK INTO AN EMBANKMENT NEAR SINGER ON NEW YEAR’S NIGHT. STATE POLICE TROOP D TROOPERS WERE CALLED TO INVESTIGATE THE CRASH THAT HAPPENED WEDNESDAY NIGHT AROUND 8:30, NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HWY 110 AND BEEHIVE LOOP. STATE TROOPERS FOUND BURNS WITH SERIOUS INJURIES AND HAD HIM TAKEN TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL WHERE HE LATER DIED. STATE POLICE BELIEVE BURNS RAN OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD WHEN HE FAILED TO NAVIGATE A LEFT HAND CURVE, CAUSING HIM TO RUN INTO THE EMBANKMENT, VAULTING HIS TRUCK OVER THE ROAD AND STOPPING IN A DITCH. POLICE SUSPECT THAT IMPAIRMENT CAUSED BURNS TO CRASH. A TOXICOLOGY SAMPLE WAS TAKEN AND THE ACCIDENT REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATIION.
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD FOR THE MOTHER AND SON THAT WERE KILLED BY THE TRAGIC PLANE CRASH SATURDAY. CAROLINE MARCELLO HAS MORE.
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CHRIS LANDRY, 42 OF BERWICK HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR TRYING TO PASS FAKE MONEY. POLICE WERE CONTACTED BY A BUSINESS IN BAYOU VISTA WITH A COMPLAINT OF FAKE MONEY BEING USED. ACCORDING TO A DEPUTY, THE BUSINESS OWNER CLAIMED THAT LANDRY TRIED TO EXCHANGE A COUNTERFEIT BILL FOR SMALLER BILLS. THE INVESTIGATION LED POLICE TO ANOTHER BUSINESS IN BAYOU VISTA WHERE LANDRY TRIED THE SAME THING. WITH THE HELP OF THE BERWICK POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE ST. MARY PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPTUY MADE CONTACT WITH LANDRY ON THIRD STREET IN BERWICK, WHERE HE WAS ARRESTED AND BOOKED ON A CHARGE OF MONETARY INSTRUMENT ABUSE. LANDRY WAS LATER RELEASED ON A $3,000 BOND.
(AP) — McNeese State University has a new leader at the helm of its girls’ volleyball program. Kristee Porter has been named head coach after serving similar stints at Navarro Junior College and Henderson State. Director of Athletics Bruce Hemphill made the announcement Monday. Porter replaces Ashleigh Fitzgerald, whose contract was not renewed in 2019. Fitzgerald compiled an 80-109 record in six seasons at the helm, including a 42-54 Southland Conference record.
(AP) — Gov. John Bel Edwards has named his three appointees to Louisiana’s top public school board for the upcoming term. He’s keeping two picks from his first four years in office and replacing the third on the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. The Democratic governor announced yesterday that Doris Voitier and Thomas Roque will remain on the board. Voitier is superintendent of St. Bernard Parish public schools, while Roque is superintendent of Catholic schools for the Diocese of Alexandria. Edwards is replacing Grambling State University professor Lurie Thomason Jr. with Louisiana State University professor Belinda Davis. Edwards’ spokeswoman says Thomason resigned from the education board last month, citing health concerns.
