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A JUDGE HAS ORDERED A DUSON MAN TO REMAIN IN JAIL AFTER SERVING JUST EIGHT MONTHS OF A THREE YEAR SENTENCE FOR VEHICULAR HOMICIDE. THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS WAS GOING TO RELEASE 27-YEAR-OLD SEAN HOLLOWAY BECAUSE OF GOOD BEHAVIOR. BUT JUDGE MARILYN CASTLE SAYS HE PLEADED GUILTY TO A CRIME OF VIOLENCE AND MUST SERVE AT LEAST 85 PERCENT OF HIS SENTENCE. HOLLOWAY’S BLOOD ALCOHOL WAS ABOVE THE LEGAL LIMIT AND HE HAD TWO DRUGS IN HIS SYSTEM AT THE TIME OF A 2007 CRASH THAT TOOK THE LIFE OF SHAWN LANCON.
THE MAN, WHO WAS ALLEGEDLY SHOT AND WOUNDED BY A JENNINGS WOMAN LAST JUNE, TOOK THE STAND IN HER TRIAL YESTERDAY. NICK COBLE TESTIFIED THAT THE SHOOTING HAPPENED WHEN HIS FRIEND, JEREMY ARDOIN, CONFRONTED PAMELA FAITH BREAUX FOR ALLEGEDLY STEALING HIS GUN. COBLE SAYS BREAUX GRABBED A SHOTGUN AND KILLED ARDOIN WHILE WOUNDING HIM. BREAUX FACES LIFE IN PRISON IF CONVICTED ON A CHARGE OF SECOND DEGREE MURDER, AND FIFTY YEARS FOR ATTEMPTED SECOND DEGREE MURDER.
AN OPELOUSAS MAN WAS FOUND GUILTY OF THE DEATH OF A TWO-YEAR-OLD BOY. JULIE DARCE REPORTS.
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Lawyers on both sides of a same-sex marriage case have urged Louisiana’s Supreme Court to rule on the matter even though the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to do so by June. Lawyers for the state want the court to overturn a state judge’s ruling that Louisiana’s ban on same-sex marriages is unconstitutional. An attorney for the state told the justices Thursday that state courts need to weigh in ahead of the expected U.S. Supreme Court decision. Lawyers for a couple legally married in California are urging a decision because it involves what they call an urgent question about whether a Lafayette woman can adopt a child born to her partner.
A NINE MILLION DOLLAR EXPANSION AT THE DAVID THIBODEAUX STEM ACADEMY IN LAFAYETTE IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY THIS SPRING. THE EXPANSION INCLUDES A NEW ENGINEERING LAB AND A NEW SCIENCE WING ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE CAMPUS. THE SCIENCE WING, WHICH WILL INCLUDE SIX CLASSROOMS AND SIX LABS, IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY MID-APRIL, ACCORDING TO KYLE BORDELON, THE ACTING CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER FOR THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SCHOOL DISTRICT. HE SAYS THE ENGINEERING LAB SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY MID-MARCH.
AUTHORITIES HAVE MADE PROGRESS IN THE INVESTIGATION OF THE DISAPPEARANCE OF AN OAKDALE WOMAN IN 2011. OAKDALE POLICE CHIEF SCOTTY LABORDE SAYS THEY RECEIVED A TIP THAT LED THEM TO A HOME ON MATTHEW STREET WHERE THEY FOUND ITEMS THAT MAY BE RELATED TO THE DISAPPEARANCE OF VICTORIA MARIE PEREZ. THEY ALSO ARRESTED 32-YEAR-OLD PAMELA CAUSEY FREGIA, A MEMBER OF THE FAMILY THAT OWNS THE HOME, AND CHARGED HER WITH ACCESSORY AFTER THE FACT, OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE AND AGGRAVATED BATTERY. PEREZ WAS 22 YEARS OLD AND PREGNANT AT THE TIME OF HER DISAPPEARANCE, AND SHE WAS LAST SEEN AT THE RAPIDES MEDICAL CENTER IN ALEXANDRIA.
TWO VACANT HOMES IN ST. MARTINVILLE WERE DESTROYED BY FIRE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE CAUSE REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION. WHEN FIRE FIGHTERS ARRIVED, ANOTHER HOUSE NEXT TO THE TWO VACANT HOMES ALSO CAUGHT FIRE, THOUGH THEY WERE ABLE TO EXTINGUISH IT. THE OTHER TWO HOUSES, LOCATED ON JAMES STREET NEAR ST. ANN STREET, ARE CONSIDERED A TOTAL LOSS.
Gov. Bobby Jindal’s administration has pushed back to mid-February the release of its proposal to close a $103 million budget deficit. Jindal administration spokeswoman Meghan Parrish said Thursday that the proposal to rebalance this year’s $25 billion budget will be presented to lawmakers at a Feb. 20 hearing for their consideration. The gap must be closed before the fiscal year ends June 30.
