1-30-19
A MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING JACQUELYN DAISY LYNN LANDRY OF LAFAYETTE IN 2017 HAS BEEN DENIED A SPEEDY TRIAL, HIS SECOND SUCH REQUEST. MALIK DAVIS WAS ARRESTED ON MAY 31ST OF 2017, DAYS AFTER LANDRY WENT MISSING. HER BODY HAS NEVER BEEN FOUND AND POLICE HAVE NOT SAID WHAT EVIDENCE THEY HAVE THAT LED TO DAVIS’ ARREST. DAVIS IS SCHEDULED TO GO TO TRIAL ON MAY 13TH ON A CHARGE OF SECOND DEGREE MURDER.
BEGINNING AT NINE TONIGHT, THE EASTBOUND LANES OF THE I-210 BRIDGE IN LAKE CHARLES WILL BE CLOSED FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. TAMMY YORK OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT SAYS CREWS WILL BE REMOVING AND REPLACING CONCRETE DECKING ON THE BRIDGE, AND INSTALLING A GUARDRAIL AS WELL AS AN INSPECTION DECK. AFTER NINE TONIGHT, EASTBOUND TRAFFIC WILL CROSS OVER TO THE WEST SIDE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE BRIDGE. DURING THE TIME THE EASTBOUND SIDE IS CLOSED, NO 18-WHEELERS OR BUSES WILL BE ALLOWED ON THE BRIDGE.
THREE PEOPLE ARE BEHIND BARS ACCUSED OF MAKING BOMBS IN OPELOUSAS. JEFF HORCHAK REPORTS.
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Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser, Louisiana’s chief tourism ambassador, has an idea for where his state’s residents should vacation: close to home. As part of Tuesday’s “National Plan for Vacation Day,” Nungesser urged Louisianans to book trips around the state. The Republican lieutenant governor says they should see a part of the state they haven’t seen. Nungesser says Louisiana residents earned an estimated 34.7 million vacation days in 2017, but didn’t use 8.9 million of those days — 25 percent of them.
TWO MEN PLEADED GUILTY LAST WEEK TO ILLEGAL ALLIGATOR HUNTING. LAST AUGUST, TWO MEN WERE SPOTTED BY AGENTS BESIDES TWO PARKED TRUCKS OFF OF HENDERSON LEVEE ROAD NEAR CATAHOULA, WHEN ONE OF THE MEN WENT OFF IN THE WOODS TO DISCARD SOMETHING. THE AGENTS THEN FOUND A CLEANED ALLIGATOR THAT HAD BEEN SHOT OUTSIDE OF THE ALLIGATOR HUNTING SEASON. THE TWO MEN, JEREMY KIBBLE OF LAFAYETTE AND DANIEL NORTON OF NEW IBERIA, WERE GIVEN SUSPENDED SENTENCES OF ONE HUNDRED DAYS IN JAIL, ONE YEAR OF PROBATION, 80 HOURS OF COMMUNITY SERVICES AND FINES OF 900 DOLLARS EACH.
THE REWARD HAS BEEN INCREASED IN AN EFFORT TO FIND THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR SHOOTING MULTIPLE CATTLE IN JEFF DAVIS PARISH EARLIER THIS MONTH. THE JEFF DAVIS PARISH CATTLEMAN’S ASSOCIATION HAS DONATED 800 DOLLARS, INCREASING THE REWARD TO THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS TOTAL. ON JANUARY 14TH, FIVE CATTLE WERE FOUND SHOT IN THE HEAD NEAR FAUL AND LONE PINE ROADS NORTH OF WELSH. LAST FRIDAY, THE FARMER WHO OWNED THE FIVE CATTLE ALSO FOUND THAT A BULL OF HIS HAD BEEN SHOT IN THE HEAD.
A GRAND JURY HAS SUSPENDED AN INVESTIGATION INTO POSSIBLE MALFEASANCE BY VERMILLION PARISH SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS. KATC TV SAYS THAT, ACCORDING TO SEVERAL SOURCES, THE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS WERE CALLED TO TESTIFY BEFORE THE GRAND JURY. DISTRICT ATTORNEY KEITH STUTES TELLS KATC THAT THE GRAND JURY SUBSEQUENTLY SUSPENDED THE INVESTIGATION INDEFINITELY. HE SAYS THAT IF THEY RECEIVE ANY FURTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION, IT WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE GRAND JURY.
THE ACADIA PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS INVESTIGATING THE THEFT OF A CARGO TRAILER AND 12-HUNDRED POUNDS OF COPPER WIRE. ON JANUARY 20TH, SUSPECTS GAINED ACCESS TO PROPERTY OWNED BY ENTERGY IN NORTHEAST ACADIA PARISH BY CUTTING A PADLOCK AND CHAIN THAT WAS SECURING THE GATE. A 14-FOOT CARGO TRAILER, WITH A DROP DOWN GATE AND THE WORDS “HIGHLINES” WRITTEN ON BOTH SIDES, WAS TAKEN AS WELL AS TWELVE COILS OF COPPER WIRE. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON THIS CRIME IS ASKED TO CALL CRIMESTOPPERS OF ACADIA PARISH AT 789-TIPS, WHERE UP TO A THOUSAND DOLLAR CASH REWARD IS BEING OFFERED.
