1-8-25
A MARKSVILLE MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION TO A NEW YEAR’S DAY SHOOTING AT THE WAFFLE HOUSE ON NORTHEAST EVANGELINE THRUWAY IN LAFAYETTE. TWO GROUPS OF PEOPLE WERE FIRING SHOTS AT ONE ANOTHER WHEN POLICE ARRIVED AND ONE OFFICER FIRED HIS WEAPON IN RESPONSE, INJURING ONE PERSON. THE PERSON ARRESTED WAS NINETEEN-YEAR-OLD DAMON GUILLOT, WHO HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED SECOND-DEGREE MURDER AND UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF A MACHINE GUN. POLICE SPOKESPERSON SERGEANT ROBIN GREEN SAYS MORE ARRESTS ARE EXPECTED.
ARREST WARRANTS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR FIVE PEOPLE IN CONNECTION TO A DECEMBER TWENTY-EIGHTH HOMOCIDE IN OPELOUSAS. TWENTY-FOUR-YEAR-OLF KENDRICK LEWIS WAS SHOT AND KILLED IN THE AREA OF HONEY LANE. EIGHTEEN-YEAR-OLD MARQUES MALIK SONNIER AND SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD DRAKE PICKNEY EACH FACE CHARGES OF SECOND-DEGREE MURDER. THE OTHER THREE ARE WANTED ON ACCESSORY CHARGES.
THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL’S OFFICE HAS ISSUED THESE REMINDERS FOR HOME HEATING SAFETY. HERE’S GEORGE FAUST WITH THAT INFORMATION.
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ON MONDAY AFTERNOON, THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA LOST POWER. MOST HAD THEIR POWER RESTORED OVERNIGHT BUT A BUILDING AT THE CRESCENT AT COUNTRY CLUB APARTMENTS IN SOUTH LAKE CHARLES IS STILL WITHOUT POWER. ONE OF THE TENANTS, MADISYN LUTTRELL, TELLS KPLC TV THEY’VE HAD TO STAY AT HER PARENT’S HOUSE BUT, IN THE MEANTIME, SHE’S HAD TO THROW OUT MANY DOLLARS’ WORTH OF GROCERIES. THE APARTMENT MANAGER SAYS THEY WERE TOLD BY ENTERGY THAT POWER SHOULD BE RESTORED BY EIGHT O’CLOCK THIS MORNING.
THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM’S CONTINUES THE SCHOOL CAMPUS CONSOLIDATIONS, NOW FOCUSING ON LOWER GRADES AT IMMERSION SCHOOLS. GEORGE FAUST HAS THE DETAILS.
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TWO VICTIMS OF A SHOOTING IN IBERIA PARISH THANKSGIVING NIGHT ARE NOW FUGITIVES. THE IBERIA PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS SEARCHING FOR TWENTY-FOUR-YEAR-OLD ALIRA CLARK AND TWENTY-FOUR-YEAR-OLD TARIQ JAMEL PERRY, WHO ARE FACING DRUG AND WEAPONS CHARGES. WHILE PROCESSING THE VICTIM’S VEHICLE, THEY FOUND A LARGE AMOUNT OF SUSPECTED MARIJUANA, PROMETHAZINE, MUSHROOMS, A HANDGUN AND SEVENTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS CASH. ANYONE WHO KNOWS THE LOCATION OF CLARK OR PERRY ARE ASKED TO CALL IBERIA CRIME STOPPERS AT THREE-SIX-FOUR-TIPS.
QUALIFYING BEGAN YESTERDAY FOR TWO OPEN STATE SENATE SEATS. THE VACANCIES WERE CREATED IN LAFAYETTE, WHEN JEAN-PAUL COUSON WAS ELECTED TO THE LOUISIANA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, AND IN BATON ROUGE, WHERE CLEO FIELDS WAS ELECTED TO THE U-S CONGRESS. ON THE FIRST DAY, TWO QUALIFIED FOR COUSSON’S SENATE SEAT, REPUBLICAN STATE REPRESENTATIVE BRACH MYERS AND KRISTOPHER HARRISON, WHO DESCRIBES HIMSELF AS A SOCIALLY CONSERVATIVE DEMOCRAT. QUALIFYING FOR THE FEBRUARY FIFTEENTH SPECIAL ELECTION WILL END TOMORROW.
A DISTRICT JUDGE HAS REMOVED A MEMBER OF THE EVANGELINE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD. JUDGE MARCUS FONTENOT RULED THAT WANDA SKINNER DID NOT LIVE AT AN ADDRRESS ON ROZAS STREET THAT SHE HAD LISTED ON HER NOTICE OF CANDIDACY. SOME VOTERS ACCUSED HER OF NOT LIVING AT THE HOME LEADING DISTRICT ATTORNEY TRENT BRIGNAC TO FILE A LAWSUIT AGAINST SKINNER. THE D-A’S LEAD INVESTIGATOR FOUND THE PROPERTY IN A STATE OF DISREPAIR AND SAID IT APPEARED ABANDONED.
