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10-1-18

A visitor to the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola is in custody after a new body scanner detected contraband and helped officers block a drug smuggling attempt.  The Department of Public Safety and Corrections, in a news release, says the scanner detected a foreign object Friday inside of 22-year-old Brittany Alexus, of Lafayette.  When officers questioned Alexus, authorities say she rapidly headed to her vehicle in the parking lot. The prison’s shakedown team searched her vehicle and discovered a plastic bag containing several water bottles with hidden compartments, one of which contained 58.3 grams of synthetic marijuana.

 

AN OAKDALE MAN WAS KILLED IN A SINGLE VEHICLE CRASH ON L-A 112 EAST OF DERIDDER SATURDAY AFTERNOON.  STATE POLICE SAYS IT APPEARS THE PICKUP TRUCK DRIVEN BY 29-YEAR-OLD STEVEN HENDRICKS WENT OFF THE ROAD AT A CURVE AND STRUCK A TREE BEFORE OVERTURNING.  HENDRICKS, WHO WASN’T WEARING A SEATBELT, WAS EJECTED AND PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE.  A PASSENGER WHO WAS ALSO NOT WEARING HIS SEATBELT, JEFFREY BUTLER, WAS TAKEN FROM THE SCENE WITH SERIOUS INJURIES.

 

BREAUX BRIDGE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED SUNDAY JUST AFTER FOUR P-M AT THE INTERSECTION OF ARNAUD AND MARTIN STREETS.  POLICE CHIEF ROLLIE CANTU SAYS ONE PERSON WAS SHOT IN THE LEG AND WAS TAKEN TO THE ST. MARTIN PARISH HOSPITAL.  POLICE HAVE NO SUSPECTS IN THE SHOOTING AT THIS TIME.  THEY ARE ASKING ANYONE WITH INFORMATION TO CALL THE BREAUX BRIDGE POLICE DEPARTMENT AT 332-2186.

 

Candidates running against Louisiana Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin are objecting to a letter he wrote elderly participants in an absentee voting program.  The contenders, both Republican and Democrat, say the letter sought to promote Ardoin at state taxpayer expense as the November election nears.  Ardoin’s campaign spokesman Lionel Rainey says the Sept. 20 letter sent by the Republican elections chief to people allowed to vote absentee by mail educates voters about their rights.  In the letter, Ardoin outlines that state law prohibits voter harassment and offers a number to report concerns.

 

THE FIRST MEDICAL MARIJUANA HEALTH CLINIC IN LAFAYETTE WILL BE OPENING TODAY.  JEFF HORCHAK HAS MORE.

 

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THE BODY OF A MISSING MONROE WOMAN WAS FOUND ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE I-210 BRIDGE IN LAKE CHARLES FRIDAY AFTERNOON.  LATE LAST TUESDAY, A VOLKSWAGON TIGUAN BELONGING TO 58-YEAR-OLD DEBRA KAY HUGHES WAS FOUND ON THE BRIDGE UNOCCUPIED.  CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES BELIEVE SHE JUMPED OFF THE BRIDGE.  FAMILY MEMBERS SAY THEY LAST TALKED TO HER ON TUESDAY EVENING.

 

 

THE ACADIA PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS SEEKING HELP FROM THE PUBLIC IN FINDING THOSE WHO STOLE TWO BLACK AND GRAY AIR COMPRESSORS ON AUGUST 27TH.  SUSPECTS BROKE THROUGH A SECURITY FENCE TO GAIN ENTRY TO A JOB SITE ON BAYOU MALLET HIGHWAY JUST NORTH OF ACORN HILLS ROAD IN NORTHERN ACADIA PARISH.  THE SUSPECTS USED VEHICLES TO REMOVE THE COMPRESSORS, WHICH ARE VALUED AT 22 THOUSAND DOLLARS.  ANYONE WITH INFORMATION IS ASKED TO CALL CRIME STOPPERS OF ACADIA PARISH AT 789-TIPS, WHERE UP TO A THOUSAND DOLLAR CASH REWARD IS BEING OFFERED FOR INFORMATION LEADING TO AN ARREST.

 

Louisiana is using a $1 million federal grant to help local communities start new mosquito control programs.  The state health department received the one-time grant from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The state agency says it will divide the money among four parishes or municipalities that don’t have an in-house mosquito abatement district and want to start one.  The spending will bolster control efforts aimed at combatting threats from mosquito-borne diseases such as West Nile virus and Zika.