10-12-23
A FAMILY IN LAFAYETTE PARISH LOST EVERYTHING IN THEIR HOME, WHICH CAUGHT FIRE LAST NIGHT. FIRST RESPONDERS GOT A REPORT OF A FIRE ON STUTES ROAD SHORTLY BEFORE SEVEN LAST NIGHT. THE FAMILY GOT OUT SAFELY AND PLAN TO START A GOFUNDME ACCOUNT TO TRY AND REPLACE WHAT WAS LOST. THE FIRE APPARENTLY STARTED WHEN THE FAMILY WAS COOKING
THE U-L POLICE DEPARTMENT, WITH THE HELP OF THE SAINT MARTIN PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE, ARRESTED A SAINT MARTIN PARISH DEPUTY ON THEFT AND MALFEASANCE CHARGES. SYLVIA MASTERS REPORTS.
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A CALCASIEU PARISH DEPUTY ARRESTED THREE PEOPLE IN A TRUCK HE PULLED OVER IN VINTON AFTER FINDING THEY WERE CONNECTED TO A POLICE PURSUIT. A POLICE PURSUIT SATURDAY IN VIDOR, TEXAS ENDED WITH A CRASH ON I-TEN AT MILE MARKER FOUR AND THE OCCUPANTS FLEEING ON FOOT WHILE FIRING SHOTS AT POLICE. THE TWO. TWENTY-YEAR-OLD BRACELON CHARLES OF SUNSET AND A JUVENILE FROM OPELOUSAS, CALLED FORTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD JUSTIN COLLIGAN OF SUNSET TO PICK THEM UP, BUT THEY WERE LATER PULLED OVER BY THE DEPUTY. CHARLES AND THE JUVENILE WERE ALSO CHARGED IN CONNECTION WITH THE ARMED ROBBERY OF A CONVENIENCE STORE IN VINTON ON FRIDAY.
LOUISIANA STATE POLICE HAVE RELEASED A REPORT ON HOW THEY INTEND TO IMPROVE THEIR POLICIES. SYLVIA MASTERS HAS MORE.
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THE IBERIA PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS WARNING RESIDENTS OF A SCAM THAT IS SPREADING AROUND THE PARISH. THE SCAM STARTS WITH THE VOICE OF A DISTRESSED CHILD AND THE SCAMMER IS HOPING THE PERSON ANSWERING THE PHONE WILL SAY THE NAME OF A CHILD THEY KNOW. THE SCAMMER CAN THEN USE THAT INFORMATION TO MAKE THE SITUATION SEEM MORE REALISTIC AND ASK FOR MONEY TO GET THE SUPPOSEDLY KIDNAPPED LOVED ONE BACK. THE IBERIA PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS THERE HAVE ONLY BEEN A FEW REPORTS SO FAR.
A STATUE OF JESUS IN FRONT OF SACRED HEART CATHOLIC CHURCH IN BROUSSARD WAS VANDALIZED MONDAY NIGHT. ASSOCIATE PASTOR REVEREND CASEY DUGAS SAYS UKNOWN PERSONS DAMAGED THE STATUE AT AROUND NINE-TWENTY THAT NIGHT. THE NOSE WAS REMOVED AND FINGERS ON THE RIGHT HAND DOING THE BENEDICTION WERE KNOCKED OFF. ANYONE THAT HAS INFORMATION IS URGED TO CALL BROUSSARD POLIC.
THE CAMERON PRESERVATION ALLIANCE HAS RAISED THE MONEY TO REPLACE THE STAIRWELL STEPS AT THE SABINE PASS LIGHTHOUSE. IT WAS BUILT IN THE EIGHTEEN HUNDREDS. THE PRESIDENT OF THE ALLIANCE, ANDREW TINGLER, SAYS, ONCE THE STEPS ARE REPLACED, THEY WILL REPAIR THE OUTSIDE OF THE STRUCTURE AT THE TOP TO KEEP MOISTURE FROM SEEPING INSIDE. THE LIGHTHOUSE HAD BEEN INACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC UNTIL RECENTLY WHEN CHENIER ENERGY DONATED MONEY AND A CREW TO REBUILD A BRIDGE.
THE SAINT LANDRY PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS HOPING TO GET THE PUBLIC’S HELP IN FINDING THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR STEALING WHITE FORD TRUCKS IN EARLY AUGUST FROM A BUSINESS ON HIGHWAY ONE-NINETY. THIRTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD DWAYNE DUPRE WAS SEEN DRIVING ONE OF THE TRUCKS, AN F-TWO-FIFTY, AND POLICE TRIED TO PULL HIM OVER ON AUGUST SIXTEENTH, BUT HE STOPPED THE TRUCK ON DESIREE ROAD AND FLED ON FOOT. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON THE THEFTS OR THE LOCATION OF DUPRE IS ASKED TO CONTACT AT THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE.
