10-17-23
A MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED AFTER SUNDAY NIGHT’S DEADLY HIT-AND-RUN CRASH IN DUSON. DANIELLE DUNCAN REPORTS.
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A NEW IBERIA MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR ALLEGEDLY MURDERING HIS ROOMATE. IBERIA PARISH DEPUTIES RESPONDING TO REPORTS OF AN UNRESPONSIVE MAN FRIDAY MORNING FOUND THE BODY OF THE ROOMATE IN HIS BED WITH WOUNDS TO HIS HEAD. THEY FOUND THAT THE VICTIM’S WORK TRUCK WAS MISSING AS WELL AS THE NEW IBERIA MAN, TWENTY-FOUR-YEAR-OLD ARLIN ROELSEY ARGUETA-MOLINA. HE WAS LATER FOUND AND BOOKED INTO THE IBERIA PARISH JAIL ON A CHARGE OF SECOND-DEGREE MURDER.
THE LOUISIANA OFFICE OF MOTOR VEHICLES IS URGING ALL RESIDENTS AFFECTED BY THE MOVEIT DATA BREACH TO SIGN UP FOR COMPLIMENTARY IDENTITY PROTECTION BY OCTOBER THIRTY-FIRST. THE O-M-V IS OFFERING LIFELOCK STANDARD IDENTITY PROTECTION FREE FOR ONE YEAR. TO ACTIVATE IT, GO ONLINE TO NEXTSTEPS-DOT-GOV-SLASH-ENROLLMENT. THEY ALSO HAVE A CALL CENTER FOR ANY QUESTIONS, WHICH IS 1-866-861-87-17.
STITCH GUILLORY WAS ELECTED AS THE NEW SHERIFF OF CALCASIEU PARISH ON SATURDAY, BECOMING THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN SHERIFF OF THE PARISH. GUILLORY TELLS KPLC-TV THAT, THOUGH HE’S PLEASED TO BE THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN ELECTED SHERIFF, HE DOESN’T LOOK AT IT THAT WAY. INSTEAD, HE JUST CONSIDERS HIMSELF THE SHERIFF OF CALCASIEU PARISH. GUILLORY, WHO GOT SIXTY PERCENT OF THE VOTE SATURDAY, SAYS HE’S THANKFUL THE COMMUNITY BELIEVES IN AND HAS FAITH IN HIM.
THE YOUNGSVILLE CITY COUNCIL INTRODUCED AN ORDINANCE THAT WOULD REVISE THE TWENTY-FOURTEEN GOLF CART ORDINANCE IN AN EFFORT TO INCREASE COMPLIANCE. MAYOR KEN RITTER SAYS THERE WERE NEARLY FOUR HUNDRED GOLF CART PERMITS ISSUED SINCE JUNE OF TWENTY-TWENTY-TWO AND JUST OVER A HUNDRED EXPIRED BECAUSE THE OWNERS FAILED TO RENEW. THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE, WHICH WILL BE VOTED ON NEXT MONTH, WOULD LOWER THE REGISTRATION AND INSPECTION FEES FROM SEVENTY-FIVE DOLLARS TO FIFTY DOLLARS. IT WOULD ALSO REQUIRE INSPECTIONS EVERY OTHER YEAR INSTEAD OF ANNUALLY.
VEHICLES OWNED BY SEVERAL SENIOR CITIZENS IN A HOUSING COMPLEX IN VILLE PLATTE HAVE BEEN VANDALIZED. ONE OF THE RESIDENTS WHO HAD HER CAR VANDALIZED, MARY MOTON, SAYS THE BACK WINDOWS ARE GONE AND BOTH SIDE MIRRORS WERE TAKEN OFF, AND ONE OF THE WINDOWS SHE REPLACED GOT BROKEN AGAIN. HOUSING AUTHORITY BOARD CHAIRMAN ARTHUR SAMPSON JUNIOR TALKED TO THE MAYOR ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND THEY DECIDED TO SET UP A GOFUNDME ACCOUNT TO HELP THE RESIDENTS GET THEIR CARS FIXED. MAYOR RYAN WILLIAMS SAYS ONE PERSON HAS BEEN ARRESTED.
A LAW TO REGULATE NICOTINE VAPE PRODUCTS IN LOUISIANA WAS PASSED THIS YEAR. IT CREATES A DIRECTORY AND ATTEMPTS TO REMOVE PRODUCTS THAT ARE NOT APPROVED FROM THE LOUISIANA MARKETPLACE. THE BILL BY STATE REPRESENTATIVE PAUL HOLLIS WAS CREATED TO RAISE TAXES ON VAPE PRODUCTS. ALL MANUFACTURERS OF VAPE PRODUCTS MUST REGISTER THEM WITH LOUISIANA ALCOHOL AND TOBACCCO CONTROL BY NOVEMBER FIRST.
A SEVENTY-EIGHT MILLION DOLLAR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT ON I-TEN IN ACADIA AND LAFAYETTE PARISH BEGAN LAST NIGHT. DIEDRE DRUILHET OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT SAYS THEY WILL BE DOING SOME INTERSTATE PAVEMENT PRESERVATION ALONG A THIRTY-SEVEN MILE STRETCH FROM THE I-FORTY-NINE EXIT TO JUST WEST OF ACADIA PARISH. SHE SAYS THERE WILL ALSO BE UPGRADES TO THE GUARDRAIL, BRINGING IT UP TO STANDARDS. DRUILHET SAYS MOST OF THE WORK WILL BE DONE AT NIGHT AND IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY THE SPRING OF TWENTY-TWENTY-FIVE.
