10-21-22
IN LAFAYETTE, A MOTORCYCLIST WAS KILLED YESTERDAY MORNING IN A CRASH WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. AT AROUND TEN-THIRTY, THE MOTORCYCLIST, TWENTY-FOUR-YEAR-OLD CODY DAVID OF LAFAYETTE, WAS TRAVELING EAST ON CAMELIA BOULEVARD WHEN A VEHICLE COMING FROM THE OTHER DIRECTION TURNED IN FRONT OF HIM ONTO EASTLAND DRIVE, ACCORDING TO LAFAYETTE POLICE. DAVID DIED AS A RESULT OF HIS INJURIES. THE CRASH REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION.
SAINT MARY PARISH SHERIFF BLAISE SMITH HAS CONFIRMED THAT AN INMATE AT THE SAINT MARY PARISH LAW ENFORCEMENT CENTER DIED ON THURSDAY. DANIELLE JOHNSON HAS MORE.
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YESTERDAY, JUDGE CLAYTON DAVIS FORMALLY SENTENCED KEVIN DAIGLE OF LAKE CHARLES TO DEATH FOR THE MURDER OF STATE TROOPER STEVEN VINCENT. IN TWENTY-FIFTEEN, VINCENT STOPPED TO HELP DAIGLE, WHO HAD BROKEN DOWN ON THE SIDE OF A RURAL ROAD IN CALCASIEU PARISH, WHEN DAIGLE SHOT AND KILLED VINCENT WITH A SAWED-OFF SHOTGUN. TWO DIFFERENT JURIES DETERMINED THAT DAIGLE SHOULD DIE FOR THE MURDER OF VINCENT. THE DEFENSE FILED THREE MOTIONS FOR A NEW TRIAL, BUT JUDGE DAVIS DENIED THE MOTIONS.
A controversial transfer of juvenile prisoners to a temporary facility at Louisiana’s sprawling high security prison farm for adult convicts involves a shuffle of youths to and from four different lockups around the state. Officials said Thursday that as of midweek, eight youths were at a building at the state penitentiary at Angola, isolated from the adult population. However, none of them were from the violence prone juvenile facility in Bridge City, as initially announced by a state senator. Officials said 10 Bridge City juveniles were transferred to a Monroe facility, while high-risk youths from lockups in Monroe and St. Martinville were transferred to the Angola site.
THE LAFAYETTE CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED THE SELECTION OF A NEW TRASH COMPANY. BEGINNING ON NOVEMBER FIRST OF NEXT YEAR, ACADIANA WASTE SERVICES WILL REPLACE REPUBLIC SERVICES IN COLLECTING SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING IN THE CITY OF LAFAYETTE AND THE UNINCORPORATED PARTS OF THE PARISH. ACADIANA WASTE SERVICES WAS ONE OF FIVE COMPANIES TO SUBMIT PROPOSALS EARLIER THIS YEAR. UNDER THE NEW CONTRACT, CITY RESIDENTS WILL PAY TWENTY-EIGHT-SIXTY-EIGHT PER MONTH WHILE RESIDENTS IN THE UNINCORPORATED PARTS OF THE PARISH WILL PAY TWENTY-NINE-SIXTY-SEVEN MONTHLY.
NEW SECURITY MEASURES HAVE BEEN PUT IN PLACE FOR SPORTING EVENTS AT THE FIVE HIGH SCHOOLS IN VERMILLION PARISH. SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS TOLD KATC TV THAT A SHOOTING LAST FRIDAY FOLLOWING A FOOTBALL GAME AT J-H WILLIAMS MIDDLE SCHOOL PROMPTED QUICKER ACTION IN PUTTING THE POLICIES IN PLACE. ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT MARC TURNER SAYS THEY WILL REQUIRE CLEAR BACKPACKS, INDIVIDUALS WILL WALK THROUGH A METAL DETECTOR AND ONCE INSIDE THE STADIUM, INDIVIDUALS CAN’T LEAVE. TURNER SAYS IT IS SOMEWHAT OF AN INCONVENIENCE, BUT IT YIELDS A HUGE AMOUNT OF SAFETY FOR THE STUDENTS.
A JENNINGS MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR KILLING HIS NEIGHBOR’S BIRDS. INVESTIGATORS WITH THE JEFF DAVIS PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE DETERMINED FORTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD WARREN JOSEPH BOURGEOIS KILLED A GROUP OF GUINEAS ON OCTOBER SIXTEENTH. HE CLAIMED THE NOISE FROM THE BIRDS KEPT HIS MOM AWAKE AT NIGHT. BOURGEOIS FACES FIVE COUNTS OF AGGRAVATED CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.
A FLORIDA MAN WAS CONVICTED WEDNESDAY FOR THE MURDER OF A PINEVILLE WOMAN IN TWENTY-NINETEEN AND HIDING HER BODY IN A WOODED AREA IN SAINT LANDRY PARISH. THIRTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD ROBERT MCPHEARSON IS EXPECTED TO BE SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON ON NOVEMBER SECOND. MCPHEARSON WAS ARRESTED IN WEST BATON ROUGE PARISH LAST MARCH ON AN UNRELATED CHARGE WHEN HE GAVE INFORMATION TO DEPUTIES ABOUT THE MURDER OF ALANA MICHELLE ZUCARRO. ACTING ON INFORMATION HE GAVE, THE SAINT LANDRY PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE FOUND HER BODY IN A WOODED AREA OFF OF HIGHWAY ONE-OH-THREE BETWEEN PORT BARRE AND WASHINGTON.
