10-26-18
A MAN WHO WAS SHOT BY A LAFAYETTE POLICE OFFICER EARLIER THIS MONTH WAS BOOKED YESTERDAY ON CHARGES OF AGGRAVATED ASSAULT OF A POLICE OFFICER, POSSESSION OF A STOLEN FIREARM, AND ILLEGAL CARRYING OF A WEAPON. 19-YEAR-OLD KEION BONNER WAS SHOT BY A POLICE OFFICER ON OCTOBER NINTH IN THE 400 BLOCK OF HILDA STREET, THOUGH INFORMATION ABOUT THE EVENTS THAT LED TO THE SHOOTING HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC. THE POLICE HAD COME OUT TO THE AREA RESPONDING TO REPORTS OF PEOPLE SMOKING MARIJUANA ON THE PORCH OF A HOUSE. TWO OTHER PEOPLE, 17-YEAR-OLD TYRESE CARTER AND 18-YEAR-OLD KANE WYATT, WERE ARRESTED ON GUN AND DRUG CHARGES AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.
LAKE CHARLES MEMORIAL HOSPITAL WAS PUT ON LOCKDOWN YESTERDAY BECAUSE OF REPORTS OF A MAN WITH A GUN THAT TURNED OUT TO BE FALSE. EDGAR SANCHEZ TELLS KPLC TV THAT HE WAS THE PERSON SUSPECTED OF HAVING A GUN AND CLAIMS IT IS A CASE OF RACIAL PROFILING. HE WAS THERE TO SEE HIS THREE-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER WHO HAD SURGERY WEDNESDAY, AND WAS QUESTIONED BY POLICE OFFICERS, WHO, HE SAYS, DID APOLOGIZE TO HIM. THE HOSPITAL RELEASED A STATEMENT SAYING RACE WAS NOT A FACTOR OR USED AS A DESCRIPTION IN THE INCIDENT, AND STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS ARE TRAINED TO FOLLOW PROTOCOL.
BREAKING OVERNIGHT…A VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A STORE FRONT IN ST. LANDRY PARISH. JEFF HORCHAK REPORTS.
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After giving students a pass in the fall, Louisiana’s largest university system will boost student charges this spring, to raise $9 million across campuses. The University of Louisiana System’s board approved the fee hikes Thursday without debate. Fees will grow per credit hour by $15 at McNeese State University and $18.59 at UL-Lafayette. Some campuses will increase charges for students taking more than a full-time course load.
A LAFAYETTE MAN WAS ARRESTED WEDNESDAY AT A EUNICE RESIDENCE IN CONNECTION WITH A SEPTEMBER 22ND SHOOTING IN LAFAYETTE. A 21-YEAR-OLD WOMAN WAS SHOT ON CAJUNDOME BOULEVARD JUST SOUTH OF CAMERON STREET AND SHE REMAINS HOSPITALIZED IN STABLE CONDITION. POLICE BELIEVE THE SHOOTING WAS THE RESULT OF A DOMESTIC DISPUTE. 22-YEAR-OLD DOVANTAY J. HELAIRE WAS BOOKED INTO THE LAFAYETTE PARISH CORRECTIONAL CENTER ON ONE COUNT OF ATTEMPTED FIRST DEGREE MURDER.
The Louisiana Ethics Board has dropped its case against a police chief accused of getting paid to write Local Agency Compensated Enforcement tickets while on duty. News outlets report the board voted this month to dismiss the charges against Oberlin Police Chief Grady Haynes. Haynes was charged in 2017 with violating ethics laws by taking part in the LACE program, which allows off-duty officers to make extra money writing tickets. The board had said Haynes couldn’t take part as he’s always on-duty and the program is run by his department.
A MAN WHO WAS SENTENCED TO TWO WEEKS IN JAIL YESTERDAY RAN FROM THE IBERIA PARISH COURTHOUSE IN NEW IBERIA. IBERIA PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE DEPUTIES FOUND JACOB ROMERO A BLOCK AWAY FROM THE COURTHOUSE HIDING UNDER A HOUSE. SHERIFF’S OFFICE SPOKESMAN WENDELL RABORN SAYS ROMERO DECIDED HE DIDN’T WANT TO GO TO JAIL. ROMERO WAS SENTENCED ON DRUG COURT VIOLATIONS.
JEFF DAVIS PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES HAVE ARRESTED A MAN WHO ALLEGEDLY TRIED TO USE A COUNTERFEIT TWENTY DOLLAR BILL AT A LOCAL RESTAURANT. WHEN THEY FOUND DRUG PARAPHERNALIA ON CLAUDE MCDOWELL OF JENNINGS, HE TRIED TO RUN AWAY. DEPUTIES USED A TASER TO CAPTURE MCDOWELL AND THEY LATER FOUND DRUGS AND AN ELECTRONIC SCALE IN HIS VEHICLE. MCDOWELL FACES SEVERAL CHARGES INCLUDING RESISTING ARREST.
