10-26-20
LAFAYETTE PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES ARRESTED A MAN AT THE LAFAYETTE REGIONAL AIRPORT WHO WAS SEEN NEAR AN AIRCRAFT. ADANI FUENTES-ARDIANO WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AT AROUND SEVEN A-M. THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY HAS NOT SAID HOW THE MAN GOT NEAR THE PLANE WITHOUT DETECTION. FUENTES ARDIANO HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH UNAUTHORIZED ENTRY INTO A CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND BOND HAS NOT BEEN SET.
A MAMOU POLICE OFFICER IS ON LEAVE AFTER A VIDEO SURFACED ON SOCIAL MEDIA OF POLICE MAKING AN ARREST AT A NIGHTCLUB. CAROLINE MARCELLO REPORTS.
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Damage from Hurricanes Laura and Delta has prompted Louisiana to extend the deadline for fisheries’ workers and businesses to apply for help under a coronavirus pandemic program. The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries says that instead of ending Monday, the application period will now last through Nov. 23. Secretary Jack Montoucet says that will give people more time to repair and get services to their homes and to take care of their families’ immediate needs. The department has $14.6 million in federal coronavirus relief money for Louisiana’s fishing industry.
DRIVE-THRU FEMA REGISTRATION CENTERS WILL BE OPEN THROUGHOUT THE WEEK FOR CAMERON PARISH RESIDENTS. A DRIVE-THRU CENTER WILL BE OPEN FROM SEVEN A-M THROUGH FIVE P-M AT THE CAMERON PRAIRIE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE IN BELL CITY. CAMERON PARISH WALK-UP SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE DAILY FROM NINE A-M THROUGH FIVE P-M AT THE L-S-U AG CENTER ON THE GULF HIGHWAY IN LAKE CHARLES AND AT THE HACKBERRY COMMUNITY CENTER.
FEMA IS OPENING THREE MOBILE REGISTRATION INTAKE CENTERS IN ACADIA PARISH BEGINNING TODAY. THEY WILL BE OPEN FROM NINE A-M TO FOUR-THIRTY P-M FROM TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY AT THE BRANCH VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE EVANGELINE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS HALL IN BASILE. THERE WILL ALSO BE A CENTER OPEN TODAY AND TOMORROW AT THE LOVE OF CHRIST CHURCH IN WEST CROWLEY. THE CENTERS ARE OPERATED AS POINTS OF REGISTRATION AND INFORMATION FOR ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES AFFECTED BY HURRICANES LAURA AND DELTA.
THE PARENTS OF TRAYFORD PELLERIN HAVE FILED A WRONGFUL DEATH SUIT AGAINST THE LAFAYETTE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT AND TEN POLICE OFFICERS. PELLERIN WAS SHOT BY POLICE OUTSIDE A CIRCLE K GAS STATION ON EVANGELINE THRUWAY IN LATE AUGUST. THE PARENTS CLAIM IN THE LAWSUIT THEIR SON WAS MURDERED AND THEY SAY THEYARE HOLDING ACCOUNTABLE THE DEFENDANTS. THEY ARE SEEKING COMPENSATORY DAMAGES, SPECIAL DAMAGES AND PUNITIVE DAMAGES AS WELL AS REASONABLE ATTORNEY FEES AND OTHER RELIEF THAT APPEARS JUST AND APPROPRIATE.
THERE WERE SEVENTEEN MORE COVID-NINETEEN DEATHS IN LOUISIANA IN YESTERDAY’S REPORT FROM THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, WHICH COVERS A TWO DAY PERIOD. HOSPITALIZATIONS ARE DOWN BY TWENTY-FOUR, MOVING THE TOTAL BELOW SIX HUNDRED. THERE WERE NINE HUNDRED SEVENTY-TWO NEW CASES, WHICH PUTS THE OVERALL TOTAL CLOSE TO ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY THOUSAND.
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA RECORDED EIGHT MORE DEATHS FROM COVID-NINETEEN. SIX WERE IN CALCASIEU PARISH AND THE OTHER TWO WERE IN ALLEN PARISH. ACADIANA HAD NO NEW DEATHS. THERE WERE ONE HUNDRED EIGHT NEW CASES IN ACADIANA, INCLUDING FORTY-ONE IN LAFAYETTE PARISH. THE OVERALL TOTAL HAS ECLIPSED TWENTY-SEVEN THOUSAND. SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA HAD FIFTY-EIGHT NEW CASES, WITH FIFTY-ONE IN CALCASIEU PARISH. THE TOTAL HAS SURPASSED TWELVE THOUSAND, EIGHT HUNDRED.
