10-27-22
AN OPELOUSAS MAN IS WANTED IN CONNECTION TO LAST WEEK’S MURDER OF RYAN TRAYVIAN DARBY OF ABBEVILLE. SYLVIA MASTERS HAS MORE.
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L-J ALLEMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL IN LAFAYETTE IS UNDER INCREASED SECURITY TODAY. THAT’S BECAUSE OF AN ANONYMOUS HANDWRITTEN NOTE CONTAINING A THREAT. THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM INCREASED SECURITY THROUGHOUT THE CAMPUS TODAY AS A PRECAUTION. IT’S PART OF THE DISTRICT’S CRISIS PROCEDURE.
A LONG TIME CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTY WAS ARRESTED YESTERDAY ON TWO HUNDRED COUNTS OF POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY. ARTHUR DEVILLE HAS BEEN WITH THE CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE FOR SEVENTEEN YEARS AND WAS FIRED AFTER HIS ARREST. HIS BOND WAS SET AT EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS. SHERIFF TONY MANCUSO SAYS HE’S ANGRY AND EMBARRASSED FOR HIS PROFESSION AND HE WILL CONTINUE TO HOLD DEPUTIES ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR ACTIONS.
A SUSPECTED DRUNK DRIVER WAS ARRESTED AFTER HE STRUCK A PEDESTRIAN ON I-TEN JUST WEST OF BREAUX BRIDGE AFTER TWO A-M TUESDAY MORNING. INITIAL INVESTIGATIONS BY STATE POLICE DETERMINED THAT THE DRIVER OF A DODGE RAM PICKUP, TWENTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD BEN LATIOLAIS OF ARNAUDVILLE, STRUCK THE PEDESTRIAN THEN CAME TO A STOP ON THE INSIDE SHOULDER. THE PEDESTRIAN, TWENTY-YEAR-OLD RYELEE A. GEORGESON OF DENHAM SPRINGS, WAS FOUND ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE EASTBOUND LANES AND LATER DIED AT THE HOSPITAL. A BREATH SAMPLE INDICATED LATIOLAIS WAS INTOXICATED AND HE WAS BOOKED INTO THE SAINT MARTIN PARISH JAIL ON FIRST OFFENSE D-W-I.
AN ESCAPED LAFAYETTE PARISH INMATE IS BACK IN CUSTODY. TWENTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD DERVANAISHA CARTER WAS RECEIVING MEDICAL TREATMENT MONDAY NIGHT AT OCHSNER LAFAYETTE GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER WHEN SHE ESCAPED CUSTODY. SHE WAS BEING HELD ON CHARGES OF ILLEGAL DISCHARGE OF A WEAPON. THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE HAS NOT RELEASED ANY DETAILS ABOUT HER RECAPTURE.
A GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY WAS HELD IN KINDER YESTERDAY FOR PHASE ONE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW HEALTHCARE FACILITY. IT WILL REPLACE THE CURRENT FACILITY, ACCORDING TO KPLC TV, BRINGING BACK SURGICAL SUITES, AN OPERATING ROOM AND OTHER SERVICES THAT HAVE NOT BEEN OFFERED IN YEARS. THE FIRST PHASE OF CONSTRUCTION IS EXPECTED TO LAST EIGHTEEN MONTHS AND COST SEVENTEEN MILLION DOLLARS. ALL THREE PHASES OF CONSTRUCTION ARE EXPECTED TO TAKE AROUND FIVE YEARS.
THE ACADIA PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS LOOKING FOR A YOUNGSVILLE MAN WANTED FOR HOME INVASION AND SECOND-DEGREE KIDNAPPING. FORTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD STEVEN ROBERT THOMPSON FACES OTHER CHARGES AS WELL INCLUDING TWO COUNTS OF AGGRAVATED ASSAULT WITH A FIREARM. THOMPSON IS WHITE, FIVE-SEVEN, ONE HUNDRED SIXTY POUNDS WITH BLACK HAIR AND BLUE EYES. IF YOU KNOW WHERE HE IS, YOU CAN CALL SEVEN-EIGHT-NINE-TIPS AND, IF YOU’RE INFORMATION LEADS TO HIS CAPTURE, RECEIVE UP TO A TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED DOLLAR REWARD.
ONE WEEK AGO, VALUABLE ITEMS WERE STOLEN FROM A SHED AT A HOME ON SUMAC ROAD NEAR KAPLAN. SOMEONE BROKE INTO THE SHED AND STOLE A TWENTY-SEVENTEEN YANMAR SEVEN HUNDRED SIX-SEATER SIDE BY SIDE THAT IS RED WITH SILVER TRIM. ALSO STOLEN WAS A GRAY AND GREEN ELECTRIC CHAINSAW AND A FIFTY-SIX VOLT BATTERY CHARGER. IF YOU HAVE INFORMATION ON THIS CRIME, YOU’RE ASKED TO CALL THE CRIMESTOPPERS TIPS LINE AT SEVEN-FOUR-OH-TIPS.
