10-28-22
ONE YEAR LATER, A LAFAYETTE WOMAN IS TELLING HER TERRIFYING STORY OF BEING SHOT IN THE FACE BY HER EX-BOYFRIEND. SYLVIA MASTERS HAS MORE.
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Authorities say one person died in a helicopter crash in the Gulf of Mexico, south of Morgan City. The Coast Guard says two people rescued at the site of Wednesday’s crash were reported to be in critical condition Thursday. The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the crash, which was reported Wednesday evening. An oil rig crew boat spotted the two survivors in a raft.
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA RESIDENTS ARE STILL CLEANING UP FROM HURRICANES THAT HIT TWO YEARS AGO. CALCASIEU PARISH RESIDENTS CAN DROP OFF SOLID WASTE AT TWO WASTE CONVENIENCE CENTERS. THEY ARE LOCATED IN WEST CALCASIEU PARISH ON POST OAK ROAD IN SULPHUR AND ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE PARISH AT SWIFT PLANT ROAD. THE DROP OFF TIMES ARE FROM THURSDAY TO MONDAY BETWEEN SEVEN THIRTY A-M AND SIX THIRTY P-M.
A LAFAYETTE MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED IN A HIT-AND-RUN THAT LEFT A PEDESTRIAN DEAD. ON OCTOBER SEVENTEENTH, FORTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD RONALD KEITH WILLIAMS OF DUSON WAS WALKING ALONGSIDE WEST CONGRESS WHEN HE WAS STRUCK BY A VEHICLE. POLICE SAY TWENTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD THEOPHILUS ROSE OF LAFAYETTE WAS THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE. HE WAS BOOKED INTO THE LAFAYETTE PARISH CORRECTIONAL CENTER YESTERDAY FOR FELONY HIT-AND RUN AND HIS BOND WAS SET AT TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS.
AN OPELOUSAS MAN WANTED FOR SECOND DEGREE MURDER WAS ARRESTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT. TWENTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD EASTON SHELVIN IS ACCUSED OF SHOOTING TO DEATH EIGHTEEN-YEAR-OLD RYAN TRAYVIAN DARBY OF ABBEVILLE. IT HAPPENED DURING THE DAY SATURDAY IN THE ONE HUNDRED BLOCK OF SOUTH ACADEMY STREET. POLICE CHIEF MARTIN MCLENDON SAYS THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE SHOOTING IS CONTINUING AND MORE ARRESTS ARE POSSIBLE.
A NEW TOOL IN THE WAR AGAINST HUMAN TRAFFICKING WAS UNVEILED AT THE UNITED WAY OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. IT’S CALLED THE PATHWAY AND WAS DEVELOPED BY THE HOUSTON-BASED GROUP UNITED AGAINST HUMAN TRAFFICKING. THE ONLINE PLATFORM CONNECTS VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS WITH SERVICE PROVIDERS WHO WILL HELP WITH LEGAL AID, SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND OTHER ISSUES. OFFICIALS SAY IT IS A GAME CHANGER IN THE FIGHT AGAINST HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
A CHURCH POINT MAN WAS ARRESTED AFTER HE TRIED TO SELL FENTANYL TO UNDERCOVER DETECTIVES WITH THE SAINT LANDRY PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE. THIRTY-FOUR-YEAR-OLD MICHAEL ANTHONY GUILLORY MET WITH THE DETECTIVES AT A PREARRANGED LOCATION WHERE HE WAS ARRESTED. THE DETECIVES FOUND AROUND FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF DRUGS DURING A SEARCH INCLUDING FINDING HEROIN AND CRACK COCAINE. GUILLORY FACES MULTIPLE DRUG CHARGES AS WELL AS CHARGES RELATED TO OUTSTANDING WARRANTS IN IBERIA PARISH.
