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THE JURY IN THE FELONY TRIAL OF LAFAYETTE CITY MARSHAL BRIAN POPE COULD BEGIN DELIBERATIONS THIS AFTERNOON. POPE IS FACING FIVE COUNTS OF MALFEASANCE IN OFFICE AND TWO COUNTS OF PERJURY. THE PROSECUTION AND DEFENSE CLOSED THEIR CASES YESTERDAY AND CLOSING ARGUMENTS ARE PLANNED FOR THIS MORNING. THE PROSECUTION CALLED TWELVE WITNESSES OVER THREE DAYS WHILE THE DEFENSE ONLY CALLED ONE , AND POPE DID NOT TESTIFY.
THE SULPHUR POLICE DEPARTMENT ARRESTED SEVEN PEOPLE AFTER A DRUG BUST AT A HOME ON WEST VERDINE STREET. FOUR MINORS WERE AT THE HOME WHILE THEY EXECUTED THE SEARCH WARRANT AND THEY WERE HANDED OVER TO THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES. TWO OF THE SEVEN WHO WERE ARRESTED FACE A CHARGE OF POSSESSION WITH THE INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE METHAMPHETAMINE. LATER INSPECTORS WITH THE CITY OF SULPHUR PLACED AN UNSAFE STRUCTURE NOTICE ON THE HOME BECAUSE OF ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS.
OPELOUSAS PUBLIC WORKS AND CONSTRUCTION CREWS HAD TO REPAIR A DAMAGED WATER LINE LOCATED ON COLLEGE AVENUE IN THE GREENWOOD NEIGHBORHOOD AREA. A BOIL ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED AS A PRECAUTION FOR RESIDENTS ALONG COLLEGE AVENUE AND ANY HOME THAT HAD NO WATER OR LOW WATER PRESSURE. WATER SAMPLES ARE BEING SENT TO THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HOSPITALS FOR TESTING. ONCE THEY GET A GOOD RESULT, THE BOIL ADVISORY WILL BE LIFTED.
A SERIES OF LAFAYETTE CITY PARISH COUNCIL TOWN HALL MEETINGS BEGINS TODAY FOCUSING ON THE LAFAYETTE RURAL FIRE DISTRICT MILLAGE PROPOSAL. JEFF HORCHAK HAS THE DETAILS.
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A Louisiana sheriff says someone used gasoline to burn the body of a woman found dead alongside a Cameron Parish road. Sheriff Ron Johnson tells the American Press someone likely tried to set 32-year-old Mitzie B. Galimidi’s body on fire to destroy evidence. He says the state fire marshal’s office says rain likely prevented the fire from burning the woman’s corpse. A school bus driver spotted Galimidi’s body Wednesday morning.
AN ABBEVILLE MAN WAS SENTENCED TO A YEAR AND A DAY IN PRISON AND THREE YEARS PROBATION FOR ILLEGALLY POSSESSING A GUN. 38-YEAR-OLD CARLIN JERRID MONTGOMERY PLED GUILTY IN JULY. IN APRIL OF LAST YEAR, HE WAS FOUND TO HAVE A GUN AND AMMUNITION INSIDE A STEREO TUNER IN HIS BEDROOM. HE WAS PROHIBITED FROM OWNING A GUN BECAUSE OF A FELONY CONVICTION IN 2002 FOR POSSESSION OF CRACK COCAINE.
HUSBAND AND WIFE FROM JENNINGS WERE FOUND DEAD YESTERDAY. THEY HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS 46-YEAR-OLD KEVIN JOHN MELERINE AND 40-YEAR-OLD COURTNEY JENAY MELERINE. THE MOTHER OF COURTNEY FOUND THE TWO UNRESPONSIVE AT A RESIDENCE ON SOUTH CUTTING STREET. IT’S A POSSIBLE OVERDOSE BUT THE JEFF DAVIS PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS INVESTIGATING.
THE EVANGELINE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD HAS RECEIVED A 150 THOUSAND DOLLAR FEDERAL GRANT TO IMPROVE SCHOOL SAFETY AND SECURITY. JEFF HORCHAK HAS MORE.
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