10-3-23
THE LOUISIANA ETHICS BOARD VOTED TO LODGE CHARGES AGAINST SAINT LANDRY PARISH SHERIFF BOBBY GUIDROZ. THE ETHICS ADJUDICATORY BOARD WILL NOW HEAR THE CASE AND DECIDE THE OUTCOME. THE DUPRE CARRIER GODCHAUX INSURANCE COMPANY HAS HANDLED INSURANCE FOR THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE SINCE NINETEEN NINETY-TWO. THE ETHICS BOARD SAYS IN A DOCUMENT THAT GUIDROZ VIOLATED THE LAW BY AUTHORIZING PAYMENTS TO DUPRE CARRIER GODCHAUX BECAUSE HIS SON-IN-LAW HAS A SIGNIFICANT INTEREST IN THE COMPANY.
TONIGHT, THE LAFAYETTE CITY COUNCIL WILL CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE RESTRICTING SHORT-TERM RENTALS. MIKE BASS OF THE LAFAYETTE TOURISM LODGING ASSOCIATION SAYS THE ORDINANCE WOULD BAN THE SHORT-TERM RENTALS IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS, BUT AN EXCEPTION WOULD BE IF THE NEIGHBORS GIVE PERMISSION. HE TELLS KLFY TV THAT THE OWNER OF THE RENTALS WOULD HAVE TO ASK AROUND TWELVE NEIGHBORS FOR PERMISSION AND THEY WOULD HAVE TO DO IT EVERY YEAR. HE SAYS THE ASSOCIATION CONDUCTED A STUDY OF SHORT-TERM RENTALS IN LAFAYETTE WHICH FOUND THEY HAD AN ECONOMIC IMPACT OF SEVENTY-SIX-POINT-FIVE MILLION DOLLARS.
THE JEFF DAVIS PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM IS LOOKING INTO THE POSSIBILITY OF TRANSITIONING TO A FOUR DAY SCHOOL WEEK. SUPERINTENDENT JOHN HALL SAYS A SURVEY WENT OUT YESTERDAY TO GATHER FEEDBACK FROM STUDENTS, STAFF AND PEOPLE WHO WANT TO VOICE THEIR OPINIONS. HE SAYS ONCE THE RESULTS ARE IN, THEY WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE SCHOOL BOARD AT NEXT MONTH’S MEETING. THE SURVEY IS AVAILABLE FOR FILLING OUT AT THEIR WEBSITE, JEFFERSON DAVIS-DOT-ORG.
LOUISIANA ATTORNEY GENERAL JEFF LANDRY HAS FIRED THE ATTORNEY CONTRACTED TO REPRESENT THE LOUISIANA BOARD OF PARDONS. THE DECISION COMES AFTER THE ATTORNEY, ART SMITH, ASKED LANDRY TO RECUSE HIMSELF FROM A LAWSUIT HE FILED AGAINST THE BOARD IN AN ATTEMPT TO HALT CLEMENCY REQUESTS FROM DEATH ROW PRISONERS. SMITH WROTE THAT LANDRY SHOULD RECUSE HIMSELF BECAUSE HE WOULD USE THE SUIT TO BUILD POLITICAL CAPITAL FOR HIS RACE FOR GOVERNOR AND BECAUSE IT WOULD BE IMPROPER TO SUE HIS OWN CLIENTS BECAUSE THE BOARD IS A STATE AGENCY. LANDRY WROTE BACK THAT SMITH’S LETTER INDICATING A CONFLICT EXISTS CALLS INTO QUESTION HIS COMPETENCY AS A LAWYER.
A TWENTY-YEAR-OLD MAN WAS FOUND SHOT TO DEATH AT AMIGOS, LOCATED AT WEST ADMIRAL DOYLE DRIVE AND SOUTH IBERIA STREET IN NEW IBERIA. POLICE, RESPONDING TO REPORTS OF SHOTS FIRED, FOUND THE BODY OF THE MAN, WHOSE IDENTITY HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED. A WITNESS TO THE SHOOTING, YVONNE WYNNE, TELLS KLFY TV THAT THE AREA THE BUSINESS IS IN TENDS TO HAVE A REPUTATION FOR THESE KINDS OF INCIDENTS. SHE SAYS SHE AND HER FAMILY PLAN TO MOVE FROM THAT AREA BECAUSE THEY NO LONGER WANT TO BE AROUND THESE KINDS OF EVENTS.
A PLEA IS EXPECTED THIS MORNING FROM THE MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING LAFAYETTE POLICE CORPORAL MICHAEL MIDDLEBROOK. DANIELLE DUNCAN HAS MORE.
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THE JESUS WORSHIP CENTER IN JENNINGS WAS HIT BY VANDALS WHO PUT UP SATANIC GRAFFITI. ON EARLY FRIDAY MORNING, TWO SUSPECTS WERE SEEN ON SURVEILLANCE VIDEO SPRAY PAINTING, “DEVIL HAS RISEN”, ON THE WALLS OF THE NORTH CAMPUS AND ON SUNDAY, THE FIRST DAY THE CHURCH WAS GOING TO TWO SERVICES, A PENTAGRAM WAS PUT ON THE SOUTH CAMPUS. THE GRAFFITI WAS COVERED UP WITH PRESSURE WASHING AND PAINT. PASTOR CLIFTON LEJEUNE TELLS KATC TV THAT, INSTEAD OF DISCOURAGING PEOPLE, IT INVIGORATES THEM AND CAUSES THEM TO DOUBLE DOWN ON THEIR FAITH.
A CORRECTIONAL OFFICER HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR ALLEGEDLY BRINGING CONTRABAND INTO THE SAINT MARTIN PARISH CORRECTIONAL CENTER. AN INVESTIGATION WAS LAUNCHED AFTER IT WAS LEARNED CONTRABAND WAS BROUGHT INTO THE PRISON. TWENTY-YEAR-OLD PEDRO ALEXANDER JUNIOR FACES TWO COUNTS OF INTRODUCTION OF CONTRABAND INTO A PENAL INSTITUTION AND MALFEASANCE IN OFFICE. THE SAINT MARTIN PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE IMMEDIATELY FIRED ALEXANDER.
