10-31-18
THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE ANNOUNCED ONE OF THE LARGEST METH SEIZURES IN PARISH HISTORY AFTER THE EXECUTION OF TWO SEARCH WARRANTS IN SCOTT ON FRIDAY. DEPUTIES FOUND NEARLY TWELVE POUNDS OF METH WITH A STREET VALUE OF OVER ONE MILLION DOLLARS. THE SEARCHES WERE CONDUCTED AT A RESIDENCE IN THE 300 BLOCK OF RUE SEPTEMBRE AND AT A BUSINESS IN THE 900 BLOCK OF WESTGATE BOULEVARD. THREE PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED INCLUDING 35-YEAR-OLD SHAWN LABBE AND 30-YEAR-OLD ANNA SMITH ON DRUG AND WEAPON CHARGES, INCLUDING INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE.
A TWO VEHICLE CRASH ON THE I-TEN NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD NEAR JENNINGS TUESDAY NIGHT RESULTED IN THE DEATH OF A JENNINGS WOMAN. 25-YEAR-OLD MICHAEL LEE OF WOODVILLE, TEXAS, DRIVING A WASTEWATER TRUCK, CROSSED THE CENTER LINE AT A CURVE AND OVERCORRECTED. HE LOST CONTROL, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO ROLL ONTO A CHEVY CAVALIER. THE DRIVER OF THE CAVALIER, 58-YEAR-OLD BARBARA LABOUVE, WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE, WHILE A PASSENGER WAS FLOWN TO A LAFAYETTE HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT OF SERIOUS INJURIES.
A MAN, WHO ESCAPED FROM THE VILLE PLATTE CITY JAIL EARLIER THIS MONTH, WAS FOUND DEAD INSIDE OF HIS MOTHER’S HOME IN CROWLEY YESTERDAY. 34-YEAR-OLD JAHMAL RASHAD BYERS DIED AS A RESULT OF MULTIPLE GUNSHOT WOUNDS, ACCORDING TO POLICE CHIEF JIMMY BROUSSARD. HE SAYS THEY ARE INVESTIGATING AND MORE INFORMATION WILL FOLLOW. BYERS WAS A TRUSTEE AT THE VILLE PLATTE POLICE DEPARTMENT WHEN HE EXITED THE DEPARTMENT THROUGH A LOBBY ON OCTOBER 15TH AND NEVER RETURNED.
Louisiana’s Supreme Court has declined to hear the appeal of a ruling allowing the state to deny the right to vote to felons on probation or parole. The lawsuit by eight convicted felons and the organization “Voice of the Experienced” notes that the state constitution allows suspension of voting rights for people “under an order of imprisonment” for a felony. The lawsuit claims felons on parole or probation are no longer under an imprisonment order. State judges ruled otherwise and the high court rejected the appeal Monday.
LAFAYETTE FIRE FIGHTERS RESPONDED TO A HOUSE FIRE ON SIXTEENTH STREET JUST BEFORE SEVEN LAST NIGHT. JEFF HORCHAK REPORTS.
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THE LIFESHARE DONATION CENTER IN LAKE CHARLES SAYS THEY HAVE A SHORTAGE OF BLOOD SUPPLIES. REGIONAL ACCOUNT MANAGER LATASHA BELLOW SAYS THEY LIKE TO HAVE A THREE DAY SUPPLY ON THE SHELF AND, RIGHT NOW, IT’S A LITTLE BELOW THAT. SHE SAYS IT’S A COMMON PROBLEM THIS TIME OF YEAR, BECAUSE PEOPLE GET SICK WITH THE WEATHER CHANGE AND CAN’T DONATE. SHE SAYS ALL BLOOD TYPES ARE WELCOME AND ACCEPTED BUT O POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE ARE WHAT THEY NEED THE MOST.
OPELOUSAS POLICE HAVE MADE AN ARREST IN A SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED SUNDAY EVENING IN FRONT OF A CHURCH. 43-YEAR-OLD DARRELL DAVIS WAS ARRESTED ON SEVERAL CHARGES INCLUDING SECOND DEGREE MURDER. HE’S ACCUSED OF KILLING 34-YEAR-OLD JIMMY JONES WHO IS FROM TEXAS. THE SHOOTING HAPPENED ON SUNDAY JUST AFTER FIVE P-M WHILE A MASS SERVICE WAS TAKING PLACE INSIDE ST. LANDRY CATHOLIC CHURCH.
About 90,000 Louisiana residents are getting an early Christmas gift, checks in the mail returning money they are owed. Treasurer John Schroder told The Shreveport Times his office is sending the money to residents owed up to $1,500 from the state’s unclaimed property fund. Checks started going out last week and will continue shipping out through November. Under a new law, the state revenue department shared its address database with the treasury to locate people owed money. That cross-referencing found 90,000 people owed $20 million.
