10-31-23
ACADIA PARISH SHERIFF K-P GIBSON SAYS RESIDENTS SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR CARD SKIMMERS AT CREDIT CARD MACHINES. GIBSON SAYS THE SKIMMERS ARE PLACED OVER CREDIT CARD MACHINES, WHICH OBTAINS THE NUMBER OF THE CREDIT OR DEBIT CARD WHEN IT IS SWIPED OR INSERTED. THE INFORMATION OBTAINED BY SKIMMERS OFTEN LEADS TO FRAUDULENT PURCHASES. GIBSON ADVISES USING A CREDIT CARD INSTEAD OF A DEBIT CARD BECAUSE THERE’S MORE PROTECTION WITH THE CREDIT CARD.
A ONE-YEAR-OLD CHILD IN CARENCRO DIED FROM A GUNSHOT WOUND SATURDAY NIGHT. THE CHILD WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL BY POLICE AND LATER DIED. IT WAS LEARNED THAT THE CHILD’S FATHER WAS HANDLING A GUN WHEN A SINGLE BULLET WAS FIRED. THE INCIDENT IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION AND THE IDENTITY OF THE CHILD AND THE FATHER HAVE NOT BEEN RELEASED.
THERE ARE A FEW DEADLINES TO BE AWARE OF, THE FIRST ONE IS AN APPLICATION FOR FREE IDENTITY PROTECTION FROM THE OFFICE OF MOTOR VEHICLES. DANIELLE DUNCAN HAS THE DETAILS.
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RESIDENTS IN LAKE CHARLES WILL SOON SEE A CHANGE TO THE MARQUEE AT THE LAKE CHARLES CIVIC CENTER. IT IS BEING RENAMED THE LAKE CHARLES EVENT CENTER AND THE NEW MARQUEE WILL BE INSTALLED IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS. CITY OFFICIALS BELIEVE THE RENAMING WILL OPEN THE CENTER UP FOR A BROADER SCOPE OF EVENTS. THE MARQUEE WAS SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGED IN THE TWENTY-TWENTY HURRICANES MAKING IT ELIGIBLE TO BE REPLACED BY FEMA.
BEGINNING YESTERDAY, AUTOMATED ENFORCEMENT SPEED CAMERAS WERE PLACED IN THE SCHOOL ZONES AT FOUR UNIDENTIFIED SCHOOLS IN NEW IBERIA. FOR THE NEXT THIRTY DAYS, THOSE GOING ELEVEN MILES AN HOUR OR MORE OVER THE SCHOOL ZONE SPEED LIMIT WILL GET A WARNING IN THE MAIL. CITATIONS WILL BE GOING OUT TO VIOLATERS INSTEAD OF WARNINGS BEGINNING NOVEMBER TWENTY-NINTH. THE PHOTO SPEED CAMERAS WILL BE ACTIVE ON SCHOOL DAYS ONLY FROM SEVEN TO NINE AND TWO TO FOUR.
THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS PREPARING DEPUTIES FOR DEALING WITH FENTANYL OVERDOSES WITH TRAINING AND EQUIPMENT. LIEUTENANT KARRY FALCON SAYS DEPUTIES ARE EQUIPPED WITH DOSES OF NALOXONE AND NARCAN FOR OVERDOSE CASES. HE SAYS THEY ALSO HAVE FENTANYL GRADE GLOVES AND PROTECTIVE GLASSES WHEN DEALING WITH A FENTANYL OVERDOSE. OVER THE LAST SIX YEARS, THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE HAS DEALT WITH ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-THREE OVERDOSES, NINE RESULTING IN DEATHS AND TWO DEPUTIES WERE EXPOSED TO FENTANYL.
A MAN WAS INJURED IN A SHOOTING SUNDAY NIGHT IN OPELOUSAS. OFFICERS WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ARRIVING AT THE SCENE OF THE SHOOTING ON EAST JEFFERSON STREET FOUND A TWENTY-FOUR-YEAR-OLD MAN SUFFERING FROM MULTIPLE GUNSHOT WOUNDS. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AND IS IN STABLE CONDITION. ANYONE WHO HAS INFORMATION ON THE SHOOTING IS ASKED TO CALL OPELOUSAS POLICE OR CRIMESTOPPERS AT NINE-FOUR-EIGHT-TIPS.
