10/4/24
A CARENCRO SCHOOL WAS FORCED TO SHELTER IN PLACE BECAUSE OF A SHOOTING. GEORGE FAUST HAS MORE.
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THE FIRST BLACK NEWS REPORTER IN ACADIANA HAS DIED AFTER A BRIEF ILLNESS. ED MARSHALL WAS AN AWARD-WINNING JOURNALIST WHO WORKED FOR KLFY TV FROM NINETEEN-SEVENTY-EIGHT TO NINETEEN-EIGHTY-NINE. HE WAS KNOWN FOR HIS CONTACT TEN CONSUMER REPORTS. MARSHALL WAS SIXTY-SEVEN YEARS OLD.
A LAKE CHARLES MAN, WHO’S BEEN CONVICTED OF SEX CRIMES THREE DIFFERENT TIMES IN THE PAST, HAS BEEN ARRESTED AGAIN. SIXTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD GREGORY BALLARD WAS BOOKED ON A CHARGE OF MOLESTATION OF A JUVENILE. HIS CONVICTIONS WERE IN THE NINETEEN EIGHTIES AND NINETIES, THE LAST ONE IN NINETEEN NINETY-SIX FOR INDECENT BEHAVIOR WITH A JUVENILE. THE CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT BEGAN AN INVESTIGATION IN AUGUST AFTER RECEIVING A REPORT THAT BALLARD ALLEGEDLY SEXUALLY ABUSING A CHILD OVER SEVERAL YEARS.
WE’RE JUST TWO WEEKS AWAY FROM EARLY VOTING IN THE NOVEMBER FIFTH PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. MONDAY IS THE DEADLINE TO REGISTER TO VOTE IN PERSON OR BY MAIL. HOWEVER, YOU CAN STILL REGISTER ONLINE UNTIL TUESDAY, OCTOBER FIFTEENTH. EARLY VOTING IS FROM OCTOBER EIGHTEENTH UNTIL TWENTY-NINTH, EXCLUDING THE TWO SUNDAYS.
A DRUG DEALER FROM LAFAYETTE PARISH WAS GIVEN A NEARLY FORTY YEAR PRISON SENTENCE YESTERDAY. THIRTY-EIGHT-YEAR-OLD OLIVER J. MARTIN OF CARENCRO BECAME THE FOCUS OF AN INVESTIGATION BY THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE IN TWENTY-NINETEEN. INVESTIGATORS SEARCHED HIS HOME AND FOUND A LARGE AMOUNT OF ILLEGAL DRUGS ALONG WITH MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND IN CASH AND SEVERAL FIREARMS WITH SERIAL NUMBERS OBLITERATED. MARTIN, WHO WASN’T AT HOME DURING THE SEARCH, WAS LATER LOCATED AND HE LED CARENCRO POLICE ON A CHASE THAT REACHED MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED MILES AN HOUR BEFORE HE CRASHED HIS VEHICLE.
RISEMAN JENKINS OF OPELOUSAS SAYS HE ARRIVED HOME WEDNESDAY MORNING TO FIND A TEENAGER ATTEMPTING TO STEAL HIS GUN. HE TELLS KLFY TV HE FOUND HIS GUN AND CAR KEYS OUT OF PLACE IN HIS OFFICE AND, WHEN HE TURNED AROUND, HE FOUND THE TEEN HIDING BEHIND HIS DOOR, WEARING A HOODIE AND A SKI MASK. JENKINS GRABBED HOLD OF HIM BUT THE SUSPECT BROKE AWAY AND FLED ON FOOT. JENKINS SAYS HE’S GLAD HE DIDN’T KNOW THE SUSPECT WAS THERE BEFORE HE ENTERED THE HOUSE BECAUSE HE WOULD HAVE ARMED HIMSELF AND THE TEEN PROBABLY WOULDN’T BE HERE TODAY.
COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN FILED TO THE STATE BY OAKDALE CITY EMPLOYEES AGAINST MAYOR GENE PAUL. ONE EMPLOYEE CLAIMS SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND DISCRIMINATION AGAINST PAUL. ANOTHER COMPLAINT OF A HOSTILE WORK ENVIRONMENT WAS FILED BY PUBLIC WORKS SUPERVISOR TOI ARDOIN. THE CITY COUNCIL DISCUSSED HIRING AN OUTSIDE ATTORNEY TO HANDLE THE CLAIMS, BUT ULTIMATELY DECIDED AGAINST IT BY A THREE-TO-ONE VOTE.
SAINT LANDRY PARISH SHERIFF BOBBY GUIDROZ SAYS AN INVESTIGATION INTO A SCHEME TO SMUGGLE DRUGS INTO THE PARISH JAIL COULD RESULT IN MORE CHARGES FILED AND MORE CORRECTIONS OFFICERS TERMINATED. CORRECTIONS OFFICER TIMOTHY LAZARE OF OPELOUSAS, WHO IS ACCUSED OF HELPING BRING DRUGS INTO THE JAIL, WAS THE FIRST ARREST. A PERSON WHO IS A SIGNIFICANT NARCOTIC DEALER, ACCORDING TO THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE, WAS THE SECOND ARREST. THIRTY-SEVEN-YEAR-OLD NICKLOUS THOMAS OF EUNICE FACES MULTIPLE DRUG DISTRIBUTION CHARGES AS WELL AS CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY TO INTRODUCE CONTRABAND INTO A PENAL FACILITY.
