10-6-22
FORMER INTERIM POLICE CHIEF WAYNE GRIFFIN IS NOW BACK ON THE FORCE. DANIELLE JOHNSON EXPLAINS.
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THERE WAS ANOTHER SCHOOL THREAT IN ACADIANA YESTERDAY, THIS TIME AT BEAU CHENE HIGH SCHOOL. A POTENTIALLY VIOLENT THREAT WAS FOUND WRITTEN IN A RESTROOM. EDDIE THIBODEAUX WITH THE SAINT LANDRY PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS THEY FOUND THE THREAT NOT TO BE CREDIBLE BUT SENT OUT THEIR TRAINING TEAM WITH DOGS AND SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS TO DO A SPOT CHECK AND MAKE SURE THE SCHOOL WAS SAFE. THIBODEAUX SAYS THEY PLAN TO CONTINUE RANDOM CHECKS OF SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE PARISH TO HELP COMBAT FUTURE THREATS.
Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry officially launched his bid for governor in a highly anticipated gubernatorial race to succeed term-limited Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards next year. Landry is a conservative Republican and staunch supporter of former President Donald Trump. He tweeted a video addressing several campaign issues including crime and education. 2023 is a huge opportunity for Republicans to take control of the state, which voted for Trump by wide margins in the past two presidential contests.
A 43-year-old Lake Charles man faces life in prison after being convicted of killing another man whose body was so burned it took DNA to identify him after his body was found in 2019 on a DeQuincy road. That’s the mandatory sentence, since Nathaniel Mitchell III was convicted of second-degree murder in the death of Zacchaeus H. Burton of Baton Rouge. Codefendant George Anthony Buck pleaded guilty to manslaughter and testified against Mitchell. A spokesperson for the Calcasieu Parish District Attorney’s Office says Buck is to be sentenced Nov. 21.
A CO-WORKER OF KAWANNA FELIX OF LAFAYETTE SAYS SHE SHOWED UP LATE TO WORK TUESDAY SAYING SHE WAS HAVING CONFRONTATIONS WITH HER EX-HUSBAND. HER CO-WORKER GERALDLYN HUDSON TELLS KLFY TV SHE TOLD FELIX TO NOT GO HOME, GET HER CHILDREN AND GO TO A HOTEL. HUDSON SAYS IT WAS ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF LATER THAT SHE GOT THE CALL THAT FELIX HAD BEEN SHOT AND KILLED BY HER EX-HUSBAND, ANDRES FELIX. KAWANNA WAS THE THIRD PERSON FELIX HAD SHOT AND KILLED THAT DAY BEFORE HE TURNED THE GUN ON HIMSELF, ENDING HIS OWN LIFE.
NEW IBERIA HAS ITS FIRST SHELTER FOR DOMESTIC ABUSE SURVIVORS. A RIBBON CUTTING WAS HELD YESTERDAY FOR CHEZ HOPE. CHERRISE PICARD SAYS THE SHELTER WILL ALLOW SURVIVORS TIME TO HEAL AND ACCESS TO A FRESH START. CHEZ HOPE HAS SIX APARTMENT UNITS WHERE SURVIVORS CAN STAY FOR AS LONG AS SIX WEEKS.
Anglers will be able to go after red snapper off Louisiana for eight more days, starting at 12:01 a.m. Friday. The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries says the limit will be four red snapper a day. The limit was three for the season that ran on weekends from May 7 until Sept. 19. The department found that more than 39,000 pounds of the quota remained, allowing the additional days and higher limit.
ON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28TH, TWO HOMES IN ROBERTS COVE WERE BURGLARIZED DURING DAYTIME HOURS. THE SUSPECTS MANAGED TO GET INTO A HOUSE ON CASANOVA ROAD BY KICKING IN THE FRONT DOOR, AND THEY STOLE A HANDGUN. THE SECOND BURGLARY ON ROBERTS COVE ROAD INVOLVED THE THEFT OF AROUND FORTY THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF VALUABLES AFTER THE SUSPECTS ENTERED THROUGH AN UNLOCKED DOOR. IF YOU HAVE INFORMATION ON THE BURGLARIES, PLEASE CALL SEVEN-EIGHT-NINE-TIPS, WHERE UP TO A THOUSAND DOLLAR CASH REWARD IS BEING OFFERED FOR INFORMATION LEADING TO AN ARREST.
