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TWO MEN WANTED IN CONNECTION WITH A SHOOTING IN LAFAYETTE ON SEPTEMBER 29TH WERE FOUND AND ARRESTED IN OKLAHOMA. 41-YEAR-OLD FERNANDEZ L. GRAHAM AND 40-YEAR-OLD DELMONT A. HOWARD WERE ARRESTED AROUND MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY IN OKLAHOMA CITY AND ARE AWAITING EXTRADITION TO LAFAYETTE. GRAHAM IS BEING CHARGED WITH SECOND DEGREE MURDER FOR THE SHOOTING OF 20-YEAR-OLD TYLER ETIENNE ON NINTH STREET IN LAFAYETTE. HOWARD HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH PRINCIPAL TO SECOND DEGREE MURDER FOR ALLEGEDLY HELPED GRAHAM FLEE LAFAYETTE.
JEFF DAVIS PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES ARRESTED A MAN WHO PAWNED HIS DAUGHTER’S BICYCLE IN ORDER TO BUY DRUGS. 39-YEAR-OLD TOBY LANTHIER WAS PULLED OVER FOR A TRAFFIC VIOLATION WEDNESDAY ON HIGHWAY 90 NEAR WINNIE ROAD. HE TOLD THE DEPUTY THAT HE HAD JUST BEEN TO A PAWN SHOP WHERE HE HAD SOLD HIS DAUGHTER’S BIKE. CHIEF DEPUTY CHRIS IVEY SAYS THE DEPUTY NOTICED A STRAW USED AS DRUG PARAPHERNAILIA IN THE VEHICLE AND LANTHIER ADMITTED TO HIM THAT HE HAD JUST COME FROM USING THE MONEY TO PURCHASE DRUGS.
JEFF DAVIS PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES ARRESTED A MAN WHO PAWNED HIS DAUGHTER’S BICYCLE IN ORDER TO BUY DRUGS LAST TUESDAY EVENING. 28-YEAR-OLD GARY BRACKETT HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE MURDER. THEY ARE ALSO CHARGING 39-YEAR-OLD TRAVIS TOUPS OF CARENCRO AND 35-YEAR-OLD JAMIE LEE SMITH WITH ACCESSORY AFTER THE FACT. BRACKETT AND TOUPS ARE CURRENTLY BEING HELD IN THE LAFAYETE PARISH CORRECTIONAL CENTER ON CHARGES UNRELATED TO THE MURDER INVESTIGATION, AND THEY WILL BE EXTRADITED TO ST. MARTIN PARISH AT A LATER DATE.
Only one of five top candidates vying for Louisiana’s U.S. Senate seat backed Gov. John Bel Edwards’ push for litigation against the oil and gas industry for its role in eroding the state’s coast. Public Service Commissioner Foster Campbell, a Democrat running with Edwards’ endorsement, supported the lawsuits. U.S. Rep. Charles Boustany, U.S. Rep. John Fleming and retired Air Force Col. Rob Maness, all Republicans, and Democratic lawyer Caroline Fayard disagreed Thursday that litigation was the best path. Fleming said the oil industry should have a role in helping fight erosion, but through grants and partnerships.
THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD WEDNESDAY NIGHT DECIDED AGAINST FILING A LAWSUIT AGAINST OIL AND GAS PRODUCERS TO RECOVER COSTS FOR COASTAL RESTORATION. GOVERNOR JOHN BEL EDWARDS HAS ENCOURAGED PARISHES TO FILE LAWSUITS AGAINST ENERGY PRODUCERS, BUT THE SCHOOL BOARD APPROVED A RESOLUTION OPPOSING THE GOVERNOR’S RECOMMENDATION. ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS VOTED FOR THE RESOLUTION EXCEPT FOR TEHMI CHAISSON, WHO ABSTAINED, AND MARY MORRISON, WHO WAS ABSENT. BOARD MEMBER ERIC KNEZEK, WHO PROPOSED THE RESOLUTION, CALLED THE LAWSUITS A MONEY GRAB THAT WILL HAVE LITTLE EFFECT ON COASTAL RESTORATION WHILE CAUSING MORE STRUGGLES FOR OIL AND GAS COMPANIES.
CAMERON PARISH POLICE JURORS LEARNED YESTERDAY ABOUT PORT CAMERON, WHICH WILL BE THE LARGEST PRIVATE ENERGY SERVICES FACILITY ON THE GULF COAST. FOUNDING DEVELOPER SCOTT HENRY TOLD THE JURY THAT THE ONE-POINT-5 BILLION DOLLAR PROJECT WILL PRODUCE THOUSANDS OF CONSTRUCTION JOBS AND 12-HUNDRED PERMANENT JOBS. CONSTRUCTION ON THE FACILITY, WHICH WILL BE LOCATED JUST EAST OF THE CAMERON FERRY, IS EXPECTED TO TAKE ABOUT FOUR YEARS AND THE FIRST PHASE SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY NEXT YEAR. ECONOMIST DR. LOREN SCOTT CALLS PORT CAMERON A MAJOR GAME CHANGER FOR THE PARISH.
ACADIA PARISH SHERIFF K-P GIBSON IS PUTTING ELEVEN NEW DEPUTIES ON THE STREETS BY NEW YEAR’S DAY. GIBSON SAYS THAT BY CLOSING THE DETENTION CENTER AND REALLOCATING THOSE POSITIONS THROUGHOUT THE DEPARTMENT, HE WAS ABLE TO ADD THE NEW DEPUTIES WITHOUT SPENDING MORE MONEY. CURRENTLY THERE ARE FOUR DEPUTIES WORKING PER SHIFT, BUT WHEN THE NEW DEPUTIES COME ON BOARD, THEY WILL HAVE SEVEN PER SHIFT. GIBSON SAYS HE ALSO WANTS TO EXPAND THE NARCOTICS DIVISION AND PARTNER WITH THE CROWLEY POLICE DEPARTMENT IN TRAINING OFFICERS AND DEPUTIES.
AN IMPORTANT DEADLINE IS APPROACHING FOR ANYONE WITH FLOOD DAMAGE. JEFF HORCHEK HAS MORE.
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