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THE BATON ROUGE-BASED M-M-R GROUP IS SPENDING MORE THAN FIFTY-FIVE MILLION DOLLARS TO OPEN A NEW ASSEMBLY FACILITY IN LAFAYETTE PARISH. IT WILL RESULT IN NEARLY TWO HUNDRED NEW JOBS WITH AN AVERAGE ANNUAL SALARY OF EIGHTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS. THEY HAVE PURCHASED AN EXISTING BUILDING IN LAFAYETTE THAT THEY ARE RENOVATING TO MEET THEIR NEEDS, WHICH IS EXPECTED TO BE OPERATIONAL IN SIX TO EIGHT MONTHS. THE NEW FACILITY WILL PRODUCE ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS USED IN FAST-GROWING SECTORS, SUCH AS DATA CENTERS AND SEMICONDUCTORS.
A JENNINGS MAN HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED SECOND-DEGREE MURDER FOR A SEVERE BEATING AT THE SAINT LANDRY PARISH JAIL. SHERIFF BOBBY GUIDROZ SAYS TWENTY-EIGHTY-YEAR-OLD GAIGE WHITE PUNCHED A FELLOW INMATE NUMEROUS TIMES AND, WHEN HE FELL TO THE FLOOR, STOMPED ON HIS HEAD REPEATEDLY. THE VICTIM HAD MULTIPLE FACIAL FRACTURES, A BROKEN JAW AND A BRAIN BLEED. GUIDROZ SAYS VIOLENCE WILL NEVER BE TOLERATED IN THEIR FACILITY.
THERE’S A NEW DEVELOPMENT IN THE TEN COMMANDMENTS DISPLAY LAW IN LOUISIANA. GEORGE FAUST HAS THE DETAILS.
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A HIGH SPEED CHASE IN IBERIA PARISH INVOLVING POLICE AND A STOLEN MOTORCYCLE ENDED IN A CRASH AND AN ARREST. GEORGE FAUST REPORTS.
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A RAYNE MAN WAS KILLED IN A CRASH ON I-TEN JUST BEFORE THREE-THIRTY SUNDAY MORNING. THIRTY-EIGHT-YEAR-OLD JEREMY THOMAS SLAMMED HIS PICKUP INTO THE BACK OF A SEMI-TRUCK THAT WAS PARKED ALONG I-TEN. POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR THE DRIVER OF THE SEMI WHO WAS NOT AT THE SCENE WHEN THEY ARRIVED. THE CRASH HAPPENED NEAR THE RAYNE EXIT.
A LAKE CHARLES MAN WAS KILLED IN A SINGLE VEHICLE CRASH AT THE BLACK BAYOU BRIDGE. STATE POLICE SAY FORTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD ERIC LINDEN WAS TRAVELING ON L-A THREE-EIGHTY-FOUR JUST BEFORE ELEVEN A-M SUNDAY. WHEN HE APPROACHED THE BRIDGE, HE STRUCK THE CROSSING ARM AND OVERTURNED HIS VEHICLE. LINDEN, WHO WASN’T WEARING A SEAT BELT, SUFFERED SEVERE INJURIES AND WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL, WHERE HE LATER DIED.
THE IBERIA PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS INVESTIGATING THE BREAK-IN AND THEFT OF NEARLY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF EQUIPMENT FROM IBERIA AGGREGATES. A SUSPECT SEEN ON SURVEILLANCE VIDEO BROKE INTO COMPANY TRUCKS AND TOOLBOXES, STEALING A TWENTY TON HYDRAULIC JACK, A GENERATOR AND OTHER COMPANY EQUIPMENT. THE OWNERS OF IBERIA AGGREGATES ARE OFFERING A THOUSAND DOLLAR REWARD FOR THE RECOVERY OF THE STOLEN ITEMS. THE IBERIA PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE ASKS ANYONE WITH INFORMATION TO CALL THE OFFICE OR SUBMIT IT ANONYMOUSLY ON THEIR MOBILE APP.
THREE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION TO AN ARMED ROBBERY THAT HAPPENED LAST WEEK. A MAN SAYS THEY TOOK HIS MONEY, ONE PERSON THREATENED HIM WITH A HAMMER AND ANOTHER PEPPER SPRAYED HIM. IT HAPPENED AT A RESIDENCE ON VERRET STREET. FORTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD JEWEL ANN ROSS OF MORGAN CITY WAS ARRESTED SUNDAY FOR ARMED ROBBERY AND THE OTHER TWO, FIFTY-YEAR-OLD LEE BOUDREAUX OF AMELIA AND TWENTY-NINE-YEAR-OLD ALEXIS GROS OF THIBODEAUX, WERE ARRESTED LAST WEEK.
