11-11-25
THERE WAS A DEADLY SHOOTING MONDAY AFTERNOON OUTSIDE THE HIMBOLA MANOR APARTMENTS IN LAFAYETTE. GEORGE FAUST REPORTS.
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TWO SAINT LANDRY PARISH CORRECTIONS DEPUTIES WERE ARRESTED AFTER A SEVENTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD INMATE WAS INJURED, WHICH LED TO A REPORT INITIATED BY OPELOUSAS GENERAL HOSPITAL. MAJOR MARK LEBLANC FROM THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS THE INITIAL FINDINGS WERE SUFFICIENT TO WARRANT THE TERMINATION AND ARREST OF THE DEPUTIES, IDENTIFIED AS JOHN SMITH AND HAYDEN AYMOND. SMITH FACES CHARGES OF CRUELTY TO A PERSON WITH INFIRMITIES. THEY BOTH ARE CHARGED WITH MALFEASANCE IN OFFICE AND FAILURE TO SEEK ASSISTANCE.
LOUISIANA INSURANCE COMMISSIONER TIM TEMPLE SAYS HIS OFFICE IS MOVING TO IMPLEMENT A RULE SETTING A BENCHMARK DISCOUNT INSURERS MUST GIVE HOMEOWNERS WITH FORTIFIED ROOFS. TEMPLE SAYS TEN THOUSAND HOMEOWNERS IN LOUISIANA HAVE FORTIFIED ROOFS, THE THIRD MOST IN THE NATION. THE STATE HAS DOLED OUT MILLIONS IN TAXPAYER FUNDED GRANTS TO HELP HOMEOWNERS PUT THE FORTIFIED ROOFS ON THEIR HOMES. TEMPLE SAYS THE NEXT ROUND OF GRANTS WILL OPEN TO RESIDENTS TOMORROW WITH THE AGENCY SELECTING ONE THOUSAND PEOPLE AT RANDOM.
A SULPHUR MAN HAS BEEN INDICTED BY A GRAND JURY IN ALLEN PARISH. WILLIAM WHATLEY IS CHARGED WITH SEXUAL BATTERY OF A CHILD UNDER THE AGE OF THIRTEEN. THE ALLEN PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE BEGAN AN INVESTIGATION OF CHILD ABUSE IN THE REEVES AREA LAST MARCH. WHATLEY IS CURRENTLY BEING HELD IN THE ALLEN PARISH JAIL AWAITING A BOND HEARING.
THE LAFAYETTE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS CRACKING DOWN ON RED LIGHT RUNNERS IN AN EFFORT TO REDUCE CRASHES. THE RED LIGHT RUNNING CAMPAIGN CONTINUES THROUGH DECEMBER. DRIVERS ARE ASKED TO PAY CLOSER ATTENTION TO TRAFFIC LIGHTS ESPECIALLY AS IT GETS DARKER EARLIER IN THE EVENING. CRASH DATA INDICATES THAT MOST INTERSECTION CRASHES HAPPEN BETWEEN SIX P-M AND MIDNIGHT.
SECOND HARVEST IS HELPING MAKE GROCERY SHOPPING A LITTLE EASIER AND MORE AFFORDABLE WITH THE MOBILE GROCERY MARKET. IT’S A FOOD TRUCK THAT SERVES MULTIPLE COMMUNITIES IN TWENTY-THREE PARISHES. COORDINATOR KIARA RICHARD SAYS THEY WORK WITH LOCAL FARMERS AND VENDORS TO DELIVER FRESH PRODUCE, FRESH PROTEIN AND DRY GOODS, ALL AT A FAIR PRICE. SHE SAYS TODAY THEY WILL BE AT OUR LADY OF SACRED HEART CHURCH IN CHURCH POINT AND TOMORROW AT OCHSNER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AND CLINICS IN LAFAYETTE.
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS HOLDING IT’S FIRST OILFIELD LEASE SALE IN NEARLY TWO YEARS. THEY RELEASED A CALL FOR BIDS TO LEASE ABOUT EIGHTY MILLION ACRES IN THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN GULF. BIDS CAN BE SUBMITTED BY ENERGY COMPANIES THROUGH DECEMBER TENTH. THEY WILL PAY TO EXPLORE AND DEVELOP OIL AND NATURAL GAS RESERVES ON THE OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF OFF OF THE COASTS OF LOUISIANA, TEXAS, MISSISSIPI AND ALABAMA.
A SAINT MARTINVILLE MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED ON A SECOND-DEGREE MURDER CHARGE. NINETEEN-YEAR-OLD DELIAN MALLERY IS ACCUSED OF SHOOTING AND KILLING A MALE VICTIM WHOSE NAME HAS NOT YET BEEN RELEASED. THE VICTIM’S BODY WAS FOUND ON SUNDAY BY SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES AT A RESIDENCE ON CYPRESS ISLAND HIGHWAY IN SAINT MARTINVILLE WITH A GUNSHOT WOUND TO THE HEAD. THE REASON FOR THE SHOOTING IS UNDER INVESTIGATION.
