11-28-18
BROUSSARD POLICE SAY THEY CAPTURED A VIOLENT SUSPECT WHO WAS ON THE RUN FROM AUTHORITIES IN MARKSVILLE. GERALD GRUENIG REPORTS.
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CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF TONY MANCUSO SAYS A CAREGIVER RECENTLY ARRESTED WAS NOT TAKING GOOD CARE OF A DISABLED 17-YEAR-OLD BOY. HE SAYS 32-YEAR-OLD MIRACLE CHATMAN WOULD PUT NEW DIAPERS OVER OLD SOILED DIAPERS INSTEAD OF CHANGING THEM. HE SAYS THE BOY, WHO WAS SIX-FEET-TALL, WAS ONLY 85 POUNDS WHEN HE WAS BROUGHT TO THE HOSPITAL. JUDGE RON WARE SET CHATMAN’S BOND AT 14 THOUSAND DOLLARS.
THE ST. MARTIN PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE HAS ARRESTED THREE PEOPLE FOR PRODUCING PORNOGRAPHIC IMAGES OF A JUVENILE THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA. THEY ARE SEARCHING FOR A FOURTH SUSPECT, 22-YEAR-OLD DREW JAMESON CHAISSON OF BREAUX BRIDGE. THE OTHERS WHO WERE ARRESTED ARE 23-YEAR-OLD DYLAN CHASE AUGILLARD OF BROUSSARD, 19-YEAR-OLD ANNICK ANGELIQUE HEBERT OF LAFAYETTE, AND 21-YEAR-OLD WILLIAM KANE WATKINS OF LAFAYETTE. THE ARRESTS CAME AFTER THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE RECEIVED A COMPLAINT ON AUGUST 22ND.
A new financial dispute has emerged between Gov. John Bel Edwards’ administration and House Republican leaders, stalling changes to Louisiana’s income forecast. House Appropriations Chairman Cameron Henry on Tuesday blocked proposals to adjust the financial projections used to build Louisiana’s budget. The action, during a Revenue Estimating Conference meeting, could keep the Edwards administration and lawmakers from funding $43 million in spending plans for the current budget year. The move also could prevent the Democratic governor from having the extra money he wants for a teacher pay raise in his proposal for next year’s budget.
For the first time since its creation, Louisiana’s income forecasting panel has a vacancy. LSU economist Jim Richardson announced Tuesday that after 30 years on the Revenue Estimating Conference, he is stepping down. The panel determines the income projections used to build the state’s budget. Richardson will stay in the position until his replacement is chosen.
THE LAFAYETTE CITY PARISH GOVERNMENT IS PREPARING TO COMMISSION A PLAN TO DO INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR THE SIMCOE STREET CORRIDOR. CITY PARISH PLANNER NEIL LEBOUEF TELLS THE ADVOCATE THAT THEY WILL HIRE A CONSULTING FIRM TO COME UP WITH A SET OF RECOMMENDATIONS TO IMPROVE THE CORRIDOR. HE SAYS THERE WILL BE AS MANY AS A HALF DOZEN COMMUNITY MEETINGS TO SUBMIT IDEAS AND RECEIVE FEEDBACK. LEBOUEF SAYS THE SIMCOE STREET PLANNING PROJECT WILL COST 550 THOUSAND DOLLARS WITH EIGHTY PERCENT OF THAT COMING FROM A FEDERAL GRANT THROUGH THE ACADIANA PLANNING COMMISSION.
NAVIGATIONAL AIDS WILL BE PUT IN THE CONTRABAND BAYOU TO HELP PROTECT BOATERS. DARRELL WALKER OF BLUE STAR MARINE, WHICH IS IN A PARTNERSHIP THAT IS INSTALLING THE MARKERS, SAYS THERE HAVE BEEN ACCIDENTS IN THAT AREA WHEN BOATERS HIT STUMPS THAT THEY CAN’T SEE BELOW THE WATER LINE. LIEUTENANT RON JOHNSON WITH THE CALCASIEU SHERIFF’S MARINE DIVISION SAYS THE MARKERS WILL ALSO LET BOATERS KNOW WHERE IS THE BANK LINE. IN ADDITION TO BLUE STAR MARINE, THE POWER SQUADRON IS HELPING FUND THE MARKERS ALONG WITH THE CALCASIEU SHERIFF’S MARINE DIVISION, THE POLICE JURY, THE CITY OF LAKE CHARLES AND THE SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA CONVENTION AND VISITOR’S BUREAU.
A JUVENILE, WHO HAS BEEN CAUSING PROBLEMS IN CROWLEY AND ESPECIALLY THE MEADOWS AND KATHY APARTMENT AREAS, WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. SHERIFF K-P GIBSON SAYS THE JUVENILE HAD A FIREARM WHEN DEPUTIES LOCATED HIM BUT THEY TOOK HIM INTO CUSTODY WITHOUT INCIDENT. GIBSON SAYS HE WAS WANTED FOR SEVERAL BURGLARIES, THEFTS AND CRIMES AGAINST PERSONS. HE WAS PLACED INTO A JUVENILE DETENTION FACILITY WHILE HE AWAITS COURT ACTION.
