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A MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE ARMED ROBBERY OF A COMMUNITY FIRST BANK BRANCH IN BROUSSARD, BUT IT IS NOT THE ROBBER. 27-YEAR-OLD JOHN CHARLES OF NEW IBERIA IS IN CUSTODY AFTER HE WAS IDENTIFIED AS THE ALLEGED GETAWAY DRIVER. BROUSSARD POLICE HAVE OBTAINED A WARRANT FOR 29-YEAR-OLD JEREMIE RAYMOND OF NEW IBERIA, WHO THEY BELIEVE IS THE MAN WHO ROBBED THE BANK ON MONDAY MORNING. A BANK TELLER, WHO WAS SHOT DURING THE ROBBERY, HAD SURGERY ON MONDAY AND IS LISTED IN STABLE CONDITION.
STATE POLICE HAVE BEEN CALLED IN TO INVESTIGATE A DEPUTY-INVOLVED SHOOTING IN SULPHUR TUESDAY NIGHT. A CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTY WAS RESPONDING TO A BURGLARY IN PROGRESS CALL AND SPOTTED A MAN CARRYING A GUN WHEN HE CAME ON THE SCENE. WHEN THE MAN REFUSED TO DROP THE GUN, DEPUTIES OPENED FIRE AND WOUNDED THE MAN, WHO WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WITH NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURIES. THE SUSPECT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS 45-YEAR-OLD DAVID S. ROZAS OF SULPHUR, WHO WILL BE CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED FIRST DEGREE MURDER OF A POLICE OFFICER AND AGGRAVATED ASSAULT WHEN HE’S RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL.
A WOMAN WAS ARRESTED FOR ALLEGEDLY SHOOTING ANOTHER WOMAN IN NEW IBERIA. EMILY GIANGRECO REPORTS.
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A tie vote among 14 federal appeals court judges in New Orleans allows Planned Parenthood facilities in Louisiana to keep receiving Medicaid funding. The money in question goes to health services other than abortion for low-income women. In 2015, a federal judge blocked a move by then-Gov. Bobby Jindal’s administration to cut off the funding and a three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals later upheld that block. The state sought a rehearing and on Tuesday, with three current vacancies on the 17-member court, that motion failed on a 7-7 vote.
LAFAYETTE UTILITIES SYSTEM IS PLANNING TO PUT L-E-D STREET LIGHTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY WITHIN THE NEXT THREE YEARS. IN OCTOBER, L-E-D STREET LIGHTS WERE INSTALLED ON A SECTION OF JEFFERSON STREET. L-U-S DIRECTOR TERRY HUVAL SAYS L-E-D LIGHTS GIVE BETTER LIGHTING WHILE USING HALF AS MUCH ENERGY AND LASTING MUCH LONGER. THE PROJECT WILL COST ABOUT SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS AND WILL BEGIN AROUND THE MIDDLE OF NEXT YEAR.
LOUISIANA STATE POLICE HAVE FOUND THE PERSON THEY BELIEVE STRUCK AND KILLED A PEDESTRIAN EARLY MONDAY MORNING. 29-YEAR-OLD SAMANTHA BROUSSARD OF MOSS BLUFF WAS HIT BY A VEHICLE WHILE WALKING ON THE SHOULDER OF AN I-TEN ON-RAMP ABOUT TWO MILES WEST OF LAKE CHARLES. 42-YEAR-OLD TREVINO CLARK OF LAKE CHARLES WAS ARRESTED TUESDAY NIGHT AND HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH FELONY HIT AND RUN, FAILURE TO REPORT A CRASH AND DRIVING WITH A SUSPENDED LICENSE. HIS VEHICLE WAS FOUND IN A BARN ON HIS PROPERTY.
A NEW CONSTRUCTION PROJECT AT ACADIA GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER IN CROWLEY WILL MORE THAN DOUBLE THE SIZE OF THE EMERGENCY ROOM. LAFAYETTE GENERAL, WHICH OVERSEES THE HOSPITAL, ANNOUNCED A GROUNDBREAKING FOR NEXT TUESDAY AT ELEVEN A-M, AND, AFTER THAT, CONSTRUCTION WILL BEGIN. THE EMERGENCY ROOM WILL GO FROM FOUR CURTAIN BAYS AND TWO PRIVATE ROOMS TO TEN PRIVATE ROOMS, TWO HOLDING AREAS AND TWO TRIAGE AREAS. THE EXISTING E-R WAS ORIGINALLY DESIGNED FOR 600 PATIENTS PER MONTH, BUT THEY NOW SERVE AROUND 1,850 PATIENTS MONTHLY.
U.S. Sen. John Kennedy slammed Gov. John Bel Edwards’ criminal justice overhaul, saying he doesn’t believe the corrections department can properly administer the changes to protect public safety. The Republican senator released a video and statement Tuesday from Washington, where the Democratic governor participated in an event championing the law changes. Kennedy cited “numerous scandals” at the corrections department, including allegations of nepotism and theft. He called the agency “unfit to administer” legislation that includes early release of some inmates.
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