11-30-21
A NEW IBERIA MOTHER IS SPEAKING OUT URGING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO CONTINUE INVESTIGATING THE DEATH OF HER SON, WHO WAS KILLED ALONG WITH ANOTHER MAN IN JULY. TERRY LATULAS (luh TOO luh) SAYS THE ONLY WAY SHE HEARS FROM POLICE NOW IS IF SHE CALLS THEM AND SHE’S CONCERNED THAT IT COULD BECOME A COLD CASE. HER SON, KEONDRE CARLISLE, AND CORTEZ MONTGOMERY WERE SHOT AND KILLED ON MISSISSIPPI STREET AND, SO FAR, POLICE HAVE NOT MADE AN ARREST. LATULAS TELLS KATC TV SHE WANTS POLICE TO GO DOOR TO DOOR TO GET ANSWERS TO HER SON’S DEATH.
ALL WOOD FURNITURE MAKERS ON PINHOOK IN LAFAYETTE SUFFERED MAJOR DAMAGE SUNDAY MORNING FROM TWO SEPARATE INCIDENTS. AT AROUND SIX-THIRTY, A MAN WAS SEEN ON SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS THROWING ROCKING CHAIRS AT WINDOWS AND SHATTERING THE FRONT DOOR WINDOW. ABOUT TWO HOURS LATER, THE DRIVER OF A CAR TRAVELING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED VEERED OFF THE ROAD AND SLAMMED INTO THE SAME BUSINESS, CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE STORAGE AREA AND DAMAGING WINDOWS AND DOORS. NO ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE AND POLICE HAVE NOT DETERMINED IF THE TWO INCIDENTS ARE RELATED.
THE CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS IMPLEMENTING THEIR ANNUAL ROBBERY PREVENTION MOBILIZATION, WHICH WILL BE STATIONED AT THE PRIEN LAKE MALL EVERY DAY FROM TEN A-M UNTIL AN HOUR AFTER THE MALL CLOSES. SHERIFF TONY MANCUSO SAYS THEY’LL HAVE A LARGE PRESENCE, MAKING SURE THEY ARE VISIBLE TO PREVENT CRIME BEFORE IT STARTS. DEPUTIES WILL WEAR ORANGE VESTS AND WILL BE AVAILABLE TO ASSIST SHOPPERS, INCLUDING WALKING THEM TO THEIR VEHICLES IF THE SHOPPERS FEEL UNSAFE. DEPUTIES WILL ALSO BE VISITING CONVENIENCE STORES IN THE PARISH TO CHECK WITH STORE CLERKS TO SEE IF THEY ARE HAVING ANY PROBLEMS OR SPECIAL NEEDS.
HERE’S CAROLINE MARCELLO WITH THE LATEST COVID-NINETEEN NUMBERS FOR LOUISIANA.
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A CROWLEY AUTO REPAIR SHOP OWNER IS FACING NEW CHARGES RELATED TO A FRAUD SCHEME HE WAS PREVIOUSLY ARRESTED FOR. CAROLINE MARCELLO REPORTS.
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A LAFAYETTE MAN WAS KILLED IN A CRASH IN YOUNGSVILLE OVER THE WEEKEND. IT HAPPENED AT AROUND TWO THIRTY A-M SATURDAY IN THE TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED BLOCK OF EAST MILTON AVENUE. TWENTY-FOUR-YEAR-OLD TYLER XAVIER JOHNSON WAS FOUND IN THE VEHICLE, WHICH WAS ON FIRE AFTER HAVING STRUCK A CONCRETE CULVERT. JOHNSON WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE AND THE CRASH REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION.
France’s ambassador to the U.S. plans to attend a ceremony honoring Homer Plessy during a visit to Louisiana to strengthen longstanding ties between his country and the state. Plessy’s decision to sit in a “whites-only” railroad car to protest discrimination led to the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1896 “separate but equal” ruling affirming state segregation laws. A Louisiana board earlier this month voted in favor of a posthumous pardon for Plessy. News outlets report that Ambassador Philippe Etienne is scheduled to attend a ceremony for Plessy today during a three-day visit to Louisiana.
ABOUT FIFTEEN THOUSAND CUSTOMERS WHO LIVE OUTSIDE OF SAINT MARTINVILLE, BREAUX BRIDGE, PARKS AND HENDERSON WILL HAVE A NEW AUTOMATED TRASH COLLECTION PROVIDER IN THE NEW YEAR, WASTE CONNECTIONS. EACH TRUCK WILL HAVE TABLETS THAT TELL DRIVERS WHERE TO GO AND THEY’LL BE ABLE TO CHECK MARK COLLECTED TRASH AND RECORD ANY ERRORS PREVENTING TRASH COLLECTION IN REAL TIME. WASTE CONNECTIONS DIVISION MARKET DEVELOPMENT MANAGER JAMIE GILBERT SAYS IT’S STATE OF THE ART TECHONOLOGY THAT IS BEING USED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN LOUISIANA. THEY’LL ALSO HAVE AN APP FOR CUSTOMERS WHERE THEY CAN SEE PICKUP DATES, PAY BILLS AND MORE.
