11-4-19
NEW IBERIA POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A LOMBARD STREET SHOOTING THAT LEFT A MAN IN CRITICAL CONDITION. MEGAN KELLY HAS MORE.
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A FIVE-K RUN TO HONOR STATE TROOPER STEVEN VINCENT WAS HELD IN LAKE CHARLES YESTERDAY. THE FOUNDATION DIRECTOR FOR STATE POLICE TROOP D, RYAN NAVARRE, CAME UP WITH THE IDEA OF THE EVENT DEDICATED TO VINCENT, WHO WAS SHOT AND KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY IN AUGUST OF 2015. OVER FORTY TEAMS AND 600 RUNNERS COMPETED IN THE EVENT INCLUDING VINCENT’S BROTHER, WHO IS THE POLICE CHIEF FOR IOWA, KEITH VINCENT. MORE THAN FORTY THOUSAND DOLLARS WAS RAISED THROUGH THE EVENT WHICH WILL BE USED TO PURCHASE CLASS FOUR BULLETPROOF VESTS FOR FORTY TROOPERS.
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE GATHERED YESTERDAY AT THE CATHEDRAL OF ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST IN LAFAYETTE TO HONOR THE LIVE OF 35 PEOPLE WHOSE BODIES HAVE GONE UNCLAIMED BY FAMILY. THE SERVICE HAS BEEN AN ANNUAL TRADITION THAT BEGAN IN 2012 WHEN KIM BOUDREAUX OF CATHOLIC CHARITIES FOUND OUT THERE WERE DOZENS OF UNCLAIMED REMAINS AT THE MORGUE. THE INDIVIDUALS WERE BURIED IN A SECTION OF ST. JOHN’S CEMETARY THAT ARE RESERVED FOR THE UNCLAIMED, UNKNOWN OR IMPOVERISHED. FOLLOWING A FINAL BLESSING AND THE SINGING OF “AMAZING GRACE” BY ST. THOMAS MORE STUDENTS, PARTICIPANTS LAID WHITE CARNATIONS ON THE CASKETS.
IT WAS A RECORD SETTING DAY FOR LOUISIANA FOR THE FIRST DAY OF EARLY VOTING THIS WEEKEND. MEGAN KELLY HAS THE DETAILS.
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A CARENCRO MAN LED CROWLEY POLICE ON A HIGH SPEED CHASE EARLY SUNDAY MORNING THAT LEFT THREE PEOPLE INJURED, AND ONE CRITICALLY. WHEN POLICE WERE CALLED TO A PARKING LOT AFTER REPORTS OF A VEHICLE HITTING OTHER CARS, THE DRIVER OF THAT VEHICLE TOOK OFF AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED REACHING UP TO 120 MILES AN HOUR, AND DAMAGING TWO HOUSES AND ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE DRIVER, 20-YEAR-OLD AUSTIN LEE GARY HIT AN EMBANKMENT ON THE CROWLEY-EUNICE HIGHWAY, FLIPPING THE VEHICLE SEVERAL TIMES, THEN HE MANAGED TO ESCAPE HIS CAR AND RUN INTO THE WOODS. GARY’S FAMILY SAYS HE HAS MADE AN ARRANGEMENT WITH THE POLICE TO COME TODAY TO THE DEPARTMENT WITH HIS LAWYER.
LAKE CHARLES POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A HOMOCIDE THAT HAPPENED SATURDAY AFTERNOON, ONE PERSON WAS SHOT AND KILLED ON CHURCH STREET. POLICE SAY THE INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING. NO OTHER DETAILS HAVE BEEN RELEASED.
A volunteer search and rescue group in Louisiana says it has changed its name to avoid confusion with a similarly named organization whose leader is accused of taking money from a fundraiser meant for children. The director of Pinnacle Search and Rescue, formerly known as Cajun Navy 2016, told KADN-TV it sped up its name change when the president of a separate group called America’s Cajun Navy was charged with fraud two weeks ago. News outlets report the change also comes as its own president, Jon Bridgers, faces fraud charges after a homeowner said he agreed to do contracting work on a house but never finished. Pinnacle Search and Rescue director Ben Husser said some were confusing the two organizations.
A VILLE PLATTE MAN WAS KILLED IN A HEAD-ON COLLISION FRIDAY IN LINCOLN PARISH. THE DRIVER OF AN 18-WHEELER, DRIVEN BY 25-YEAR-OLD DUSTIN LEHMAN OF STERLINGTON, WAS TRAVELING NORTH ON HIGHWAY 33 WHEN HE NOTICED A STOPPED TOYOTA YARIS AND SIDESWIPED THE VEHICLE WHILE TRYING TO GET AROUND IT. HE THEN WENT INTO THE SOUTHBOUND LANE, STRIKING A NISSAN VERSA, DRIVEN BY 22-YEAR-OLD TREVOR TRAHAN OF VILLE PLATTE. TRAHAN WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE, WHILE THE DRIVER OF THE 18-WHEELER AND TOYOTA YARIS WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WITH INJURIES.
