11-4-21
DON’S SPECIALTY MEATS IS THE SUBJECT OF AN EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION LAWSUIT. SYVLIA MASTERS EXPLAINS WHY.
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CROWLEY POLICE CHIEF JIMMY BROUSSARD IS BEING SUED IN FEDERAL COURT BY TWO OFFICERS IN HIS DEPARTMENT. SERGEANT NICHOLAS PENN AND CAPTAIN TAMMY MALLET CLAIM THAT BROUSSARD RETALIATED AGAINST THEM FOR BEING WHISTLEBLOWERS INTO AN ALLEGED MISCONDUCT INVESTIGATION AGAINST BROUSSARD. THE TWO OFFICERS SAY IN THE LAWSUIT THAT BROUSSARD VIOLATED LOUISIANA’S WHISTLEBLOWER STATUTE AND THE FEDERAL CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF NINETEEN SIXTY-FOUR. THE POLICE CHIEF IS CURRENTLY UNDER INDICTMENT AND HAS PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO FOUR COUNTS OF MALFEASANCE IN OFFICE, ONE COUNT OF OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE, AND ONE COUNT OF INJURING PUBLIC RECORDS.
A FOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD STUDENT AT LAKE CHARLES COLLEGE PREP HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR ALLEGEDLY MAKING THREATS AGAINST THE SCHOOL ONLINE. CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S DETECTIVES INVESTIGATED SEVERAL THREATS PUT OUT BETWEEN FRIDAY AND TUESDAY AND TRACED THE I-P ADDRESS OF ONE OF THEM TO THE FOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD FEMALE STUDENT’S HOME. THE STUDENT HAS BEEN BOOKED INTO THE JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER ON A CHARGE OF TERRORISM. SHERIFF TONY MANCUSO SAYS THEY HAVE MADE SEVEN ARRESTS FOR TERRORIZING THIS YEAR AND HE SAYS STUDENTS NOW KNOW THEY WILL BE ARRESTED FOR MAKING THREATS TOWARDS SCHOOLS, STAFF OR STUDENTS.
Louisiana’s top public health official says the state expects to receive 148,000 initial doses of the pediatric coronavirus vaccine, but the doses are trickling in to the state across three shipments and may not be immediately available through health care providers. Dr. Joe Kanter with the state health department said he expects all of Louisiana’s vaccine providers will have gotten their doses of the Pfizer vaccine for children by early next week. That will be enough shots to cover 35% of the state’s 420,000 children between ages 5 and 11. More than 450 clinics, pharmacies and other health providers are signed up to distribute the shots.
The Louisiana State University veterinary school’s diagnostic lab is providing free COVID-19 testing for dogs and cats in Louisiana through the end of the year. A news release Wednesday said the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is paying for the tests, and the Louisiana Office of Public Health is also a partner. People who think their pets have been exposed to the coronavirus are asked to have their veterinarian take samples. The Louisiana Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory will send the veterinarian a free test kit, pay FedEx shipping if that is required, and process the sample for free.
A NINE-YEAR-OLD GIRL IS IN STABLE CONDITION AND RECOVERING FROM SURGERY AFTER BEING SHOT TUESDAY AFTERNOON SOON AFTER SHE GOT OFF A SCHOOL BUS. LAFAYETTE POLICE SAY TWO PEOPLE WERE ARGUING WHEN ONE OF THEM PULLED OUT A GUN AND STARTED FIRING. THE GIRL’S GRANDMOTHER, ANNA BOB, TELLS KLFY TV THAT HER GRANDAUGHTER WAS HTI BY A STRAY BULLET WHILE WALKING IN TO HER HOME IN THE OAKVIEW APARTMENTS ON SIMCOE STREET. LAFAYETTE POLICE DETECTIVES ARE TRYING TO TRACK DOWN THE PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SHOOTING.
OPELOUSAS POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR AN INMATE WHO WALKED OFF A WORK DETAIL. TWENTY-FOUR-YEAR-OLD GILBERT A. LEE, WHO IS WHITE, FIVE-NINE WITH BROWN HAIR AND BLUE EYES, ESCAPED FROM THE WORK DETAIL AT THE SAINT LANDRY SOLID WASTE RECYCLING CENTER. LEE, WHO WAS WEARING BLACK RIMMED GLASSES, A LIME GREEN INMATE TOP WITH BLUE JEANS AND BLACK RUBBER BOOTS, WAS LAST SEEN HEADED NORTH ACROSS WEST SAINT LANDRY STREET TO L-A ONE-OH-FOUR. ANYONE WHO COMES INTO CONTACT WITH LEE IS ASKED TO CALL THEIR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR NINE-ONE-ONE.
THE SHERIFF OF EVANGELINE PARISH SAYS HE’S NOTICED THAT IN EVERY DRUG BUST THEY MAKE, THEY ARE FINDING FENTANYL. SHERIFF CHARLES GUILLORY SAYS THAT, BECAUSE OF THIS TROUBLING TREND, THEY ARE INCREASING NARCOTICS AND CRIMINAL PATROLS. HE SAYS DEPUTIES AND PATROL OFFICERS ARE EQUIPPED WITH NARCAN AND ARE RECEIVING UPDATED TRAINING ON DRUG OVERDOSE PROTOCOLS. GUILLORY SAYS FENTANYL IS FIFTY TO ONE HUNDRED TIMES MORE POTENT THAN MORPHINE AND THEY NEED TO GET IT OFF THE STREETS AS FAST AS POSSIBLE.
