11-8-23
A MAN, WHO FIRED SHOTS INTO A CAR IN THE PARKING LOT OF A HENDERSON BUSINESS ON NOVEMBER FIRST, HAD BEEN IN JAIL SIX DAYS EARLIER FOR VIOLATING A PROTECTIVE ORDER AND HAD BONDED OUT. KALIN CORMIER’S FAMILY SAYS SHE WAS KILLED PROTECTING HER DAUGHTER, WHO WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. GAGE QUEBEDEAUX REPEATEDLY VIOLATED A PROTECTIVE ORDER TO PREVENT HIM FROM CONTACTING OR BEING NEAR CORMIER’S OLDEST DAUGHTER. QUEBEDEAUX IS EXPECTED IN COURT LATER THIS MONTH ON A STATE REQUEST TO REVOKE AND INCREASE BAIL IN SIX SEPARATE CRIMINAL CASES.
ACADIANA WASTE SERVICES TOOK OVER TRASH COLLECTION FROM REPUBLIC SERVICES IN LAFAYETTE LAST MONDAY. THE L-C-G’S ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY MANAGER, BESS FORET, SAYS ACADIANA WASTE HAS RECEIVED THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS, MOSTLY THAT TRASH HAS NOT BEEN PICKED UP. FORET SAYS THERE ARE LOTS OF KINKS TO WORK OUT WITH NEW DRIVERS AND NEW ROUTES. SHE ASKS RESIDENTS TO NOT USE THE BLUE REPUBLIC TRASH BINS SO THAT THEY CAN BE REMOVED BY REPUBLIC.
THE JEFF DAVIS PARISH POLICE JURY IS IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH CORRECT HEALTH, A GEORGIA-BASED COMPANY THAT PROVIDES HEALTHCARE FOR THOSE SERVING TIME IN CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES. POLICE JUROR KORI MYERS TELLS KATC TV THAT THERE ARE TWO LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSES WORKING AT THE PARISH JAIL, BUT CORRECT HEALTH IS REQUESTING A FIFTEEN PERCENT INCREASE IN THEIR FUNDING FOR THIS YEAR. SHE SAYS CORRECT HEALTH IS FACING A NATIONWIDE NURSING SHORTAGE BUT THERE IS NOT A SHORTAGE AT THEIR JAIL. MYERS SAYS LAST YEAR THE POLICE JURY AGREED TO AN ANNUAL INCREASE OF FIVE PERCENT.
A STATE TASK FORCE MET YESTERDAY IN BATON ROUGE TO CONSIDER WHETHER JUDGES SHOULD HAVE MORE DISCRETION ON SENTENCING IN SECOND-DEGREE MURDER CASES. CURRENTLY A CONVICTION CARRIES A MANDATORY PENALTY OF LIFE IN PRISON WITHOUT PAROLE EVEN IF THE PERSON CONVICTED DIDN’T PULL THE TRIGGER. REPUBLICAN SENATOR MARK ABRAHAM, WHO SPONSORED THE RESOLUTION THAT CREATED THE COMMITTEE, SAYS THEIR GOAL IS TO SEE IF THERE’S A LEGAL WAY TO KEEP PEOPLE, WHO DID NOT HAVE A SPECIFIC INTENT TO COMMIT MURDER, FROM GOING AWAY FOR LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE. MEMBER JOHN SINQUEFIELD, WHO WAS A CHIEF DEPUTY FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL JEFF LANDRY, SAYS HE DOESN’T THINK THE LEGISLATURE WILL HAVE THE APPETITE TO CHANGE THE STATUTE AND WENT AFTER THE PANEL’S MISSION AS BEING SOFT ON CRIME.
A BOIL WATER ADVISORY HAS BEEN SET IN PLACE FOR THE CITY OF SAINT MARTINVILLE. SYLVIA MASTERS EXPLAINS WHY.
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THE TOTAL NUMBER OF HOMES SOLD IN LAFAYETTE PARISH THIS YEAR COULD BE THE LOWEST IN OVER TEN YEARS, ACCORDING TO DATA FROM MARKET SCOPE CONSULTING. HOWEVER, ANALYST BILL BACQUE SAYS NOVEMBER COULD BE A BREAKTHROUGH MONTH WITH TOTAL PENDING SALES UP TEN PERCENT IN LAFAYETTE PARISH AND FIFTEEN PERCENT ACROSS THE REGION. THERE HAVE BEEN TWO THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED HOME SALES THROUGH OCTOBER, PUTTING IT ON PACE TO BE THE LOWEST SALES TOTAL SINCE TWENTY-TWELVE. HOME SALES ACROSS THE REGION ARE ALSO DOWN BUT NOT AS DRASTICALLY AS IN LAFAYETTE.
ENFORCEMENT AGENTS WITH WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES CITED TWO SULPHUR MEN FOR DEER HUNTING VIOLATIONS IN BEAUREGARD PARISH, WHO NOW FACE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN FINES. THE AGENTS BEGAN AN INVESTIGATION AFTER A COMPLAINT THAT OVER THE DAILY LIMIT OF DEER WAS TAKEN ON NOVEMBER FIFTH. THIRTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD BRETT MEYERS ADMITTED IN AN INTERVIEW TO TAKING THREE DEER IN ONE DAY AND A FOUR-POINT BUCK THE DAY BEFORE WITHOUT TAGGING IT AND REPORTING IT. HE ALSO ADMITTED TO GIVING ONE OF THE DEER TO THIRTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD RYAN MANUEL, THE OTHER MAN CITED BY THE AGENTS.
THE ACADIA PARISH ANIMAL SHELTER IS IN DIRE NEED OF PEOPLE TO ADOPT OR FOSTER ITS ANIMALS. THE SHELTER IS AT MAXIMUM CAPACITY AND EMPLOYEES TELL KATC TV THAT MANY ANIMALS ARE ON A WAIT LIST FOR EUTHANSIA. THE EMPLOYEES ALSO SAY THAT THEY ARE GETTING MORE STRAY PETS EVERYDAY, SOME PREGNANT. TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT ADOPTING, FOSTERING OR VOLUNTEERING, GO THE ACADIA PARISH ANIMAL CONTROL FACEBOOK PAGE OR ONLINE AT A-P-P-J-DOT-COM.
