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A GRAND JURY INDICTED LAFAYETTE CITY MARSHAL BRIAN POPE YESTERDAY ON FIVE COUNTS OF MALFEASANCE IN OFFICE AND TWO COUNTS OF PERJURY. JULIE DARCE HAS MORE.
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THE JEFF DAVIS PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE HAS MADE TWO ARRESTS IN THE MURDER OF 40-YEAR-OLD DERRICK GANT, AND THE TWO SUSPECTS WERE ALREADY IN JAIL. GANT’S BODY WAS FOUND IN A CANAL IN JENNINGS BY A FARMER ONE WEEK AGO, AND THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE RULED HIS DEATH A HOMOCIDE. 17-YEAR-OLD’S PARKER GARY AND DEDRICK GRANT WERE EACH CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE MURDER. THE TWO WERE ALREADY IN JAIL FOR THE BURGLARY AND MURDER OF 60-YEAR-OLD WARREN GARY, A FORMER JEFF DAVIS PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTY, WHO WAS ALSO PARKER’S GRANDFATHER.
THE OPELOUSAS AND EUNICE POLICE DEPARTMENTS HAVE BEGUN A PRESCRIPTION DRUG TAKE BACK PROGRAM. ANY UNWANTED PRESCRIPTION DRUGS IN YOUR HOME CAN BE TAKEN TO EITHER OF THESE POLICE DEPARTMENTS, NO QUESTIONS ASKED. THE DRUGS WILL THEN BE TAKEN TO THE CORONER’S OFFICE FOR DISPOSAL. THE PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAM IS TO KEEP PRESCRIPTION DRUGS OUT OF THE HANDS OF CHILDREN AND TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE DISPOSED OF IN AN ENVIRONMENTALLY SAFE MANNER.
Gov. John Bel Edwards has returned to Washington to continue pushing for federal aid for Louisiana’s recovery from March and August flooding. Edwards was scheduled to leave yesterday and return Friday, according to his office. Louisiana has received $438 million in disaster block grant assistance from Congress, but the Democratic governor is asking for a total of $4 billion. Edwards hopes to get the money included in budget legislation to keep the federal government running.
A LAFAYETTE PARISH GRAND JURY HAS INDICTED THREE MEN IN CONNECTION WITH A SHOOTING DEATH THAT HAPPENED ON AUGUST 30TH. 32-YEAR-OLD LANCE HUDSON OF LAFAYETTE WAS SHOT AND KILLED INSIDE HIS CAR. IT HAPPENED IN THE 300 BLOCK OF MORSE STREET. 19-YEAR-OLD DAMAL SHAVON DUHON, 18-YEAR-OLD TYRON COATES, AND 18-YEAR-OLD FREDERICK LAWRENCE HAVE EACH BEEN CHARGED WITH SECOND DEGREE MURDER.
MAGNOLIA L-N-G HAS TAKEN A BIG STEP FORWARD TO BUILDING A FACILITY IN LAKE CHARLES. THEY RECEIVED APPROVAL FROM THE U-S DEPARTMENT OF ENGERGY TO EXPORT LIQUID NATURAL GAS TO COUNTRIES THAT DO NOT HAVE FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS WITH THE U-S. THE COMPANY TOLD KPLC TV IN OCTOBER THAT, ONCE THEY HAD THAT APPROVAL, THEY WOULD MOVE FORWARD WITH GETTING THE FUNDING FOR THE FACILITY. IT IS TO BE BUILT OFF BIG LAKE ROAD BY THE CALCASIEU SHIP CHANNEL.
THE ACADIA PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS INVESTIGATING THE BURGLARY OF A HOME, LOCATED IN THE 12-HUNDRED BLOCK OF CASTILLE HIGHWAY IN CHURCH POINT. SOMETIME BETWEEN WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY OF LAST WEEK, A FORCED ENTRY WAS MADE INTO THE HOUSE THROUGH A REAR DOOR AND A 55 INCH PLASMA T-V WAS STOLEN. THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE BELIEVES THAT, BECAUSE OF ITS WEIGHT, AT LEAST TWO PEOPLE WERE NEEDED TO CARRY IT OUT. IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION THAT COULD LEAD TO AN ARREST OF THE SUSPECTS, YOU’RE URGED TO CALL 789-TIPS, WHERE UP TO A THOUSAND DOLLAR CASH REWARD IS BEING OFFERED.
THE PRICE PER BARREL OF OIL SAW A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE YESTERDAY AFTER OPEC ANNOUNCED THEY WERE CUTTING CRUDE PRODUCTION FOR THE FIRST TIME IN EIGHT YEARS. AFTER THE ANNOUNCEMENT, THE PRICE PER BARREL ROSE TO 49-44 ON THE NEW YORK MARKETS WHILE, IN LONDON, IT ROSE TO 50-47. THAT’S NOT ENOUGH TO HELP LOUISIANA’S ENERGY INDUSTRY TO RECOVER, ACCORDING TO RETIRED L-S-U ECONOMIST LOREN SCOTT. HE SAYS IT NEEDS TO CONTINUE TO RISE ABOVE 60 DOLLARS A BARREL FOR A RECOVERY TO HAPPEN, OR SERVICE COMPANIES WILL NEED TO CUT THEIR FEES TO LOWER THE BREAK EVEN POINT FOR PRODUCTION.
