12-11-24
NEW IBERIA POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED AT AROUND SEVEN LAST NIGHT. WHEN POLICE ARRIVED ON THE SCENE OF THE SHOOTING ON BUCKEYE STREET, THEY FOUND ONE PERSON WITH A GUNSHOT WOUND. THAT PERSON WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT AND THEN RELEASED. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON THE SHOOTING IS ASKED TO CALL NEW IBERIA POLICE.
A GRAND JURY ON MONDAY CHOSE NOT TO INDICT TWO LAFAYETTE POLICE OFFICERS FOR SECOND-DEGREE MURDER IN CONNECTION WITH THE DEATH OF RUSSELL FRANCIS. IN MARCH, CORPORAL TRENT MOUTON AND CORPORAL MAVERICK MORVANT WERE PLACED ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE BUT WILL NOW BE RETURNED TO ACTIVE DUTY, ACCORDING TO SERGEANT ROBIN GREEN. THE OFFICERS WERE RESPONDING TO A DOMESTIC DISTURBANCE. ACCORDING TO A NEWS RELEASE IN MARCH FROM THE LAFAYETTE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE SUSPECT, WHILE TRYING TO FLEE THE SCENE, STRUCK SEVERAL POLICE UNITS AND ATTEMPTED TO RUN OVER OFFICERS.
FOR THE FOURTH YEAR IN A ROW, THE LOUISIANA OFFICE OF TOURISM WILL HAVE A FLOAT IN THE TOURNAMENT OF ROSES PARADE ON NEW YEAR’S DAY IN PASADENA, CALIFORNIA. LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR BILLY NUNGESSER SAYS THIS YEAR’S THEME WILL BE LOUISIANA SATURDAY NIGHT. THE FLOAT WILL INCLUDE A PLAYFUL ALLIGATOR WEARING A CROWN AND MARDI GRAS BEADS WITH A CAJUN DANCE HALL AND PORCH ON ITS BACK. THE TOURNAMENT OF ROSES PARADE WILL BE BROADCAST ON ABC AND NBC.
OFFICIALS WITH THE COUSHATTA TRIBE WARN THAT THE ALLEN PARISH GOVERNMENT MAY LOSE OUT ON MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN FEDERAL FUNDING. THE TRIBE SECURED A FIFTY MILLION DOLLAR GRANT FOR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS, SPECIFICALLY FOR ROADS AND BRIDGES IN SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ALLEN PARISH. THE TRIBE SAYS THE MONEY COULD BE LOST IF THE PARISH DOES NOT ACT. ALLEN PARISH ADMINISTRATOR AND ENGINEER JACOB DILLEHAY SAYS THEY SUPPORT INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS BUT HE CLAIMS SOME OF THESE PROJECTS WOULD RESULT IN LONG-TERM MAINTENANCE COSTS.
TWO PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ARRESTED FOR ATTEMPTING TO INTRODUCE CONTRABAND INTO THE SAINT MARTIN PARISH CORRECTIONAL CENTER. THE CHARGES STEM FROM AN INVESTIGATION LAST MONTH AFTER A PACKAGE WAS LEFT IN THE COURTROOM AREA OF THE BREAUX BRIDGE COURTHOUSE THAT’S DESIGNATED FOR INMATES ATTENDING COURTROOM PROCEEDINGS. SHERIFF BECKET BREAUX SAYS A CURRENT INMATE, TWENTY-EIGHT-YEAR-OLD ANTONIO POTIER, HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH INTRODUCING CONTRABAND INTO A PENAL FACILITY. THEY ALSO OBTAINED AN ARREST WARRANT FOR TWENTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD ORIONNE BROWN OF LAFAYETTE ON A CHARGE OF PRINCIPAL TO INTRODUCING CONTRABAND INTO A PENAL FACILITY AND SHE TURNED HERSELF IN.
PROSECUTORS ARE SEEKING THE DEATH PENALTY AGAINST ONE OF THREE PEOPLE ARRESTED IN A SHOOTING AUGUST THIRTY-FIRST AT A LAFAYETTE BARBERSHOP. TWO PEOPLE WERE KILLED, FORTY-EIGHT-YEAR-OLD JOHNNY TRAILER JUNIOR AND NINETEEN-YEAR-OLD QUINCY DUHON JUNIOR. PROSECUTORS HAVE REQUESTED A CAPITAL CASE ALOTTMENT FOR EIGHTEEN-YEAR-OLD SHYLAN MOUTON, WHO FACES TWO COUNTS OF FIRST-DEGREE MURDER. MOUTON AND THE TWO OTHERS WHO HAVE BEEN ARRESTED HAVE NOT YET BEEN INDICTED.
LOUISIANA IS EXPERIENCING AN INCREASE IN FLU CASES, WHICH ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN THROUGH THE HOLIDAYS. THE LAST WEEKLY INFLUENZA SURVEILLANCE REPORT FROM THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL SHOWED THAT LOUISIANA WAS THE ONLY STATE WITH A RED “HIGH” RATING. IT’S RECOMMENDED THAT ANYONE OVER THE AGE OF SIX GET A FLU VACCINE ANNUALLY AS THE STRAINS OF THE VIRUS CHANGE EACH YEAR. ACCORDING TO THE LATEST C-D-C REPORT, ONLY TWENTY-SEVEN PERCENT OF LOUISIANA ADULTS HAVE RECEIVED THE FLU SHOT THIS YEAR.
KLFY TV TEN’S GEORGE FAUST HAS ANOTHER PHONE SCAM TO WARN YOU ABOUT.
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