12-16-24
AN OPELOUSAS MAN IS IN CUSTODY IN LAFAYETTE FOR ALLEGEDLY STEALING A SCHOOL BUS AND CAUSING A MAJOR CRASH. GEORGE FAUST REPORTS.
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IT HAS BEEN CONFIRMED THAT THE POPULAR TRAVEL CENTER, BUC-EE’S, IS COMING TO LAFAYETTE. THE LAFAYETTE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY ANNOUNCED IN A NEWS RELEASE FRIDAY THAT BUC-EE’S HAS PICKED LAFAYETTE FOR A LOCATION AND THAT THEY WILL SPEND EIGHTY-TWO MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE PROJECT. SITE WORK AND CONSTRUCTION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN EARLY TWENTY-TWENTY-FIVE AND THE STORE WILL BE FULLY OPERATIONAL IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF TWENTY-TWENTY-SIX. THE NEW TRAVEL CENTER IS EXPECTED TO CREATE ONE HUNDRED FIFTY JOBS WITH A STARTING SALARY OF SEVENTEEN DOLLARS AN HOUR.
A MAN, ALLEGEDLY ATTEMPTING TO ROB SOMEONE IN CROWLEY YESTERDAY MORNING, WAS SHOT IN THE LEG BY HIS OWN GUN. THE MAN, WHO HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS EDWARD MOTT JUNIOR, ARRANGED TO MEET SOMEONE PURPORTEDLY TO SELL HIM A PICKUP TRUCK, BUT THE OTHER MAN GOT SUSPICIOUS AND ATTEMPTED TO LEAVE. ACCORDING TO DETECTIVES WITH CROWLEY POLICE, MOTT PULLED A GUN ON THE OTHER MAN AND DEMANDED THE MONEY THE MAN BROUGHT WITH HIM TO PURCHASE THE TRUCK, BUT THE VICTIM WAS ABLE TO DISARM MOTT, WHO WAS SHOT IN THE LEG DURING THE ALTERCATION. A WARRANT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MOTT ON CHARGES OF ATTEMPTED ROBBERY AND FELON IN POSSESSION OF A FIREARM.
A BUILDING CAUGHT FIRE SATURDAY IN JENNINGS. THE BUILDING WAS LOCATED ON CURTIS STREET. NO DETAILS HAVE BEEN RELEASED ABOUT THE FIRE OR ITS CAUSE.
THE SALVATION ARMY OFFICE IN LAFAYETTE HAS ABOUT ONE HUNDRED-FIFTY CHILDREN THAT STILL NEED TO BE ADOPTED FOR THEIR ANGEL TREE PROGRAM. THE PROGRAM HELPS ENSURE THAT FAMILIES IN NEED HAVE PRESENTS TO GIVE THEIR CHILDREN ON CHRISTMAS DAY. YOU CAN ADOPT AN ANGEL AT THE SALVATION ARMY’S OFFICE IN LAFAYETTE OR AT BEST BUY IN LAFAYETTE OR THE ACADIANA MALL. PRESENTS CAN BE BROUGHT TO THE SAME LOCATION UNTIL FRIDAY AND THEY WILL BE DISTRIBUTED ON SATURDAY.
A MAN RIDING A SCOOTER IN THE MIDDLE LANE OF SOUTH AYMOND STREET IN EUNICE WAS STRUCK BY THE DRIVER OF A GRAY S-U-V FRIDAY EVENING. THE DRIVER REPORTEDLY STOPPED FOR ABOUT FIFTEEN SECONDS BEFORE FLEEING THE SCENE. BASED ON WITNESS STATEMENTS, POLICE WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE DRIVER, WHOSE NAME HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED, AND THE DRIVER WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. THE RIDER OF THE SCOOTER, TWENTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD DARIUS EDWARDS, DIED FROM HIS INJURIES AT THE HOSPITAL.
AN ARNAUDVILLE MAN WAS ARRESTED AFTER A SHOOTING OUTSIDE THE SUPERDOME IN NEW ORLEANS LATE FRIDAY NIGHT FOLLOWING A DIVISION TWO CHAMPIONSHIP FOOTBALL GAME BETWEEN CECILIA AND FRANKLINTON. POLICE SAY TWENTY-YEAR-OLD GAVIN CALAIS GOT INTO AN ARGUMENT WITH ANOTHER MAN AND SHOT HIM. THE MAN WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE HE IS LISTED IN STABLE CONDITION. CALAIS HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED SECOND-DEGREE MURDER AND HIS BOND SET AT THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
A SAINT MARY PARISH SCHOOL BOARD EMPLOYEE IS ACCUSED OF USING A SCHOOL BOARD CREDIT CARD FOR PERSONAL USE. THIRTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD DINAH DRU RICHARD WAS ARRESTED FRIDAY AFTERNOON ON CHARGES OF FORGERY, THEFT OF MORE THAN FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS AND MALFEASANCE IN OFFICE. THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE BEGAN AN INVESTIGATION WEDNESDAY AFTER RECEIVING A COMPLAINT FROM THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION ABOUT POSSIBLE THEFT. RICHARD WAS DEVELOPED AS A SUSPECT AND BOOKED INTO THE PARISH JAIL.
