12-19-23
A MAN, ARRESTED FOR THE FATAL STABBING OF A WOMAN SUNDAY NIGHT IN LOREAUVILLE, HAS DIED OF AN APPARENT SUICIDE AT THE IBERIA PARISH JAIL. FIFTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD ALBERT JAMES, WHO WAS ARRESTED IN LAFAYETTE PARISH, WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AFTER EFFORTS WERE MADE TO RESUSCITATE HIM, AND HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD. JAMES WAS ARRESTED ON A CHARGE OF SECOND-DEGREE MURDER. THE VICTIM WAS FORTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD LATANYA HOLLINS OF METAIRIE.
FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION IS BRINGING A LAWSUIT BEFORE A FEDERAL JURY AGAINST THE LAFAYETTE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT. THE JUSTICE LAB WAS FORMED BY THE A-C-L-U THREE YEARS AGO AND THEY’VE HAD DOZENS OF CASES THAT WERE SETTLED, BUT THIS IS THE FIRST THAT IS GOING TO TRIAL. RAYNALDO MARKEITH SAMPY JUNIOR ALLEGES SIX LAFAYETTE OFFICERS VIOLATED HIS CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS WHEN THEY ARRESTED HIM AT A CONVENIENCE STORE IN MAY OF TWENTY-NINETEEN. THE LEGAL DIRECTOR OF THE JUSTICE LAB, NORA AHMED, SAYS HAVING TO GO TO TRIAL FOR THE FIRST TIME IS NOT DISCOURAGING THEM BUT MOTIVATING THEM TO FIGHT FOR VICTIMS OF ABUSE.
THE POSSIBILITY OF HAVING TWINS IS ONLY THREE PERCENT, ACCORDING TO STATISTICS. LAKE CHARLES CHARTER ACADEMY HAS DEFIED THE ODDS WITH SEVENTEEN SETS OF TWINS ATTENDING THE SCHOOL. YESTERDAY THEY CELEBRATED NATIONAL TWINS DAY. THE TWINS AT THE SCHOOL MARKED THE OCCASION BY WEARING MATCHING SETS OF CLOTHES.
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards has delivered his final end-of-the-year address, highlighting some of his accomplishments in office over the past eight years and his vague plans for the future. Currently the lone Democratic governor in the Deep South, Edwards was unable to run for reelection this year due to consecutive term limits. Republicans seized the opportunity to regain the governor’s mansion. While Edwards said that he has “no expectation or intention” to run for political office in the future, he didn’t completely rule it out.
OPELOUSAS POLICE HAVE RELEASED THE IDENTITY OF A HOMOCIDE VICTIM WHO WAS KILLED AT AROUND TWO A-M MONDAY. THIRTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD JOSEPH SYLVESTER OF BREAUX BRIDGE WAS SHOT AND KILLED IN THE PARKING LOT OF A NIGHTCLUB ON SOUTH ACADEMY STREET. POLICE HAVE IDENTIFIED A SUSPECT, FORTY-NINE-YEAR-OLD CRAIG OLIVER MOORE OF CARENCRO. HE IS BELIEVED TO HAVE LEFT THE AREA AND SHOULD BE CONSIDERED ARMED AND DANGEROUS.
THE NEWLY ELECTED MAYOR PRESIDENT OF LAFAYETTE HELD HER FIRST PUBLIC MEETING. MONIQUE BLANCO BOULET SPOKE AT THE LITE CENTER AND FOCUSED ON THE I-FORTY-NINE CONNECTOR PROJECT. THE PROJECT WOULD EXTEND I-FORTY-NINE FROM I-TEN TO THE LAFAYETTE REGIONAL AIRPORT. SHE SAYS ELEVATING THE INTERSTATE TRAFFIC WOULD MAKE THE EVANGELINE THRUWAY LOCAL AND MORE LIVEABLE AND ACCESSIBLE.
A MAJOR WOOD FIRE IN DEQUINCY WAS STARTED BY AN ABANDONED CAR SET ON FIRE. AT LEAST TWENTY ACRES BURNED NEAR PENTON ROAD, ACCORDING TO WARD SIX FIRE DEPARTMENT CHIEF TODD PARKER. HE SAYS FIREFIGHTERS ASKED FOR ASSISTANCE FROM THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY TO CREATE FIRE LANES. A SUSPECT IN THE ARSON HAS NOT YET BEEN IDENTIFIED.
THE TOWN OF WASHINGTON IS UNDER A BOIL ADVISORY. DANIELLE DUNCAN HAS MORE.
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