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The 3rd Circuit Court of Appeal has upheld the second-degree murder conviction of a DeRidder man in a 2013 fatal shooting. Chaddrick Mayes was convicted of fatally shooting an Alabama man during a wedding party in 2013. Mayes was sentenced to life in prison in 2014 for killing Kenny Palmer, who was visiting from Phenix City, Alabama, during an altercation. The appeals court this past week denied Mayes’ argument that the shot was fired in self-defense.
WORK HAS BEGUN TO CONVERT THE LOUISIANA ICE ARENA ON INTERSTATE 49 INTO A NEW RECREATION CENTER FOR CARENCRO. THE CITY COUNCIL AGREED ON DECEMBER 22ND TO PURCHASE THE ARENA, WHICH SHUT DOWN LAST FEBRUARY, FOR ONE-POINT-8 MILLION DOLLARS, AND THE RENOVATION IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN EIGHT TO TEN MONTHS. A TURF FOR INDOOR FOOTBALL AND SOCCER WILL BE PUT IN, AND A 12 THOUSAND SQUARE FOOT GYM WITH BASKETBALL AND VOLLEYBALL COURTS WILL BE ADDED TO THE REAR OF THE BUILDING. MAYOR MURRAY CONQUE TELLS THE ADVOCATE IT WILL BE ONE OF THE PREMIER RECREATION CENTERS IN THE AREA.
A HOME IN JEANERETTE WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE YESTERDAY. THE FIRE HAPPENED JUST AFTER ELEVEN A-M AT A HOUSE LOCATED ON FLORIDA STREET, NEAR MAIN STREET, AND IT TOOK THE FIRE DEPARTMENT UNTIL NEARLY ONE P-M TO EXTINGUISH IT. A MOTHER AND DAUGHTER WERE AT THE HOME AT THE TIME OF THE BLAZE, BUT MANAGED TO ESCAPE SAFELY. THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE IS STILL BEING DETERMINED.
THERE ARE NEW LAWS THAT HAVE GONE INTO EFFECT IN LOUISIANA. JULIE DARCY TELLS US ABOUT TWO OF THEM.
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A LAKE CHARLES WOMAN IS ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO TAKE PART IN THE NATIONAL BLUE LIGHT CAMPAIGN. IT’S A FACEBOOK INSPIRED CAMPAIGN TO GET PEOPLE TO SHOW THEIR SUPPORT FOR THE POLICE BY PUTTING A BLUE LIGHT BULB IN THEIR HOME’S PORCH LIGHT. BROOKE RACA SAYS SHE’S TAKING PART IN THE CAMPAIGN BECAUSE THE LAKE CHARLES POLICE DEPARTMENT WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND IN HELPING THEIR FAMILY AFTER HER MOTHER WAS KILLED IN A HOME INVASION LAST MONTH. RACA TELLS KPLC TV THAT THEY NOT ONLY NABBED THE PERPETRATORS OF THE CRIME, BUT HELPED THEIR FAMILY THROUGH THE ORDEAL.
IT’S BEEN NEARLY THREE YEARS SINCE A DUSON GIRL WENT MISSING. KEIOSHA FELIX WAS FIFTEEN WHEN SHE DISAPPEARED FROM HER AUNT’S HOME ON APRIL 30TH OF 2012. THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE HAS ASSUMED THE CASE SINCE THE FORMER ASSISTANT POLICE CHIEF FOR THE DUSON POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHO WAS THE LEAD INVESTIGATOR, WAS REMOVED FROM THE CASE AND FIRED. A FACEBOOK PAGE WAS CREATED TO HELP FIND KEIOSHA, BUT THE LATEST ACTIVITY ON IT WAS A POST FROM DECEMBER THIRD.
IN ANOTHER MISSING PERSONS CASE, STATE POLICE DON’T APPEAR TO BE ANY CLOSER TO FINDING A BREAUX BRIDGE WOMAN, WHO WENT MISSING IN FEBRUARY OF 2013. CRYSTAL GREBINGER WAS LAST SEEN AT A WOMEN’S SHELTER IN LAFAYETTE, WHERE SHE HAD BEEN STAYING AFTER SHE FILED FROM DIVORCE FROM HER HUSBAND, SEAN GREBINGER. HE HAS BEEN MISSING OVER THAT SAME PERIOD, THOUGH A MAN IDENTIFYING HIMSELF AS SEAN GREBINGER CALLED THE DAILY ADVERTISER LATER THAT YEAR, SAYING HE WAS IN BRAZIL, BECAUSE HE DIDN’T FEEL SAFE IN ACADIANA. CRYSTAL’S FAMILY IS PLANNING A BENEFIT AND BALLOON RELEASE NEXT MONTH.
State officials say Vernon Parish Council on Aging head Marvis Chance and his daughter, Lila Abshier, violated state nepotism laws with her hiring in 2006 and with her promotion to financial officer. The Louisiana Board of Ethics tells the American Press Chance broke the law by signing Abshier’s payroll checks between January 2010 and February 2014. State law prohibits the heads of publicly funded groups from hiring immediate family members. A hearing will be held to determine what type of penalty will be issued for the violations.
