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THE NEW IBERIA MAN ARRESTED FRIDAY BY THE F-B-I HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS TWENTY-EIGHT-YEAR-OLD MICAH JAMES LEGNON, A FORMER U-S MARINE. LEGNON, WHO FACES FEDERAL CHARGES OF THREATS TO INTERSTATE COMMERCE, ALLEGEDLY BELONGED TO THE TURTLE ISLAND LIBERATION FRONT, WHICH HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS FAR-LEFT, PRO-PALESTINE, ANTI-GOVERNMENT AND ANTI-CAPITALIST. THE F-B-I INTERCEPTED MESSAGES FROM LEGNON INDICATING HE PLANNED TO CARRY OUT A TERROR ATTACK IN NEW ORLEANS. HE WAS SEEN LEAVING HIS APARTMENT IN NEW IBERIA WITH WHAT APPEARED TO BE AN ASSAULT WEAPON AND BODY ARMOR.
A GRAND OPENING CEREMONY WAS HELD YESTERDAY FOR THE MOORE PARK SOCCER COMPLEX, LOCATED ALONG THE UNIVERSITY AVENUE CORRIDOR. THE CITY OF LAFAYETTE INVESTED SIXTEEN MILLION DOLLARS IN THE COMPLEX, WHICH FEATURES NINE STATE-OF-THE-ART SOCCER FIELDS AND A STADIUM. CONSTRUCTION IS PLANNED TO BEGIN THIS SUMMER ON A TWO-POINT-EIGHT MILLION DOLLAR ROADWAY AND BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT ALONG SONNY ROY LANE. IT’S EXPECTED TO IMPROVE ACCESS BETWEEN THE NORTH AND SOUTH SECTIONS OF THE PARK.
A LOUISIANA LAW, REQUIRING SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES TO VERIFY THE AGE OF USERS, OBTAIN PARENTAL CONSENT AND PROVIDE PARENTAL CONTROLS, HAS BEEN RULED UNCONSTITUTIONAL BY A FEDERAL JUDGE. THE SECURE ONLINE CHILD INTERACTION AND AGE LIMITATION ACT WAS INTENDED TO KEEP CHILDREN SAFE FROM ONLINE PREDATORS AND GIVE PARENTS MORE CONTROL OVER THE KIDS USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA. JUDGE JOHN DEGRAVELLES SAID IT VIOLATED THE FIRST AMENDMENT AND BLOCKED THE STATE FROM ENFORCING IT. STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL LIZ MURRILL BLASTED THE RULING AND PLANS TO APPEAL IT.
THE CAMERON PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE HAS EXPANDED THEIR SUBSTATION IN THE GRAND LAKE AND SWEET LAKE AREA. SHERIFF CHRIS SAVOIE SAYS THE EXPANSION WILL ALLOW RESIDENTS TO CONDUCT BUSINESS WITHOUT TRAVELING TO THE MAIN OFFICE IN CAMERON. THE SUBSTATION WILL HOUSE A SPECIAL SERVICES DIVISION, A DETECTIVE, A NARCOTICS UNIT AND SOME MEMBERS OF THE MARINE DIVISION. SAVOIE SAYS THE SUBSTATION PREVIOUSLY WASN’T BIG ENOUGH TO HANDLE ALL THE PERSONNEL.
ONE INDIVIDUAL WAS SHOT IN OPELOUSAS LAST NIGHT. IT HAPPENED SHORTLY AFTER SIX-THIRTY IN THE VICINITY OF MARKET AND CHURCH STREETS. THE VICTIM WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL BUT THEIR CONDITION HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION OR VIDEO FOOTAGE IS ASKED TO CALL THE OPELOUSAS POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THE LOUISIANA ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE IS INVESTIGATING THE LAFAYETTTE PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM OVER POSSIBLE PUBLIC CORRUPTION, ACCORDING TO THE CURRENT. IT COMES AFTER THE LAFAYETTE POLICE DEPARTMENT INVESTIGATED ALLEGED FORGED CONTRACTS FOR LAFAYETTE SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. IT LED TO THE ARREST OF THE SCHOOL SYSSTEM’S FORMER DIRECTOR OF CONSTRUCTION, FACILITIES AND MAINTENANCE, ROBERT GAUTREAUX, ON CHARGES OF FILING FALSE PUBLIC RECORDS AND INJURING PUBLIC RECORDS. SOURCES SAY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE IS DETERMINING IF ANYBODY HIGHER UP THAN GAUTREAUX WAS INVOLVED IN THE ALLEGED FORGERIES.
LOUISIANA LEADERS HAVE AGREED TO EXTEND THE MEDICAID CONTRACT WITH UNITED HEALTHCARE BY NINETY DAYS, ACCORDING TO THE ADVOCATE. THEY HAD COME UNDER FIRE BY LEGISLATORS FOR THEIR DECISION NOT TO RENEW THE CONTRACT JUST A FEW WEEKS BEFORE IT WAS SET TO EXPIRE. THE LEGISLATORS SAID THE ABRUPT CHANGE WOULD CAUSE CHAOS FOR PATIENTS. IT’S NOT CLEAR IF UNITED HEALTHCARE WILL ACCEPT THE EXTENSION OR WHETHER THE STATE WILL KEEP THE CONTRACT AT THE END OF THE NINETY DAYS.
ABBEVILLE RESIDENTS BECAME CONCERNED AND CONFUSED AFTER FIRE STATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY BEGAN TO CLOSE FOR TWENTY-FOUR HOURS ON SEVERAL DIFFERENT DAYS. GEORGE FAUST HAS MORE.
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