12-20-23
IN LAFAYETTE, AN EIGHTY-YEAR-OLD GIRL HAS BEEN FOUND SAFE IN THE BACK SEAT OF A VEHICLE AFTER SOMEONE STOLE THE CAR WITH HER IN IT. DANIELLE DUNCAN HAS THE DETAILS.
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EUNICE POLICE CONFIRM THAT A MAN, WHO WAS SHOT FRIDAY DURING A DISPUTE OUTSIDE A HOME ON CORN STREET, DIED IN A LAFAYETTE-AREA HOSPITAL. THEY ARE LOOKING FOR THIRTY-EIGHT-YEAR-OLD AARON JONES OF EUNICE ON A CHARGE OF SECOND-DEGREE MURDER AS WELL AS TWO COUNTS OF ATTEMPTED SECOND-DEGREE MURDER. JONES IS ACCUSED OF SHOOTING A WOMAN AND A TWO-YEAR-OLD CHILD WHO CAME OUT OF THE HOME. THE CHILD IS IN STABLE CONDITION WHILE THE WOMAN WAS TREATED AND RELEASED.
A LETTER WAS SENT OUT TO STATE LEGISLATIVE MEMBERS ABOUT SPECIAL SESSIONS FOR THE NEW YEAR. A TIME SENSITIVE SPECIAL SESSION ON REDISTRICTING WILL TAKE PLACE FROM JANUARY FIFTEENTH TO TWENTY-THIRD. THEY ARE UNDER COURT ORDER DEADLINE TO PASS A NEW CONGRESSIONAL MAP. A SECOND SPECIAL SESSION FOCUSED ON CRIME AND PUBLIC SAFETY WILL TAKE PLACE FEBRUARY NINETEENTH UNTIL MARCH SIXTH.
A BOIL ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE SOUTHSIDE OF ELTON. IT’S DUE TO A WATER LEAK ON MAYOR MARCANTEL STREET. RESIDENTS ON FIRST AND SECOND STREETS AS WELL AS MAYOR MARCANTEL AND MAIN STREETS ARE UNDER THE BOIL ADVISORY UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. THE BOIL ADVISORY ALSO EFFECTS ELTON HIGH SCHOOL.
THE LAFAYETTE LIBRARY BOARD OF CONTROL VOTED SIX-TO-ONE TO CUT TIES WITH THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION. FORMER BOARD PRESIDENT ROBERT JUDGE AND VICE PRESIDENT STEPHANIE ARMBRUSTER ACCUSED THE ASSOCIATION OF EXPOSING CHILDREN TO EXPLICIT MATERIALS AND CONSPIRING TO PREVENT CHRISTIAN BOOK READINGS AT SOME LIBRARIES. THE A-L-A IS THE NATION’S OLDEST LIBRARY ORGANIZATION PROVIDING RESOURCES AND TRAINING TO LIBRARIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. IN AUGUST, THE LOUISIANA STATE LIBRARY DID NOT RENEW ITS A-L-A MEMBERSHIP.
THE SAINT MARTIN PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS SEEKING THE PUBLIC’S HELP IN FINDING A BREAUX BRIDGE MAN. DWAYNE ANGELLE WAS LAST SEEN SATURDAY AT HIS HOME AS HE LEFT TO MCGEE’S LANDING IN HENDERSON. HE DROVE AWAY IN A TWO-TONE NINETEEN EIGHTY-FIVE IZUSU PICKUP AND WAS WEARING BLUE JEANS OR A BLUE COVERALL WITH A T-SHIRT AND A RED FLANNEL JACKET. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON THE LOCATION OF ANGELLE IS ASKED TO CALL THE SAINT MARTIN PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE AT THREE-NINE-FOUR-THIRTY-SEVENTY-ONE.
NEARLY ONE THOUSAND SUSPECTED OR CONFIRMED HUMAN TRAFFICKING VICTIMS RECEIVED HELP IN LOUISIANA OVER THE LAST YEAR. HOWEVER, THERE HAVE BEEN JUST SEVENTY-FIVE TRAFFICKING ARRESTS OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS. REPUBLICAN STATE SENATOR BETH MIZELL SAYS A NEWLY CREATED HUMAN TRAFFICKING ARRESTS TASK FORCE HAS SET A GOAL OF CREATING A SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS A HIGHER RATE OF CONVICTIONS. LOREN LAMPERT OF THE LOUISIANA DISTRICT ATTORNEYS ASSOCIATION SAYS HUMAN TRAFFICKING CASES ARE DIFFICULT TO PROSECUTE IN PART BECAUSE OF THE DAUNTING TASK OF HAVING WITNESSES TESTIFY AGAINST THEIR ABUSERS.
WORK BEGAN LAST THURSDAY IN ABBEVILLE TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS ON NORTH STATE STREET AND THE SQUARE AROUND THE COURTHOUSE AREA. CRISTIAN LEJEUNE, A DIGITIAL MEDIA ASSISTANT, TELLS KLFY TV THE PROJECT IS DESIGNED TO ENHANCE SAFETY AND PROMOTE ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION MODES IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA. A DEDICATED BIKE LANE WILL BE INSTALLED AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL CROSSWALKS, PARKING ADJUSTMENTS AND A NEW STOP SIGN. CITY OFFICIALS URGE DRIVERS TO EXERCISE CAUTION AND PATIENCE WHILE DRIVING IN THE AREA WHILE THE IMPROVEMENTS ARE BEING MADE.
