12-27-23
LOUISIANA STATE POLICE WERE NOTIFIED OF A DEADLY TWO-VEHICLE CRASH IN ACADIA PARISH TUESDAY MORNING. SYLVIA MASTERS REPORTS.
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A LAFAYETTE FAMILY LOST THEIR HOME AND A PET DOG TO A FIRE ON CHRISTMAS DAY. THE HOMEOWNER AND HER FOUR CHILDREN HAD LEFT THE HOME HOURS EARLIER TO VISIT FAMILY. NEIGHBORS IN THE FOUR HUNDRED BLOCK OF BELLOT STREET REPORTED SMOKE COMING FROM THE HOME AND, WHEN FIREFIGHTERS ARRIVED, FLAMES WERE SHOOTING OUT OF THE FRONT WINDOWS. THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE IS UNDER INVESTIGATION BUT IT ORIGINATED IN THE LIVING ROOM.
AN EIGHTEEN-YEAR-OLD FROM EUNICE HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF ATTEMPTED SECOND-DEGREE MURDER AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY FIRED SHOTS AT A MOVING VEHICLE. THE DRIVER AND A JUVENILE IN THE VEHICLE WERE NOT INJURED BUT THE VEHICLE WAS DAMAGED. PAUL HEZECHIA CELESTINE WAS ARRESTED A SHORT WHILE LATER AND AUTHORITIES FOUND A HANDGUN BELIEVED TO BE USED IN THE SHOOTING. OFFICIALS ARE TRYING TO DETERMINE THE REASON FOR THE SHOOTING BECAUSE THE DRIVER AND CELESTINE DO NOT KNOW EACH OTHER.
THE FEDERAL DUCK STAMP IS GOING DIGITAL, THIS AFTER PRESIDENT BIDEN SIGNED LEGISLATION BACKED BY LOUISIANA SENATOR BILL CASSIDY. SYLVIA MASTERS HAS MORE.
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THE CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS CONTINUING TO INVESTIGATE A FATAL CRASH IN LAKE CHARLES FRIDAY NIGHT. THE DRIVER OF A TRUCK TRAVELING SOUTH ON NELSON ROAD FAILED TO STOP AT A STOP SIGN AND HIT AN S-U-V TRAVELING EAST ON WEST LINCOLN ROAD. A PASSENGER IN THE TRUCK, THIRTY-FOUR-YEAR-OLD JESSICA TARVER OF COUSHATTA, WAS EJECTED AND LATER PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE HOSPITAL. THE DRIVER OF THE TRUCK SUFFERED MAJOR INJURIES AND WAS AIRLIFTED TO AN OUT-OF TOWN HOSPITAL.
LAFAYETTE RESIDENTS WHO ARE READY TO GET RID OF THE CHRISTMAS TREE CAN PUT IT OUT IN FRONT OF YOUR HOUSE AT LEAST THREE FEET FROM TRASH CARTS AND MAILBOXES AND WITHOUT THE DECORATIONS ON IT. A-W-S WILL PICK IT UP AND DELIVER IT TO THE LAFAYETTE ENVIRONMENTAL COMPOST FACILITY. RECYCLING SUPERVISOR GREG GUIDROZ SAYS THE TREES WILL BE TURNED INTO COMPOST AND REDISTRIBUTED TO THE COMMUNITY AS FERTILIZER. IF YOU WANT TO DROP OFF THE CHRISTMAS TREE, THE FACILITY IS LOCATED AT FOUR HUNDRED DUGAS ROAD.
THE BROTHER OF OPELOUSAS CITY COUNCILWOMAN CHASITY DAVIS WAS FOUND SHOT TO DEATH TUESDAY MORNING. THE BODY OF JOHN DAVIS WAS FOUND IN HIS TRAILER ON RAILROAD AVENUE. CHASITY SAYS HER BROTHER HAD JUST BEEN RELEASED A WEEK AGO FROM A CORRECTIONAL FACILITY IN CLAIRBORNE, WHERE HE HAD SERVED EIGHT YEARS. POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THE SHOOTING.
EIGHTEEN-YEAR-OLD JAMYRION JAQUAN SENEGAL OF CROWLEY WAS ARRESTED MONDAY FOR THE SECOND-DEGREE MURDER OF DARREN SENEGAL OF RAYNE ON DECEMBER FOURTH. POLICE DETERMINED TWO MALES HAD SHOT SENEGAL MULTIPLE TIMES, LEAVING HIS BODY IN A FIELD. JAMYRION WAS NAMED A SUSPECT TWO DAYS LATER AND AN ARREST WARRANT WAS ISSUED. POLICE EXPECT TO MAKE MORE ARRESTS INCLUDING OF PEOPLE WHO HELPED AID IN HIDING JAMYRION.
