KAJN Jesus FM 102.9


12-28-16

LAFAYETTE POLICE HAVE RELEASED THE IDENTITY OF THE PEDESTRIAN WHO WAS KILLED MONDAY EVENING.  HE IS 60-YEAR-OLD WILLIAM BOYD FITZGERALD OF LAFAYETTE.  HE WAS STRUCK BY A VEHICLE IN THE 21-HUNDRED BLOCK OF WEST PINHOOK AT AROUND 6:20 MONDAY NIGHT.  THE ACCIDENT REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION.

 

THREE ARMED MEN ENTERED A RESIDENCE IN VINTON CHRISTMAS EVE, STEALING A PURSE.  VINTON POLICE OFFICERS SPOTTED A VEHICLE MATCHING THE DESCRIPTION OF ONE USED IN THE ROBBERY NOT FAR FROM THE HOME, LOCATED ON TIM STREET.  THEY PULLED THE DRIVER OVER AND FOUND THE VICTIM’S PURSE AS WELL AS HANDGUNS, ONE OF WHICH WAS STOLEN.  22-YEAR-OLD KARL ANTHONY MONCEAUX OF WELSH, 37-YEAR-OLD CALVIN RAY BATCHAN OF LAKE CHARLES AND 33-YEAR-OLD MICHAEL JOSEPH GUILLORY OF LAKE CHARLES HAVE EACH BEEN CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED BURGLARY, THEFT, AND ILLEGAL POSSESSION OF A STOLEN GUN.

 

THE BICYCLE BELONGING A 75-YEAR-OLD JEANERETTE MAN, WHO’S BEEN MISSING SINCE CHRISTMAS MORNING, HAS BEEN FOUND NEAR HIS HOME.  HOWARD POCHE RODE HIS BICYCLE TO CHURCH ON SUNDAY MORNINGS, BUT, WHEN HE DIDN’T SHOW ON CHRISTMAS, AUTHORITIES WENT TO HIS HOUSE TO CHECK ON HIM AND FOUND A BLOODY KNIFE AND BLOOD ELSEWHERE IN THE HOME.  IBERIA PARISH SHERIFF LOUIS ACKAL SUSPECTS FOUL PLAY.  VOLUNTEERS HAVE BEEN SEARCHING FOR POCHE IN WOODED AREAS OF IBERIA AND ST. MARY PARISH.

 

A STUDY REVEALED THAT THOSE RENTING PROPERTY IN LAFAYETTE ARE DOING BETTER THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE.  47-POINT-6 PERCENT OF RENTERS ARE PAYING MORE THAN 30 PERCENT OF THEIR INCOME ON RENT COMPARED TO THE NATIONAL AVERAGE OF 50-POINT-6 PERCENT.  LAFAYETTE HAS THE SECOND LOWEST COST BURDEN IN THE STATE, ONLY BEHIND THE HOUMA-THIBODEAUX MARKET.  THE STUDY BY APARTMENT LIST SHOWS 49-POINT-5 PERCENT OF RENTERS IN LAKE CHARLES ARE COST BURDENED, AND THAT FIGURE ROSE TO 60-POINT-2 PERCENT FOR RENTERS IN OPELOUSAS.

 

JEFF DAVIS PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES RECEIVED WORD THAT A DRIVER ON I-TEN PULLED A GUN ON A FELLOW MOTORIST AND FOUND THE VEHICLE DESCRIBED NEAR WELSH.  AFTER PULLING THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE OVER, DEPUTIES FOUND A SILVER GUN IN THE GLOVE BOX, AND USING A DRUG-SNIFFING DOG, FOUND WHAT APPEARED TO BE ALMOST 13 OUNCES OF MARIJUANA.  A BACKPACK IN THE VEHICLE ALSO HAD A DIGITALSCALE, A LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY AND A LARGE GLASS WITH MARIJUANA RESIDUE.  THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE, 29-YEAR-OLD MICHAEL JAMES BANKS OF HOUSTON, WAS ARRESTED AND FACES SEVERAL CHARGES INCLUDING POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA WITH THE INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE AND AGGRAVATED ASSAULT WITH A FIREARM.

CONSTRUCTION WILL BEGIN NEXT MONTH ON A 345 THOUSAND DOLLAR AIR TERMINAL AT THE EUNICE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.  THE EUNICE BOARD OF ALDERMEN APPROVED A LOW BID OF 345 THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM STEEL CONSTRUCTION.  IT WILL REPLACE THE FORMER TERMINAL, WHICH WAS DAMAGED BY THE AUGUST FLOODS.  AIRPORT MANAGER DREW MILLER SAYS THE TERMINAL, WHICH IS 95 PERCENT FEDERALLY FUNDED, WILL BE BUILT ON A PART OF THE PROPERTY THAT DOESN’T FLOOD.

 

OPELOUSAS POLICE HAVE MADE ONE ARREST IN CONNECTION WITH A SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED JUST AFTER TWO A-M TUESDAY IN THE PARKING LOT OF A WAFFLE HOUSE.  THREE PEOPLE WERE WOUNDED, THOUGH NONE OF THE INJURIES ARE LIFE THREATENING.  SAVON THOMAS OF OPELOUSAS HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH ILLEGAL CARRYING OF A FIREARM AND ILLEGAL USE OF WEAPONS.  THE INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING.

 

THE ACADIA PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS SEEKING THE PUBLIC’S HELP IN SOVLING A RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY IN RAYNE, WHICH HAPPENED SOMETIME BETWEEN DECEMBER 16TH AND DECEMBER 20TH.  AMONG THE ITEMS STOLEN FROM THE HOUSE, LOCATED ON SECRETARIAT LANE, WAS A LOWE’S GIFT CARD, WHICH WAS USED ON TUESDAY, DECEMBER TWENTIETH.  VIDEO SURVEILLANCE CAPTURED AN IMAGE OF THE MAN, WHO IS WHITE, AND WEARING A GRAY KNIT CAP, BLACK SHIRT AND BLUE JEANS.  ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON THE CRIME OR WHO CAN IDENTIFY THE MAN, IS URGED TO CALL CRIMESTOPPERS AT 789-TIPS, WHERE UP TO A THOUSAND DOLLAR CASH REWARD IS BEING OFFERED.