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JUDGE JULES EDWARDS YESTERDAY SAID THE INDEPENDENT WEEKLY DID NOT HAVE STANDING TO ASK FOR LAFAYETTE CITY MARSHAL BRIAN POPE’S PROBATION TO BE REVOKED, AND INSTEAD REFERRED THE MATTER TO THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE. A NEW PROBATION REVOCATION HEARING WAS SCHEDULED FOR JANUARY 17TH. IF HIS PROBATION IS REVOKED, POPE COULD HAVE TO SERVE A 23 DAY JAIL SENTENCE, WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY SUSPENDED BY EDWARDS. POPE IS SCHEDULED TO GO TO TRIAL ON FEBRUARY 20TH ON SEVEN FELONY CHARGES INCLUDING PURGERY AND MALFEASANCE, FOR HIS ALLEGED ACTIONS IN CONNECTION TO A LAWSUIT FILED AGAINST HIS OFFICE BY THE INDEPENDENT.
THE JEFF DAVIS PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE HAS ARRESTED TWO PEOPLE IN CONNECTION WITH MULTIPLE BURGLARIES BETWEEN AUGUST AND DECEMBER. 38-YEAR-OLD ADEN GREEK THE SECOND AND 29-YEAR-OLD LACANDA NICOLE ORTEGO OF EUNICE HAVE BEEN BOOKED INTO THE PARISH JAIL ON NUMEROUS CHARGES. GREEK, WHO WAS ARRESTED FOR THE SIXTH TIME, WILL BE TRIED AS A FELON, AND HE’S BEING HELD WITHOUT BOND, WHILE ORTEGO, WHO WAS ARRESTED FOR THE FIFTH TIME, HAD HER BOND SET AT FORTY THOUSAND DOLLARS. CHIEF DEPUTY CHRIS IVEY SAYS DETECTIVES SUCCESSFULLY SOLVED MORE THAN 16 BURGLARIES IN THE PARISH, WHILE ASSISTING OTHER PARISHES WITH BURGLARY CASES INVOLVING GREEK AND ORTEGO.
THE OPELOUSAS POLICE DEPARTMENT IS LOOKING FOR A MOTORIST WHO STRUCK A HYDRANT ALONG CRESSWELL LANE YESTERDAY MORNING AND THEN FLED THE SCENE. THE MAIN WATER TOWER IN OPELOUSAS HAD TO BE SHUT DOWN TO INSTALL A NEW SHUT OFF VALVE. FIVE BUSINESSES ALONG CRESSWELL LANE WERE PUT ON A BOIL ADVISORY ONCE WATER SERVICE WAS RESTORED. IF ANYONE KNOWS ANYTHING ABOUT THE VEHICLE OR DRIVER THAT STRUCK THE HYDRANT, THEY ARE ASKED TO CALL THE OPELOUSAS POLICE DEPARTMENT.
LOUISIANA SET A RECORD FOR THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN ADOPTED FOR THE LAST FISCAL YEAR THAT ENDED SEPTEMBER 30TH. 764 CHILDREN WERE ADOPTED, WHICH TOPPED THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 735 ADOPTIONS SET IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR. THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES CURRENTLY HAS ADOPTION PROFILES FOR MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED CHILDREN THAT ARE IN STATE CUSTODY AND READY TO BE ADOPTED. THOSE PROFILES CAN BE SEEN ONLINE AT ADOPT U-S KIDS-DOT-COM OR AT LOUISIANA HEART GALLERY-DOT-COM.
THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS INVESTIGATING A HOMOCIDE IN CARENCRO. MEGAN KELLY HAS MORE
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A LAKE CHARLES ATTORNEY AND A TAXI CAB COMPANY ARE WORKING TOGETHER TO TRY TO MAKE THE STREETS SAFER ON NEW YEAR’S EVE. THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, YELLOW CAB OF LAKE CHARLES OFFERS DISCOUNTED RIDES TO PEOPLE WHO ARE INTOXICATED AS PART OF THEIR SAFE DRIVING PROGRAM. BUT FOR NEW YEAR’S EVE, YELLOW CAB AND ATTORNEY RON RICHARD ARE OFFERING FREE RIDES. LAKE CHARLES LAW ENFORCEMENT WILL BE INCREASING PATROLS THAT NIGHT AS WELL IN AN EFFORT TO SPOT IMPAIRED DRIVERS.
CROWLEY POLICE ARE ASKING THE PUBLIC’S HELP IN IDENTIFYING A PERSON OF INTEREST IN A FATAL SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED ON NOVEMBER SEVENTH OF LAST YEAR. THE CRIME STOPPERS OF ACADIA PARISH FACEBOOK PAGE HAS A VIDEO OF THE PERSON THEY ARE SEEKING TO IDENTIFY. TWO PEOPLE WERE SHOT INSIDE A CAR THAT WAS PARKED IN THE 11-HUNDRED BLOCK OF SMITH STREET, AND ONE OF THE TWO, JARIUS WILSON, WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE. ANYONE WHO CAN IDENTIFY THE PERSON OF INTEREST IS ASKED TO CALL CRIME STOPPERS OF ACADIA PARISH AT 789-TIPS, WHERE UP TO A THOUSAND DOLLAR CASH REWARD IS BEING OFFERED.
Computers at Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles locations across the state went down Wednesday, although it’s unclear just how many offices were affected. OMV Commissioner Karen St. German told The Times-Picayune the system crashed for about an hour on Wednesday morning at every OMV office in the state. But the policy and communication director for the state’s Division of Administration, Jacques Berry, disputed that statewide count and outage length, saying the full scope of the outage had yet to be diagnosed. Berry says the problems stemmed from a clock for the server connecting to the office’s computer terminal, which had the wrong time of day.
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