12-28-23
THE SAINT MARTIN PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS INVESTIGATING A DRIVE BY SHOOTING THAT RESULTED IN ONE INJURY. A SUSPECT DRIVING IN THE ONE THOUSAND BLOCK OF POTATO SHED ROAD FIRED A SHOT AT A PASSING VEHICLE. A PASSENGER IN THAT VEHICLE WAS WOUNDED AND TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. THE CONDITION OF THE VICTIM HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED.
TWO FAMILIES ARE LOOKING FOR NEW HOMES AFTER AN APARTMENT FIRE TUESDAY NIGHT IN THE ONE HUNDRED BLOCK OF HUMMINGBIRD LANE IN LAFAYETTE. A RESIDENT NOTICED SMOKE AND FLAMES COMING THROUGH THE VENTS AND CALLED NINE-ONE-ONE AND WARNED THE NEIGHBORS. IT WAS DETERMINED THE FIRE STARTED BETWEEN THE CEILING AND THE SUBFLOOR FOR THE UPSTAIRS APARTMENTS, AND TWO OF THE APARTMENTS WERE DESTROYED. FIRE OFFICIALS BELIEVE THE FIRE WAS THE RESULT OF A MALFUNCTION WITHIN THE MECHANISMS OF THE HEATER.
DEPUTIES WITH THE CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE ARE TRYING TO IDENTIFY THE CAR AND DRIVER WHICH STRUCK A PEDESTRIAN IN MOSS BLUFF AND DIDN’T STOP. AUTHORITIES SAY A WOMAN WAS WALKING NORTH ON NORTH PERKINS FERRY ROAD CHRISTMAS NIGHT AFTER SIX WHEN SHE WAS STRUCK FROM BEHIND. THE VICTIM WAS TREATED FOR BROKEN BONES AND RELEASED. THE SUSPECT VEHICLE IS BELIEVED TO HAVE MINOR DAMAGE TO THE PASSENGER SIDE HEADLIGHT AREA AND FRONT RIGHT QUARTER PANEL.
ATTORNEY HENRY KINNEY HAS FILED A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT TO STOP A MERGER OF BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF LOUISIANA WITH A FOR PROFIT COMPANY. EARLIER THIS MONTH, BLUE CROSS ANNOUNCED ITS INTENTION TO RESTRUCTURE ITS ORGANIZATION SO IT COULD BE AQUIRED BY THE OUT-OF-STATE FOR-PROFIT COMPANY. KINNEY FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST A NEW FOUNDATION, THE ACCELERATE LOUISIANA, AND ITS BOARD, WHICH WAS CREATED EARLIER THIS YEAR WHEN BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF LOUISIANA FIRST CONSIDERED THE MERGER. KINNEY SAYS ONE OF THE ASPECTS ON WHY THE MERGER IS NOT BENEFICIAL FOR MEMBERS IS BECAUSE MEMBERS WOULD NOT RECEIVE COMPENSATION FOR THE SALE.
STATE FIRE MARSHAL DEPUTIES ARE INVESTIGATING A DEADLY HOUSE FIRE IN OPELOUSAS. SYLVIA MASTERS REPORTS.
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TRAFFIC INVESTIGATORS ARE TRYING TO DETERMINE WHAT LED TO A YOUNGSVILLE MAN DYING IN A CRASH ON JOHNSTON STREET IN LAFAYETTE TUESDAY. SO FAR, THEY’VE DETERMINED THAT FIFTY-NINE-YEAR-OLD GERALD L. LANDRY JUNIOR ENTERED A REGIONS BANK PARKING LOT, STRIKING SEVERAL CURBS AND TREES, BEFORE COMING TO REST IN THE SOUTH END OF THE PARKING LOT. WHEN OFFICERS ARRIVED, LANDRY WAS UNRESPONSIVE AND HE LATER DIED AT THE HOSPITAL.
A ROANOKE MAN HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH VEHICULAR HOMOCIDE AFTER ALLEGELDY CAUSING AN ACCIDENT ON L-A TWENTY-SIX IN JEFF DAVIS PARISH IN SEPTEMBER THAT RESULTED IN THE DEATH OF TWENTY-NINE-YEAR-OLD CHELSEY BENOIT OF JENNINGS. STATE POLICE DETERMINED THAT SIXTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD JEFFREY MECHE CROSSED THE CENTER LINE AND HIT AN S-U-V DRIVEN BY BENOIT. TROOPERS HAVE ACCUSED MECHE OF BEING INTOXICATED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. BENOIT LATER DIED FROM HER INJURIES WHILE MECHE SUFFERED MODERATE INJURIES.
JEANERETTE POLICE HAVE MADE AN ARREST IN CONNECTION WITH VEHICLE BURGLARIES THAT HAPPENED THROUGHOUT THE CITY OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. TWENTY-EIGHTY-YEAR-OLD DEVANTE ROBERTSON WAS TAKEN TO THE IBERIA PARISH JAIL JUST BEFORE FIVE YESTERDAY MORNING. POLICE FOUND MULTIPLE ITEMS THAT WERE TAKEN FROM THE BURGLARIES. ROBERTSON HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH SEVEN COUNTS OF VEHICLE BURGLARY, TWO COUNTS OF CRIMINAL DAMAGE TO PROPERTY AND THREE COUNTS OF POSSESSION OF A FIREARM BY A CONVICTED FELON.
