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YESTERDAY MORNING AROUND 9:15, LAFAYETTE POLICE RESPONDED TO A SINGLE VEHICLE CRASH AT THE 2300 BLOCK OF CAMERON STREET. ACCORDING TO INVESTIGATORS, GEORGE L. AUGUSTINE, 53 OF LAFAYETTE, WAS DRIVING A 2007 DODGE NITRO WEST ON CAMERON STREET, WHEN FOR UNKNOWN REASONS HE DROVE OFF THE ROADWAY. THE VEHICLE COLLIDED WITH A TREE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF CAMERON WHERE IT CAME TO A STOP. AUGUSTINE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE.
ACCORDING TO TV-10, AUTHORITIES IN YOUNGSVILLE ARE INVESTIGATING AN OVERNIGHT SHOOTING THAT TOOK PLACE AROUND MIDNIGHT AT THE 400 BLOCK OF LINDON LEWIS ROAD. NO MORE INFORMATION WAS GIVEN AT THIS TIME, AS AUTHORITIES CONTINUE TO WORK THE CASE.
JEFFERSON DAVIS PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES ARRESTED FOUR PEOPLE IN CONECTION TO A BURGLARY THAT HAPPENED FRIDAY IN LACASSINE. SCOTT BORNE, 19 OF LACASSINE, WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH BURGLARY OF AN INHABITED DWELLING AND BURGLARY OF A VEHICLE. JORDAN BORDELON, 21 & DEVIN BORDELON, 18 BOTH OF LACASSINE, WERE CHARGED WITH OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE FOR AIDING IN TRANSPORTING AND DICCARDING STOLEN GOODS. COREY LEDAY, 23 OF LAKE CHARLES, WAS CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF STOLEN GOODS, A FIREARM, OBTAINED FROM BORNE.
JULIE DARCY WITH TV-10 HAS AN UPDATE TO A STORY WE HAD FRIDAY ON A CHRISTMAS DAY SHOOTING THAT LEFT ONE MAN DEAD AND ANOTHER WOUNDED.
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THE IBERIA PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE CONTINUES TO INVESTIGATE AN ARMED ROBBERY THAT TOOK PLACE NEAR THE 1200 BLOCK OF EDEN STREET IN NEW IBERIA. A 67 YEAR OLD WOMAN WAS WALKING WITH HER HUSBAND, WHEN A BLACK MALE WITH A HANDGUN APPROACHED THEM. THE SUSPECT FLED THE SCENE IN A BROWN TOYOTA CAMRY OR AVALON WITH THE WOMAN’S PURSE, AFTER FIRING A FEW SHOTS IN THE AIR.
STATE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING AN ACCIDENT LAST NIGHT IN BROUSSARD INVOLVING A PREDESTERIAN. JUST BEFORE 8PM, OFFICERS RESPONDED TO AN ACCIDENT NEAR THE CASH MAGIC GAS STATION ON HIGHWAY 90, NEAR THE PETROLEUM PARKWAY EXTENSION. DETAILS ARE LIMITED, BUT TV-10 WAS TOLD THE VICTIM WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL SHORTLY AFTER THE ACCIDENT WITH SERIOUS INJURIES.
(AP) Thanks to Lafayette General Medical Center, treating students is becoming easier. The Lafayette General Medical Center Foundation has donated the technology to launch a telemedicine clinic at Ossun Elementary, and it has changed how the school nurse’s office operates. Ossun’s school nurse, Maurdey Durand, tells KATC-TV that the program now allows her to connect with a doctor through a TV screen to treat students. And, she says, it’s beneficial for the students who, though aren’t feeling well, might be well enough to stay in class. Ossun Elementary is the flagship campus for the technology. Each setup costs between $15,000 and $30,000. Cian Robinson, the foundation’s executive director, says new telemedicine clinics will open in the next 90 days at Carencro Heights Elementary, Live Oak Elementary, and Carencro High.
(AP) Nearly two dozen new laws take effect with the start of 2015 in Louisiana. The measures were passed in the last legislative session. They are mostly minor changes, as most new laws approved by lawmakers each year begin in August. Smoking will be banned near state-owned office buildings. Drunken driving statutes will be rewritten to clear up discrepancies. Payday lenders will have to offer no-fee installment plans. Teenagers or older will be able to register to vote when obtaining a driver’s license, though they still won’t be able to vote until they turn 18. Also due Jan. 1 is a tally from law enforcement agencies of the number of untested rape kits on their shelves. The law is designed to quantify the backlog so it can be eliminated.
