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12-29-16

THERE WAS AN OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTING IN LAFAYETTE LAST NIGHT THAT LEFT ONE PERSON INJURED.  MASTER TROOPER BROOKS DAVID OF THE STATE POLICE SAYS THAT PERSON, WHOSE NAME HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED, WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT, AND THE CONDITION OF THAT PERSON HAS NOT YET BEEN MADE AVAILABLE.  DAVID SAYS THE OFFICER WHO FIRED THE SHOT WAS RESPONDING TO A REPORT OF A DOMESTIC DISTURBANCE AT AROUND 9-30 LAST NIGHT.  POLICE CHIEF TOBY AGUILLARD CALLED IN THE STATE POLICE TO INVESTIGATE AND THE OFFICER HAS BEEN PLACED ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE UNTIL THAT INVESTIGATION IS COMPLETED.

 

FIREWORKS ARE A TRADITION ON NEW YEAR’S EVE.  BUT LAKE CHARLES CITY OFFICIALS REMIND RESIDENTS THEY ARE ILLEGAL WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS.  IF CAUGHT, THAT PERSON COULD BE CHARGED WITH A  MISDEMEANOR VIOLATION.  THE PENALTY IS A MAXIMUM 500 DOLLAR FINE AND/OR SIX MONTHS IN JAIL.

 

THE BODY OF A MISSING JEANERETTE MAN HAS BEEN FOUND.  JEFF HORCHEK HAS MORE.

 

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A federal investigation has found that Louisiana unnecessarily isolates and segregates thousands of mentally ill people in costly nursing facilities instead of providing them with community-based services.  In a 30-page letter to Gov. John Bel Edwards last week, the Justice Department says its civil rights division concluded the state violates the Americans with Disabilities Act by relying on nursing facilities to house approximately 4,000 people with serious mental illness.

The department, which opened its investigation in 2014, says many mentally ill residents confined in nursing facilities can and want to live in their own communities.  Kelly Zimmerman, spokeswoman for the state Department of Health, said in an email that the agency will review the department’s recommendations and “work with stakeholders and legislators to determine the best path forward.”

 

­­­­ A disease research company will set up a pharmaceutical research and development facility at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette’s New Iberia Research Center.  Gov. John Bel Edwards and Crown Bioscience CEO Jean-Pierre Wery announced the project Wednesday.  Wery says the project will enable Crown Bioscience to advance treatments for cardiovascular and metabolic disease research. Louisiana Economic Development says the company will make a $1 million investment and create 10 jobs with an average salary of $70,000.

 

THE FIRST DEGREE MURDER TRIAL OF A 27-YEAR-OLD LAKE CHARLES MAN HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED FOR MAY 15TH AFTER HIS ATTORNEY WITHDREW FROM THE CASE.  ROMAN LASTRAPES IS ACCUSED OF THE MURDER OF 50-YEAR-OLD LINDA MOORE. HER BODY WAS FOUND BEHIND A DETAILING SHOP AT THE CORNER OF SHATTUCK AND BELDEN STREETS ON JANUARY 15TH OF 2010, AND POLICE DETERMINED SHE HAD BEEN SEXUALLY ASSAULTED.  LASTRAPES’ ATTORNEY ROBERT SHELTON SAID HE WITHDREW FROM REPRESENTING LASTRAPES BECAUSE HE’S RELATED TO A FAMILY MEMBER OF THE VICTIM.

 

THE THIRD CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS HAS UPHELD THE SECOND DEGREE MURDER CONVICTION OF KERRY BERTRAND.  AN ACADIA PARISH JURY IN FEBRUARY FOUND BERTRAND GUILTY OF KILLING HIS STEPDAUGHTER, SKYLAR CREDEUR, AND WAS SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON.  CREDEUR WAS DROWNED IN THE BATHTUB AFTER SHE ACCUSED BERTRAND OF SEXUALLY ABUSING HER AND RESTRAINING ORDERS WERE FILED BY HER MOTHER AGAINST HIM.  THE APPEALS COURT JUDGES WROTE THAT THE EVIDENCE PROVED BEYOND A DOUBT THAT BERTRAND WAS GUILTY.

 

THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE WILL BEGIN ACCEPTING STATE TAX RETURNS ON JANUARY 23RD.  THAT’S THE SAME DAY THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE BEGINS ACCEPTING FEDERAL TAX RETURNS.  PAPER TAX FORMS CAN BE DOWNLOADED FROM THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE’S WEBSITE ON JANUARY 23RD, BUT THEY ENCOURAGE TAXPAYERS TO FILE ELECTRONICALLY.  THE PROCESSING TIME FOR ELECTRONIC RETURNS IS UP TO SIXTY DAYS WHILE IT TAKES BETWEEN TWELVE TO 14 WEEKS FOR PAPER RETURNS TO BE PROCESSED.