12-29-21
TWO SHOOTINGS LEFT TWO PEOPLE INJURED IN EUNICE MONDAY NIGHT AND POLICE BELIEVE THEY WERE BOTH IN RETALIATION. GERALD GRUENIG REPORTS.
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ATTORNEYS FOR DON’S SPECIALTY MEATS SAYS THEY EXPECT TO SETTLE A LAWSUIT FILED AGAINST THEM BY THE EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION. THE COMMISSION ALLEGED A BLACK MAN EMPLOYED BY DON’S SPECIALTY MEATS WAS SUBJECT TO HARASSMENT AT WORK BECAUSE OF HIS RACE. YESTERDAY, ATTORNEYS FOR DON’S SPECIALY MEATS FILED A MOTION ASKING FOR AN EXTENSION TO FILE AN ANSWER TO THE LAWSUIT. THEY SAY IN THE MOTION THAT BOTH PARTIES HAVE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER AND A RESOLUTION SHOULD BE FINALIZED IN TWO WEEK’S TIME.
Louisiana State Police say officers in Lake Charles have shot and killed a man who was shooting at them. A news release said police were responding to earlier shootings when 22-year-old Christopher Thomas of Lake Charles fired at them about 3 a.m. Tuesday. Trooper Derek Senegal says Thomas had shot several times into a house about 9:45 p.m. Monday and run away. He then returned, firing more bullets, one of which hit an occupant in the foot.
Louisiana officials urged residents to go online for Office of Motor Vehicles services, and said 12 of their offices are temporarily closing due to the coronavirus pandemic. The office posted a list of those locations on its website, which includes Crowley, Jennings and Sulphur. Reopening dates will be posted when available. The agency’s commissioner, Karen St. Germain, encouraged residents to avoid field offices in general if possible.
A TWO-YEAR-OLD BOY REPORTED MISSING FROM EAST FELICIANA PARISH HAS BEEN FOUND SAFE WITH HIS FATHER AT A CAMP IN SAINT MARTIN PARISH. EAST FELICIANA PARISH SHERIFF JEFF TRAVIS SAYS A CONCERNED CITIZEN, WHO HEARD MEDIA REPORTS ABOUT THE SEARCH FOR CARSON HOLLINGSWORTH, GAVE INFORMATION THAT HELPED THEM FIND THE BOY. CARSON WAS RETURNED TO HIS MOTHER IN GOOD CONDITION. THE FATHER, ORIN HOLLINGSWORTH, HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH CRUELTY TO A JUVENILE.
SCOTT POLICE HAVE IDENTIFIED A MAN WHO COMMITTED AN ARMED ROBBERY USING A MACHETE MONDAY AFTERNOON. THIRTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD SCOTT FRUGE THREATENED A CLERK AT A BUSINESS ON RENAUD DRIVE AND CAUSED PROPERTY DAMAGE BEFORE LEAVING WITH STOLEN ITEMS. FRUGE, WHO IS WANTED ON CHARGES OF ARMED ROBBERY AND SIMPLE CRIMINAL DAMAGE TO PROPERTY, MAY BE ARMED AND IN THE SCOTT OR LAFAYETTE AREAS. IF YOU KNOW WHERE HE IS YOU CAN CONTACT YOUR LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENT OR CALL TWO-THREE-TWO-TIPS.
A COMMUNITY ACTIVIST IN VILLE PLATTE IS ACCUSING AN EVANGELINE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER OF THREATENING HIM AND DIRECTING THE N-WORD AT HIM MULTIPLE TIMES. ARTHUR SAMPSON JUNIOR SAYS IT HAPPENED AT A SCHOOL BOARD WORKSHOP ABOUT DRAWING DISTRICT LINES. HE SAYS, WHEN HE WAS ASKING QUESTIONS, BOARD MEMBER ELLIS GUILLORY, WHO IS BLACK, ALLEGEDLY MADE THREATS AND HURLED RACIAL SLURS AT SAMPSON. THE POLICE CHIEF SAYS HIS DEPARTMENT IS LOOKING INTO THE INCIDENT AFTER SAMPSON FILED A STATEMENT WITH THEM.
THE ACADIA PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS ASKING THE PUBLIC’S HELP IN FINDING THE CULPRITS WHO STOLE THIRTY CATALYTIC CONVERTERS VALUED AT AROUND NINETY-THOUSAND DOLLARS. THE SUSPECT OR SUSPECTS CUT A FENCE TO GAIN ACCESS TO PROPERTY IN THE TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED BLOCK OF AYMOND STREET SOUTH OF EUNICE SOMETIME BETWEEN DECEMBER THIRD AND DECEMBER SIXTH. THEY STOLE THE CATALYTIC CONVERTERS FROM FIFTEEN FORD SUPER DUTY TRUCKS. IF YOU HAVE INFORMATION ON THE CRIME, CALL SEVEN-EIGHT-NINE-TIPS. UP TO A THOUSAND DOLLAR CASH REWARD IS BEING OFFERED FOR INFORMATION LEADING TO AN ARREST.
