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THE STATE ETHICS BOARD HAS FILED CHARGES AGAINST LAFAYETTE CITY MARSHAL BRIAN POPE. THEY SAY HE VIOLATED STATE LAWS BY HAVING STAFF DIVERT COURT FEES TO HIM FOR PERSONAL USE. THEY SAY OVER A FOUR YEAR PERIOD, HE ILLEGALLY RECEIVED NEARLY 420 THOUSAND DOLLARS. AN ADJUDICATION BOARD WILL DECIDE IF HE COMMITTED THE VIOLATIONS AND ASSESS PENALTIES.
A HOUSE ON TARPON ROAD NEAR NELSON ROAD IN LAKE CHARLES CAUGHT FIRE. A NEIGHBOR TOLD KPLC TV THAT EVERYONE INSIDE GOT OUT SAFELY. THE LAKE CHARLES FIRE DEPARTMENT SAYS THEY CONTAINED THE FIRE TO THE ONE RESIDENCE. THERE ARE NO OTHER DETAILS AT THIS TIME.
FOUR PEOPLE FROM CROWLEY WERE ARRESTED YESTERDAY FOR INSURANCE FRAUD AND STATE POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR TWO OTHERS. ON FEBRUARY ELEVENTH, 24-YEAR-OLD LONNIE LAMBERT OF CROWLEY AND 32-YEAR-OLD HARRIS GOBAR OF BREAUX BRIDGE WERE INVOLVED IN A TWO VEHICLE CRASH IN ACADIA PARISH. THE TWO CALLED FOUR PEOPLE TO COME ACT AS DRIVERS AND PASSENGERS TO GENERATE FRAUDULENT INSURANCE CLAIMS. LAMBERT, 21-YEAR-OLD JACLIN TRAHAN,23-YEAR-OLD JERNAI CAMPBELL AND 22-YEAR-OLD TEMESHA LAMBERT WERE ARRESTED ON THE FRAUD CHARGES YESTERDAY AND WARRANTS ARE ACTIVE FOR GOBAR AND 44-YEAR-OLD BELINDA HEBERT OF CROWLEY.
An attorney for two New Orleans Saints season ticketholders says he’ll continue to pursue legal action arising from officials’ failure to call penalties on a crucial play in the Jan. 20 NFC championship game. But attorney Frank D’Amico did not detail his next steps in a statement issued Thursday evening. And he gave no indication he would appeal a federal judge’s refusal to issue an order that could have led to a full or partial do-over of the game between the Saints and the Los Angeles Rams. D’Amico said unresolved issues include Saints’ season ticketholders’ rights to purchase Super Bowl tickets at face value “to see the Saints play in that game.”
LAFAYETTE POLICE ARRESTED A 13-YEAR-OLD BOY FOR MAKING THREATS AGAINST STUDENTS AT A LOCAL SCHOOL. SOME PARENTS OF STUDENTS AT LAFAYETTE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY SENT KATC TV A SCREEN SHOT OF A MESSAGE FROM SUPERINTENDENT GREG NORRIS. IN THE MESSAGE, HE SAYS THEY CONTACTED POLICE AFTER A STUDENT THREATENED TO BRING A GUN TO SCHOOL. THE STUDENT WHO WAS ARRESTED WAS BOOKED INTO THE LAFAYETTE JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER ON A CHARGE OF TERRORIZING.
A LAKE CHARLES COUPLE ADMITTED IN FEDERAL COURT TO SELLING DRUGS TO FINANCE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THEIR 600 THOUSAND DOLLAR HOME. 39-YEAR-OLD JOHN HOMER LEGROS JUNIOR AND HIS WIFE, 39-YEAR-OLD VERONICA GRAY LEGROS, PLED GUILTY TO CONSPIRACY TO DISTRIBUTE AND POSSESS WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES. THE COUPLE ALONG WITH CO-DEFENDANT, 41-YEAR-OLD BILLY WINBUSH, SOLD HUNDREDS OF OXYCODONE PILLS. SINCE DRUG PROCEEDS WERE USED TO FINANCE THE HOUSE, IT IS BEING FORFEITED TO THE U-S GOVERNMENT.
A BREAUX BRIDGE MOTHER IS FURIOUS AFTER HER SON WAS LEFT ON THE SCHOOL BUS. JEFF HORCHAK HAS MORE.
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The Louisiana State University agricultural extension service has named an assistant professor a statewide entomologist for research about insect pests of four crops — cotton, corn, soybeans and grain sorghum. An LSU AgCenter news release Wednesday said Sebe (SEEB) Brown has both a master’s and a doctorate in entomology from LSU. He says he looks forward to helping growers identify insect pest issues and recommend cost-effective sustainable management strategies. He says Louisiana’s subtropical climate lets farmers grow a wide variety of crops but also creates complex challenges for insect control in all field crops.
