2-1-22
A FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD JUVENILE IS FACING MULTIPLE CHARGES FOLLOWING A SHOOTING IN FRANKLIN. DANIELLE JOHNSON REPORTS.
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A LAFAYETTE WOMAN, WHO WAS CONVICTED OF ATTEMPTED SECOND DEGREE MURDER AND AGGRAVATED BATTERY, RECEIVED A REDUCED SENTENCE OF SIX YEARS SUPERVISED PROBATION. IN TWENTY-SEVENTEEN, NATAJA PORTALIS RAN OVER TWO SISTERS, CLARISSA AND MARY COLLINS, IN AN ALLEYWAY, SEVERELY INJURING THEM. PORTALIS WAS ORIGINALLY SENTENCED TO TEN YEARS IN PRISON BUT GOT THE LIGHTER SENTENCE AFTER HER TEAM FILED AN APPEAL FOR RESENTENCING. LIZA ANGELLE, THE MOTHER OF THE SISTERS WHO WERE INJURED, SAYS SHE’S OUTRAGED AND HER DAUGHTER’S ATTORNEY WILL FILE AN APPEAL.
Louisiana lawmakers convened for the second day of a special session to address the state’s ongoing insurance crisis. A $45 million funding bill, for an incentive program designed to entice more insurers to the state, advanced through the House Appropriations Committee on Tuesday. The bill, along with a second one pertaining to restrictions of the proposed appropriation, is expected to be considered on the House floor Wednesday. During Tuesday’s committee hearing, Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon said that he feared without the funding bill approved, thousands of people will be at risk of losing their homes.
THERE HAVE BEEN OVER ONE HUNDRED COPPER WIRE THEFT CASES IN DEQUINCY OVER THE PAST YEAR ALONE. IN ONE CASE EARLY IN JANUARY, THIEVES COST A BUSINESS ONE HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS IN STOLEN COPPER WIRING AND DAMAGE. MAJOR JERRY BELL WITH THE DEQUINCY POLICE SAYS, BECAUSE OF A CRACK DOWN ON CATALYTIC CONVERTER THEFTS, COPPER WIRING IS THE NEW CASH COW. HE SUGGESTS LOCKING UP OLD HOUSES AND OLD BUILDINGS AND INSTALLING CAMERAS.
THE VERMILLION PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE HAS ARRESTED A LAFAYETTE MAN FOR MULTIPLE BURGLARIES IN THE PARISH. THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE TRIED TO PULL OVER RASHAWN STERLING BUT HE FLED AWAY AT A HIGH SPEED AND DEPUTIES DECIDED TO CALL OFF THE PURSUIT BECAUSE OF THE DANGER. STERLING WAS LATER ARRESTED IN MAURICE WITH THE AID OF THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE SWAT TEAM. MULTIPLE ITEMS OF JEWELRY BELIEVED TO BELONG TO VICTIMS WERE FOUND AT STERLING’S RESIDENCE.
THE WATER LINE IN FRONT OF THE REGIONS BANK BUILDING ON JOHNSTON STREET IN LAFAYETTE HAS BEEN REPAIRED. HOWEVER, ONE LANE WILL CONTINUE TO BE CLOSED UNTIL HOLES IN THE ROAD ARE REPAIRED. A SPOKESMAN FOR L-U-S SAYS A CREW LAYING FIBER LINES BORE A HOLE IN THE WATER LINE. OFFICIALS PLAN TO LAY SOME PLATES OVER THE ROAD HOLES UNTIL IT IS REPAIRED, BUT WEATHER IS PREVENTING THAT.
U-S SENATOR BILL CASSIDY OF LOUISIANA HAS INTRODUCED LEGISLATION THAT WOULD CRACK DOWN ON LEAKING SUPREME COURT INFORMATION. DANIELLE JOHNSON HAS MORE.
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THE ACADIA PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS SEEKING THE PUBLIC’S HELP IN FINDING TWO PEOPLE WHO BROKE INTO A HOME NEAR MIDLAND LAST FRIDAY. THE HOME IS LOCATED IN THE SIX HUNDRED BLOCK OF DRUM ROAD. A CAMO COLORED TWO THOUSAND TWELVE POLARIS RANGER AND TWO RIFLES WERE STOLEN, ALL VALUED AT AROUND TWELVE THOUSAND DOLLARS. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION IS ASKED TO CALL SEVEN-EIGHT-NINE-TIPS, WHERE UP TO A THOUSAND DOLLAR CASH REWARD IS BEING OFFERED FOR INFORMATION LEADING TO AN ARREST IN THIS CASE.
