2-14-18
LAFAYETTE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING THAT THEY BELIEVE MAY HAVE INVOLVED SEVERAL PEOPLE ON TUESDAY NIGHT. JEFF HORCHAK REPORTS.
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THERE WERE SEVERAL CAR BURGLARIES IN DERIDDER ON SATURDAY. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS SURVEILLANCE VIDEO OF ONE OF THE SUSPECTS WHO STOLE WHAT APPEARS TO BE A WHITE FORD FUSION. THE VIDEO HAS BEEN POSTED ON THE POLICE DEPARTMENT’S FACEBOOK PAGE. THEY ASK ANYONE WHO RECOGNIZES THE SUSPECT TO CALL CRIMESTOPPERS AT 462-89-18, WHERE A REWARD IS BEING OFFERED FOR THE ARREST AND/OR CONVICTION OF THE SUSPECTS INVOLVED.
WORK IS CONTINUING ON BUILDING TWO ROUNDABOUTS ON EITHER SIDE OF THE INTERSTATE AT THE HENDERSON EXIT, BUT BUSINESSES AT THE EXIT SAY IT’S HURTING BUSINESS. MAYOR SHERBIN COLLETTE TELLS KLFY TV THAT TWO STATE TROOPERS ARE OUT THERE NOW EVERY AFTERNOON AND THAT HAS HELPED. HE THINKS, ONCE THE PROJECT FINISHES, IT WILL HELP TOURISM IN TOWN, BUT HE’S NOT SURE IF IT WILL HAVE ANY EFFECT ON FLOODING, WHICH HAS BEEN A PROBLEM. THE ROUNDABOUTS ARE PART OF A PROJECT TO WIDEN I-TEN FROM HENDERSON TO THE ATCHAFALAYA BASIN BRIDGE.
THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF VETERAN’S AFFAIRS IS SPEARHEADING AN EFFORT TO BUILD A NEW GOLD STAR FAMILIES MEMORIAL MONUMENT IN BATON ROUGE. THE MONUMENT WOULD HONOR THE FAMILIES OF FALLEN SERVICEMEN AND WOMEN. FUNDS ARE BEING RAISED TO COVER THE COSTS WHICH ARE EXPECTED TO BE AROUND 100 THOUSAND DOLLARS. STATE SENATOR JONATHAN PERRY OF KAPLAN IS HELPING LEAD THE LEGISLATIVE EFFORT TO APPROVE THE PLACEMENT OF THE MEMORIAL IN THE STATE CAPITOL COMPLEX.
LAFAYETTE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED AT HIGH MEADOWS BOULEVARD LATE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. A 28-YEAR-OLD MAN WAS SHOT BUT HIS INJURIES WERE NOT LIFE-THREATENING. WHEN HE WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE HOSPITAL, POLICE WERE CALLED. THEY HAVE LOCATED A POSSIBLE SUSPECT AND TAKEN HIM INTO CUSTODY.
THE SULPHUR CITY COUNCIL ON MONDAY APPROVED AN INCREASE IN THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLE SERVICE FEE. IT WILL GO FROM TWO TO FOUR DOLLARS. MAYOR CHRIS DUNCAN SAYS IT IS NEEDED TO HELP OFFSET THE COSTS OF BUILDING MAINTENANCE AND RENTAL. THE STATE OFFICE OF MOTOR VEHICLES MUST APPROVE THE INCREASE BEFORE IT CAN GO INTO EFFECT.
THE ST. MARTIN PARISH NARCOTICS DIVISION RECEIVED A TIP ABOUT ILLEGAL NARCOTICS AT A HOME ON L-D DRIVE IN ST. MARTINVILLE. A SEARCH OF THE HOME REVEALED METHAMPHETAMINES, FIREARMS, AND DRUG PARAPHERNALIA. THEY ARRESTED TWO PEOPLE WHO RESIDE IN ST. MARTINVILLE; 26-YEAR-OLD HARLEY MARIE BONIN AND 35-YEAR-OLD TIMMY RAY GUIDRY. THEY WERE BOOKED INTO THE ST. MARTIN PARISH CORRECTIONAL CENTER ON NUMEROUS CHARGES.
A 41-YEAR-OLD RAYNE MAN WAS ARRESTED FOR A STABBING OVER THE WEEKEND. RAYNE POLICE WERE RESPONDING TO REPORTS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AT A HOME ON LYMAN AVENUE AND, WHEN THEY ARRIVED, THEY FOUND A WOMAN IN A CAR, SUFFERING FROM MULTIPLE STAB WOUNDS. POLICE CHIEF CARROL STELLY SAYS THE VICTIM WAS CONSCIOUS AND TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. RAUSHE TEAREZ TURNER WAS ARRESTED AND BOOKED INTO THE ACADIA PARISH JAIL ON CHARGES OF ATTEMPTED SECOND DEGREE MURDER AND AGGRAVATED BURGLARY.
