2-15-19
NINE MEMBERS OF AN L-S-U FRATERNITY WERE ARRESTED YESTERDAY FOR ALLEGEDLY ABUSIVE HAZING RITUALS. AMONG THE NINE WAS 23-YEAR-OLD CADE RAIN DUCKWORTH OF LAFAYETTE. THE ADVOCATE NEWSPAPER SAYS DUCKWORTH WAS ACCUSED OF SOME OF THE MOST EGREGIOUS ACCUSATIONS AND SEEMED TO BE CONTROLLING THE SITUATION DURING SOME OF THE RITUALS. THE CHARGES AGAINST THE NINE MEMBERS OF DELTA KAPPA EPSILON RANGED FROM MISDEMEANOR HAZING TO FELONY SECOND DEGREE BATTERY AND FALSE IMPRISONMENT.
THE I-TEN BRIDGE TASK FORCE AND BUSINESS PEOPLE IN LAKE CHARLES ARE WORKING TO BUILD A COALITION THAT WILL RESULT IN A NEW BRIDGE WITHIN FIVE YEARS. THE I-TEN BRIDGE TASK FORCE PRESENTED THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE ALLIANCE FOR POSITIVE GROWTH WHICH INCLUDES A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP TO GET THE PROJECT DONE. THE CHAIRMAN OF THE TASK FORCE, KEITH DUROUSSEAU, SAYS THEY ARE ASKING FOR PRIVATE FUNDS NOW AS OPPOSED TO WAITING FOR PUBLIC FUNDS THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE COMING IN THE FUTURE. THE TASK FORCE ENVISIONS A START DATE ON CONSTRUCTION SOMETIME IN 2020, BUT THEY ARE WORKING WITH THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT ON A TIMELINE.
AUTHORITIES IN ST. LANDRY PARISH NEED YOUR HELP IDENTIFYING THE MAN RESPONSIBLE FOR THE BRUTAL BEATING OF AN ELDERLY MAN. JEFF HORCHAK REPORTS.
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VETERANS WHO RETURN FROM ACTIVE DUTY, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO GO TO COLLEGE, MAY FACE A DIFFICULT TRANSITION. PLANS WERE ANNOUNCED THIS WEEK TO HAVE A RESOURCE OFFICE ON EVERY LOUISIANA CAMPUS. JEFF HORCHAK HAS MORE.
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U-L POLICE HAVE LOCATED A MAN WHO WAS ALLEGEDLY FOLLOWING WOMEN ON ST. MARY BOULEVARD NEAR THE CAMPUS. THE WOMEN MADE THE COMPLAINT ABOUT THE MAN LAST FRIDAY. U-L POLICE CHIEF TIM HANKS SAYS THE MAN DID NOTHING CRIMINAL SO HE WASN’T ARRESTED. HOWEVER HE WAS WARNED TO NOT ENTER UNIVERSITY PROPERTY.
A FORMER OFFICER IN THE ST. MARTINVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS SENTENCED YESTERDAY TO NINE YEARS IN PRISON. 36-YEAR-OLD CODY DODGE WAS A DEPUTY CHIEF OF INVESTIGATIONS. IN 2016, DODGE PHYSICALLY ASSAULTED TWO PEOPLE AND THEN WORKED TO COVER HIS TRACKS BY FILING FALSE REPORTS, DESTROYING EVIDENCE AND TRYING TO PERSUADE FELLOW OFFICERS TO HELP HIM WITH OBSTRUCTION EFFORTS. HE WAS CONVICTED IN NOVEMBER ON FOUR FELONY CHARGES INCLUDING A CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATION FOR USING EXCESSIVE FORCE AGAINST A SUSPECT.
A MOSS BLUFF MAN WAS ARRESTED FOR ALLEGEDLY RAPING A 13-YEAR-OLD GIRL. 24-YEAR-OLD JOSEPH H. CONSTANCE WAS CHARGED WITH SECOND DEGREE RAPE AND INDECENT BEHAVIOR WITH A JUVENILE. THE CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS THAT WHEN DETECTIVES CONFRONTED CONSTANCE WITH THE CHARGES, HE CONFESSED. CONSTANCE’S BOND HAS BEEN SET AT 600 THOUSAND DOLLARS.
