2-16-24
CHARGES AGAINST A CARENCRO WOMAN HAVE BEEN UPGRADED AFTER ONE OF THE PEDESTRIANS HIT IN A CAR CRASH MARDI GRAS DAY DIED. DANIELLE DUNCAN REPORTS.
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MAMOU POLICE HAVE ARRESTED THREE MEN FOR ALLEGEDLY KIDNAPPING, DRUGGING AND SEXUALLY ASSAULTING A NINETEEN-YEAR-OLD FEMALE. IT HAPPENED DURING A MARDI GRAS FESTIVAL STREET DANCE ON SIXTH STREET TUESDAY. THE THREE SUSPECTS FACE MULTIPLE CHARGES…FORTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD MARTINEZ GALLOW OF MAMOU, FORTY-FOUR-YEAR-OLD DARRYL WASHINGTON JUNIOR OF VILLE PLATTE AND FORTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD LOUIS ALFRED OF VILLE PLATTE. AUTHORITIES SAY THE THREE HAVE A HISTORY OF CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS RELATED TO MURDER, ARMED ROBBERY, KIDNAPPING AND DRUG DISTRIBUTION.
GOVERNOR JEFF LANDRY WILL NOT BE CHANGING HIS MIND ON OPTING OUT OF THE FEDERAL SUMMER E-B-T PROGRAM, WHICH WOULD HAVE GIVEN LOW INCOME FAMILIES FORTY DOLLARS PER MONTH DURING THE SUMMER FOR EACH CHILD. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WOULD HAVE COVERED THE COSTS OF THE PROGRAM BUT THE STATE WOULD HAVE HAD TO PAY HALF THE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS. LANDRY’S SPOKESPERSON KATE KELLY SAYS SUMMER E-B-T WAS A PANDEMIC ERA PROGRAM THAT COSTS SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS BUT THE PANDEMIC IS OVER. SHE SAYS LOUISIANA ALREADY ADMINISTERS ROBUST SOCIAL SAFETY NET PROGRAMS LIKE SNAP AND A SUMMER FOOD SERVICE PROGRAM, WHICH OFFERS MEALS TO GO.
A MAN, WHO HAD AN ACTIVE WARRANT ON HIM FOR HOME INVASION, WAS FOUND BY OFFICERS PATROLLING ON SOUTH MAIN STREET IN JENNINGS ON WEDNESDAY. TWENTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD BRYSON RICHARD FLED FROM THE OFFICERS INTO A HOUSE AND THEN OUT THE BACK DOOR. HE WAS LATER FOUND HIDING UNDERNEATH A HOUSE ON SHINE ALLY AND WAS ARRESTED. RICHARD FACES MULTIPLE CHARGES INCLUDING RESISTING AN OFFICER AND HOME INVASION.
U-L LAFAYETTE STUDENTS WILL BE GETTING MORE FOOD OPTIONS AT THE STUDENT UNION. A BREW COFFEE SHOP THAT SERVED STARBUCKS PRODUCTS IS BEING TURNED INTO A FULLY FUNCTIONING CHICK-FIL-A WITH SEATING AND MENU OPTIONS. MEANWHILE THERE WILL BE A NEW STARBUCKS COFFEE SHOP, PLUS A VIVE LA WAFFLE AND A SMOOTHIE KING. CHEF PATRICK MOULD WITH U-L SAYS THERE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN FOOD OPTIONS, BUT BRINGING NEW ONES HAS BEEN THEIR GOAL.
VERMILLION PARISH SHERIFF MIKE COUVILLON SAYS JUVENILE CRIME IS A MAJOR PROBLEM AND ANKLE BRACELETS AND HOUSE ARRESTS ARE NOT HAVING MUCH OF AN EFFECT ON REDUCING IT. RECENTLY A SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD, WHO WAS WEARING AN ANKLE MONITOR, SHOT AND KILLED A NINETEEN-YEAR-OLD. COUVILLON SAYS THEY NEED A JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER. HE SAYS THE PROBLEM IS IT COSTS MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS A DAY TO HOUSE A JUVENILE INMATE COMPARED TO UNDER TWENTY-SEVEN DOLLARS A DAY FOR AN ADULT.
THE SUMMER DROUGHT IS HAVING LASTING EFFECTS ON THIS SEASON’S CRAWFISH. DANIELLE DUNCAN HAS MORE.
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A SECOND CHANCE JOB FAIR IS PLANNED FOR APRIL AT THE YAMBILEE BUILDING IN OPELOUSAS. THE FAIR IS FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN RELEASED FROM JAIL OR PRISON. IT TAKES PLACE APRIL SIXTEENTH FROM NINE A-M TO NOON. ACADIANA WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS IS OFFERING RESUME AND INTERVIEW PREPS.
