2-17-15
Lafayette police have arrested 52-year-old Jerry Ronald Seals, of Lafayette, and booked him with second-degree murder in the shooting death of another Lafayette man. Cpl. Paul Mouton, department spokesman, tells The Advertiser two men quarreled in the back parking lot of a fast-food restaurant shortly before 3 p.m. Sunday. Police say the 44-year-old victim, James Allen Orgeron, was sitting in a parking lot when the suspect drove up in a vehicle. Mouton says the two men began arguing at which point Seals allegedly produced a handgun and fired multiple shots, striking Orgeron.
THE CITIES OF LAKE CHARLES AND SIOUX CITY, IOWA HAVE BEEN SISTER CITIES FOR TWENTY YEARS. MAYOR RANDY ROACH YESTERDAY PRESENTED A PLAQUE TO A DELEGATION FROM SIOUX CITY RECOGNIZING THE TWENTY YEAR RELATIONSHIP. ROACH SAYS HE REMEMBERS HOW THE PEOPLE OF SIOUX CITY STEPPED UP TO HELP LAKE CHARLES WITH AID AND ASSISTANCE AFTER HURRICANE RITA. HE SAYS THEY HAVE BENEFITTED FROM THE RELATIONSHIP IN OTHER WAYS, SUCH AS MAKING IMPROVEMENTS DOWNTOWN AFTER HE VISITED SIOUX CITY AND SAW THE EMPHASIS THEY PUT ON THEIR DOWNTOWN AREA.
A MAN, WHO ESCAPED FROM OPELOUSAS AUTHORITIES LAST WEEK, REMAINS ON THE LOOSE. 21-YEAR-OLD THEOBEGI LEVIER WAS ARRESTED FOR SHOOTING A MAN IN THE NECK DURING, WHAT WAS BELIEVED TO BE, A BUNGLED DRUG DEAL IN EUNICE. HE ESCAPED FROM AN OPELOUSAS CITY MARSHAL’S VEHICLE WHILE BEING TAKEN TO THE OPELOUSAS CITY JAIL. CITY MARSHAL PAUL MOUTON SAYS THEY ARE FOLLOWING SOME LEADS AND MAY OFFER A CASH REWARD FOR INFORMATION LEADING TO HIS ARREST.
Seven months after the Legislature overhauled the way special education students can earn a traditional high school diploma, state leaders are still grappling with how to do so. The Advocate reports the law was touted as a way to help some of the state’s 83,000 students with disabilities, and start trimming Louisiana’s dismal graduation rate for those children. Doing so, backers said, would help the state by increasing the number of educated residents, and arm more students with a degree that is often needed for even the most basic jobs. But the 2014 law has triggered two letters from federal officials questioning its legality, persistent worries from local educators on how it should be implemented, and months of finger pointing on why the rollout has been so rocky.
LAFAYETTE POLICE ARE STILL INVESTIGATING THE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING THE DEATH OF A U-L LAFAYETTE STUDENT, WHO TRIED TO CROSS I-TEN, AT THE AMBASSADOR CAFFERY EXIT. CORPORAL PAUL MOUTON SAYS 18-YEAR-OLD GRANT INGRAM WAS STRUCK MULTIPLE TIMES AT AROUND 1:45 AM FRIDAY. MOUTON SAYS THEY DON’T YET KNOW WHAT HE WAS DOING BEFORE HE TRIED TO CROSS THE INTERSTATE. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON INGRAM’S ACTIVITIES BEFORE THE ACCIDENT IS ASKED TO CALL LAFAYETTE POLICE.
A LAKE CHARLES MAN, WHO WAS PULLED OVER FOR AN IMPROPER LANE USAGE IN JEFF DAVIS PARISH, WAS ARRESTED AFTER HE WAS FOUND IN POSSESSION OF DRUGS. SHERIFF’S OFFICE SPOKESMAN CHRIS IVEY SAYS THE ARREST OF 43-YEAR-OLD SHAWN DUGAR HAPPENED SUNDAY MORNING. HE FACES NUMEROUS CHARGES INCLUDING SECOND OFFENSE D-W-I AND SYNTHETIC MARIJUANA POSSESSION. HIS 12-YEAR-OLD CHILD WAS IN THE VEHICLE WITH HIM.
ST. MARTIN PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES ARE INVESTIGATING A NUMBER OF DAYTIME HOME BURGLARIES. JULIE DARCE HAS MORE.
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CROWLEY POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING TWO COMPLAINTS OF ARSON FIRES IN MAILBOXES. THEY HAPPENED ON THE NIGHT OF FEBRUARY SIXTH ON BROADACRES DRIVE AND AZALEA DRIVE. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON THE FIRES IS URGED TO CALL CRIMESTOPPERS AT 789-TIPS. ALL CALLERS REMAIN ANONYMOUS AND COULD RECEIVE A CASH REWARD OF UP TO ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS.
