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A CROWLEY MAN WAS ARRESTED SATURDAY AFTER HE WAS FOUND WITH A LOADED PISTOL AT THE RAYNE MARDI GRAS PARADE. OFFICIALS SAID NINETEEN-YEAR-OLD MARKINLEY TEZENO GOT THE GUN OUT OF A VEHICLE AFTER BEING IN A VERBAL ALTERCATION WITH SOMEONE. POLICE RECEIVED A TIP AND FOUND TEZENO, LOCATING THE GUN ON HIM DURING A PAT DOWN. TEZENO WAS ARRESTED FOR ILLEGAL CARRYING OF A FIREARM.
STATE REPRESENTATIVE BRACH MYERS IS THE NEW STATE SENATOR FOR DISTRICT TWENTY-THREE IN LAFAYETTE PARISH. HE WON A SPECIAL ELECTION TAKING FIFTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE VOTE TO DEFEAT HIS ONLY OPPONENT, BROUSSARD COUNCILMAN JESSIE REGAN. THE SENATE SEAT BECAME VACANT WHEN JEAN-PAUL COUSSAN WAS ELECTED AS A PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSIONER IN NOVEMBER. NOW ANOTHER SPECIAL ELECTION WILL BE NEEDED TO FILL MYER’S STATE REPRESENTATIVE SEAT.
TODAY CONGRESSMAN CLEO FIELDS IS SET TO TAKE THE OATH OF OFFICE DURING A SPECIAL SWEARING IN CEREMONY AT HIS ALMA MATER, SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY. GEORGE FAUST HAS MORE.
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A LAKE CHARLES WOMAN WON A CAR ON THE PRICE IS RIGHT TV SHOW. CARLA JUBERT TELLS KPLC TV THAT SHE’S WATCHED THE SHOW FOR FORTY YEARS AND HER SON SURPRISED HER WITH TICKETS TO THE SHOW WHILE SHE WAS IN CALIFORNIA TO CELEBRATE HER SIXTY-THIRD BIRTHDAY. JUBERT SAYS IT STILL DOESN’T FEEL REAL, ESPECIALLY MAKING IT ALL THE WAY TO THE END. SHE HASN’T DECIDED YET WHETHER TO TAKE THE CAR OR TO RECEIVE THE AMOUNT THE CAR IS WORTH.
THE D-O-T-D IS SET TO START ANOTHER PROJECT THIS WEEK IN ACADIANA. GEORGE FAUST HAS THE DETAILS.
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A LAFAYETTE PARISH JURY FOUND CODY GUCCIONE GUILTY OF SECOND-DEGREE MURDER FOR THE KILLING OF HIS FRIEND, LEO JACK. ON FEBRUARY THIRD OF TWENTY-TWENTY-ONE, GUCCIONE WENT TO THE APARTMENT OF JACK AND STABBED HIM THIRTEEN TIMES. HE THEN TRIED TO CLEAN UP AND LEFT THE APARTMENT WEARING CLOTHES BELONGING TO JACK AND CARRYING A TRASH CAN. GUCCIONE FACES MANDATORY LIFE AT HARD LABOR WHEN HE IS SENTENCED NEXT MONTH.
THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES IS URGING FISHERMEN TO KEEP A LOOK OUT FOR A NON-NATIVE INVASIVE SPECIES OF FISH. THE NORTHERN SNAKEHEAD IS A HIGHLY PREDATORY FISH THAT RESEMBLES A BOWFIN, WHICH IS NATIVE TO LOUISIANA. IT’S CONSIDERED A THREAT BY OUTCOMPETING NATIVE SPECIES AND PREYING ON THEM. IF YOU CATCH A NORTHERN SNAKEHEAD FISH, YOU’RE ASKED TO TAKE A SIDE-VIEW PICTURE, KILL IT, AND REPORT ITS EXACT LOCATION TO THE AQUATIC INVASIVE SPECIES HOTLINE, WHICH IS 225-765-39-77.
A MAN AND WOMAN WANTED FOR AN ALLEGED ARMED ROBBERY IN MORGAN CITY WERE FOUND HIDING OUT IN BEAUMONT, TEXAS. THE TWO, NINETEEN-YEAR-OLD SEMAJ DOUGLAS AND TWENTY-YEAR-OLD TANYA TOUSSAINT, ALLEGEDLY ARRANGED A MEETING WITH A MAN THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA IN THE GREENWOOD STREET AREA OF MORGAN CITY. DOUGLAS ALLEGEDLY ROBBED THE MAN AND SHOT HIM, CAUSING MODERATE INJURIES. DOUGLAS FACES CHARGES OF ATTEMPTED SECOND-DEGREE AND ARMED ROBBERY, WHILE TOUSSAINT IS CHARGED WITH PRINCIPAL TO ATTEMPTED SECOND-DEGREE MURDER, ARMED ROBBERY AND SOLICITATION FOR PROSTITUTION.
