2-18-26
A PERSON ASLEEP AT A HOME ON HERDSMAN LANE IN DUSON WAS AWAKENED BY A NEIGHBOR, WHO SAW FLAMES COMING FROM THE STRUCTURE. THE SCOTT, JUDICE, AND DUSON FIRE DEPARTMENTS WORKED TOGETHER TO DOUSE THE BLAZE AND THE MILTON FIRE DEPARTMENT BROUGHT ADDITIONAL WATER BECAUSE OF A LACK OF FIRE HYDRANTS IN THE AREA. IT’S BELIEVED THE FIRE WAS STARTED BY AN ELECTRICAL MALFUNCTION. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.
TRAFFIC WAS BROUGHT TO A STANDSTILL YESTERDAY AFTERNOON ON A PORTION I-FORTY-NINE SOUTH OF OPELOUSAS, ON THE NORTHBOUND SIDE. THE RAMP TO JUDSON WALSH DRIVE WAS BLOCKED DUE TO A CRASH. THE CLOSURE BEGAN AT THREE-TWENTY IN THE AFTERNOON. IT OPENED LESS THAN THREE HOURS LATER.
LOUISIANA SNAP RECIPIENTS WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO BUY CERTAIN SUGARY ITEMS WITH THEIR E-B-T CARDS. GEORGE FAUST HAS THE DETAILS.
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THE CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING AFTER A MARDI GRAS PARADE ON RYAN STREET IN LAKE CHARLES. THE SHOOTING HAPPENED AT AROUND SEVEN LAST NIGHT AT A PARKING LOT NEAR RYAN AND ALAMO STREETS. ONE PERSON WAS WOUNDED IN THE ARM AND WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. SHERIFF STITCH GUILLORY SAYS THEY HAVE ARRESTED ONE PERSON OF INTEREST.
LAFAYETTE CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ASK THAT YOU KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR THE CITY’S RECYCLING BINS. GEORGE FAUST HAS MORE.
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A FIFTH PERSON HAS BEEN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION TO A DRIVE-BY SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED NEAR THE SHADY OAKS APARTMENTS IN CROWLEY ON DECEMBER TWENTY-FIRST. NINETEEN-YEAR-OLD DESHAWN TEZENO IS CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED SECOND-DEGREE MURDER AND HIS BOND WAS SET AT TWO HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS. POLICE SAY TEZENO WAS SEEN ON SURVEILLANCE VIDEO FIRING SHOTS FROM A VEHICLE’S PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW. POLICE CHIEF TROY HEBERT THANKED COMMUNITY MEMBERS FOR THEIR HELP IN RESOLVING THE CASE.
A PROPOSED BILL IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE WOULD CREATE A STATEWIDE REGISTRY FOR PEOPLE CONVICTED OF CERTAIN FELONY CRIMES INVOLVING ANIMALS. THE BILL IS PROPOSED BY REPUBLICAN STATE REPRESENTATIVE MIKE BAYHAM OF CHALMETTE. UNDER THE BILL, OFFENDERS WHO FAIL TO REGISTER WOULD FACE FINES UP TO ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS AND IMPRISONMENT UP TO ONE YEAR WITH OR WITHOUT HARD LABOR. THE REGULAR LOUISIANA LEGISLATIVE SESSION BEGINS ON MARCH NINTH.
A LAFAYETTE HOMEOWNER ALLEGEDLY SHOT A PERSON WHO WAS TRYING TO BREAK INTO HIS VEHICLE. IT HAPPENED AT AROUND TWO-THIRTY SUNDAY MORNING ON STARLIGHT DRIVE. INVESTIGATORS SAY THE HOMEOWNER CAUGHT SOMEONE ALLEGEDLY TRYING TO BREAK INTO HIS VEHICLE. THE SUSPECT THEN REPORTEDLY BRANDISHED A FIREARM AND WAS SHOT BY THE HOMEOWNER. THE SUSPECT WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL WHERE HE IS IN STABLE CONDITION. POLICE ARE CONTINUING TO INVESTIGATE.
