2-19-25
THE BODY OF A WOMAN REPORTED MISSING WAS FOUND IN A SHALLOW BODY OF WATER NOT FAR FROM A FIELD WHERE HER BURNED CAR WAS FOUND. SAINT LANDRY PARISH SHERIFF BOBBY GUIDROZ SAYS THE INDIVIDUALS WHO REPORTED JORLANY OSARIO BEITEZ MISSING FOUND HER BURNED VEHICLE AND A HISPANIC MAN WALKING IN THE AREA ALONG A HIGHWAY. GUIDROZ SAYS A RESPONDING DEPUTY CAME UPON IRVING CISNEROS ARGUELLES, WHO ATTEMPED TO DISCARD A PHONE WHICH BELONGED TO BEITEZ. AUTHORITIES SAY ARGUELLES AND BEITEZ LIVED AT THE SAME ADDRESS IN LAWTELL.
A SECOND ARREST HAS BEEN MADE IN THE SHOOTING DEATH OF A LAFAYETTE WOMAN ON PINHOOK ROAD IN LAFAYETTE ON SUNDAY, FEBRUARY NINTH. NINETEEN-YEAR-OLD KAYLEN JONES OF SAINT MARTINVILLE TURNED HERSELF INTO LAFAYETTE POLICE ON CHARGES OF ACCESSORY AFTER THE FACT TO SECOND-DEGREE MURDER AND OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE FOR EVIDENCE TAMPERING. INVESTIGATORS DETERMINED IT WAS A DOMESTIC DISPUTE THAT LED TWENTY-YEAR-OLD WIKEEM SMITH TO SHOOT AND KILL HIS GIRLFRIEND, TWENTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD KEIRA LEDET OF LAFAYETTE. SMITH HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH SECOND-DEGREE MURDER, POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA AND RESISTING AN OFFICER.
LOUISIANA CONGRESSMAN CLAY HIGGINS AND CONGRESSWOMAN JULIA LETLOW HAVE REQUESTED TARIFFS BE PLACED ON IMPORTED RICE FROM CHINA, INDIA, THAILAND, PAKISTAN AND VIETNAM. THEY DELIVERED AN OFFICIAL LETTER TO PRESIDENT TRUMP. THEY SAID RICE FROM THESE COUNTRIES IS HEAVILY SUBSIDIZED AND, UNTIL LEGAL AND FAIR PRACTICES FROM THESE COUNTRIES OCCUR, THEY URGE TARIFFS BE LEVIED UP TO ONE HUNDRED PERCENT. THEY CALL IT A LEVELLING OF THE PLAYING FIELD FOR U-S RICE FARMERS AND PROCESSORS.
A SULPHUR MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED ON A CHARGE OF CARNAL KNOWLEDGE OF A JUVENILE. DEPUTIES WITH THE CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE WENT TO A HOME IN SULPHUR WHERE THEY GOT A TIP ABOUT A MISSING JUVENILE, WHO WAS FOUND IN THE HOME. THE FOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD GIRL REPORTEDLY TOLD THE DEPUTIES THAT SHE HAD HAD RELATIONS WITH TWENTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD KELVON BROWN. HE ALLEGEDLY CONFIRMED THE ALLEGATION TO DETECTIVES AND WAS ARRESTED AND BOOKED INTO THE CALCASIEU CORRECTIONAL CENTER.
THE LEBLANC FAMILY, WHO LOST EVERYTHING IN A HOUSE FIRE LAST THURSDAY IN CROWLEY, ARE RECEIVING HELP FROM PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY. TONY CRADEUR HAS LED THE EFFORT TO HELP THE FAMILY, WHO IS STAYING IN A TEMPORARY HOME, WHICH, HE SAYS, IS ABOUT SEVENTY-FIVE PERCENT STOCKED WITH FURNITURE. CRADEUR SAYS THEY’VE RECEIVED HELP NOT JUST FROM CROWLEY, BUT THROUGHOUT ACADIANA AND EVEN LAKE CHARLES. CRADEUR SAYS THE LEBLANC FAMILY HAS SUPPORTED HIM IN HIS RECENT EFFORTS TO DISTRIBUTE HEATERS TO THOSE IN NEED AND HE WANTED TO NOW HELP THEM.
LAFAYETTE DETECTIVES ARE SEEKING THE PUBLIC’S HELP IN FINDING A SUSPECT WANTED ON A FELONY WARRANT. GEORGE FAUST HAS MORE.
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LOUISIANA SURGEON GENERAL DOCTOR RALPH ABRAHAM IS RECEIVING SOME PUSHBACK FROM LOUISIANA DOCTORS OVER HIS RECENT MEMO TO STATE EMPLOYEES. ABRAHAM TOLD THEM TO REFRAIN FROM RECOMMENDING THAT PEOPLE RECEIVE ANY AND ALL VACCINES AND PROVIDE DATA ABOUT THE REDUCED HEALTH RISKS FROM BEING VACCINATED. ABRAHAM ALSO SUGGESTED THE END OF FREE MASS VACCINATION CLINICS STATEWIDE. NINE MEDICAL ORGANIZATIONS REPRESENTING THOUSANDS OF LOUISIANA DOCTORS ISSUED A STATEMENT MONDAY SAYING VACCINES SHOULD NOT BE POLITICIZED.
REPAIRS WILL BEGIN THIS YEAR ON NUMEROUS ROADS IN NEW IBERIA. SEVENTEEN-POINT-ONE MILLION DOLLARS HAS BEEN COLLECTED SO FAR FROM A SEWER DEPARTMENT TAX THAT VOTERS REALLOCATED FOR ROAD REPAIRS. MAYOR FREDDIE DECOURT SAYS THAT, BECAUSE OF LIMITED FUNDS, THEY ARE AIMING FOR FIXING THIRTY PERCENT OF ROADS IN NEED OF REPAIRS. DECOURT SAYS THE FIRST BID FOR ASPHALT OVERLAY WILL COME OUT MARCH THIRTEENTH AND REPAIRS ARE SCHEDULED TO BEGIN IN MAY.
