2-20-24
A SUSPECT IN A DOUBLE HOMOCIDE, THAT HAPPENED IN TWENTY-TWENTY-TWO IN OPELOUSAS, HAS BEEN RELEASED FROM JAIL. THE SAINT LANDRY PARISH DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE RELEASED THIRTY-YEAR-OLD CASEY RUBIN WITH THE RIGHT TO REINSTITUTE PENDING FURTHER INVESTIGATION. A SECOND SUSPECT, EIGHTEEN-YEAR-OLD SADAVION GEORGE, REMAINS IN JAIL ON A SECOND-DEGREE MURDER CHARGE IN AN UNRELATED CASE. THE BODIES OF TWO WOMEN, SAMIJAH LEDAY AND ALEXIE JOUBERT, WERE FOUND IN A BULLET-RIDDLED VEHICLE ON INA CLAIRE DRIVE IN NOVEMBER OF TWENTY-TWENTY-TWO.
THE CAUSE OF A FIRE THAT DESTROYED A MOBILE HOME IN CARENCRO IS UNDER INVESTIGATION. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT RECEIVED A CALL YESTERDAY AT FIVE-THIRTY P-M ABOUT THE MOBILE HOME FIRE AT SEVEN-OH-ONE WEST GLORIA SWITCH. THE FIRE STARTED IN A BEDROOM BUT EVERYONE IN THE MOBILE HOME GOT OUT SAFELY. THE LAFAYETTE AND SCOTT FIRE DEPARTMENTS ASSISTED IN PUTTING OUT THE BLAZE.
ON MONDAY, THE SPECIAL CRIME-FOCUSED SESSION THAT GOVERNOR JEFF LANDRY CAMPAIGNED ON GAVELED IN FOR THE LEGISLATURE’S TWO WEEKS OF WORK. SYLVIA MASTERS HAS MORE.
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JEFF DAVIS PARISH HAS BEEN APPROVED TO RECEIVE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT FUNDING TO BUILD A PARISHWIDE ANIMAL SHELTER. POLICE JURY PRESIDENT STEVE EASTMAN SAYS IT TOOK AWHILE TO GET THE APPROVAL BECAUSE OF THE PROCESS WHICH REQUIRES MAKING SURE THEY DOT EVERY I AND CROSS EVERY T. HE SAYS THEY HAVE SOME IDEAS WHERE TO PUT THE SHELTER AS THEY HAVE SOME PROPERTY AVAILABLE TO THE PARISH. SOME CITIES AND TOWNS IN THE PARISH HAVE THEIR OWN SHELTERS BUT IT’S NOT ENOUGH TO HOUSE ALL THE STRAY ANIMALS.
THE FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR OF PRECIOUS PAW PRINTS ANIMAL RESCUE SAYS SHE WAS UNJUSTLY ARRESTED BY ACADIA PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES ON CHARGES OF THEFT AND RESISTING ARREST. JAMIE AMIE SAYS THEY POSTED PHOTOS ON SOCIAL MEDIA OF AN UNDERWEIGHT GERMAN SHEPHERD THEY FOUND WANDERING IN A SOUTH CROWLEY GRAVEYARD AND A COUPLE CLAIMED THE DOG BELONGED TO THEM. SHE TOLD THEM THEY HAD TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF ADOPTING HER AND LATER THAT SAME NIGHT, THE DEPUTIES CAME WITH THE COUPLE TO EXECUTE A SEARCH WARRANT. AMIE TELLS KADN TV THAT SHE’S WORKING WITH AN ATTORNEY NOW AND HOPES TO GET THE DOG BACK.
A CHURCH POINT MAN WANTED ON ATTEMPTED MURDER CHARGES HAS BEEN ARRESTED. SYLVIA MASTERS REPORTS.
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THE NUMBER OF FARMS IN LOUISANA IS GOING DOWN BUT THE AMOUNT OF LAND BEING USED FOR FARMING IS REMAINING ABOUT THE SAME. A RECENT CENSUS BY THE U-S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOUND THERE WERE JUST OVER TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND FARMS IN THE STATE IN TWENTY-TWENTY-TWO COMPARED TO MORE THAN TWENTY-SEVEN THOUSAND, THREE HUNDRED FIVE YEARS EARLIER. THERE WERE ABOUT EIGHT MILLION ACRES FARMED IN TWENTY-SEVENTEEN AND SEVEN-POINT-NINE-SEVEN MILLION ACRES FARMED IN TWENTY-TWENTY-TWO. NEIL MELANCON OF THE LOUISIANA FARM BUREAU TELLS THE ADVOCATE THAT FARMS HAVE BEEN STEADILY GROWING FOR DECADES DRIVEN BY THE CONSOLIDATION OF SMALLER FARMS AND IMPROVEMENTS IN TECHNIQUES AND MECHANIZATION.
A CROWLEY WOMAN WAS ARRESTED SATURDAY FOR ALLEGEDLY STABBING A FAMILY MEMBER. ACADIA PARISH DEPUTIES RESPONDING TO A CALL ABOUT A FAMILY DISTURBANCE AT A RESIDENCE ON THE CROWLEY EUNICE HIGHWAY NEAR MAXIE, LEARNED ON THE WAY THAT A FAMILY MEMBER HAD BEEN STABBED IN THE UPPER BODY. THE VICTIM WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL AND IS IN STABLE CONDITION. THIRTY-YEAR-OLD SAVANNAH JAMES WAS FOUND AND ARRESTED ON A CHARGE OF ATTEMPTED SECOND-DEGREE MURDER.
