2-20-26
A SAINT MARTIN PARISH GRAND JURY HAS INDICTED FORMER LAFAYETTE MAYOR PRESIDENT JOSH GUILLORY ON MALFEASANCE CHARGES. IN AUGUST, AN AUDIT BY THE LOUISIANA LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR DETERMINED GUILLORY’S DECISION TO REMOVE SPOIL BANKS IN SAINT MARTIN PARISH VIOLATED FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL LAWS. GUILLORY WAS BOOKED INTO THE SAINT MARTIN PARISH JAIL ON FOUR COUNTS OF MALFEASANCE IN OFFICE. HIS BOND WAS SET AT THIRTY THOUSAND DOLLARS.
THE SAINT LANDRY PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS REPORTING DRAMATIC DECREASES IN SPEEDING WHERE THEY HAVE PLACED MONITORING TRAILERS. THE TRAILERS HAVE BEEN PLACED ON ROADWAYS WHERE THERE HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT TRAFFIC COMPLAINTS FROM LOCAL RESIDENTS. THE SPEEDING RATES IN MONITORED ARES HAS DROPPED FROM AS HIGH AS NINETY-FIVE PERCENT IN TWENTY-TWENTY-THREE TO LESS THAN THREE PERCENT THIS YEAR. THOSE WHO LIVE ON BUSY ROADS THAT HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT SPEEDING CAN CONTACT THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE TO REQUEST MONITORING.
A FEDERAL GRAND JURY IN LAFAYETTE HAS INDICTED A LAKE CHARLES MAN FOR ALLEGEDLY THREATENING A MINOR WHO HAD POSTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA COMMENTS IN SUPPORT OF INTERRACIAL RELATIONSHIPS. NINETEEN-YEAR-OLD CARTER MILES LEDOUX IS ACCUSED OF CONSPIRING WITH A NIHILIST VIOLENT EXTREMIST GROUP TO OBTAIN THE FAMILY’S CONTACT INFORMATION AND SENDING THREATENING MESSAGES THROUGH ANONYMOUS SERVICES. HE ALSO REPORTEDLY SENT A HOAX CALL ABOUT PIPE BOMBS AT THEIR HOME.
U-S ATTORNEY ZACHARY KELLER SAYS N-V-E GROUPS ARE A SERIOUS THREAT TO OUR COMMUNITIES.
STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL LIZ MURRIL WAS IN NEW IBERIA TO SPEAK TO THE KIWANIS CLUB ABOUT HER OFFICE’S LAWSUIT AGAINST THE U-S FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION. SHE WANTS THE COURT TO REINSTATE A RULE THAT REQUIRES ABORTION DRUGS TO BE DISPENSED IN PERSON BY A DOCTOR. MURRILL SAID THERE ARE OVER NINE HUNDRED ABORTIONS A MONTH OCCURRING IN LOUISIANA DIRECTLY RELATED TO ABORTION PILLS, WHICH ARE ILLEGAL IN THE STATE. THE FEDERAL HEARING WILL TAKE PLACE NEXT WEEK IN LAFAYETTE AND MURRILL SAYS SHE EXPECTS THE OUTCOME TO HAVE A STATEWIDE AND POSSIBLY A NATIONAL IMPACT.
THE SEARCH FOR THE NEXT U-L PRESIDENT KICKED INTO HIGH GEAR YESTERDAY AS THE SEMIFINALISTS HAVE BEEN CHOSEN BY MEMBERS OF THE THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA SYSTEM. GEORGE FAUST HAS THE DETAILS.
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THE CITY OF ABBEVILLE ISSUED A BOIL WATER ADVISORY FOR ALL RESIDENTS. THAT’S BECAUSE OF A MINOR REPAIR THAT WAS NEEDED TO BE COMPLETED WITHIN THE SYSTEM. THE BOIL WATER ADVISORY WILL BE LIFTED ONCE THE WATER IS TESTED AND FOUND TO MEET ALL LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH STANDARDS.
A SUSPECT IN A HOUSE FIRE IN MAMOU LAST MONTH HAS BEEN ARRESTED. THIRTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD DANIEL FONTENOT OF TURKEY CREEK HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH SIMPLE ARSON AND SIMPLE BURGLARY. THE MAMOU FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED TO THE HOUSE FIRE ON RAILROAD AVENUE ON THE AFTERNOON OF JANUARY THIRD. IT WAS LATER DETERMINED TO BE DELIBERATLY SET.
A LAKE CHARLES MAN HAS BEEN INDICTED BY A FEDERAL GRAND JURY FOR THREATENING FEDERAL OFFICERS. TWENTY-SEVEN-YEAR-OLD ALEX FONTENOT REPORTEDLY POSTED A VIDEO ON SOCIAL MEDIA THREATENING AGENTS WITH IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT. IN THE VIDEO, HE ALLEGEDLY STATED THAT IF ICE AGENTS ENTER HIS HOME, THEY’LL LEAVE IN BODY BAGS. FONTENOT COULD GET UP TO A FIVE-YEAR FEDERAL PRISON SENTENCE IF HE’S CONVICTED.
