2-24-22
STATE POLICE HAVE TAKEN OVER THE INVESTIGATION OF AN OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTING IN WHICH ONE PERSON WAS KILLED IN CROWLEY. OFFICERS WERE RESPONDING TO REPORTS OF A SUSPICIOUS PERSON BEHIND A BUSINESS AT SEVENTH STREET AND PARKERSON AVENUE. THE FAMILY OF THE MAN SHOT AND KILLED HAVE IDENTIFIED HIM AS FIFTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD JOEY GILBERT GAUTHREAUX, WHO HAD BEEN STAYING WITH RELATIVES BUT WAS RECENTLY HOMELESS. NO OFFICERS WERE INJURED IN THE SHOOTING.
A WOMAN FROM BROUSSARD IS BEHIND BARS IN CONNECTION WITH THE DISAPPEARANCE OF DEJA CUMMINGS. CAROLINE MARCELLO REPORTS.
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State regulators have approved a plan in which Entergy Louisiana customers will pay for $3.2 billion in costs for five storms that hit the state in 2020 and 2021. The Daily Advertiser reports that the Louisiana Public Service Commission voted 4-1 for the plan. Entergy Louisiana says the money will be collected over 15 years. The utility estimates it will add about $8 to the monthly bill for a 1,000-kilowatt residential customer.
THE WELSH POLICE DEPARTMENT IS REPORTING A DRIVE BY SHOOTING LAST NIGHT. IT HAPPENED IN THE EIGHT HUNDRED BLOCK OF MARTIN LUTHER KING STREET. NO ONE WAS INJURED. POLICE CHIEF MARCUS CROCHET SAYS NO ARRESTS HAVE YET BEEN MADE.
THE WALMART DISTRIBUTION CENTER IN OPELOUSAS WAS CLEARED WHEN AN ARMED ROBBERY SUSPECT WAS BELIEVED TO HAVE RUN INTO THE FACILITY YESTERDAY MORNING. A SHERIFF’S DEPUTY NOTICED THE SUSPECT’S VEHICLE HAD CRASHED INTO A TREE AT THE CENTER WHICH LED THEM TO EVACUATE THE BUILDING. THE SUSPECT, SHON JOULIVETTE OF OPELOUSAS, WAS FOUND HIDING IN THE TRAILER OF AN EIGHTEEN-WHEELER. CHIEF DEPUTY EDDIE THIBODEAUX SAYS OPELOUSAS POLICE FOUND JOULIVETTE WITH KEY EVIDENCE AND A LARGE AMOUNT OF CASH.
EIGHT FAMILY DOLLAR STORES IN LAFAYETTE AND EIGHTEEN OTHERS THROUGHOUT ACADIANA REMAIN CLOSED. THEY ARE AMONG ABOUT FOUR HUNDRED STORES ACROSS THE SOUTH THAT WERE CLOSED BECAUSE OF AN OUTBREAK OF RODENTS AT THE DISTRIBUTION CENTER IN WEST MEMPHIS, ARKANSAS. MORE THAN ELEVEN HUNDRED RATES WERE RECOVERED AFTER THE CENTER WAS FUMIGATED IN JANUARY. THE CHAIN HAS ISSUED A VOLUNTARY RECALL OF AFFECTED ITEMS PURCHASED FROM HUNDREDS OF STORES IN THE SOUTH.
THE LOUISIANA OFFICE OF TOURISM IS ASKING THE STATE FOR TWENTY MILLION DOLLARS THIS YEAR TO HELP BOUNCE BACK FROM THE PANDEMIC. CAROLINE MARCELLO HAS MORE.
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NEW IBERIA POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR A MAN WANTED ON A CHARGE OF CRUELTY TO A JUVENILE. SERGEANT DAESHA HUGHES SAYS MICHAEL SHOCKLEY WAS ONE OF FIVE ADULTS WHO ALLEGEDLY TOOK TURNS HUMILIATING AND BEATING A FIVE-YEAR-OLD AUTISTIC CHILD WITH A BELT AFTER THE CHILD HAD GOTTEN IN TROUBLE AT SCHOOL. THE OTHER FOUR ADULTS, INCLUDING THE CHILD’S MOTHER, HAVE BEEN ARRESTED. THE CHILD HAS BEEN PLACED IN FOSTER CARE.
