2-27-23
THE CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS INVESTIGATING A DEADLY CRASH INVOLVING A MOTORCYCLE THAT HAPPENED OVER THE WEEKEND. DANIELLE JOHNSON HAS MORE.
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FOUR PEOPLE WERE TAKEN TO ABBEVILLE GENERAL HOSPITAL FRIDAY NIGHT AFTER BEING SHOT. ABBEVILLE POLICE RESPONDED TO MULTIPLE CALLS OF SHOTS FIRED NEAR THE FAMILY DOLLAR STORE ON VETERAN’S MEMORIAL DRIVE. THERE WERE ALSO REPORTS OF SHOTS FIRED AT ZAZA’S HOUKA LOUNGE. POLICE CHIEF MIKE HARDY HAS CALLED FOR A TEN P-M TO SIX A-M CURFEW AND ANYONE ON THE STREETS AFTER TEN WILL BE STOPPED AND QUESTIONED.
LAFAYETTE POLICE ARRESTED TWO MEN SATURDAY AFTER A MULTI-HOURS STANDOFF AT A RESIDENCE IN THE SEVEN HUNDRED BLOCK OF SOUTH COLLEGE ROAD. ONE OF THE TWO, FORTY-EIGHT-YEAR-OLD CHRISTOPHER MOORE, WAS WANTED FOR ATTEMPTED FIRST DEGREE MURDER IN COLUMBUS, OHIO. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THERE CONTACTED LAFAYETTE POLICE AFTER LEARNING MOORE MIGHT BE IN THE AREA. WHEN MOORE WAS FOUND, HE BARRICADED HIMSELF IN THE RESIDENCE BUT EVENTUALLY POLICE WENT INTO THE RESIDENCE AND ARRESTED MOORE AND FORTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD SHANNON PARSONS, WHO WAS CHARGED WITH ACCESSORY AFTER THE FACT.
A KINDER MAN IS DEAD WHEN HE LOST CONTROL OF HIS KIA OPTIMA ON HIGHWAY THREE-EIGHTY-THREE, SEVEN MILES WEST OF KINDER. STATE POLICE SAY AT AROUND SEVEN A-M FRIDAY, TWENTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD JOSHUA DILLON DROVE HIS CAR OFF THE ROAD, WHICH WENT AIRBORNE AFTER STRIKING A CULVERT AND HITTING A TREE BEFORE ROLLING SEVERAL TIMES. GRANGER WAS NOT RESTRAINED AT THE TIME AND WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE. SPEED IS SUSPECTED TO BE A FACTOR IN THE CRASH.
TWO SAINT LANDRY PARISH INMATES WHO ESCAPED SEPERATELY ARE BACK IN CUSTODY. NINETEEN-YEAR-OLD ANTONIO RICHARD, WHO WALKED OFF A WORK DETAIL AT THE OPELOUSAS GENERAL HOSPITAL MAIN CAMPUS, WAS CAPTURED. ANOTHER INMATE, RAYMOND HOWARD, WHO ESCAPED CUSTODY ON JANUARY TWENTY-SIXTH, WAS RECAPTURED. BAKER POLICE NOTIFIED THE SAINT LANDRY PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE ON SATURDAY THAT THEY HAD HOWARD IN CUSTODY.
A LAFAYETTE RESTAURANT MADE THE LIST OF BEST RESTAURANTS FOR BREAKFAST IN LOUISIANA. THE BEST THINGS LOUISIANA WEBSITE NAMED THE FRENCH PRESS AS ONE OF EIGHT RESTAURANTS IN THE STATE THAT ARE THE BEST FOR BREAKFAST. THE WEBSITE SAYS THE FRENCH PRESS SERVES INVENTIVE VERSIONS OF TRADITIONAL CAJUN AND AMERICAN CUISINE WITH A FOCUS, ON FRESH, HIGH-QUALITY INGREDIENTS AND RICH FLAVORS. THE FRENCH PRESS, WHICH IS LOCATED IN DOWNTOWN LAFAYETTE, IS OPENING A SECOND LOCATION ON AMBASSADOR CAFFERY NEXT MONTH.
NEW IBERIA POLICE HAVE ISSUED AN ARREST WARRANT FOR A MAN ACCUSED OF SHOOTING A FEMALE VICTIM ON MISSISSIPPI STREET. THE VICTIM WAS TRANSPORTED TO A NEW ORLEANS HOSPITAL, WHERE SHE IS LISTED IN STABLE BUT CRITICAL CONDITION. THIRTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD JACOBY COLBERT IS WANTED FOR ATTEMPTED SECOND-DEGREE MURDER AND CARRYING A FIREARM BY A CONVICTED FELON. COLBERT, WHO IS BLACK, SIX-TWO AND ONE HUNDRED-FORTY-FIVE POUNDS, IS CONSIDERED ARMED AND DANGEROUS.
KAPLAN POLICE ARE WORKING ON ARREST WARRANTS FOR THREE STAFFERS AT A DAYCARE OVER THE ALLEGED ABUSE OF CHILDREN, ACCORDING TO POLICE CHIEF JOSHUA HARDY. THE ALLEGED ABUSE CAME TO LIGHT WHEN THE STAFFERS WALKED OUT ON FEBRUARY THIRD, LEAVING NO ONE TO TAKE CARE OF THE INFANTS. OWNER BERNADETTE BROUSSARD TOLD KLFY TV THAT SHE’S NOT SURE WHY THEY LEFT. SHE SAID SHE IMMEDIATELY CALLED KAPLAN POLICE WHO SAID IT IS CONSIDERED ABANDONMENT.
