2-28-23
THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE HAS MADE THREE SIGNIFICANT DRUG-RELATED ARRESTS FOLLOWING A MULTI-AGENCY INVESTIGATION. DANIELLE JOHNSON REPORTS.
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A YOUNGSVILLE MAN WAS ARRESTED BY ARNAUDVILLE POLICE AFTER THEY FOUND DRUGS IN HIS VEHICLE. POLICE FOUND FOURTEEN INDIVIDUAL BAGS OF FENTANYL, TWO CLEAR BAGS WITH METH, AND ONE LARGE BLOCK AND ONE SMALL BLOCK OF FENTANYL. POLICE SAY IN A PRESS RELEASE THAT SOME OF THE DRUGS WERE FOUND IN AN OVEN CLEANER CAN WITH A FALSE BOTTOM. FORTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD BLAKE KIDDER FACES MULTIPLE CHARGES INCLUDING POSSESSION WITH THE INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE FENTANYL AND METH AND HIS BOND WAS SET AT FORTY-SIX THOUSAND, FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS.
A TASK FORCE, THAT ADVISES THE STATE’S TOP SCHOOL BOARD, RECOMMENDED AN EIGHTY MILLION DOLLAR INCREASE IN STATE AID FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS. GOVERNOR JOHN BEL EDWARDS HAD RECOMMENDED KEEPING THE BUDGET THE SAME FOR CLASSROOMS. THE TASK FORCE AGREED WITH THE GOVERNOR ON GIVING TEACHERS A TWO THOUSAND DOLLAR PAY RAISE. THE BOARD OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION WILL SUBMIT ITS OWN REQUEST TO THE STATE LEGISLATURE AT ITS MARCH SEVENTH AND EIGHTH MEETING.
A LAKE CHARLES JUDGE, WHO WAS RECENTLY ELECTED TO THE THIRD CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEAL, WAS CENSURED BY THE STATE SUPREME COURT. JUDGE GUY BRADBERRY HAD AGREED WITH THE LOUISIANA JUDICIARY COMMITTEE ON A THIRTY DAY SUSPENSION, BUT THE STATE SUPREME COURT SOFTENED THE DISCIPLINE OVER THE OBJECTIONS OF TWO JUDGES INCLUDING THE CHIEF JUSTICE. BRADBERRY ADMITTED TO HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH A MAN OVER HIS DIVORCE AND CUSTODY CASE BEFORE REALIZING HE WAS PRESIDING OVER THE CASE. BRADBERRY IS NOW ON THE APPEALS COURT THAT COVERS ACADIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA.
A LAFAYETTE MAN WAS SENTENCED TO NINETY-DAYS HOME DETENTION FOR HIS PART IN THE JANUARY SIXTH CAPITOL RIOT. AS PART OF A PLEA AGREEMENT, FIFTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD VAUGHN GORDON OF LAFAYETTE WILL ALSO DO NINETY HOURS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE AND PAY FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS IN RESTITUTION. GORDON WENT TO THE “STOP THE STEAL” RALLY IN WASHINGTON D-C TWO YEARS AGO, AND WENT INSIDE THE CAPITOL BUILDING FOLLOWING THE RALLY, WHERE HE STAYED FOR ABOUT AN HOUR. HE POSTED PHOTOS THAT HE SHARED ON FACEBOOK.
THE BREAUX BRIDGE POLICE DEPARTMENT SAID IN A STATEMENT ON FACEBOOK THEY ARE ASKING FOR THE PUBLIC’S PATIENCE AND COOPERATION AS THEY CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE A TRIPLE SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED ON MARDI GRAS. THE CHIEF OF POLICE SAID THEY ARE WORKING TIRELESSLY TO BRING THOSE RESPONSIBLE TO JUSTICE AND ENSURE THE SAFETY OF THE COMMUNITY. THREE MEN WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED BY GUNSHOTS ON WILD CHERRY LANE AT AROUND EIGHT P-M MARDI GRAS NIGHT. WITNESSES TOLD KLFY TV THE SHOOTINGS WERE BELIEVED TO BE RETALIATION FOR EARLIER SHOOTINGS IN LAFAYETTE.
MORE HOME INSURANCE COMPANIES ARE PREPARING TO COME TO LOUISIANA. DANIELLE JOHNSON HAS MORE.
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ABBEVILLE POLICE CHIEF MIKE HARDY SAYS HE PLANS ON KEEPING A TEN P-M TO SIX A-M CURFEW IN PLACE FOR NOW. HE SAYS HE DECIDED TO PUT THE CURFEW IN PLACE BECAUSE OF NIGHTLY SHOOTINGS THAT BEGAN ABOUT TWO-AND-A-HALF WEEKS AGO THAT CULMINATED FRIDAY NIGHT WITH FOUR PEOPLE BEING SHOT. HE SAYS ANYONE DRIVING THROUGH TOWN AFTER TEN PM, BUT ARE NOT DOING ANYTHING WRONG, WILL NOT BE STOPPED. HE PLANS TO ADDRESS THE CURFEW AT THE NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
