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A LAFAYETTE-BASED COMPANY, C&C TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED, WILL BE ACQUIRED BY HOUSTON-BASED OCEANEERING INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED FOR ABOUT 230 MILLION DOLLARS. JULIE DARCE HAS MORE.
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A DISTRICT JUDGE HAS SET BOND AT 780 THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR AN OAKDALE WOMAN, WHO IS ACCUSED OF MURDERING A PREGNANT WOMAN. 22-YEAR-OLD VICTORIA MARIE PEREZ WAS EIGHT MONTHS PREGNANT WHEN SHE WENT MISSING IN 2011, BUT POLICE BELIEVE THEY RECOVERED HER BODY AT A RESIDENCE ON MATTHEW STREET IN OAKDALE. 32-YEAR-OLD PAMELA CAUSEY FREGIA HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE MURDER AND FIRST DEGREE FETICIDE. SHE HAS ALSO BEEN CHARGED WITH OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE BECAUSE SHE ALLEGEDLY BURNED A BLANKET AND PLASTIC STORAGE BIN THAT COULD HAVE BEEN USED AS EVIDENCE.
CHURCH POINT POLICE ARE STILL SEARCHING FOR A SUSPECT IN THE SHOOTING DEATH OF 26-YEAR-OLD DONALD SENEGAL JUNIOR. 29-YEAR-OLD DONALD R. GOTCHE JUNIOR OF CHURCH POINT IS BELIEVED TO BE THE MAN WHO SHOT SENEGAL SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT THE CORNER OF NORTH MAIN AND SUNRISE STREETS. POLICE ARE ALSO SEARCHING FOR OTHER PERSONS OF INTEREST WHO WERE SEEN SUNDAY IN A GRAY, FOUR DOOR OLDSMOBILE DELTA 88, BUT THEY HAVE NOT RELEASED THEIR NAMES. SENEGAL WAS A NATIVE OF RAYNE WHO HAD BEEN LIVING IN CHURCH POINT RECENTLY.
A national credit rating agency says Louisiana has a “structural deficit” in its budget that has been worsened by falling oil prices. Moody’s Investors Service, which tracks state financial issues and issues credit ratings that determine interest rates, issued a credit outlook update Monday on Louisiana. Treasurer John Kennedy called the write-up a “warning shot” that the rating agency is closely following state budget troubles to determine if its credit rating should be downgraded. Moody’s said balancing next year’s budget will be “especially challenging.”
Lafayette Parish’s emergency command, which oversees the local 911 system and emergency and homeland security operations, will undergo a leadership change for the first time in three decades. The Advocate reports Capt. Craig Stansbury, who serves as executive officer of the Lafayette Parish Sheriff’s Office enforcement division, will replace William Vincent as director of the Lafayette Parish Communication District. Lafayette Fire Chief Robert Benoit (ben-WAH’), chairman of the Lafayette Parish Communication District Commission, says Vincent, who’s served as director since the parish 911 system was created in 1979, will retire March 1. Stansbury was hired in December after Vincent announced his retirement last summer.
OSHA HAS IMPOSED A 42 THOUSAND DOLLAR FINE AGAINST NORTHRUP GRUMMAN’S LAKE CHARLES FACILITY. ACCORDING TO A U-S DEPARTMENT OF LABOR NEWS RELEASE, AN INVESTIGATION BEGAN LAST AUGUST BECAUSE OF A COMPLAINT THAT WORKERS WERE OVEREXPOSED TO TWO DANGEROUS CHEMICALS WHILE REMOVING PAINT OFF OF PLANES. OSHA CITED NORTHRUP GRUMMAN FOR EIGHT MAJOR HEALTH VIOLATIONS. THEY SAID THE COMPANY FAILED TO PROVIDE ENGINEERING CONTROLS TO KEEP CHEMICAL EXPOSURE BELOW ACCEPTABLE LEVELS AND THEY DIDN’T PROVIDE ADEQUATE RESPIRATORY PROTECTION AND EQUIPMENT FOR THE PAINTERS.
A JEANERETTE NURSE WAS ARRESTED LAST FRIDAY FOR ALLEGEDLY BRINGING CONTRABAND INTO THE ST. MARY PARISH JAIL. 26-YEAR-OLD TIFFANY SONNIER WORKS FOR A PRIVATE HEALTH CARE COMPANY THAT SERVES THE PARISH JAIL. DURING THE BOOKING PROCESS, SONNIER WAS FOUND TO HAVE ADDERALL, A SCHEDULE TWO NARCOTIC, IN HER POSSESSION, ACCORDING TO TRACI LANDRY OF THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE. LANDRY SAYS SONNIER ADMITTED TO THE CONSPIRACY DURING THE BOOKING.
Although the man taking the helm of the state’s coastal restoration authority may not be as well-known as his predecessors, officials say the transition should be smooth because he’s been involved with coastal issues for about seven years.
The Advocate reports Chip Kline has been named chairman of the state’s Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority Board as well as director of the Governor’s Office of Coastal Activities, replacing Jerome Zeringue (zuh-RANG’), who has served in those positions for about a year. Zeringue, who took over after Garret Graves stepped down in February 2014 to make a successful run for Congress, had a long history with coastal issues when he took over the top job. In 2010, Kline was named deputy director in the Governor’s Office of Coastal Activities.
