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A LAFAYETTE POLICE DETECTIVE WAS ARRESTED THURSDAY ON THEFT AND MALFEASANCE CHARGES. SYLVIA MASTERS HAS THE DETAILS.
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A BREAUX BRIDGE MAN WAS ARRESTED WEDNESDAY AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY ASSAULTED A MAIL CARRIER. OFFICERS WITH THE BREAUX BRIDGE POLICE DEPARTMENT SAY MICHAEL SYLVESTER RESISTED ARREST. AFTER THEY TRANSPORTED SYLVESTER, HE ALLEGEDLY KICKED AN OFFICER IN THE FACE. HE FACES SEVERAL CHARGES INCLUDING AGGRAVATED ASSAULT AND BATTERY OF A POLICE OFFICER.
Louisiana’s largest power company is asking the Federal Emergency Management Agency for $450 million to make its electric grid more resilient. Entergy Corp.’s eight grant applications include three of four projects that were in a $39.5 million package rejected last year. The company says in a news release that some of its projects would protect several south Louisiana substations from floods. Entergy Louisiana has 1.1 million electric customers.
A JENNINGS WOMAN SAYS SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE AFTER HER PET CHIHUAHA WAS KILLED BY STRAY DOGS WHEN SHE LET IT OUT OF THE HOUSE ON SUNDAY. ROXANNE BOULLET TELLS KATC TV STRAY DOGS HAVE BEEN A PROBLEM FOR SIX MONTHS OR LONGER IN THE CITY AND NOTHING’S BEING DONE TO STOP IT. SHE PLANS ON BRINGING THE ISSUE BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL. POLICE CHIEF DANNY SEMMES SAYS EVERY TIME THEY GET A COMPLAINT ABOUT AN AGGRESSIVE DOG, ANIMAL CONTROL AND POLICE OFFICERS RESPOND, BUT THEIR SHELTER IS FULL LIKE JUST LIKE EVERY SHELTER AND RESCUE SITE IN THE STATE.
A LAFAYETTE CIVIL RIGHTS GROUP IS ASKING FOR THE RELEASE OF BODY CAM FOOTAGE FROM THE SCENE OF AN OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTING. IT TOOK PLACE JANUARY TWENTY-THIRD IN THE SIXTEEN-HUNDRED BLOCK OF WEST PINHOOK ROAD, WHEN TWENTY-FOUR-YEAR-OLD TYRON COATES WAS SHOT AND KILLED. STATE POLICE SAY AN OFFICER OPENED FIRE WHEN COATES, WHO WAS RUNNING FROM POLICE, REACHED FOR A GUN. DEVON NORMAN OF VILLAGE THREE-THREE-SEVEN SAYS THE GOAL IN ASKING FOR THE RELEASE OF BODY CAM FOOTAGE IS TRANSPARENCY.
THE VERMILLION PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE HAS SECURED A FELONY ARREST WARRANT FOR AN ABBEVILLE MAN. THIRTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD DANIEL PAUL SIMON IS WANTED FOR DOMESTIC ABUSE AGGRAVATED ASSAULT AND AGGRAVATED ASSAULT. HE IS FIVE-ELEVEN, TWO HUNDRED POUNDS WITH BLACK HAIR AND BROWN EYES. IF YOU KNOW THE LOCATION OF SIMON, YOU ARE URGED TO CONTACT VERMILLION PARISH CRIME STOPPERS AT SEVEN-FOUR-OH-TIPS WHERE YOU CAN EARN A CASH REWARD.
THE OFFICE OF MOTOR VEHICLES IS ASKING THE PUBLIC FOR TIPS ON SUSPECTED HUMAN TRAFFICKING. SYLVIA MASTERS HAS MORE.
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A MORGAN CITY MAN WAS ARRESTED WEDNESDAY FOR ALLEGEDLY SENDING EXPLICIT IMAGES TO A CHILD. THIRTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD TODD C. STEVENS WAS CHARGED WITH INDECENT BEHAVIOR WITH JUVENILES AND COMPUTER-AIDED SOLICITION OF A MINOR. MORGAN CITY POLICE DETECTIVES BEGAN THE INVESTIGATION JANUARY TENTH AFTER THE IMAGE WAS SENT TO A JUVENILE. THEY LATER IDENTIFIED STEVENS AS THE PERSON WHO SENT THE IMAGE AND OBTAINED A WARRANT FOR HIS ARREST.
