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TWO TEENS WERE ARRESTED AFTER THEY WERE SEEN WITH AN ASSAULT RIFLE IN THE PARKING LOT OUTSIDE A HIGH SCHOOL SOCCER GAME AT BEAU CHENE HIGH SCHOOL IN ARNAUDVILLE. ST. LANDRY PARISH SHERIFF BOBBY GUIDROZ SAYS AN ALERT STUDENT SPOTTED THE TWO WITH A SEMI-AUTOMATIC RIFLE. THE TWO WERE SEEN POINTING THE RIFLE AT SEVERAL PEOPLE BEFORE LEAVING CAMPUS. THE TWO WHO WERE ARRESTED ARE BROTHERS FROM EUNICE, 18-YEAR-OLD ALONZO LEDEZMA AND 17-YEAR-OLD JULIAN LEDEZMA, NEITHER OF WHOM ATTENDED BEAU CHENE HIGH SCHOOL, THOUGH THERE WERE REPORTS THAT ONE OF THEM HAD A GIRLFRIEND FROM THAT SCHOOL.
THE DUSON POLICE CHIEF HAS OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED THAT HE IS RUNNING FOR LAFAYETTE CITY MARSHAL. KIP JUDICE HOSTED A CAMPAIGN KICKOFF AT THE CAJUNDOME YESTERDAY. AMONG HIS QUALIFICATIONS, JUDICE CITED HIS 35 YEARS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPERIENCE AND HIS WORK IN DUSON AS THE POLICE CHIEF. JUDICE SAYS HE HAS A FIVE YEAR PLAN TO TAKE THE CITY MARSHAL’S OFFICE INTO THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY AND TO THE NEXT LEVEL.
A CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTY HAS BEEN ARRESTED AND BOOKED ON SEVEN COUNTS OF FIRST DEGREE RAPE AND THIRTY COUNTS OF SEXUAL BATTERY OF JUVENILES. THIRTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD DAVID MONCEAUX OF IOWA WORKED THE LAST TWO YEARS AS A CORRECTIONS OFFICER. SHERIFF TONY MANCUSO SAYS AN INVESTIGATION WAS LAUNCHED YESTERDAY AFTER A COMPLAINT THAT HE HAD INAPPROPRIATE CONTACT WITH A JUVENILE AND, WHEN THEY BROUGHT MONCEAUX IN LATE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, HE ADMITTED TO ALL OF THE ALLEGATIONS. MANCUSO SAYS THEY HAVE IDENTIFIED THREE VICTIMS RANGING IN AGE FROM FOUR TO TEN, AND, AT THIS POINT, THERE ARE NO INDICATIONS OF ANY OTHER VICTIMS.
Gov. John Bel Edwards will propose a budget to lawmakers later this week that is a wish list of sorts. Friday’s proposal will be based on income projections that aren’t included in Louisiana’s official revenue forecast because Republican legislative leaders wouldn’t adopt them. The Democratic governor said Wednesday that he will submit a 2020-21 spending plan that anticipates another $103 million will eventually be added to next year’s revenue forecast. He’ll use that money to help pay for education financing increases he wants.
Gov. John Bel Edwards is calling on Louisiana’s local government leaders to protect their data and prepare for cyberattacks. At a Louisiana Municipal Association luncheon Wednesday, the governor warned that a ransomware hit is a “question of when, not if.” A cyberattack on Louisiana’s state government computer servers in November disrupted some agency operations for weeks. Since July, at least eight of Louisiana’s public school systems have reported hackers that targeted their computer networks, infecting them with malware or ransomware.
SOME RESIDENTS IN VILLE PLATTE SAY THEY NEED HELP FROM POLICE AS THEY LIVE IN FEAR FROM GUN VIOLENCE. CAROLINE MARCELLO HAS MORE.
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THE ACADIA PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE ANNOUNCED THE RECENT ARRESTS OF TEN PEOPLE ON DIFFERENT DRUG CHARGES. SIX OF THE TEN FACE CHARGES OF DISTRIBUTING DRUGS. SHERIFF K-P GIBSON SAYS HIS AGENTS ARE WORKING DILIGENTLY TO FIGHT ILLEGAL DRUG USE IN THE PARISH. HE SAYS METHAMPHETAMINE AND PRESCRIPTION DRUGS ARE THE MOST PREVALENT DRUGS BEING DEALT WITHIN THE PARISH.
A SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLAR PROJECT TO INSTALL STORM DRAINS ON MAGNOLIA STREET IN JENNINGS WILL BEGIN LATER THIS SPRING AND IT’S HOPED IT WILL BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF THIS YEAR. CURRENTLY THERE ARE NO DRAINS IN THAT AREA AND NEIGHBORHOOD LAWNS GET FLOODED IN HEAVY RAINS. CREWS WILL ALSO WORK TO EXPAND AND DEEPEN DITCHES BEHIND HOMES TO DIRECT RAINWATERS TO THE BAYOU. MAYOR HENRY GUINN SAYS THIS PROJECT WILL BE OF GREAT BENEFIT FOR RESIDENTS ON MAGNOLIA AND THIRTEENTH STREETS.
