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A MAN WAS FOUND DEAD THURSDAY MORNING AT A HOME ON SOUTH CORINNE STREET IN NEW IBERIA. THE POLICE OFFICERS WHO FOUND THE BODY WERE RESPONDING TO A WELFARE CONCERN CALL INVOLVING A POSSIBLE MEDICAL EMERGENCY. PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER CAPTAIN LELAND LASSETTER SAYS DETECTIVES ARE TREATING THIS CASE AS A HOMOCIDE. CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATORS WITH THE LOUISIANA STATE POLICE HELPED PROCESS EVIDENCE AT THE SCENE.
THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS PARTNERING WITH FAITH HOUSE TO EXPAND CRITICAL SERVICES TO SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. THE SHERIFF’S OFFFICE SIGNED A CONTRACT ALLOWING FAITH HOUSE TO OPERATE OUT OF DOWNTOWN LAFAYETTE OFFICE SPACE OWNED BY THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE. IT’S HOPED THIS ENDEAVOR WILL HELP SURVIVORS GET MORE QUICKLY AND SAFELY TO SHELTER, ADVOCACY AND SUPPORT. SHERIFF MARK GARBER SAYS THIS COLLABORATION SUPPORTS THEIR MISSION TO REDUCE REPEAT INSTANCES OF VIOLENCE BY CONNECTING SURVIVORS WITH RESOURCES THAT PROMOTE LONG-TERM SAFETY AND STABILITY.
A LAKE CHARLES MAN WAS ARRESTED FOLLOWING A SEARCH OF HIS HOME BY AUTHORITIES. THEY FOUND DRUGS WITH A STREET VALUE OF OVER FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS. AUTHORITIES ALSO RECOVERED THREE STOLEN FIREARMS AND OVER TEN THOUSAND DOLLAS IN CASH. THIRTY-NINE-YEAR-OLD DARREN CARTER WAS BOOKED INTO THE CALCASIEU PARISH JAIL AND HIS BOND WAS SET AT NEARLY NINE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
LOUISIANA ATTORNEY GENERAL LIZ MURRILL IS PLANNING ON SUING THE STATES OF NEW YORK AND CALIFORNIA OVER ABORTION PILLS BEING SENT THROUGH THE MAIL. SHE HAS ALREADY INDICTED A CALIFORNIA DOCTOR FOR PRESCRIBING THE PILLS AND MAILING THEM TO PATIENTS IN LOUISIANA, WHERE IT IS AGAINST THE LAW. MURRILL SAYS GOVERNORS GAVIN NEWSOM AND KATHY HOCHUL ARE NOT ABOVE THE CONSTITUTION AND THEY WILL HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE. SHE SAYS DATA FROM ABORTION RIGHTS GROUPS SHOW NINE HUNDRED ABORTIONS TOOK PLACE EACH MONTH IN LOUISIANA LAST YEAR.
PORT BARRE POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR A BLACK TRUCK AND THE DRIVER IN CONNECTION TO A SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED LATE MONDAY NIGHT. POLICE CHIEF DEON BOUDREAUX SAYS THE SHOTS WERE FIRED AT A HOME ON BRUNER STREET AND AT LEAST ONE PERSON WAS INSIDE THE HOUSE. BULLET HOLES WERE FOUND IN A BEDROOM WINDOW, A DESK CHAIR AND A MATTRESS, BUT NO ONE WAS INJURED. SURVEILANCE VIDEOS HELPED INVESTIGATORS IDENTIFY A DARK COLORED, LATE MODEL FORD TRUCK AS A SUSPECT VEHICLE.
THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM IS HOLDING A COMMUNITY MEETING IN NORTH LAFAYETTE ABOUT A NEW K THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE SCHOOL. GEORGE FAUST HAS MORE.
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A TWO-POINT-ONE MILLION DOLLAR ANIMAL SHELTER FOR JEFF DAVIS PARISH IS NEARING COMPLETION BUT THERE IS NO FUNDING TO OPERATE IT. THE PLAN WAS TO USE SURPLUS FUNDS FROM THE PARISH JAIL BUT VOTERS REJECTED THE TAX-FREE REAPPROPRIATION. OFFICIALS PLAN TO REINTRODUCE THE MEASURE ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT. THEY NOW ARE WORKING TO EXPLAIN BETTER THAT THE MEASURE IS NOT A NEW TAX BUT THE REALLOCATION OF AN EXISTING TAX.
AN ABBEVILLE MAN WAS CONVICTED BY A JURY OF FIRST-DEGREE MURDER AND ARMED ROBBERY. NINETEEN-YEAR-OLD ZYLON ZENON FACES MANDATORY LIFE IMPRISONMENT WHEN HE IS SENTENCED. ZENON SHOT AND KILLED NINETEEN-YEAR-OLD MICHAEL WALKER AT THE ROBIE CIRCLE TRAILER PARK TWO YEARS AGO. ZENON WAS WEARING AN ANKLE MONITOR AT THE TIME AND DETECTIVES TRACKED THE G-P-S, WHICH CONFIRMED HE WAS AT THE SCENE OF THE CRIME.
