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LAFAYETTE POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR A WOMAN SUSPECTED OF STEALING A WALLET FROM A CUSTOMER AT THE ALBERTSON’S STORE, LOCATED IN THE FORTY-FOUR HUNDRED BLOCK OF AMBASSADOR CAFFERY. POLICE HAVE CAMERA EVIDENCE SHOWING THE WOMAN STEALING THE WALLET OUT OF A CUSTOMER’S PURSE. SHE THEN USED CREDIT CARDS TO PURCHASE GIFT CARDS AT THREE DIFFERENT BUSINESSES, TOTALLING MORE THAN FIFTY-SIX HUNDRED DOLLARS. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON THE SUSPECT IS ASKED TO CALL LAFAYETTE CRIME STOPPERS AT TWO-THREE-TWO-TIPS.
A DUSON MAN WAS KILLED IN A HIT-AND-RUN IN SAINT MARTIN PARISH. STATE POLICE DETERMINED THIRTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD DENFERD PAUL PUCKETT JUNIOR WAS LYING IN THE ROADWAY ON L-A THREE-FORTY-SEVEN NEAR DELCAMBRE ROAD SHORTLY BEFORE THREE A-M SATURDAY, WHEN HE WAS STRUCK BY AN UNKNOWN VEHICLE, THAT FLED THE SCENE. IT’S NOT YET KNOWN IF PUCKETT WAS IMPAIRED AND A STANDARD TOXICOLOGY SAMPLE WAS SUBMITTED FOR ANALYSIS. TROOPERS ASK ANYONE WITH INFORMATION TO CONTACT TROOP I AT TWO-SIX-TWO-FIFTY-EIGHT-EIGHTY.
THE JEFF DAVIS PARISH SCHOOL BOARD WILL BE DISCUSSING THE POTENTIAL OF A FOUR DAY SCHOOL WEEK AT THURDAY NIGHT’S MEETING. ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT BEN OUSTALET SAYS BOARD MEMBER SUMMER LEJEUNE IS BRINGING THE ISSUE TO THE TABLE BECAUSE OF VARIOUS TEACHERS, PARENTS AND CONSTITUENTS APPROACHING HER ABOUT IT. HE SAYS THE BOARD WILL NOT BE VOTING ON ANYTHING AT THIS POINT. OUSTALET SAYS THEY’VE ALREADY RELEASED THE ACADEMIC CALENDAR FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.
TEACHER SHORTAGES CONTINUE TO PLAGUE SCHOOL DISTRICTS NATIONWIDE. DANIELLE JOHNSON GIVES US THE DETAILS FOR LOUISIANA.
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ONE PERSON IS DEAD AND ANOTHER INJURED FOLLOWING A CRASH INVOLVING A MOTORCYCLE IN LAFAYETTE. DANIELLE JOHNSON REPORTS.
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ON FRIDAY, A SAINT LANDRY PARISH MAN WAS FOUND GUILTY BY A JURY IN OPELOUSAS. FILLMORE WRIGHT WAS CONVICTED ON TWO COUNTS OF SEXUAL BATTERY OF A CHILD UNDER THE AGE OF THIRTEEN. EVIDENCE PRESENTED AT THE TRIAL REVEALED THE VICTIM WAS SIX-YEARS-OLD AT THE TIME OF THE CRIME. WRIGHT FACES BETWEEN TWENTY-FIVE AND NINETY-NINE-YEARS OF HARD LABOR WHEN HE IS SENTENCED ON MAY NINTH, AND AT LEAST TWENTY-FIVE YEARS MUST BE SERVED BEFORE PROBATION OR PAROLE CAN BE CONSIDERED.
AUTHORITIES ARE SEARCHING FOR A MISSING WESTLAKE WOMAN. FORTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD WENDI STRIESEL’S CAR WAS FOUND ABANDONED NEAR I-TEN AND OILFIELD ROAD IN JEFF DAVIS PARISH. THE CAR IS A WHITE TWENTY-TWENTY-THREE ACURA INTEGRA. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION OR WHO SAW WENDI YESTERDAY SHOULD CALL EIGHT-TWO-ONE-TWENTY-ONE-HUNDRED.
AN EIGHTEEN-YEAR-OLD WOMAN WAS ARRESTED SATURDAY AFTER SHE ALLEGEDLY GAINED ENTRY INTO AN APARTMENT AND GOT INTO AN ALTERCATION WITH A MAN BEFORE STABBING HIM IN THE CHEST. DESHANTI PAIGE WESTON THEN BARRICADED HERSELF IN THE BATHROOM AND POLICE HAD TO BREAK IN AND RESTRAIN HER BEFORE PLACING HER UNDER ARREST. THE MAN WAS TREATED AT THE SCENE FOR A SHALLOW STAB WOUND. WESTON FACES SEVERAL CHARGES INCLUDING ATTEMPTED SECOND DEGREE MURDER AND HOME INVASION.
