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DECISIONS WERE MADE AT LAST NIGHT’S LAFAYETTE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD MEETING REGARDING THE FUTURE OF CERTAIN PROGRAMS IN SCHOOLS. SYLVIA MASTERS HAS THE DETAILS.
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THE MURDER TRIAL OF AN ELEVEN-YEAR-OLD GIRL FROM NEW IBERIA BEGINS THIS AFTERNOON. SHE IS ACCUSED OF THE MURDER OF THIRTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD KAMERON BEDSOLE OF NEW IBERIA IN NOVEMBER. THE GIRL HAS BEEN IN POLICE CUSTODY FOR OVER ONE HUNDRED DAYS. THE TRIAL WAS ORIGINALLY SET TO START LAST WEEK BUT THE JUDGE GRANTED THE DEFENSE MOTION TO GIVE THEM MORE TIME TO LOOK OVER THE EVIDENCE.
A SULPHUR MAN WAS ARRESTED FOR THE RAPE AND SEXUAL BATTERY OF AN UNDERAGE GIRL. DETECTIVES WITH THE CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE RECEIVED A COMPLAINT ABOUT THE ABUSE OF A GIRL UNDER THE AGE OF THIRTEEN. DURING THE INVESTIGATION, THE VICTIM REVEALED THAT THE ABUSE HAD BEEN HAPPENING FOR YEARS. FORTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD KIT MORGAN WAS ARRESTED AND BOOKED INTO THE CALCASIEU PARISH CORRECTIONAL CENTER ON A ONE-POINT-FOUR-FIVE MILLION DOLLAR BOND.
LAWMAKERS IN THE STATE HOUSE AND SENATE ARE CONSIDERING BILLS THAT WOULD LIMIT HOW AND WHEN HOMEOWNERS CAN SUE THEIR INSURER. INSURANCE COMMISSIONER TIM TEMPLE IS BACKING THE PRO-INSURANCE AGENDA, WHICH HE BELIEVES WILL ATTRACT MORE COMPANIES TO THE STATE AND EVENTUALLY LOWER PREMIUMS. TEMPLE TELLS THE ADVOCATE HE WANTS TO REBALANCE THE LEGAL SYSTEM BY REDUCING THE NUMBER OF LAWSUITS FILED AGAINST INSURERS. INSURANCE COMPANIES SAY LAWSUITS DRIVE UP COSTS AND MAKE LOUISIANA A BAD PLACE TO DO BUSINESS.
THE STATE LEGISLATURE IS CONSIDERING A NEW HELMET LAW. SYLVIA MASTERS HAS MORE.
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A LAFAYETTE TRUCK DRIVER HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH NEGLIGENT HOMOCIDE FOR A CRASH DURING A SUPER FOG ON I-FIFTY-FIVE IN SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST PARISH IN OCTOBER. STATE POLICE SAY SIXTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD RONALD BRITT WAS TRAVELING TOO FAST, CONSIDERING THE LIMITED VISIBILITY DURING THE FOG. BRITT HIT A CADILLAC THAT WAS STOPPED BEHIND SEVERAL VEHICLES INVOLVED IN A MINOR ACCIDENT. THE SIXTY-YEAR-OLD DRIVER WAS KILLED WHILE HIS SEVENTY-YEAR-OLD WIFE WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED.
A CARENCRO MAN IS WANTED FOR A CARJACKING AND ATTEMPTED SECOND-DEGREE MURDER IN ACADIA PARISH. ACCORDING TO THE ACADIA PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE, THE VICTIM WAS DROPPING OFF THIRTY-YEAR-OLD MICHAEL LEE DUPLECHAIN AT A HOME ON NATION ROAD NEAR RAYNE LATE MONDAY NIGHT WHEN DUPLECHAIN PULLED A GUN AND DEMANDED HE GET OUT AND GIVE HIM THE CAR. WHEN THE VICTIM REFUSED, DUPLECHAIN SHOT HIM IN THE TORSO AND DROVE AWAY IN THE CAR, A SILVER, TWENTY-TWELVE AUDI A-FOUR. THE VICTIM’S INJURIES WERE NOT LIFE THREATENING.
A SAINT MARTINVILLE MAN WAS ARRESTED TUESDAY AFTER A VEHICLE PURSUIT. SAINT MARTINVILLE POLICE AND SAINT MARTIN PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES ARRESTED ANTHONY WILLIAMS AFTER FINDING EIGHTY-SEVEN GRAMS OF SUSPECTED MARIJUANA. THEY ALSO FOUND VARIOUS PILLS AND A FIREARM. WILLIAMS NOW FACES SEVERAL DRUG AND WEAPONS CHARGES ALONG WITH A CHARGE OF AGGRAVATED FLIGHT FROM AN OFFICER.
