3-15-22
SYLVIA MASTERS HAS AN UPDATE ON THE CONDITION OF THE FIREFIGHTER WHO WAS INJURED LAST WEEK IN A CRASH ON I-TEN NEAR THE LOUISIANA AVENUE EXIT.
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DEREK VIATOR, WHO WAS A SUSPECT IN THE DEATH OF THREE PEOPLE, ACCEPTED A PLEA DEAL AND WAS SENTENCED TO THIRTY YEARS IN PRISON MONDAY. VIATOR WAS INDICTED ON A CHARGE OF FIRST-DEGREE MURDER FOR THE DEATH OF HIS GIRLFRIEND, TYLER DOMINGUE, WHOSE BODY WAS FOUND IN A VERMILLION PARISH COULEE IN TWENTY-NINETEEN. HE ALSO WAS INDICTED IN THE DEATHS OF CODY FELL AND ABIGAIL CLARK, WHOSE BODIES WERE FOUND IN A BURNED-OUT S-U-V ON CLAUDE ROAD IN MAURICE IN TWENTY-FOURTEEN. VIATOR PLED GUILTY TO THREE CHARGES OF MANSLAUGHTER.
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards has told state lawmakers he’ll let a two-year-old COVID-19 emergency declaration end at mid-week. The emergency is to end Wednesday. Edwards noted a decline in hospitalizations and the availability of vaccines and new treatments in his speech Monday for the opening day of the 2022 legislative session. Edwards outlined spending priorities in his proposed budget, including pay raises for school teachers, police and firefighters.
THE BODY OF A SECOND FISHERMAN WAS FOUND LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON ON THE TEXAS SIDE OF THE TOLEDO BEND RESERVOIR. HE’S BEEN IDENTIFIED AS SIXTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD MARVIN PARSONS. HIS BODY WAS FOUND MILES FROM WHERE THE OTHER FISHERMAN’S BODY WAS FOUND LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. THE OTHER FISHERMAN, SIXTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD GEORGE DIBOLL OF OAKDALE, AND PARSONS WERE REPORTED MISSING AFTER THEY FAILED TO RETURN FROM A FISHING TRIP ON FRIDAY.
THE LAFAYETTE CITY AND PARISH COUNCILS AGREED TO POSTPONE INDEFINITELY A VOTE ON PERMIT FEES FOR FOOD TRUCK VENDORS. AN ORDINANCE PROPOSES TO REQUIRE FOOD TRUCK VENDORS TO PAY A FOUR HUNDRED DOLLAR PERMIT FEE. COUNCILMAN GLENN LAZARD, WHO RECOMMENDED PUTTING THE VOTE ON HOLD, SAYS THERE ARE ISSUES THAT NEED TO BE WORKED THROUGH. THERE ARE SIXTY-SEVEN PERMITTED VENDORS IN LAFAYETTE PARISH, UP FROM TWENTY-SEVEN IN TWENTY-NINETEEN.
A WOMAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED AFTER PASSING A FRAUDULENT CHECK FOR ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS AT A CAR DEALERSHIP IN NEW IBERIA. SHAWNTELL RENA ROMERO USED THE CHECK TO PURCHASE THREE NEW CARS, BUT WHEN IT WAS LEARNED THE CHECK WAS A FRAUD, SHE HAD ALREADY LEFT THE DEALERSHIP. FOLLOWING MULTIPLE TIPS, SHE WAS FOUND BY LAFAYETTE PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES AT A TRAILER HOME IN CARENCRO. ROMERO IS BEING CHARGED WITH MONETARY INSTRUMENT ABUSE AND THREE COUNTS OF THEFT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE.
The LSU AgCenter has a new program to help Louisiana’s home gardeners donate produce to food pantries in a state with high rates of food insecurity and obesity. “Grow a Row to Share” is starting in four northeast parishes with federal grants aimed at reducing high obesity rates. But coordinator Cecelia Stevens in Winnsboro says interested gardeners and food banks can use the AgCenter’s guides to create their own programs. Second Harvest of South Louisiana volunteers collect fruit and other produce from people’s gardens.
CROWLEY POLICE HAVE ARRESTED A MAN IN CONNECTION WITH A SHOOTING LATE THURSDAY NIGHT ON STANDARD MILL ROAD. A WOMAN TOLD POLICE THAT SHE HAD HAD AN ARGUMENT WITH TWENTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD TYLER MENARD, WHO THEN GOT OUT OF HIS VEHICLE AND SHOT AT HER AND HER TWO-YEAR-OLD SON. THERE WERE OTHER WITNESSES WHO GAVE THE SAME STORY TO POLICE. MENARD HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED SECOND-DEGREE MURDER, ATTEMPTED FIRST-DEGREE MURDER FOR SHOOTING AT THE CHILD, AND TWO COUNTS OF AGGRAVATED ASSAULT WITH A FIREARM.
