3-23-22
NEW IBERIA POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR TWO MEN WHO, THEY BELIEVE, ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR A DRIVE BY SHOOTING FRIDAY NIGHT THAT LEFT FOUR PEOPLE INJURED. INCLUDED AMONG THE INJURED IS A SEVEN-MONTH-OLD BABY, STILL IN CRITICAL CONDITION, AND HER MOTHER, WHO LOST HER SIGHT IN ONE EYE. AMIRI BENOIT AND MACTORI DOUCET ARE WANTED ON NUMEROUS CHARGES INCLUDING SEVEN COUNTS EACH OF ATTEMPTED FIRST-DEGREE MURDER. BOTH MEN ARE CONSIDERED ARMED AND DANGEROUS. ANYONE WHO KNOWS THEIR LOCATION IS ASKED TO CONTACT IBERIA PARISH CRIME STOPPERS AT THREE-SIX-FOUR-TIPS.
TWO PEOPLE WERE INJURED IN A SHOOTING LATE LAST NIGHT IN LAFAYETTE. CAROLINE MARCELLO REPORTS.
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Three Gulf Coast states are getting $1.9 billion in federal grants to help recover from hurricanes and floods over the past two years and become more resilient to climate change. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development said Tuesday that $1.7 billion is going to Louisiana. In addition, HUD says the Louisiana cities of Lake Charles and Baton Rouge are getting more than fifteen million for recovery from last spring’s floods. Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards says he is grateful for the disaster relief block grants, but the need is much greater.
A STUDENT FROM BARBE HIGH SCHOOL IN LAKE CHARLES IS MAKING AMAZING PROGRESS AFTER A BULL RIDING ACCIDENT LAST OCTOBER THAT LEFT HIM CLINGING TO LIFE. BOBBY GARZA’S PARENTS TELL KPLC TV THAT THE DOCTOR’S CALL HIM A MIRACLE AND HOPE HE WILL BE ABLE TO GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL THIS YEAR. BOBBY SUFFERED MAJOR HEAD TRAUMA AND HAD TO LEARN TO WALK, TALK AND EAT AGAIN, BUT HIS DAD, DALE GARZA, SAYS HE’S BEEN CLEARED TO DRIVE AND DO NORMAL THINGS. THE FAMILY IS HOSTING BENEFIT SATURDAY AT THE C-F-M-A HALL IN LAKE CHARLES FROM EIGHT TO FIVE-THIRTY TO HELP PAY MEDICAL EXPENSES.
STATE FIRE MARSHAL’S DEPUTIES ARE INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE OF A MOBILE HOME FIRE THAT HAPPENED SUNDAY IN ARNAUDVILLE. ONE PERSON WAS KILLED IN THE FIRE AND IS BELIEVED TO BE THE FIFTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD HOMEOWNER, THOUGH OFFICIAL IDENTIFICATION AND CAUSE OF DEATH ARE STILL PENDING. DEPUTIES BELIEVE THE FIRE STARTED IN THE BEDROOM. POSSIBLE CAUSES INCLUDE ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS AND UNSAFE SMOKING PRACTICES.
SCOTT POLICE HAVE ARRESTED THREE PEOPLE FOR THE THEFT OF CATALYTIC CONVERTERS ON MARDI GRAS. THE CATALYTIC CONVERTERS WERE STOLEN FROM VEHICLES PARKED AT A BUSINESS IN THE FORTY-THREE-HUNDRED BLOCK OF CAMERON STREET. EIGHTEEN-YEAR-OLD TRAVIS LANDRY OF BREAUX BRIDGE AND TWO JUVENILES WERE IDENTIFIED AS SUSPECTS AND ARRESTED. THEY EACH FACE A CRIMINAL TRESPASSING CHARGE AND FOUR COUNTS OF THEFT, AND LANDRY ALSO IS CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF CONTRIBUTING TO THE DELINQUENCY OF A MINOR.
Louisiana State Police investigators, who pressed within days to charge troopers in the deadly 2019 arrest of Ronald Greene, say commanders rejected their concerns. They told lawmakers the commanders told them to suppress video of the Black motorist’s final moments that the agency’s own expert called “torture and murder.” A special committee investigating the state’s handling of Greene’s death heard the explosive testimony Tuesday. Lt. Scott Brown said commanders instructed them to bury the body-camera footage showing troopers stunning, punching and dragging Greene.
A MOTHER FROM RAYNE, WHOSE SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD SON WAS SHOT IN THE LOWER BACK OVER THE WEEKEND, SAYS SHE WANTS JUSTICE. KIRA BABINEAUX SAYS HER SON WAS AT A FRIEND’S HOUSE GETTING A VIDEO GAME REMOTE AND, WHEN THEY CAME OUT OF THE HOUSE, FIVE BOYS CAME OUT OF THE BACKYARD SHOOTING. BABINEAUX TELLS KLFY TV THAT THE VIOLENCE IS BETWEEN FAMILY MEMBERS BUT HER CHILDREN ARE NEUTRAL IN THE DISPUTE AND ARE KIN TO BOTH SIDES. BABINEAUX SAYS SHE HAS FIVE BULLET HOLES IN HER HOUSE FROM A SHOOTING AT CHRISTMAS AND HER SON WAS GRAZED BY A BULLET ON SEPTEMBER EIGHTH IN RAYNE WHEN SHOTS WERE FIRED AT A HOME HE WAS IN.
