3-28-25
A SUSPECT ACCUSED OF THROWING FENTANYL ON LAFAYETTE PARISH DEPUTIES HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED. THIRTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD REESHAWN ARNOLD WAS BEING BOOKED INTO THE LAFAYETTE PARISH CORRECTIONAL CENTER WHEN HE ALLEGEDLY THREW A POWDERY SUBSTANCE ONTO DEPUTIES IN THE VICINITY. THE DEPUTIES WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT. BOOKING PROCEDURES AT THE JAIL WERE SUSPENDED SO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS CREWS DECONTAMINATED THE AREA.
SUNSET MIDDLE SCHOOL IS REOPENING TODAY. IT HAD BEEN CLOSED BECAUSE OF MONDAY’S STORMS. THE SAINT LANDRY PARISH SCHOOL BOARD SAYS THERE WERE ONGOING CHALLENGES TO RESTORING POWER. OFFICIALS SAY POWER HAS BEEN RESTORED.
Louisianians are set to vote on several constitutional amendments dealing with crime, courts and finances. Lawmakers approved four proposed changes during a special legislative session last fall. One amendment on the ballot Saturday aims to make it easier to charge minors as adults by removing a list of offenses from the constitution. Another proposal seeks to liquidate education trust funds to support a permanent teacher pay raise. Changes to the court system are also on the ballot, including broader power to establish specialty courts and more flexibility in filling judicial vacancies.
TWO PEOPLE FROM LAKE CHARLES HAVE BEEN ARRESTED FOR THE ALLEGED MOLESTATION OF TWO CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF TWELVE. A COMPLAINANT TOLD CALCASIEU PARISH DEPUTIES THAT LOVA MORENO TOLD HER THAT JARED MORENO HAD BEEN MOLESTING THE TWO FAMILY MEMBERS. THE COMPLAINANT SAID JARED HAD MOLESTED HER WHEN SHE WAS FIVE YEARS OLD. JARED AND LOVA WERE ARRESTED WEDNESDAY AND JARED’S BOND WAS SET AT ONE MILLION DOLLARS WHILE LOVA HAS A THIRTY THOUSAND DOLLAR BOND.
AN S-U-V CRASHED INTO A HOUSE ON LEMOND CIRCLE IN LAFAYETTE PARISH LAST NIGHT JUST BEFORE NINE. SCOTT FIREFIGHTERS SAY THE DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, WENT OFF THE ROAD AND HIT THE GARAGE OF THE HOME. THEY SAID INJURIES FROM THE CRASH WERE MINOR BUT THERE WAS MAJOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO THE HOME. THE CRASH REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION.
A PUBLIC HEARING WAS HELD FOR CADE RESIDENTS AS THEY EXPRESSED HOW THE PROPOSED EXPANSION OF A DUMP SITE IS AFFECTING THEM IN THEIR EVERYDAY LIVES. GEORGE FAUST HAS MORE.
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A NEW STUDY SHOWS LOUISIANA’S RESTAURANTS HAVE ADVERTISED AUTHENTIC GULF SHRIMP WHEN THEY WERE REALLY IMPORTED. GEORGE FAUST REPORTS.
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A EUNICE WOMAN WAS ARRESTED FOR ALLEGEDLY STEALING MORE THAN THIRTY-ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM THE REDDELL VIDRINE WATER SYSTEM IN VILLE PLATTE. THIRTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD HALEY RAE MANUEL WAS BOOKED INTO THE EVANGELINE PARISH JAIL ON CHARGES OF THEFT OF FUNDS AND MONETARY INSTRUMENT ABUSE. MANUEL IS ACCUSED OF WRITING UNAUTHORIZED PURCHASES USING THE WATER SYSTEM’S CHECKING AND SAVINGS ACCOUNT. OFFICIALS SAY AN AUDIT CONFIRMED THAT MANUEL HAD STOLEN OR MISAPPROPRIATED THIRTY-ONE THOUSAND, ONE-HUNDRED-THIRTY-THREE DOLLARS.
