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THE SAINT MARTINVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS SCHEDULED ITS FIRST ACCIDENT REENACTMENT THAT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. IT WILL HAPPEN AT TEN-THIRTY A-M ON FRIDAY, MARCH TWENTIETH AT SAINT MARTINVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL. THE DEMONSTRATION IS INTENDED TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON ACCIDENT PREVENTION AND THE DANGERS OF IMPAIRED DRIVING. IT IS ALSO DESIGNED TO PROVIDE A REALISTIC LOOK AT HOW OFFICERS HANDLE A CRISIS SITUATION.
A PEDESTRIAN IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION AFTER A MAJOR TRAFFIC ACCIDENT EARLY THIS MORNING. IT HAPPENED IN THE SIXTEEN HUNDRED BLOCK OF WEST PINHOOK ROAD IN LAFAYETTE. POLICE ESTABLISHED A CRIME SCENE AT THE LOCATION AND CALLED IN TRAFFIC INVESTIGATORS TO LEAD THE INQUIRY. NO INFORMATION HAS BEEN RELEASED ON THE IDENTITY OF THE PEDESTRIAN OR THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE ACCIDENT.
A MAN WAS CONVICTED FOR A SECOND TIME FOR CAUSING A WILDFIRE IN ALLEN PARISH. THE LATEST HAPPENED IN SEPTEMBER ALONG CHERRY WINCHE ROAD WHEN TIMOTHY CAUDLE LEFT A FIRE UNATTTENDED, RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO NEARLY THREE ACRES IN NEIGHBORING PROPERTY. HE PLED GUILTY IN NOVEMBER AND WAS GIVEN A TWENTY DAY SUSPENDED JAIL SENTENCE AND HAD TO PAY OVER SEVEN HUNDRED DOLLARS IN FINES AND COSTS. THE PREVIOUS CONVICTION WAS FOR A FIRE ON HIS PROPERTY IN OCTOBER OF TWENTY-TWENTY-THREE THAT CAUSED OVER THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN DAMAGE.
APPROXIMATELY ONE THOUSAND LOUISIANA GUARDSMEN ARE DEPLOYED OVERSEAS, INCLUDING THE MIDDLE EAST, ACCORDING TO A SPOKESMAN FOR THE LOUISIANA GUARD. GEORGE FAUST HAS MORE.
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A NEW IBERIA MAN IS ONE OF FOUR SUSPECTS WANTED IN CONNECTION TO A SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED FEBRUARY EIGHTH IN GRAY, LOUISIANA. THE TERREBONNE PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE HAS ARREST WARRANTS FOR THE FOUR MEN WHICH INCLUDES TWENTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD TORIE LEWIS OF NEW IBERIA. HE IS WANTED FOR ATTEMPTED FIRST-DEGREE MURDER. DEPUTIES ASK THE PUBLIC NOT TO MAKE CONTACT WITH THE SUSPECTS WHO ARE BELIEVED TO BE ARMED AND DANGEROUS.
A FLORIDA MAN IS IN CUSTODY IN LAFAYETTE AFTER, AUTHORITIES SAY, EXPLOSIVE MATERIAL AND FIRARMS WERE FOUND IN HIS CAMPER. GEORGE FAUST REPORTS.
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A LAKE CHARLES MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR TRYING TO ENTICE A MINOR FOR INAPPROPRIATE PURPOSES. FORTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD NATHAN BROWN ALLEGEDLY TRAVELED TO A LOCAL PARK TO MEET A JUVENILE. HE WAS ARRRESTED BY THE F-B-I AND STATE POLICE AND CHARGED WITH INDECENT BEHAVIOR WITH JUVENILES. HIS BOND WAS SET AT TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
THE VERMILLION PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE ANNOUNCED THE CREATION OF A NEW TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT UNIT, WHICH MODERNIZES THE WAY THE DEPARTMENT FIGHTS CRIME. SHERIFF EDDIE LANGLINAIS SAYS THE NEW UNIT CONSOLIDATES INTO ONE DEPARTMENT MULTIPLE TECHNOLOGY-BASED OPERATIONS, SUCH AS THE DRONE PROGRAM, CAMERAS AND ANYTHING I-T RELATED. HE SAYS THE RESTRUCTURING IS DESIGNED TO IMPROVE EFFICIENCY AND COORDINATION WITHIN THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE. LEADERS IN THE NEW UNIT SAYS THE IN-HOUSE PROGRAMS AND TECHNOLOGY BEING DEVELOPED WILL HELP EXPAND THEIR INVESTIGATIVE CAPABILITIES AND ALLOW ACCESS TO MORE INFORMATION WHEN WORKING CASES.
