3-7-23
A LAFAYETTE PARISH MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE DEATH OF A SEVEN-YEAR-OLD CHILD IN JANUARY. FORTY-NINE-YEAR-OLD DANIEL BOUDREAUX WAS ARRESTED FRIDAY AT A RESIDENCE ON RUE DES ETOILES (eh TOY) ON A CHARGE OF NEGLIGENT HOMOCIDE. BOUDREAUX FACES OTHER CHARGES AS WELL INCLUDING ILLEGAL CARRYING OF A WEAPON, FELONY DRUG POSSESSION, AND POSSESSION WITH THE INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE. AUTHORITIES HAVE NOT YET RELEASED THE CAUSE OF DEATH FOR THE CHILD.
THE IBERIA PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS LOOKING FOR A RUNAWAY TEEN. SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD MICAH SOPHUS WAS LAST SEEN ON THURSDAY MORNING WHEN HE WAS DROPPED OFF AT WESTGATE HIGH SCHOOL. MICAH, WHO IS BLACK, FIVE FEET, FIVE INCHES TALL AND ONE HUNDRED FIFTY POUNDS, WAS WEARING TAN PANTS AND A YELLOW HOODIE. ANYONE WHO KNOWS THE LOCATION OF MICAH SOPHUS IS URGED TO CALL THE IBERIA PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE OR SUBMIT A TIP ON THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE APP.
The Louisiana’s attorney general’s office has asked a federal appeals court to formally end a 1992 federal court agreement that led to a Black justice being elected to the state’s Supreme Court. Assistant Attorney General Elizabeth Murrill told the appellate judges Monday that the purpose of the agreement has been realized with Black justices having been elected from the New Orleans area in the last 30 years. The U.S. Justice Department and voting rights advocates argue the agreement is still needed to ensure Black voters have a voice in electing a justice. They urged the appellate panel to uphold a lower court ruling keeping the agreement in place.
JEFF DAVIS PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES ARRESTED A MAN WHO WAS WALKING WITH A RUNAWAY JUVENILE AND REPORTEDLY IN POSSESSION OF METH. LAKE CHARLES POLICE HAD REPORTED THAT THE RUNAWAY MAY HAVE BEEN IN THE AREA OF HIGHWAY ONE-OH-ONE AND FRONTAGE ROAD IN LACASSINE ON SUNDAY. DEPUTIES FOUND THE TWO ON SOUTH FRONTAGE ROAD NEAR HOKE ROAD AND THE MAN, THIRTY-FOUR-YEAR-OLD TIMOTHY EUGENE ALRED, WAS DISCOVERED TO HAVE METH ON HIM DURING A PAT DOWN. ALRED WAS BOOKED INTO THE PARISH JAIL ON CHARGES OF POSSESSION OF SCHEDULE TWO NARCOTICS AND CONTRIBUTING TO THE DELINQUENCY OF A MINOR AND THE JUVENILE WAS RELEASED TO THEIR PARENTS.
THE U-L RAGIN’ CAJUNS MEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM IS HEADING TO THE N-C-A-A TOURNAMENT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN NINE YEARS. THEY DEFEATED SOUTH ALABAMA SEVENTY-ONE-TO-SIXTY-SIX IN THE SUN BELT CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP LAST NIGHT IN PENSACOLA. JORDAN BROWN WAS NAMED THE MOST OUTSTANDING PLAYER IN THE TOURNAMENT. COACH BOB MARLIN SAYS HIS TEAM HAD AN OUTSTANDING SECOND HALF AND HE’S SUPER PROUD OF HIS GUYS.
THE POLICE CHIEF OF PINE PRAIRIE WAS INVOLVED IN A CAR CRASH IN VILLE PLATTE OVER THE WEEKEND. ACCORDING TO THE ACCIDENT REPORT, CHIEF
L-C DESHOTEL WAS ALLEGEDLY SWERVING IN AND OUT OF TRAFFIC AND COLLIDED WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE THAT WAS TRYING TO AVOID HIM. THE CRASH COMES LESS THAN TWO MONTHS AFTER DESHOTEL WAS CHARGED WITH DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED. THE MAYOR OF PINE PRAIRIE, JAMES WEST, SAYS HE WANTS TO WAIT FOR MORE INFORMATION BEFORE MAKING A STATEMENT ON DESHOTEL’S FUTURE.
Shawn Wilson, the former Louisiana Transportation secretary, announced Monday that he is running for governor. Wilson is the first prominent Democrat candidate to launch a gubernatorial bid this year. Louisiana’s current Gov. John Bel Edwards, a Democrat, is unable to run again due to term limits — opening a huge opportunity for Republicans in a state where former President Donald Trump won the last two presidential elections. Wilson will face an uphill battle during the October election, when he will run against other popular candidates.
IN AN EFFORT TO COMBAT CRIME, THE ACADIA PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE HAS COME UP WITH A SOLUTION TO KEEP THEIR COMMUNITIES SAFER. SYLVIA MASTERS HAS THE DETAILS.
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