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LAFAYETTE CITY MARSHAL BRIAN POPE HAS BEEN ORDERED TO APPEAR BEFORE JUDGE JULES EDWARDS ON MARCH 27TH AND EXPLAIN WHY HE HASN’T STARTED HIS COMMUNITY SERVICE YET. POPE WAS FOUND IN CONTEMPT OF COURT FOR FAILING TO PROVIDE PUBLIC RECORDS TO THE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER AND ORDERED LAST YEAR TO LOG 173 HOURS SPEAKING ABOUT COMPLYING WITH STATE PUBLIC RECORDS LAWS. JUDGE EDWARDS WANTS POPE TO EXPLAIN TO HIM WHY HE SHOULD NOT BE HELD IN CONTEMPT OF COURT AND HAVE SANCTIONS LEVIED AGAINST HIM FOR FAILING TO COMPLY WITH THE ORDER. HOWEVER, THE JUDGE’S ORIGINAL ORDER DID NOT SET A TIMETABLE FOR POPE TO COMPLY AND HIS ATTORNEY SAID THEY THOUGHT HE HAD UNTIL THE END OF HIS NEARLY FIVE YEAR PROBATION PERIOD.
THE CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS INVESTIGATING THEIR FIRST HOMOCIDE OF THE YEAR, WHICH OCCURRED AT A MOBILE HOME ON L-A 109 SOUTH IN VINTON. SHERIFF TONY MANCUSO SAYS THE VICTIM WAS A MALE, BUT THEY’RE WAITING TO RELEASE THE IDENTITY UNTIL FAMILY HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. HE SAYS THE VICTIM’S BODY WAS FOUND OUTSIDE THE MOBILE HOME, BUT THEY BELIEVED IT MAY HAVE STARTED INSIDE THE RESIDENCE. TWO PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DETAINED FOR QUESTIONING, ONE MALE AND THE OTHER A FEMALE, AND MANCUSO BELIEVES ONE OF THE TWO IS THE SHOOTER.
A STUDENT AT PORT BARRE HIGH SCHOOL HAS BEEN BOOKED FOR ATTEMPTED TERRORIZING AFTER WRITING A BOMB THREAT ON THE BATHROOM WALL. POLICE SAY THE FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD, EIGHTH GRADE STUDENT ADMITTED HE DIDN’T WANT TO TAKE A TEST YESTERDAY. POLICE CHIEF DEON R. BOUDREAUX TOLD KATC TV THAT THIS HAS BECOME A COMMON OCCURRENCE, AND IT’S THE SECOND ARREST THEY’VE MADE. HE SAYS THE STUDENT NOT ONLY FACES EXPULSION FROM SCHOOL, BUT COULD BE SENTENCED TO A JUVENILE PRISON FOR THE REMAINDER OF THEIR TEEN YEARS.
Louisiana’s community and technical college system is consolidating some of its campuses after years of shrinking state spending on higher education. The system’s governing board approved the mergers Wednesday, along with other restructuring plans. System President Monty Sullivan says the moves are aimed at maintaining access in rural areas, coordinating with workforce needs around the state and responding to financial changes that have the campuses relying more on student tuition and fees than state money. Sullivan says he expects some administrative jobs to be cut, but doesn’t expect “major layoffs” because of the changes.
THERE’S A NEW LOCATION FOR THE LAFAYETTE UTILITIES SYSTEM’S PAYMENT CENTER. JULIE DARCE HAS THE DETAILS.
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The Allen Parish Sheriff’s Office says an inmate who escaped following treatment at a Kinder hospital has been captured in Newton County, Texas. Chief Deputy Ricky Johnson tells KPLC-TV 32-year-old Kimberly Dupont, of Elton was arrested about 8:30 p.m. Tuesday by Newton County sheriff’s deputies at a home between Newton and Bon Wier. Dupont bolted from the Allen Parish Hospital around 5:30 p.m. Monday. Johnson says Dupont had complained of kidney stones and was brought to the facility for a CAT scan, but fled.
IBERIA PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES ARE SEARCHING FOR 23-YEAR-OLD JASHAWN MCCOY, WHO IS THE SUSPECTED SHOOTER OF A 41-YEAR-OLD MAN ON FEBRUARY EIGHTH IN NEW IBERIA. DETECTIVES SAYS MCCOY AND THE VICTIM GOT INTO AN ARGUMENT AND MCCOY PULLED OUT A GUN. HE IS ACCUSED OF SHOOTING THE MAN NINE TIMES, THOUGH HE DIDN’T’ KILL HIM. MCCOY IS WANTED FOR ATTEMPTED SECOND DEGREE MURDER.
Gov. John Bel Edwards has sent President Donald Trump a list of Louisiana’s high-priority coastal projects, for consideration as the White House pushes for new infrastructure projects. The Democratic governor says the letter he sent Wednesday responds to the GOP president’s request for ideas from governors on spending ideas. Edwards says the coastal projects would help make Louisiana more resilient in disasters and bolster the nation’s economy by protecting energy production and other industries. Among the coastal projects on Edwards’ list are salinity control measures for the Calcasieu Ship Channel.
