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THERE WERE FIVE MAJOR DRUG BUSTS THAT HAPPENED IN OR NEAR BREAUX BRIDGE, LAFAYETTE, LAKE CHARLES, ALEXANDRIA AND SHREVEPORT. A TOTAL OF TWENTY-FIVE POUNDS OF FENTANYL, THREE HUNDRED THIRTY-FIVE POUNDS OF METH AND TWO HUNDRED FIFTY-THREE POUNDS OF COCAINE WERE TAKEN OFF THE STREETS. D-E-A SPECIAL AGENT STEVE HOFER CALLED THEM STRATEGIC STRIKES AGAINST THE SUPPLY CHAINS OF TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONS. HE SAYS THEY TOOK DOWN AN EIGHTEEN-WHEELER IN LAFAYETTE CARRYING TWO HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE POUNDS OF COCAINE AND AN ICE CREAM TRUCK WAS INTERCEPTED IN BREAUX BRIDGE WITH THREE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE POUNDS OF METH HIDDEN IN WELDED-TOGETHER METAL BOXES.
LAFAYETTE MAYOR PRESIDENT MONIQUE BLANCO BOULET GAVE HER STATE OF THE PARISH ADDRESS TUESDAY FOCUSING ON INFRASTRUCTURE, PUBLIC SAFETY AND ECONOMIC MOMENTUM. GEORGE FAUST HAS MORE.
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THE FORMER SECRETARY FOR THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES PLED GUILTY TO ONE COUNT OF CONSPIRACY IN A BRIBERY CASE. SEVENTY-EIGHT-YEAR-OLD JACK MONTOUCET ADMITTED TO ACCEPTING KICKBACKS IN EXCHANGE FOR DIRECTING A STATE CONTRACT TO A COMPANY. THREE OTHER DEFENDANTS ARE SERVING TIME IN FEDERAL PRISON IN CONNECTION TO THE CASE. MONTOUCET COULD GET UP TO FIVE YEARS IN PRISON AND BE FINED UP TO TWO HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS WHEN HE’S SENTENCED IN JUNE.
THE SUSPECT IN A SHOOTING ON FIELD STREET IN NEW IBERIA, THAT RESULTED IN ONE DEATH, WAS ON PROBATION FOR ANOTHER DEADLY SHOOTING. KADN TV REPORTS THAT TWENTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD JASIAH LEWIS OF NEW IBERIA WAS CONVICTED OF MANSLAUGHTER FOR THE SHOOTING DEATH OF A RELATIVE WHICH HAPPENED IN TWENTY-TWENTY-THREE. A JUDGE IN JANUARY DECLINED TO SENTENCE HIM TO ANY PRISON TIME. LEWIS IS BEING HELD IN THE IBERIA PARISH JAIL FOR THE LATEST SHOOTING AND HIS BOND IS SET AT MORE THAN FOUR MILLION DOLLARS.
A LAFAYETTE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER WAS CITED FOR SHOPLIFTING. CARENCRO POLICE OFFICERS SAY DISTRICT TWO SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER CHAD DESORMEAUX PAID FOR SOME ITEMS AT A SELF-CHECKOUT, BUT NOT ALL OF THEM. THE OFFICERS WENT TO DESORMEAUX’S HOME FOLLOWING THE INCIDENT. THEY TOLD KADN TV THAT HE CONFESSED TO THE CRIME.
A CROWLEY ALDERMAN IS IN JAIL. A JUDGE FOUND SIXTY-EIGHT-YEAR-OLD VERNON “STEP” MARTIN IN CONTEMPT OF COURT FOR FAILURE TO MAKE COURT-ORDERED PAYMENTS IN A SUPPORT CASE. MARTIN IS IN THE ACADIA PARISH JAIL. HE COULD STAY THERE FOR UP TO SIXTY DAYS IF HE DOES NOT MAKE GOOD ON THE PAYMENTS.
PARENTS OF CHILDREN WHO MAKE SCHOOL THREATS COULD BE HELD FINANCIALLY RESPONSIBLE UNDER A BILL THAT PASSED IN THE STATE HOUSE. THE BILL, WHICH NOW HEADS TO THE SENATE, WOULD ALLOW COURTS TO FINE PARENTS UP TO FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS IF A CHILD UNDER THE AGE OF FOURTEEN IS FOUND GUILTY OF MAKING A SCHOOL THREAT. THE CHILD COULD FACE A MENTAL HEATH EXAM, UP TO A YEAR OF PROBATION OR SIX MONTHS IN JUVENILE DETENTION AND MANDATORY COUNSELING. SUPPORTERS HOPE THE MEASURE WILL DETER THREATS WHILE CRITICS BELIEVE IT WOULD BE A DANGEROUS PRECEDENT.
A CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA NONPROFIT BROUGHT A SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD GIRL TO LAKE CHARLES TO ATTEND THE JUCO WOMEN’S NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME. LONDON POTTS WAS DIAGNOSED WITH INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT DELAY AND EPILEPSY. THE NONPROFIT, DREAM ON THREE, SEEKS TO MAKE THE SPORTS DREAMS OF KIDS WITH LIFE-ALTERING CONDITIONS COME TRUE. POTTS WAS SELECTED AS THE FIRST RECIPIENT WHOSE DREAM WAS TO ATTEND THE JUCO WOMEN’S NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.
