4-11-22
AN OFF-DUTY LAFAYETTE POLICE OFFICER IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION AFTER A SERIOUS CAR ACCIDENT EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. SYLVIA MASTERS REPORTS.
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POLICE IN NEW IBERIA MADE A SECOND ARREST FRIDAY IN CONNECTION WITH A FATAL SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED MARCH TWENTY-FIFTH ON FRENCH STREET. A NINETEEN-YEAR-OLD MAN WAS FOUND WITH MULTIPLE GUNSHOT WOUNDS IN THE FRONT YARD OF A HOME AND WAS LATER PRONOUNCED DEAD AT A LOCAL HOSPITAL. DAYMION MICHAEL HENRY WAS ARRESTED FRIDAY ON A CHARGE OF CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT MURDER AND OTHER CHARGES. A FIRST SUSPECT. TYRAN TRESHAWN JONES, WAS ARRESTED MARCH TWENTY-SEVENTH FOR SECOND DEGREE MURDER.
The head of the Louisiana State Police put his second-in-command on leave Friday while he faces an internal probe into the erasing of his cellphone data amid the investigation into the 2019 arrest of Black motorist Ronald Greene. Superintendent Col. Lamar Davis released a statement saying he placed Lt. Col. Doug Cain on paid administrative leave “to eliminate any questions into the integrity of the investigation.” Cain was among three top police officials who had their cellphones “sanitized” amid the ongoing probes into the video-recorded arrest of Greene, who died in custody after being punched, stunned and dragged by troopers.
A FIRE DESTROYED A HOME IN JENNINGS SUNDAY MORNING. THE FIRE STARTED AT AROUND NINE A-M AT THE HOME, LOCATED IN THE SEVEN HUNDRED BLOCK OF GALLUP STREET. FIREFIGHTERS MANAGED TO GET THE FIRE UNDER CONTROL QUICKLY, BUT IT WAS ALREADY ENGULFED IN FLAMES WHEN THEY ARRIVED. EVERYONE INSIDE MANAGED TO GET OUT THE HOME SAFELY.
A BRONZE STATUE OF THE LATE STATE SENTATOR EDGAR G. “SONNY” MOUTON WAS UNVEILED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON ON THE U-L LAFAYETTE CAMPUS. MOUTON WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF CAJUN FIELD AND THE CAJUNDOME. THE STATUE STANDS IN THE EDGAR G. “SONNY” MOUTON JUNIOR SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT PLAZA, WHICH WAS NAMED FOR HIM AFTER HIS DEATH IN MARCH OF TWENTY-SIXTEEN. STATE SENATOR GERALD BOUDREAUX OF LAFAYETTE. SAYS HIS VISION FOR THE ENTIRE COMPLEX WAS NOT JUST FOR THE UNIVERISTY BUT FOR THE COMMUNITY, LEADING TO GROWTH AND ECONOMIC PROSPERITY.
THERE WAS A SHOOTING IN ABBEVILLE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. IT HAPPENED NEAR NORTH BAILEY AND EAST OAK STREETS, ACCORDING TO POLICE CHIEF BILL SPEARMAN. A MAN WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT OF INJURIES. NO OTHER DETAILS HAVE YET BEEN RELEASED.
Longtime Louisiana lawmaker Karen Carter Peterson has announced her resignation. Peterson, a Democrat from New Orleans, issued a statement announcing that she was stepping down from her state Senate post effective Friday. In her statement, she acknowledged a longtime struggle with depression and a gambling addiction. She said she needed to place all her energy into her “mental health and personal well-being.”
A TWENTY-YEAR VETERAN OF THE BERWICK POLICE DEPARTMENT DIED OVER THE WEEKEND FROM CANCER. SAINT MARY PARISH SHERIFF BLAISE SMITH SAYS DAVID LEE DUHON WAS A FULL TIME OFFICER IN BERWICK FROM NINETEEN-NINETY-NINE TO TWO-THOUSAND-EIGHT, AND THEN HE REMAINED AS A RESERVE OFFICER. HIS WIFE, STEPHANIE DUHON, IS A CAPTAIN WITH THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE. THE FUNERAL WILL BE HELD TODAY AT THE HARGRAVE FUNERAL HOME.
