4-13-22
NEW IBERIA POLICE HAVE ARRESTED ONE OF THE FOUR WOMEN SUSPECTS IN THE BEATING OF ANOTHER WOMAN AT A LOCAL RESTAURANT ON ADMIRAL DOYLE DRIVE LAST FRIDAY. THIRTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD KAYLA WARNER WAS WANTED ON ATTEMPTED FIRST DEGREE MURDER CHARGES. ALSO NEW IBERIA POLICE RECALLED THE WARRANT FOR ANOTHER ALLEGED SUSPECT, TWENTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD TAYLIN MCCOY, AND CLEARED HER OF WRONGDOING. AFTER A FRAME BY FRAME REVIEW OF NEW VIDEO, THEY DETERMINED SHE WAS ACTUALLY TRYING TO BREAK UP THE FIGHT.
I-TEN EASTBOUND IS CLOSED AT I-FORTY-NINE BECAUSE OF A TANKER, TRANSPORTING HAZARDOUS MATERIALS THAT OVERTURNED AT MILE MARKER ONE-THIRTY-NINE. TROOPERS BELIEVE THE RECOVERY WILL BE EXTENSIVE. THAT MEANS I-TEN EASTBOUND DRIVERS WILL BE DIVERTED TO I-FORTY-NINE NORTH TO U-S ONE-NINETY. MOTORISTS ARE ASKED TO TAKE ALTERNATE ROUTES WHILE CREWS WORK TO CLEAR THE SCENE.
Legislation to limit Louisiana state and local governments’ mitigation efforts against COVID-19 is on its way to the House floor. The House Health and Welfare Committee on Tuesday approved a bill that would block governments from requiring proof of COVID-19 vaccination as a condition for entry into public places or private businesses. Rep. Thomas Pressly’s bill would not prevent private businesses from enforcing vaccine requirements on their own. The committee also approved legislation that would remove COVID-19 vaccines from the list of those required for children to attend school.
CONGESTION WAS HEAVY THIS MORNING ON I-TEN EASTBOUND NEAR MILE MARKER TWO IN CALCASIEU PARISH. BOTH LANES WERE REOPENED AFTER AN ACCIDENT LAST NIGHT AT AROUND TEN P-M. STATE POLICE TROOPER DEREK SENEGAL SAYS IT WAS CAUSED BY A MOTORIST TRAVELING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION. THE MULTI-VEHICLE ACCIDENT INCLUDED TWO EIGHTEEN-WHEELERS AND ONE PERSON WAS KILLED. NO OTHER DETAILS HAVE YET BEEN RELEASED.
A MAN, WHO WAS SHOT MONDAY ON BRADLEY STREET JUST OUTSIDE OF EUNICE, DIED FROM HIS WOUNDS YESTERDAY. SAINT LANDRY PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES TOLD KATC TV THAT THIRTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD CLARENCE MITCHELL WAS SHOT WHILE IN HIS VEHICLE. THEY SAY THEY HAVE LEADS ON A SUSPECT THAT THEY ARE WORKING BUT NO OTHER DETAILS HAVE BEEN RELEASED. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON THE SHOOTING IS ASKED TO CALL CRIME STOPPERS AT NINE-FOUR-EIGHT-EIGHTY-FOUR-SEVENTY-SEVEN. ALL TIPS REMAIN CONFIDENTIAL.
LAFAYETTE POLICE HAVE ARRESTED A MAN WHO ALLEGEDLY FLED FROM POLICE AFTER DRAG RACING IN THE PARKING LOT OF KOHL’S OVER THE WEEKEND. POLICE SPOKESPERSON SERGEANT ROBIN GREEN SAYS WHEN POLICE ARRIVED, ONE OF THE DRIVERS FLED THE SCENE AND INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC, WHICH LED POLICE TO STOP THE PURSUIT BECAUSE OF THE DANGER TO THE PUBLIC. POLICE IDENTIFED THE DRIVER AS TWENTY-EIGHT-YEAR-OLD JMARIOUS CHARLES. HE WAS FOUND AND QUESTIONED YESTERDAY AND THEN ARRESTED ON NUMEROUS CHARGES INCLUDING FLIGHT FROM AN OFFICER AND RECKLESS DRIVING.
SOME LAWMAKERS ARE LOOKING TO DO AWAY WITH CONCEALED CARRY PERMITS. SYLVIA MASTERS HAS THE DETAILS.
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THE RAYNE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS ASKING THE PUBLIC’S HELP IN FINDING A MAN WANTED FOR SECOND DEGREE RAPE. AN ARREST WARRANT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR TWENTY-EIGHT-YEAR-OLD CLYDE J. CITIZEN, WHOSE LAST KNOWN ADDRESS WAS IN RAYNE. HE’S DESCRIBED AS FIVE-TEN, ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE POUNDS WITH BLACK HAIR AND BROWN EYES. ANYONE WHO KNOWS HIS WHEREABOUTS IS ASKED TO CALL SEVEN-EIGHT-NINE-TIPS, WHERE UP TO A THOUSAND DOLLAR CASH REWARD IS BEING OFFERED FOR INFORMATION LEADING TO THE ARREST OF CITIZEN.
